John Seale (1736 - abt. 1815)

Born 30 Jun 1736 in Prince William, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Jarvis) Seale — married 1754 in Prince William, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 30 Mar 1815 at about age 78 in Prince William, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Capt. John Seale served with Loyalists during the American Revolution.

Capt. John Seale was born on 30 June 1736^[1] in Prince William County, Virginia. He was the son of Anthony Seale and Anne Bristow. Prince William borders the Potomac River, and is just south of George Washington's Fairfax County. John was the sixth known child of Anthony Seale and Anne Bristow.

John was a shipwright in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was court martialed in the county because of his loyalist views. His brother Anthony and his father were also Tories. His other brothers were all patriots. It is believed that this is why his father Anthony favored him in his will.

His oldest brother William was 14 at the time of his birth,^[2] and his father Anthony was about 40 years of age. The Seale's had moved to Prince William County around 1732, from King George County, which was farther south down the Potomac River. Anthony is shown to have resided on the Taliaferro Plantation there in 1726. Anthony served as a Commissioner of Peace in Prince William County in 1738. In 1752, when John was 16, his father Anthony, now 57, served as the county's sheriff.

Perhaps this section would be best copied to William's Profile? RHSeale MD
When John Seale was born in 1736, the Seale's had already been in the Virginia Colony for close to 100 years. His great-grandfather William had arrived around 1655. It is strongly believed that William was the fourth child of Henry Seale (1594-1660). Henry was a famous "Stationer" or printer to King Charles I and to his royalist supporters during the dark days of Cromwell. Based in London, he also published some of the best plays of the period. He was an active and wealthy man, publishing hundreds of books, and was the father of some 25 children through two wives.

He died suddenly, and maybe mysteriously, in 1660 shortly after the return of Charles II to London. William Seale served an indenture in Baltimore County, Maryland, but, in January 1679, he was free to purchase 400 acres of land in Westmoreland County, later to be King George County. William's son Anthony Seale (1659- ), and grandfather to John Seale, would operate a ferry there.

John Seale married Sarah Jarvis, daughter of Richard and Mary Jarvis, about 1754. His older brother by two years Anthony would marry Sarah's sister Ann Jarvis. John and Sarah would have four known children; John, Jr., James, Richard, and Sarah. John Seale was a shipwright in Fairfax County.

He received 120 votes in a March 1765 Fairfax Parish election for vestryman.^[3]

John is mentioned in the diary of Sally Cary Fairfax as attending a ball in 1771 or 1772. As his family tradition might dictate, John Seale was a loyalist in the struggle for American Independence. His father Anthony and his brother Anthony were also Tories, but his other brothers were proud patriots. Captain John Seale was Court martialed for his beliefs in Fairfax County.^{[citation needed]} (not noted in Sprouse, as earlier cited)

A John Seale is listed as voting for Colonel John West in a Fairfax County election Poll, 16 Jul 1765.^[4] He also voted for Captain John Posey on 16 Jul 1765.^[5]

(If John was a Loyalist, then who is John Seale, Captain of the Fairfax Militia in 1777-8? ^[6]

"John Seal" This name appeard on Army Register but had not received bounty land. An Extensive compilation in the War Department.^[7]

John Seale enumerated on a tax list in Prince William county, Virginia, 1784^[8]

Death

He married Sarah Sally Jarvis in 1754 in Prince William, Virginia. They had six children in 16 years. He died on March 30, 1815, in Amherst, Virginia, having lived a long life of 78 years.^{[citation needed] [9]}

John was born in 1729. He was the son of Anthony Seale and Anne Bristow. He passed away in 1818. ^{[citation needed]}

John died in Prince William county, Virginia in 1788. (Prince William county, Virginia, Will Book G page 402, Record of Administration only).^[10]

John Seale is not present in the 1790 census of Prince William county, Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Stribling Family Bible Record
2. ↑ Stribling Family Bible Record
3. ↑ Ancestry.com($). Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 , p565 Original data:Clark, Murtie J. Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999
4. ↑ Ancestry.com($). Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 , p562 Original data:Clark, Murtie J. Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999
5. ↑ Ancestry.com($). Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 , p563 Original data:Clark, Murtie J. Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979
6. ↑ Gwathmey, John H, Genealogy Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1979 Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, p697 Ancestry.com($). This work cites "Index of Revolutionary records in the Virginia State Archives," compiled by Dr. H J Eckenrode in 1912 and 1914.
7. ↑ Gwathmey, John H, Genealogy Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1979 Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, p697 Ancestry.com($).
8. ↑ Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890, Ancestry.com($)
9. ↑ Puzzling. This seems to have been taken from estate of John "Sale" will probated 15 May 1815 - spouse and children don't match in any way, although the text claims he is son of Anthony and Anne. RHSeale MD|3/2023 Ancestry.com($). Root and branch of the Sale tree in America : an account of the ten generations, p38
10. ↑ Sprouse, Deborah A, "The Seale Family of Old Virginia " Edgewood Press, 1981, p66, p68

See also:

• AGBI (detail removed. This source quotes Gwathmey, above)

• Tax Records (detail removed, in-line citation instead)

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=113064673&pid=185

1810 United States Federal Census American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890

• Source: S962111476 Repository: #R950701348 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=113064673&pid=182
• Repository: R950701348 Ancestry.com
• Source: S-633286036 Repository: #R-1098181822 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=65906953&pid=39
• Repository: R-1098181822 Name: Ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.Seal-207 was created by Jason Ray through the import of Family Tree.ged on May 31, 2014.