Mary Mercy (Bennett) Seeley (abt. 1721 - 1819)

Born about 1721 in Stratfield, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Abel Seeley — married 31 Aug 1744 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Died 5 Mar 1819 at about age 98 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Mercy Bennett was born about 1721. She married Abel Seeley August 31, 1744, and died March 5, 1819. Abel, b. 7 Sept. 1725, d. 9 May 1810 in 85 yr. (g. s. Startfield); Deacon; m. 31 Aug 1744, Mercy Bennett, b. abt. 1721, d 5 Mar. 1819 ae. 98 (g. s.).; Vol I, p. 531

Sources

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Stratford, Page 123.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 1, Page 74.
• Talcott, Miss Mary Kingsbury. Records of The Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Conn., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1915) Vol. 69, Page 375

• "Abel sealey and Martha Bennet was married augst 24. 1744."

• Conneticut Church Record Abstracts Bridgeport Church Records Volume 1 pages 172, 221

Mercy Seeley

Widow of Deacon Abel Seeley

Died March 5, 1819 age 98

in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Conneticut

Her husband Deacon Abel died 1810 age 83

Both buried in Old Stratfield Burying Ground