Jane (Sellers) Dusenbury (1818 - 1858)

Born 1818 in Columbus, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Timothy Dusenbury — married 1840 (to 1858) in Columbus County, NC

Descendants

Died 1858 at about age 40 in Horry, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Jane Sellers. ^[1] Dusenbury. ^[2][3][4]

Jane ^[5] Found multiple versions of name. Using Jane Sellers.

Born 1818 Columbus, NC, USA. ^[6][7] 1818 1818 Columbus CO, NC, USA. ^{[8][9][10][11]} 1818 North Carolina. ^[12][13][14] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 1818

Died 1858 Horry, SC, USA. 1830^[15] 1858 Horry Co, SC, USA. ^{[16][17][18][19][20]} Found multiple copies of death date. Using 1858

Residence 1850 Not Stated, Columbus, North Carolina. ^[21][22][23]

Marriage Husband Elisha Sellers. Wife Rebecca Ward. Child: Jane Sellers. Marriage 1808 Columbus County, North Carolina. ^[24][25]

Research Notes

Notes and Family History:

[Sellers Family.FBK.FTW] Although his full name was William Benjamin Sellers, he went by Benjamin. He is alternately referred to as William or Benjamin in various records. Sarah Hickman was Benjamin Sellers' second wife. His first wife was (possibly) Marie, whose maiden surname is unknown at this time. There is a great deal of debate among Sellers researchers about the distribution of William Benjamin's children between his two wives. The chart reflects my current conclusions, and is subject to change. FEB 1740 Edgecombe Co, NC = Benjamin SELLERS of Edgecombe Co, sells 50 acres of land in Bertie Co that my father Mathew SELLERS bought of Benjamin FOREMAN, where my mother now lives. [Edward Thomas Ray Descendants.FTW] WILL OF BENJAMIN SELLERS OF EDGECOMBE CO., NORTH CAROLINA Recorded in Will Record Book A, pp. 25-26 In the Name of God Amen --- I, Benjamin Sellers in Edgecombe County, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God therefore, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do make and ordain this my last will & testament, that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hand of God that gave it and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with, I give, devise, dispose of the same in following manner and form: Item --- I give to my beloved wife Sarah ye use of ye plantation which I now live upon during her life, and after her decease I give the plantation and two hundred acres of land to ... my youngest son Simon Sellers and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten forever, and if he should die without heir then ye land shall fall to my son Jechonias and his heirs lawfully begotten forever. Item --- I give to my son Elisha Sellers to value of five shillings. Item --- I give to my son Benjamin Sellers to value of five shillings. I likewise constitute, ordain, and make my wife and William Dortch my only and sole executors of this my last will and testament, and the remaining part of my estate I do leave to be equally divided between my wife and her children now living with her, and I do hereby disallow, revoke, and disanull all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies, requests, and executors by me in any ways before this time -- named, willed, and bequeathed, ratified, and confirming this no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of January 1761. Robert Thompson Benjamin [His Mark] Sellers Catherine (X) Sellers Matthew Sellers March Court 1761 --- The within will was in open court exhibited by the executors and proved by the oath of Robert Thompson one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and at the same time William Dortch was qualified as an executor which is on motion ordered to be certified and the will to be recorded. Test. James Hall Cir. C.

In the June 1762 session of the Edgecombe Co. Court, Benjamin's "orphans" Matthew, Jechonias, and Joel chose their mother Sarah Sellers as their guardian. The court also appointed Sarah as the guardian of Simon and Mary Sellers. In the April 1764 session, the court was notified that Thomas Dixon had married Sarah Sellers, Benjamin's widow and guardian to the children. In the October 1764 session, Joel Sellers was bound out to Kindred Carter. It was long believed by many that the father of Elisha Sellers was a "William Sellers of Tarboro," who allegedly went from there to what is today Brunswick Co., North Carolina around 1750 and raised a large family of mostly sons.

It is a claim based on family tradition, 1750 and raised a large family of mostly sons. It is a claim based on family tradition, not the evidence. An excerpt below from a letter written to a fellow researcher spells out the problems with this hypothesis --- "... Yes, Benjamin (d.1761, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina) is actually Elisha's father -- 'William Sellers of Tarboro' is an historical fiction for which not one shred of primary evidence exists. Anyone who tells you that William is the father shows that they have not done original research and instead swallowed the multiple erroneous statements in a well-intentioned, but poorly done book 'Some Descendents of William Sellers Who Was in Tarboro, North Carolina in 1750' by Clark and Elizabeth Watters, which cites the family tradition passed down in the family of W.W. Sellers of Marion Co., South Carolina who had no real idea of who his distant ancestors were. What follows here is an excerpt from a letter I wrote explaining this: I've noticed that many people have written in, telling you that Elisha's father was a 'William Sellers of Tarboro.' I gather from other (better) data that you've received that you know this is not true -- there is no 'William Sellers of Tarboro' -- and that Benjamin Sellers' Edgecombe Co. North Carolina will of 1761 is the key to this issue. Put in the simplest way, Benjamin IS 'William Sellers of Tarboro'! All six of his named sons, including Elisha, and at least one of his daughters were present eight years later in the 1769 Brunswick Co., North Carolina tax list. What you may or may not know is the source of the misinformation. The error, though reproduced in Watters' work and in the Reddoch compilation ... originally stems from an error in W.W. Sellers' 'History of Marion Co., South Carolina' (pub. 1901). In it he says that his grandfather Benjamin's father was a 'William Sellers' who lived near Tarboro, North Carolina about 1750 and moved to the area of 'Seven Creeks' in what is today Brunswick Co.) and had several sons, naming Elisha and Benjamin among others. Now, aside from the fact that there is absolutely no documentary evidence (and certainly none cited) for this assertion, there are a few other considerations that make the claim suspect, even if one doesn't look at Benjamin's 1761 will. There is a letter that W.W. Sellers wrote to a Thomas B. Sellers of Ama, Louisiana, dated 8 December 1899 (I have a transcript). In it, written about a year before the publication of his Marion Co. history, he tells his cousin that his 'great grandfather William or Henry emigrated from Tar River, North Carolina...'. The point is, he didn't really know who his great grandfather was; a fact not at all surprising when then you look at the rest of the letter. He reveals that his grandfather Benjamin [d. Apr 1817] died about a year before he was born, that his father Jordan Sellers was 54 when he married his mother, and finally that his father gave him all this information about sixty years before [from 1899]. Well, his father died, according to the letter, 9 September 1838, making this a deathbed conveyance of information! And with W.W. born in 1818, he was himself 81 years old ..."[Joseph A Williams Family Tree Mar 3 05- 2 .GED] [Sellers Family.FBK.FTW] History of the Sellers Family (Excerpted from a work compiled by Edith Odom -- McKenzie People) --The history of the Sellers family in American began in North Carolina. They came in response to entreaties made by the English crown to settlers to colonize the new world. The Sellers settled along the Cape Fear River near Wilmington. Records show the first Sellers came from Tarboro N.C., about 1750 to settle in Columbus or Brunswick County, N.C., on what was called seven creeks. William Sellers, head of the family, was the father of Benjamin, born about 1740. Benjamin had a son, Wright, who married a Miss Duncan and one of their sons was named Benjamin Duncan. Duncan married Elizabeth Ann Cromartie. They later moved to Alabama. Those first settlers to Alabama, which the Sellers were a part, came from the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia, between 1815-1830. The land they came to was purchased sight unseen from land companies who came into Alabama earlier, bought the land, and then went back and sold it to the settlers. Many settled first near the rich river bottoms which also had the advantage of transportation by water or along ridges near major roads, which was named the Old Federal Road which in 1805 had been cut as a horse path to connect Milledgeville, Georgia, with Mobile Alabama. The Sellers traveled with their large family in a large Conestoga Wagon carrying all their possessions. Also with them was an old Negro slave named "Granny Goose". They settled along the Alabama River first around 1826 where Maxwell Field near Montgomery is now located. Here they built a house and a store.

They relocated to Generation 1 (con't)Montgomery is now located. Here they built a house and a store. They relocated to Butler County about 1850 by buying a large tract of land from the Michigan Land Company about four miles south of Georgiana and six miles northwest of McKenzie. Their home was a large log house as most were then built; the living quarters of the house was one part and the kitchen and dining part was a separate room with a walk way between. There was a large chimney and fireplace in each portion of the home. These chimneys were stick and dirt having been built from a mixture of red clay and water and small strips of wood used as a frame.

Will as written 3 Jan 1761 proved March 1761 Court and his estate settlement listed names of 7 children and his wife Sarah. Simon was to receive Sarah's share of the estate after her death. Elisha and Benjamin 5 shillings each. June1762: Edgecombe Co. Court, NC, Orphans of Benjamin Sellers dec'd 1761=Matthew - choose mother, Sara, as did Jeconias and Joel probably 14 yrs of age = to choose guardian. Born ca 1748, Mary, court appointed mother, Sarah as guardian (under 14). Simon, court appointed mother, Sarah as guardian (under 14); Elisha, no guardian over 19/21 = before 1743-1741. Benjamin no guardian over 19/21 before 1743/41. ********** Edgecomb County Original Wills, 1750-1945, CR . 037.801.27 Benjamin Sellers, 1761 Benjamin gave his wife Sarah use of his plantation which he now resides. Upon death of Sarah's life, Benjamin gives the Plantation and 200 acres of land to his youngest son, Simon and his heirs. And if Simon should died with heir, the land shall go to Benjamin's beloved son, Jechonias and his heirs. Benjamin gives his son Elisha the value of 5 shillings. Benjamin gives his son Benjamin the value of 5 shillings Benjamin makes his wife, Sarah, and William Dortek soul executors of his will. Any remaining parts of his estate goes to his wife, Sarah, and her children now living with her. He signed the will January 1761

Research Notes

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