William Selman (1689 - 1743)

Born 22 Jan 1689 in Accomac, Accomack, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (West) Sellman — married 9 Oct 1718 in Accomac, Accomack, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1743 at age 54 in Anne Arundel, Maryland

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Biography

William Sellman was born 22 January 1688/9 in Accomac, Accomack Co., Virginia, the son of John Sellman and his wife, Elizabeth Brashears Married Ann West, daughter of John West and Matilda Scarborough on 09 October 1718 in Accomac, Accomack Do., Virginia.^[1]

The children of William Sellman and Ann West were:

1. Thomas Sellman born 29 November 1718 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married Ruth Shipley and died 1794

2. William Sellman Jr., born 18 May 1720 at All Hallows, Anne Arundel, Maryland. He married Charity Tidings and died 7 November 1749 in Virginia

3. John Sellman born 1 March 1720/21 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland and died there 15 November 1804.

4. Charles Sellman born 5 August 1722 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married Elizabeth Gassaway about 1745. He died 20 December 1770 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.

5. Jonathan Sellman born 21 February 1723/4 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married Elizabeth Battee.

6. Ann Sellman born 25 September 1725. She married Samuel Battee.

William Sellman died 31 March 1743 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.^[2][3]

William Sellman was the great-grandson of both a French Huguenot, forced to flee France for his religious beliefs and a powerful man who persecuted people not of the Anglican lean toward Christianity. It seems odd that the grandchildren of two such men, should find enough love between themselves to marry and have children.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Sellman, 'Ancestor Lineages of Members Texas Society/National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century'. Pg. 176. Ancestry.com Sellman image (free to view)
2. ↑ Will of William Sellman. See Below.
3. ↑ William Selman, 1743. Maryland County, District and Probate Courts. Wills, vol 23-24, 1743-1746. Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777. Ancestry.com. Will image 1--Will image 2--Will image 3. (free to view).
4. ↑ Candace Lazzaro [1]

See Also

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/111466586/william-sellman : accessed 11 August 2021), memorial page for William Sellman (22 Jan 1689–7 Mar 1742), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111466586, ; Maintained by Kirk Robert Sellman (contributor 47189005) Unknown. Find A Grave: Memorial #111466586

Name: William Sellman Will Date: 11 Feb 1742 Will Place: Anne Arundel, Maryland, British America Probate Date: 31 Mar 1743 Death Year: Abt 1743

Text: Sellman, William,A. A. Co.,11th Feb., 1742-3; 31st March, 1743.

To son-in-law Scarborough Sparrow, 100 A. lying bet. property of Thomas Higgins and Nicholas Maccubbin's quarter on Elk Ridge. Shd. he die without issue to pass to son Thomas.

To son William, part of 300 A. “Morton's Lot” on Bush R. in Baltimore Co. and liberty to live at dwelling plantation for 7 yrs.

To son John, 260 A. “Sewall's Lot,” 88 A. “Catter's Whim,” 100 A. “Carter's Rock,” 23 A. “Carter's Addition.”

To son Charles, residue of “Crosses Forest.” To son Jonathan, 360 A. “Shaw's Folly,” 42 A. “Frances Addition.”

To son Thomas, land testator bought from Benjamin Trasker, agent of Lord Baltimore, and money now in the hands of Joseph Adams.

To child. afsd. and dau. Ann, personalty.

To wife Anne, personal estate. Tobacco in warehouses to be shipped and proceeds thereof to go into his personal estate.

Ex.: Wife and son Jonathan.

Test: John Jacobs, John Sparrow, Mary Sparrow. 23. 251.

• WikiTree profile Selman-29 created through the import of Murdock _ WarrenFamilies.ged on May 29, 2011 by Jerry Murdock. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jerry and others.

• Source: S2438593024 Repository: #R2438436725 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Note:

• Repository: R2438436725 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

• Source: S2788201613 Repository: #R2438436725 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=1924014&pid=-1879763501

• Maryland Calendar of Wills by Jane Baldwin & Roberta Balling Henry, Baltimore Gen. Publ Co., 1968: Volume 8

• "One Mississippi Family" by Ann Geoghegan "Ancestry.com"

• Ancestry.com "Our Family History Rebecca Miller and Bruce Rutherford"

• "Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland" by J. D. Warfield, A.M. 1967

• “Bert’s Family Links Over 500 Surnames” by Wilbert (Bert) Webb, Root Web, William Sellman b. 22 March 1689/90, d. 7 March 1742/43. [2]

• Our Family Tree [3]

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Scott Ledbetter for creating WikiTree profile Selman-162 through the import of Ledbetter01.ged on Jun 8, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Scott and others.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Sellman-75 was created by Scott Ledbetter through the import of buchroeder.ged on Feb 27, 2015.