Born
27 Nov 1769 in
Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors
Descendants
Died
9 Mar 1851
at age 81
in
Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified 8 Sep 2022
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Biography
Son of Sgt. Ezra & Mary Sherwood Seeley
He married Patience Gregory in Fairfield, CT - parents of Eunice
Children:
Paulina, m. Benjamin Nichols
Eunice
Gregory, m. Polly Sherwood
Elijah, Jr.
Calvin, m. Sarah Lovejoy
Harriet, m. Titus Bryan
He is buried at Union Cemetery, Easton, Fairfield, CT
Sources
Find A Grave: Memorial #6232069
Lacey, R.B. & Orcutt, Samuel. "The Inscriptions in the Cemetery at Easton, Conn., near the Baptist Church", Annual Report of the Fairfield Historical Society (Bridgeport, Feb. 19, 1892) Page 83
Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Page 417
Seeley Genealogical Society: Gregory Seeley
History of Litchfield County, Connecticut (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881)
Gregory, Grant. Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Gregory (Provincetown, Mass., 1938) Page 148 .
CT Town Birth Records
CT Town Marriages
CT Death & Burials Index
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