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Nathaniel Seeley

Male Abt 1627 - 1675  (~ 48 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Seeley  [1
    Birth Abt 1627  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 16 Sep 1627  St. Stephen's Church, Coleman St., London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Death 19 Dec 1675  Kingston, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Great Swamp Fight, King Philip's War
    Notes 
    • Called Sergt., May 1674; Lt., second in command of army, King Philip's War, Nov. 1675; Capt. Fairfield County Dragoons, Nov. 1675. He settled in Fairfield as early as 1657. He was killed in the Great Swamp Fight, King Philip's War.

      Appointed on committee to determine boundaries between Fairfield and Norwalk, vice W. Hill, 14 May 1674

      Sixth in command re army 25 Nov 1675
      Narragansett fight took place 19 Dec 1675
      1000 Indians 200 colonists slain or wounded.
      Conn. had 300 in the battle, 80 killed or wounded. 40 died of wounds. Three of five captains killed in the attack, including Nathaniel, at the head of his company. Another authority places him as second in command. His widow granted tax relief 11 Oct 1677. Sergeant 1674, Lieutenant 1675, Captain 1675.

      Inventory taken 5 Feb 1676. [5, 6]
    Person ID I39815  Mindrum
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2022 

    Father Robert Seeley,   b. Abt 1602, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 7 Oct 1668, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Mary Mason,   b. Abt 1590, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 11 Feb 1655/6 (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Marriage 15 Dec 1626  St. Stephen's Church, Coleman St., London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Family ID F27553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Turney,   b. Abt 1631   d. Bef 1674 (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Marriage Abt Oct 1649  [1, 9
    • Mary Seeley said she had been married about eight months
    Children 
     1. Nathaniel Seeley,   b. Abt 1650   d. 28 Mar 1687/1688, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)
     2. Robert Seeley,   b. Abt 1653   d. Bef 30 Jun 1690, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years)
     3. Benjamin Seeley,   b. Abt 1657, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Joseph Seeley,   b. Abt 1659, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 11 Nov 1697, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)
     5. John Seeley,   b. by 1661, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 18 Apr 1710, Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years)
     6. Mary Seeley   d. Dec
     7. Sarah Seeley,   b. say 1667, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 5 Dec 1711, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)
     8. Phebe Seeley   d. Dec
     9. Rebecca Seeley   d. Dec
    Family ID F27144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2021 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Burr,   b. say 1638 
    Marriage Aft 16 Sep 1674  Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    • inventory of Obadiah Gilbert
    Family ID F27638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2021 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:619.

    2. [S4635] The Seeleys of New Brunswick, Harold Fanjoy and C.G. Ward, Saint John, N.B. 1992, p. 5.

    3. [S8405] Donald L. Jacobus, Additions and Corrections to History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1943), p. 29.

    4. [S4638] Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1678, J. Hammond Trumbull, Hartford 1852, p. 391.

    5. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:525.

    6. [S2708] Edward Bradford Adams Genealogy, Fairfield Museum and History Center.

    7. [S4636] NEHGR Vol. 116, The English Life of Robert Seely, Ralph M. Seeley, B.S., of Candor, N. Y., p. 160, 15 Dec 1626.

    8. [S8405] Donald L. Jacobus, Additions and Corrections to History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1943), p. 29, 25 (or 15) Dec 1626.

    9. [S9019] New Haven Town Records, Vol. 1, p. 30.

    10. [S9018] Obadiah Gilbert Will and Inventory, Fairfield Probate, Vol. 2, p. 82.

    11. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:525, 1674.