Selio, or Celio Silius Marselis was a merchant and estate owner from Holland. Established several mining operations in Norway with his brother Gabriel.
Selio lived in Oslo and in Copenhagen, where he died in 1663, aged approx. 61 years.
On 15.06.1638 he delivered the Admirality of Amsterdam 6 twelvepounders and six sixpounders. On 13.18.1638 4 twelvepounders (half of iron and half op copper) of 9 1/2 and 10 feetlenght, which he will let castored by the towns guncastor, probably Ahashuerus Coster.
One month later there is an other order of 5 pieces.
In october he bought the old guns from Amsterdam and let them be castored by the guncastor of Utrecht for the Admirality. The business went well in the year 1639/1640; also for the family Trip.[1]
Celio shipped
09.05.1640 50 pieces artillery and 20.000 balls to La Rochelle
05.06.1640 6 pieces artillery and 20.000 balls to Hamburg
07.08.1640 5.000 pound gunpowder to England
26.08.1640 20.000 pound gunpowder to England.
He was not very truthworthy, because he was charged several times for not delivering, or to many goods in the ship what was not declared well. Most of the time this was settled by the Admirality because they needed him too much, but they kept an eye on him and they let the authoroties search several his ships. He was called - in Dutch - De Lorrendraaier (in Norwegian: Lurendreieren), because he was not trustworthy and because of trade with the enemy.
According to Ned Leeuw (1981), he was first a merchant in Amsterdam. In the heritance of his father was also the iron mining in Norway, which made him to move there in 1644. There he founded in Kristiana (now Oslo) a house Marselienborg, of an unknown style for those region in that time at what was known as Grünnings løkke close to the modern Eidsvoll's plass.[2]
Selius became director of the Post in Norway in 1647, a role that was later taken over by his son Gabriel. He was also involved in the strenghtening of the Danish warfleet.
Selius was married to Anna van Straten (d. bef. 1644), daughter of Jan Fransz van Straten and Sara Monx (Munx/Moncks/Munniks). She was the sister of Isabeau van Straten, married to Gabriel Marselis (brother of Selius).
His brothers-in-law were Samuel Sauteyn and Jan van Starten junior.
Children:
Gabriel (abt. 1635, d. 1671 in Hamburg). Generalpostmester in Norway from 1667. Unmarried.
Anna (b. 1637 in Amsterdam), married in 1663 to Gjert/Gerhard Treschow (1627-1664), Admiralitetsråd in Norway (note: Not the famous Gerhard Treschow that was a younger industrial magnate.[3])
Sara Digna (b. 1638 in Amsterdam) Married to Arent Cool
Constantia (b. 1642 in Amsterdam, d 17 Jan 1707), married Henrik Müller of Lognborggard (b. 1635, d. 1717)
Notes
From Danmarks Adels Aarbog:
Marselis, Selius, 1600-63, Købmand og Postdirektør, Broder til de ovfr. nævnte Gabriel og Leonhard Marselis, blev født i Amsterdam 15. Dec. 1600. I sit 20. Aar tiltraadte han en Udenlandsrejse, der varede 11 Aar og endog strakte sig til Ostindien; efter sin Hjemkomst ægtede han 28. April 1634 Anna van der Straaten (d. 3. Sept. 1654), Datter af Johannes v. d. S. Som Følge af Familiens nøje Forbindelse med Danmark og Norge bosatte han sig 1645 i Christiania, hvor han ejede en Løkke uden for Byen, og udfoldede en betydelig Virksomhed under Krigen med Sverige, især ved at paatage sig at levere 8 Orlogsskibe. Ved Hannibal Sehesteds Gunst opnaaede han ogsaa i Juli 1646 store Særrettigheder i Henseende til Skattefrihed og til Religionsfrihed for sig og sit Hus som reformerte, og disse Privilegier bleve senere dels udvidede, dels forlængede til stor Misfornøjelse for Christiania Borgerskab. Baade under Christian IV og under Frederik III drev han store Forretninger med Regeringen, saa vel ved Leverancer som ved Laan, og ofte paa den hensynsløseste Maade. Men skjønt der 1651 opdagedes graverende Misligheder ved hans Leverancer, vedblev hans Indflydelse, og han fik i Okt. 1653 en Generalkvittering for Manglerne, ligesom der senere afstodes ham Jordegods og Bjærgværker og an vistes ham store Indtægter til Dækning af hans Krav. I Nov. 1653 fik han end videre, maaske paa Foranledning af den nye danske Generalpostmester Poul Klingenberg, Direktionen og Inspektionen over det norske Postvæsen; hertil kom i Jan. 1657 hans Udnævnelse til Bergamtsraad i Norge. Da det stundede til Krig med Sverige i Foraaret 1657, sendtes han af Regeringen til Holland for at skaffe Laan og Søofficerer; i Efteraaret s. A. paatog han sig sammen med sin Broder Gabriel og nogle andre store Leverancer til Hæren, og i alt Fald fra 1658 af har han tilbragt den meste Tid i Kjøbenhavn. Under Stormen paa denne Stad 11. Febr. 1659 havde han en Kommando over hollandske Matroser ved Kastellet. I Sept. 1660 fik han Følgebrev til Bakke og Rejns Klostres Len i Norge; tillige var han Medlem af forskjellige Kommissioner. 20. Marts 1663 døde Marselis i København.
Algemeen Nederlands Familieblad X blz 185 and 213: Several dates of birth,marriage and death of this family
Dr M.G. de Boer: Een Amsterdamsche "Lorrendraaijer", Amstelodamum Jaarboek nr 38, (1941), p. 48-67
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