Seth Ely (1765 - 1847)

Born 11 Mar 1765 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Marvin) Ely — married 14 Apr 1799 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1847 at age 82 in Ripley, New York

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Biography

Seth, son of Seth Ely and Lydia Reynolds , b. 1765 Lyme, Conn; d. 1847; m. 14 April, 1799, Phebe Marvin, who was b. 28 Nov., 1772, at Lyme (d. 1852), second daughter of Elisha Marvin and Elizabeth Seldon, and granddaughter of Col. Samuel Seldon, of the army of the Revolution, and Elizabeth Ely, his wife. They were first cousins, once removed. They settled at Lyme and subsequently removed to Ripley, N. Y. He d. 11 Dec, 1847.

Their children :

1. Selden Marvin, b. 1800, d. 1861, m. 1825 Esther Statira Griffin.

2. Elizabeth Colt, b. 1802, d. 1855, m. 1832 Rufus Hills.

3. Phebe Hubbard, b. 1804, m. 1827 Matthew Griswold.

4. Lydia, b. 8 April, 1807, at Lyme, d. 7 Sept. 1807.

5. Seth Elisha, b. 1808, m. 1845 Eliza Ann Hale.

6. Ebenezer, b. 181 1, d. 1822.

7. Abigail Deborah, b. 1813, d. 1879, m. 1848 Henry M. Gregory; m. 1865 Abner Lord Ely, 24618.

Sources

• The Ely ancestry : lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, & settled at Lyme, Conn. in 1660" by Beach, Moses Sperry, 1822-1892; Ely, William; Vanderpoel, George Burritt; Ely, Sumner Adriel Published 1902 The Calumet Press https://archive.org/details/elyancestrylinea00beac

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W1-1XJ : 3 December 2014), Seth Ely, 11 Mar 1765; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.