Nathaniel Seeley b. 16 Sep 1627 London, London, England d. 19 Dec 1675 Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island

1627 - 1675 (48 years)

Name	Nathaniel Seeley [1, 2]
Born	16 Sep 1627	London, London, England [2]
Christened	16 Sep 1627	London, London, England
Gender	Male
Buried	Dec 1675
Military	19 Dec 1675	Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island
Military	Narragensett War
Died	19 Dec 1675	Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island [2]
Person ID	I20034	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Family	Mary Turney, b. 18 Sep 1631, Hollingdon, Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England , d. 19 Dec 1675, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 44 years)
Married	06 Oct 1649	Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut [1, 2, 3]
Family ID	F7153	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 16 Sep 1627 - London, London, England
	Christened - 16 Sep 1627 - London, London, England
	Married - 06 Oct 1649 - Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
	Military - Narragensett War - 19 Dec 1675 - Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island
	Died - 19 Dec 1675 - Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island

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Notes

Nathaniel Seeley was of New Haven, Ct. 1646-1656. In New Haven Town Meeting Records, June 7, 1650, Nathaniel's wife testified that she had been married 8 months. Her father, Benjamin Turney, had died in 1648. Nathaniel, as husband of Mary, Benjamin's daughter, received "one parcel of meadow over creeks, being about 1 1/2 acres" from Benjamin Turney estate. Nathaniel also acknowledged receipt of his wife's share of Benjamin Turney estate, being 10 pounds and her share of land. In 1651, Nathaniel was in Fairfield, CT. as early as 1657, when he became a freeman and where he was an extensive land holder. When the residents between Fairfield and Stratford asked for a new parish, the distance being to great, it was granted and called Stratfield, Ave, Bridgeport, CT. was the old division road between the two towns.

Nathaniel's property lay along the north side of the creek in Fairfield to the creek which is now along North Ave., Bridgeport; it ran 10 miles into Stratford.

In 1659, as his father was in England, Nathaniel sold some of Robert's property.

In 1673, he received a grant of land from Fairfield of 8 acres, and, by part purchase, land adjoining his home lot, called Seeley's Neck. He also bought a sedge marsh of 15 acres.

In 1674 he was appointed by the General Court of Ct. to lay out the boundaries between Fairfield and Norwich. He was called Sergeant in May 1674. In nov. 1675, he was commissioned as Lt., and was second in command of the Army of Fairfield Co. in Kink Philip's War. He served as Captain in Fairfied Co. Dragoons Nov. 1675.

Nathaniel was killed in The Great Swamp Fight at Naragansett. Inventory of his estate was taken Mar. 16, 1676, in which his widow, Elizabeth, mentioned her former husband, Obadiah Gilbert, and their daughter, Sarah. Also mentioned were Nathaniel's children by his first wife; Nathaniel, Robert, Benjamin, Joseph, John,Mary, Sarah, Phebe and Rebecca. Mar 15, 1675/6, Elizabeth made a mutual agreement with Nathaniel and Robert Seeley on behalf of Capt. Nathaniel Seelye's children.

A grant of 200 acres of land was made by Colonial Govt. to Nathaniel's widow, Elizabeth, 1676, in recognition of his service in the war. She deeded land to her son Obadiah Seeley-probably Obadiah Gilbert, son of her former husband. Distribution of estate was made Mar. 3, 1704.
http://www.seeley-society.net/nathaniel/n2gen.html

Christened:

St. Stephen Coleman Street

Born:

St. Stephen Coleman Street

Died:

Killed in the "Swamp War" against the Narraganset Tribe

Sources

[S521] \i Walter Gilbert Genealogy\i0, (Name: http://otal.umd.edu/~walt/gen/htmfile/2608.htm;), ) (Reliability: 3).
[S291] Genealogy of Gordon Gridley and Catherine Low, (Name: http://www.gordongridley.us/genealogy/gridleylo/pafg160.htm#3915;).
[S319] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald Lines Jacobus, (Name: http://books.google.com/books?id=5xYVpaBmRnEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false;).