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Third Generation:
10.  Julia Seeley b. 27 Aug 1780 m. Solomon Little Smith b. 1776 Orange County, New York son of    Timothy Smith and Fanny Little. Enumerated in Elmira, Tioga County, New York (what is now     the Seeley Creek Valley in the Town of Southport, Chemung County, New York) in 1810. Julia d. 3    May 1829 48y 8m 6d (ts) and Solomon d. 6 Nov 1847 71y (ts) Fitzsimmons Cemetery, town of    Southport, Chemung County, New York.

  92.  Aurelia Smith b. 6 Aug 1802 Southport m. Shadrack Thompson.
  93.  Orpha Smith b. 21 Dec 1803 Southport m. Abner Wells.
  94.  Margaret Smith b. 26 July 1805 m. Mijamin Griswold.
  95.  Emma Smith b. 10 Mar 1807 m. Seabury George French.
  96.  Orr Smith c. 1809 m. Huldah Ann Smith.
  97.  Hannah Smith b. 2 Feb 1811 m. Henry Case Wells.
  98.  Fanny Little Smith b. c. 1813 m. 1833 James Harvey Farrand and he d. 11 Apr 1842 aged     about 33 (Elmira Gazette, April 14, 1842) and she m. (2)Ebenezer Sully.
  99.  Timothy Smith b. c. 1815 m. Harriet Fry and he d. 24 May 1842 27y (ts) Wellsburg Baptist     Church Cemetery.
  100.  Uriah Smith b. 1816, single, d. 21 Dec 1864 48y (ts) Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery.
  101.  Jud Smith b. 14 Apr 1818 m. 26 Jan 1849 Rebecca Matthews.
  102.  Harriet Smith b. 20 Apr 1820 m. Lebeus Hammond Mathews b. 22 Dec 1816 and she d. 3     May 1873 (ts) Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery.

11.  William Seeley b. 1781-90 is placed as a son of Samuel as evidenced by his daughter Mahala in    which she stated she was born in Wells, Bradford County, Pennsylvania the daughter of William    Seeley and granddaughter of Samuel Seeley. The statement was published in 1889 when Mahala was    about 66 years old.

  On 10 Apr 1807 Samuel Seely of Newtown, County of Tioga, conveyed, with the consent of his wife Mercy, 592 acres to William    Seely of Newtown, except 60 acres mortgaged to Daniel Hall, Esq., by Josiah Seely, the first owner of Orange County. Witnessed by    James Seely, Jr., and Bartlett Seely. Signed Samuel Seely (Tioga County Deed 3:267). This must be the parcel of 592 ¾ acres that    Nathaniel Seely, Jr., and Elizabeth his wife, Abner Hetfield and Elizabeth his wife, Samuel Edsall and Sarah his wife, James Seely    and Nancy his wife, and Addam Seely of the town of Chemung and County of Tioga conveyed to Josiah Seely, Jr., of Orange    County, New York. Signed by Nathaniel Seely Junr., Elizabeth Seely, Adam Seely, Samuel Edsall, Sarah Edsall, James Seely,    Nancy Seely, Abner Hetfield, Elizabeth Hetfield. Witnessed by Samuel Seely and Timothy Smith (Tioga County Deeds 1:44-5).     There is no record of how Samuel came into possession of the property, but many early deeds went unrecorded. The property    evidently reverted back to Samuel when on 20 May 1809 Samuel and Mercy mortgaged 592 acres to Josiah Seeley of Orange    County, New York, which mortgage was paid in full on 29 Jan 1812 (Tioga County Mortgage 1:161).

  William first appears on the 1815 assessment list (compiled fall of 1814) of Wells Township,    Bradford County, Pennsylvania following brother Bartlett Seeley and cousins Benjamin Seeley and    Strong Seeley who had removed there a few years earlier. The southern portion of the Seeley Creek    Valley is in Wells Township and only a short distance from where the Seeley family first settled in    what became the Town of Southport, Chemung County, New York. William perhaps had an unknown   first wife by whom he perhaps had a son who was of age ten and under age sixteen in the 1820 census   enumeration of Wells. William m. Sarah Judson b. 4 Feb 1790 daughter of Solomon Judson of    Wells. Solomon Judson had a wife Naomi but it has not been ascertained if she was the mother of his    children. William was enumerated in Wells in 1820 with three males under age ten (b. 1811-20), one    male of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10), one male of age twenty six and under age forty    five (b. 1776-94), one female under age ten (b. 1811-20), one female of age twenty six and under age    forty five (b. 1776-94). Residence in 1820 was on warrant parcel 1394 in the western portion of the    township in an area compring what became known as Judson Hill. Asa Pierce, Samuel Seeley, Jr.,    and John Davy were also residing on this warrant. Asa Pierce had m. William’s sister Mahala and    Samuel Seeley, Jr., was William’s brother. Sarah d. 4 Aug 1825 Wells. There is no marker in Wells    Township and Sarah’s place of interment is unknown. William m. Clarissa Budd b. 1791-1800.    Enumerated in Wells in 1830 with one male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age five and    under age ten (b. 1821-25), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), two males of age    fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90), one   female under age five (b. 1826-30), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one female   of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b.    1811-15), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800). On 6 Aug 1831 William    Seeley and Clarissa his wife deeded (Bradford County deed 9:413) 200 acres on warrant parcel 1394    to John Strong in trust for Ann Strong of Wells. William signed by mark and Clarissa signed her    name. On 22 Sept 1838 William and Clarissa deeded (Bradford County deed 15:200) 400 acres to    Elijah Stowell and Lorenzo Grinnell, being a lot of land conveyed to Alfred Seeley by warrant 30 July   1831 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and deeded to William by Alfred 30 Apr 1836,     excepting a lot containing 50 acres deeded to Charles Seeley on 15 Dec 1837 (Bradford County deed    14:179) and a lot of 70 acres deeded to Alfred Seeley on 30 Apr 1836 (Bradford County deed 13:172).   William signed by mark and Clarissa signed her name. William was a non-resident on the 1839    assessment (compiled fall of 1838) of Wells and on the 1840 assessment is the notation “moved out.”    They removed to Illinois and Clarissa is presumed to have d. enroute or shortly after their arrival.    William was of Coles County (that portion that became Cumberland County), Illinois when he    purchased 80 acres on 5 Oct 1839. Enumerated in Coles County (that portion that became     Cumberland County), Illinois in 1840 as William Selly, no township listed, with one male under age    five (b. 1836-40), three males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and    under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), one male of    age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90), and two females of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-   30). There was no wife enumerated in the household. William m. 14 Aug 1841 (Illinois marriage    record) in Coles County, Illinois, Susan Belsher (Belcher). William was enumerated in Woodbury    Precinct, Cumberland County, Illinois in 1850, age 71, born New Jersey, with wife Mary, age 46,    and son, William in the household. Several of William’s other children were enumerated in nearby h   households. There was a Susan Belsher, age 35, enumerated in Woodbury Precinct, Cumberland    County, in 1850 with children in her household. William is related to have been married seven times.   William d. 24 Oct 1858 80y 2m 28d (ts) Farmer Cemetery, Sumpter Township, Cumberland County,    Illinois. His age on his marker would place his birth at an earlier date than given in census records.

  Possible child of William and a first wife:
  103.  Benjamin Seely b. 2 Nov 1804 New York.

  Children of William and Sarah:
  104.  Alfred W. Seeley b. 2 Jan 1812 New York.
  105.  Charles Seeley b. 9 June 1814 Wells.
   106.  Calista N. Seeley b. 10 June 1816 Wells was enumerated in Southport, Chemung County, New      York in 1850, age 34. Enumerated in the 1855 state census of Southport. DEATH: At the      residence of Abner Wells, Esq., of Wellsburgh, on the 23d of December, Miss Calista Seeley,      aged forty-six years (Elmira Gazette, Elmira, New York, Saturday, December 29, 1860).
  107.  Jonas Seeley b. 30 Dec 1818 Wells.
  108.  Lewis Seeley b. 9 Apr 1821 Wells.
  109.  Mahala Seeley b. 25 Nov 1823 Wells.

  Children of William and Clarissa:
  110.  son b. c. 1826 (1830 and 1840 census).
  111.  Evaline Seeley b. 1 Sept 1827 Wells.
  112.  Fanny M. Seeley b. 28 July 1828 Wells.
  113.  son b. c. 1830 (1840 census).
  114.  Shadrock Seeley b. c. 1832 Wells.
  115.  John Willard Seeley b. 25 July 1834 Wells.
  116.  William Henry Seeley b. 8 July 1836 Wells.

12.  Samuel Seeley, Jr., b. perhaps c. 1784 (he must have been b. in 1784 or earlier as he was of age    on 13 July 1805 when he witnessed a deed - Tioga County Deed 2:327) appears on the 1808     assessment list of Tioga Township, Luzerne County (Wells Township had not yet been created) and    was perhaps residing in that portion that became Wells Township. Cousins, Benjamin Seeley and    Lewis Seeley also appeared on the same assessment list. Samuel is not enumerated as a head of    household in 1810. Samuel first appears on the 1820 assessment list (compiled fall of 1819) of Wells,   single, residing on warrant parcel 1394 (present Judson Hill area in the western portion of the    township). Still single on the 1823 assessment list. On the 1824 assessment he is not noted as single.    On the 1825 assessment list is the notation “house unoccupied” and he does not appear after that date   until the 1832 assessment list (compiled fall of 1831). On 15 Sept 1835 Samuel Seeley of Wells    deeded (quit claim) 87 acres in Wells to Mercy Seeley of Southport, Chemung County, New York.    The deed does not state that Mercy was his mother, but she would be the only known possibility.    Enumerated in Wells in 1840, residing on Judson Hill. Samuel last appears on the 1849 assessment    list of Wells, d. 1849 in Wells (Bradford County Decedent 694), no marker. Almira Seeley, widow of   Samuel Seeley, renounced her right to adminster the estate 18 Sept 1849 and requested Orr Smith    (son of Julia Seeley and Solomon Little Smith) be appointed. Almira signed by mark. On 20 Sept    1849 Orr Smith was appointed administrator. Inventory taken 3 Oct 1849. Almira Seeley, age 55, was   enumerated in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1850 in the home of her daughter    Martha Jane Seeley and her husband Cornelius C. Daggett.

  117.  Martha Jane Seeley b. 3 Apr 1830.
  118.  son b. 1831-35.
  119.  son b. 1836-40.

  A. Jackson Seeley, age 11, enumerated in the household of Shadrack Thompson and Aurelia Smith    in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1850. He was perhaps the son above b. 1836-   40. Aurelia Smith was the daughter of Julia Seeley and Solomon Smith and a niece of Samuel.    Jackson was enumerated in Wells Township in 1870, age 32; with wife Emma (Emila on daughter’s    cemetery marker), age 27; daughter, Elizabeth, age 7; daughter, Mary J., age 9 months. Jackson d.    27 Dec 1872 32y 9m 24d (ts) Judson Hill Cemetery, Wells Township. Mary d. 25 Apr 1874 4y 7m    (ts) Judson Hill Cemetery. Jackson d. intestate (Bradford County Decedent 2458) 27 Dec 1872 Wells.    Emily Seeley, widow, renounced her right to administer the estate and requested F. P. Bowman and    Henry C. French be appointed, witnessed by F. H. Brink. Inventory by James H. Brink and C. H.    Titus.

13.  James Seeley b. 178_ is related to have m. Sarah Smith, sometimes known as Sally, b. 178_    daughter of Timothy Smith and Fanny Little. It needs to be confirmed that it was this James Seeley    who married Sarah Smith, since there were three James Seeley’s, all cousins, all b. 1781-90 and    difficulty arises in determining where each James resided and determining their families.

 The Will of Timothy Smith dated 25 Apr 1809 Tioga County, New York (resided Seeley Creek    Valley in that portion that became the Town of Southport, Chemung County, New York) directed son   Job Smith “shall give unto James Seely and Sarah Seely $200 if they will accept it.” Timothy does not   specifically call Sarah his daughter, but it is assumed that she was. The Will was probated 10 May    1809 and there are signed receipts and releases in the estate file for other beneficiaries named in the    Will, but none for James and Sarah. James and Sarah were thus married prior to 25 Apr 1809 and he    is perhaps the James Seeley enumerated in Elmira, Tioga (that portion that became Chemung    County), New York in 1810 residing in the Seeley Creek Valley with a daughter under the age of five   in their household and enumerated next to the households of Israel Seeley and Samuel Seeley, both of   who had sons named James.

  James and Sarah removed to Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. James first    appears on the 1816 assessment (compiled fall of 1815) list of Columbia Township, Bradford County,   Pennsylvania, with the notation of acreage acquired from Adam Seeley, which occurred Feb 1817    (Liber 4:1). On the 1817 assessment list (compiled fall of 1816) James Seely and James Seely, Jr (son    of James Seeley and Ann Westlake) appear.

  On 29 Nov 1817 James Seely the 3rd of Columbia Township, Bradford County and Sally his wife, conveyed two parcels of 54 acres    and 58 acres to John H. Knapp, land in the town of Elmira, Tioga County, New York. Signed James Seely the 3d and Sally Seely    (Tioga County Deeds 4:369).

  James Seely and James Seely, Jr., continue to appear on assessment lists of Columbia Township. On    the 1820 assessment list there is listed James Seely and Seely & Gaylord, the latter evidently some    type of business and presumed to be James Seely, Jr., and Aaron Gaylord, as James Seeley Jr., m.    Laura Gaylord, sister to Aaron Gaylord and Aaron Gaylord m. Jemima Seeley sister to James Seeley,    Jr. On the 1822 assessment are the names James Seeley, Jr., and James Seeley 3rd. Other than the    1817 deed this is the only assessment list in which he appears as James Seeley 3rd. On the 1824    assessment list (compiled fall of 1823) James Seeley, Jr., had transfered 170 acres to Bartlett Seeley    and appears on the 1824 assessment list of neighboring Wells Township, which is consistent with the    known fact that James Seeley, Jr., removed to Wells Township. James Seeley continues to appear on    the Columbia assessment lists until 1827 when he assessed for 2 oxen and 2 cows. James does not    appear in later assessment records of Wells or does he appear in neighboring Wells Township where    his cousins James Seeley, Jr., and James Seeley 2d (son of Israel Seeley and Milicent Strong) were    residing.

  In 1830, all three cousins with the name James Seeley were enumerated in Wells Township. One ws    enumerated as James Seeley and the other two as James Seeley, Jr. Though there were three James    Seeleys enumerated in Wells in 1830 at no time do three appear on the assessment lists. James Seeley,   Jr., and James Seeley (son of Israel Seeley and Milicent Strong) continue to appear on assessment    lists of Wells, but there is no further record of James and Sarah.

  James Seeley, son of Israel Seeley and Milicent Strong, is known to have removed to Athens,    Bradford County and he had a son Nathaniel Seeley. From the 1810, 1820, and 1830 census     enumerations, one of the three James Seeley’s had no sons enumerated in the household, and since it    is known that James Seeley, Jr., son of James Seeley and Ann Westlake had a son Albert and his    cousin James had a son Nathaniel, the following children are assigned to James and Sarah. If correct,    James was enumerated in Tioga County  (that portion that became Chemung County), New York in    1810, Columbia Township, Bradford County in 1820, and Wells Township, Bradford County in 1830.   Further research is needed.

  120.  daughter b. 1805-10.
  121.  daughter b. 1811-15, perhaps Julia Seeley b. 1813 (census) 1815 (ts).
  122.  daughter b. 1811-15.
  123.  daughter b. 1816-20.
   124.  daughter b. 1816-20.
     125.  daughter b. 1821-25.

15.  Lydia Seeley b. 23 Jan 1789 is placed as a daughter of Samuel and Mercy when it states in the    History of Waverly, New York that “he (William Ellis) married Lydia daughter of Samuel Seeley of    Orange County, and later of Seeley Creek, near Elmira, New York.” In the Historical Gazette of    Tioga County, Lydia is related to be a daughter of Israel Seeley. The 1800 census of Israel Seeley’s    household has no female of Lydia’s age bracket in the family. Lydia m. William Ellis b. 12 June    1787 the first white child b. in the Town of Nichols, Tioga County, New York son of Ebenezer Ellis    and Elizabeth McCullough. William and Lydia resided in what became the Town of Barton, Tioga    County, New York. Enumerated in Tioga County, New York in 1810 with two sons under age ten in    their household. Enumerated in Tioga, Tioga County in 1820 with two males under age ten (b. 1811-   20), two males of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10), one male of age twenty six and under    age forty five (b. 1776-94), three females under age ten (b. 1811-20), and one female of age twenty    six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94). Enumerated in Barton, Tioga County, New York in 1830    with two males of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), one male of age twenty and under    age thirty (b. 1801-10), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90), one female under age    five (b. 1826-30), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), two females of age ten and    under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90). William was    one of three original trustees of Emory Chapel, when it was organized 2 Nov 1832. Enumerated in    Barton in 1840 with two males of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one male of age fifty   and under age sixty (b. 1781-90), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one    female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), and one female of age fifty and under age    sixty (b. 1781-90). William d. 26 Sept 1848 61y 8m 12d (ts). Lydia was enumerated in Barton in    1850 in the household of daughter Sarah Swartwood. Lydia d. 26 Mar 1874 85y 2m 3d (ts) Emory    Chapel Cemetery. Their markers are in the front row behind the church. William, Lydia, and children   Julia M., Ransom, Julia Ann, and Harriet all have markers in a row beside each other. Ransom and    Julia Ann are on one marker. There are no unmarked graves that would indicate burials for their    children who are related to have d. young. Son, William T. Ellis, wife, and two children are buried in   the next row behind William and Lydia.

  126.  William Tappan Ellis b. 22 Feb 1807 m. Mary Hanna.
  127.  John Ellis b. c. 1809 m. Augusta Lavina Wright. Enumerated in Barton in 1850.
  128.  Ransom Ellis b. 28 Apr 1811 d. 3 Oct 1830 19y 5m 5d (ts) Emory Chapel Cemetery.
  129.  Harriet Ellis b. 23 Mar 1813 m. David Lyon and she d. 1 Feb 1831 18y 9d (ts) Emory Chapel      Cemetery.
  130.  Selah Ellis b. 15 Nov 1814 m. Rebecca Myers and he d. 27 Dec 1897 (ts) Emory Chapel      Cemetery.
  131.  Julia Ann Ellis b. 3 Aug 1817 d. 12 Oct 1830 (ts) Emory Chapel Cemetery. The marker is      broken through the age and that portion is unreadable. Date of birth is from other sources.      Ransom and Julia are on the same marker.
  132.  Amanda Ellis b. 12 Aug 1819 m. Charles E. Pembleton and she d. 10 July 1902 (ts) Emory      Chapel Cemetery.
  133.  Sarah Ellis b. 2 Feb 1822 m. Henry Swartwood. Enumerated in Barton in 1850. Sarah d. 7      Jan 1887 64y 11m 5d (ts) Emory Chapel Cemetery.
  134.  Charlotte Ellis b. 5 Nov 1827 m. James Ellis Parker and she d. 18 Oct 1892 (ts) Emory      Chapel Cemetery.
  135.  Julia M. Ellis b. 4 Jan 1831 d. 15 June 1837 6y 5m 11d (ts) Emory Chapel Cemetery.

  Also, related to have had daughters Fanny and Elizabeth who d. infancy.

16.  Bartlett Seeley b. 29 Mar 1791 appears in 1813 on the first assessment of Wells Township, Bradford   County, Pennsylvania. He served in the War of 1812 from 1 July 1814 to 30 Sept 1814 as a private in    Captain Claudius V. Boughton’s Company of New York State Volunteer Cavalry. Bartlett m.    Charity Read Capron b. 10 May 1794 daughter of Jeremiah Capron and Jerusha Hartshorn.    Charity’s brother Joseph Capron also removed to Wells. Bartlett was a slave owner in Wells and on    the 1817 assessment list the only person who owned a slave in the township. Enumerated 1820 census   of Wells with one male under age ten (b. 1811-20), one male of age twenty six and under age forty    five (b. 1776-1794), two females under age ten (b. 1811-20), and one female of age sixteen and under   age twenty six (b. 1795-1804). In 1823 Bartlett transfered his holdings in Wells to his cousin, James    Seeley, Jr., for those improvements James had made in neighboring Columbia Township, Bradford    County. Bartlett first appears on the 1825 assessment list (compiled fall of 1824) of Columbia.   Enumerated in Columbia in 1830 with two males under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age five    and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one male of    age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25),    two females of age ten and under age fifteen (1816-20), one female of age thirty and under age forty    (b. 1791-1800). Bartlett last appears on the 1831 assessment list (compiled fall of 1830) of Columbia.   Enumerated in Granger, Allegany County, New York in 1840 with two males under age five (b.    1836-40), two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age    fifteen (1826-30), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one male of age fifty    and under age sixty (b. 1781-90), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), two females    of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b.    1811-20), one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800). Bartlett d. 22 Aug 1846 (family    record of Bertha Seely, daughter of Fletcher Seely - “birth of gpa Seely 29 Mar 1786 death 22 Aug    1846 age 60 years”). Charity was enumerated in Fairfield Township, Fayette County, Iowa in 1860    residing with daughter Harriet Newton and family. Charity d. 21 Jan 1870 (family record of Bertha    Seely).

  140.  son b. 1816-20 (1820 and 1830 census enumeration).
   141.  Elmira Seeley b. 1816-20.
  142.  Rosette Seeley b. 1816-20.
  143.  child b. 1821 d. young.
  144.  Samuel Satterlee Seeley b. 2 Jan 1823.
  145.  Harriet Mercy Seeley b. 13 Nov 1824.
  146.  DeWitt Clinton Seeley b. 28 Dec 1828.
  147.  Fletcher O’Fling Seeley b. 4 Oct 1829.
  148.  Clarissa D. Seeley b. 26 Mar 1832 New York.
  149.  James Seeley.
  150.  Grant Seeley.
  151.  Millard Seeley.
  152.  son.

17.  Milicent Seeley b. 11 Jan 1793 m. Asa Pierce b. 25 Feb 1781 son of Joseph Pierce and Margaret    Gates. Asa appears on the first assessment list of Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in   1813. Enumerated in Wells in 1820, younger brother Alfred Pierce enumerated in the next household.   Resided on Judson Hill on warrant parcel 1394. Asa appeared on the assessment lists until 1830    (compiled fall of 1829) when he is listed as “gone” and removed before the 1830 census enumeration.   Enumerated in Nunda, Allegany County, New York in 1840. They removed to Belvidere, Boone    County, Illinois. Asa d. 20 Sept 1846. Milicent enumerated with daughter Julia Young and family in    Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin in 1850 where she continued to reside. Milicent d. 25 Jan    1883 Delavan.

  153.  daughter b. 1811-20.
  154.  daughter b. 1811-20.
  155.  Julia Pierce b. 6 Sept 1821 Wells.
  156.  daughter b. 1826-30.
  157.  son b. 1826-30.
  158.  daughter b. 1831-35.

18.  Harriet Seeley b. perhaps 1795 m. Edward L. Monahan b. c. 1786. Enumerated in the 1825 state    census of Southport, Tioga County (that portion that became Chemung County), New York as    Edward L. Monaghan with three males and one female in the household, two of the males eligible to    vote and one of military duty age 18-45. Harriet is related to have d. 1826. Edward m. (2)Mary Ann    Foote b. c. 1819 Tioga County, New York. Edward purchased on 1 Apr 1849, 27 acres in Grove,    Allegany County, New York. Edward was enumerated in the 1850 census (age 45) of Grove,     Allegany County, New York; 1855 state census (age 56 and resident of Grove for fifteen years) of    Grove; 1860 census of Grove; 1870 census (age 70) of Grove; and 1875 state census (age 82) of    Grove. Edward d. 16 Dec 1876 90y (ts) Birdsall, Allegany County, New York. Mary Ann d. 8 Nov    1884 65y (ts) Catholic Cemetery, Portageville, Wyoming County, New York.

  Child of Edward and Harriet:
  159.  James Monahan b. 30 Sept 1824 Southport, Tioga County (that portion that became Chemung      County), New York.

  Children of Edward and Mary Ann:
  Matthew Monahan b. 1850-1.
  Mary Ann Monahan b. c. 1854.
  Alice Jane Monahan b. 1857 d. 1 Apr 1861 3y 6m (ts) Catholic Cemetery, Portageville, New York.
  Martha Alice Monahan b. c. 1861.

19.  Elizabeth Seeley b. 10 Mar 1798 m. 28 Sept 1816 Thomas Osgood b. 5 June 1798 Tully, New York    son of John Osgood and Sarah Merrill of Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.    Enumerated in Elmira, Tioga County (that portion that became Chemung County), New York in    1820. Thomas first appears on the 1824 assessment list (compiled fall of 1823) of Wells Township,    Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in Wells in 1830. On the 1831 assessment their property   had been transfered to Nathan Buchanan and they removed from the township. Thomas was a    minister. Elizabeth d. 21 Feb 1833 Centerville, Allegany County, New York. Thomas m. (2)Mary.    Thomas was residing at Centerville in the 1875 Gazetteer, farmer. Thomas d. 24 Mar 1891.

  160.  Moses S. Osgood b. 18 June 1817 Warsaw, New York m. 1 Dec 1858 Elizabeth Davis.
  161.  Charles W. Osgood b. 9 Nov 1818 m. 23 Nov 1845 Eliza A. Wilcox.
  162.  Celestia R. Osgood b. 3 Feb 1820 m. James Smith.
  163.  Alzina Osgood b. 24 Apr 1821 m. 24 Mar 1839 Samuel Miller.
  164.  Clymenia M. Osgood b. 23 June 1823 m. 8 Nov 1846 Edward Hayward.
  165.  John D. Osgood b. 6 Nov 1824 m. 12 Nov 1848 Margaret Davis.
  166.  Edmond O’Fling Osgood b. 10 May 1826 Wells m. Rowena Colesgrove.
  167.  Harriet J. Osgood b. 16 Mar 1827 m. 16 Sept 1847 Ira Ackerman.
  168.  Henry M. Osgood b. 22 Sept 1828 m. 15 Feb 1851 Magalena Carbon.
  169.  Vianna Osgood b. 29 May 1830 m. 14 May 1849 Robert Miller.
  170.  James A. Osgood b. 3 Feb 1832.

  Children of Thomas and Mary:
  Marian Osgood b. 9 Sept 1835.
  Mary Olivia Osgood b. 28 Jan 1837.

20.  Mahala Seeley b. 11 July 1800 m. Josiah S. Morris b. c. 1808 son of Stephen and Phoebe Morris.    Enumerated in Almond, Allegany County, New York in 1840 and Friendship, Allegany County in    1850, farmer. They removed from Friendship before the 1855 state census enumeration. Enumerated    in Wirt, Allegany County in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in Rockdale, Crawford County, Pennsylvania    in 1870 residing in the household of son Henry. Mahala d. 30 May 1874. Josiah enumerated in    household of son Henry in Rockdale in 1880.

  171.  son b. 1826-30.
  172.  Harriet Morris b. c. 1830.
  173.  Henry J. Morris b. c. 1837.
  174.  Edward Morris b. c. 1839.
  175.  Clinton Seely Morris b. 21 June 1843 Friendship m. 18 Aug 1881 at Corry, Pennsylvania,      Margaret Lois Hamilton.
  176.  Jeannette Morris b. c. 1850 (enumerated with family in 1860, age 10, perhaps not their      daughter).

21.  Sarah Seeley b. 6 July 1786 m. John Bartlett Seeley b. 25 Apr 1779 son of Bazaleel Seeley and    Zerviah Satterlee. John d. 19 Nov 1812 34y (ts) Seeley Cemetery, Town of Hector, Schuyler County,   New York. Nathaniel Seeley and Lucy Kelsey bible records his date of death as Dec 1812. Sarah m.    (2)William Paton (Patten, etc.) b. 1770 Ayreshire, Scotland as his second wife. His first wife Eleanor   d. 14 May 1813 32y (ts). Sarah d. 25 Dec 1839 54y (ts and Nathaniel Seeley and Lucy Kelsey bible).    William d. 2 Sept 1843 (ts) buried with Eleanor and Sarah in South Lyons Cemetery, Town of Lyons,   Wayne County, New York.

  177.  Charles Seeley b. 21 Feb/Nov 1802.
  178.  Azubah Seeley b. 5 May 1804 m. Hiram Tuthill and she d. 3 May 1885 Erin, Chemung      County, New York.
  179.  Sarah Seeley b. 23 Aug 1806 d. 28 Jan 1825.
  180.  Stella Seeley b. 28 Oct 1807 m. Abraham Bull.

22.  Nathaniel Seeley b. 28 Oct (marker has Oct 20 but a new marker replaced the original, which did not   contain the date of birth and this may be incorrect) 1788 (full date from family bible) m. 16 Feb 1809    at Elmira (perhaps that portion that became the Town of Southport), New York, Lucy Kelsey b. 3    Aug 1791 Newtown, Tioga County, New York daughter of Abner Kelsey and Ann Eaton.     Enumerated in Elmira, Tioga County, New York in 1810 with one son in their household. They    removed to what is now Osceola, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1812, where Nathaniel engaged in    farming and kept an inn for the accomodation of travelers, and for many years was a Justice of the    Peace. Nathaniel d. 15 Oct 1866 77y 11m (original ts) and Lucy d. 15 Sept 1873 (ts) Fairview    Cemetery, Osceola. Nathaniel’s original marker replaced with a marker giving date of birth and    death. Family bible last in possession of Jud A. Seely of Osceola, Pennsylvania.

  181.  Jonas Bellows Seeley b. 17 Mar 1810 Southport m. 15 July 1838 Hannah Van Duesen.
  182.  John Surson Seely b. 12 Mar 1812 Osceola d. 26 Mar 1816.
  183.  George Griffith Seeley b. 16 July 1814 Osceola m. 5 Sept 1835 Julia A. Morse and 14 Apr      1846 (Elwood record) 4 Apr 1847 (Seely bible) (2)Ursula Allen Elwood.
  184.  Morgan Seeley b. 15 May 1816 Osceola m. Harriet Beebe.
  185.  Grant Seeley b. 16 June 1818 Osceola d. young.
  186.  Henry Seeley b. 27 July 1820 Osceola m. Lydia Crandall.
  187.  Jane Elizabeth Seeley b. 7 Aug 1822 m. Russell Crandall.
  188.  child b. 1824 d. young.
  189.  Allen Seeley b. 22 Oct 1826 Osceola m. Mary Ann Campbell.
  190.  child b. 1828 d. young.
  191.  child b. 1830 d. young.
  192.  Ann Keziah Seeley b. 8 Aug 1832 m. 6 Feb 1851 Anthony Wayne Lugg.
  193.  child b. 1834 d. young.

23.  Elizabeth Seeley b. 19 Dec 1790 m. Archibald Campbell b. 30 June 1770 County Cork,     Ireland. Resided on a farm between Ovid and Lodi, New York in Seneca County. Archibald d. 15 July   1855 and Elizabeth d. 3 Mar 1869 Lodi, Seneca County, New York buried West Lodi Cemetery.    Dates from family bible.

  194.  Margaret Campbell b. 24 Dec 1807 d. 29 Mar 1851.
  195.  Robert Campbell b. 3 May 1809 m. 3 Oct 1837 Jane S. Knight.
  196.  James Campbell b. 23 July 1812 m. 27 Mar 1833 Emma Marie Ely.
  197.  Caroline Campbell b. 5 Aug 1814 m. 4 Oct 1837 Jacob Brinkerhoff and she d. 18 Nov 1839.
  198.  Marthaline Campbell b. 20 Jan 1817 m. 4 Oct 1837 John S. Knight and he d. 23 Aug 1865.
  199.  Jane T. Campbell b. 12 Apr 1819 m. 23 Nov 1842 George Ely and he d. 6 Mar 1846 and she      m. 16 May 1849 (2)Joshua W. Rapplyee.
  200.  William P. Campbell b. 10 Sept 1821 m. 26 Sept 1844 Lettice Ann Wicoff and she d. 31 Dec      1865 and he m. 30 June 1868 (2)Matilda Rapplyee.
  201.  Mary Campbell b. 23 Sept 1823 d. 28 Aug 1826.
  202.  Elizabeth Campbell b. 24 July 1825 d. 6 Oct 1826.
  203.  Newell T. Campbell b. 28 June 1827 m. 3 Dec 1857 Angeline Houghton.
  204.  Marie Antoinette Campbell b. 23 Mar 1829 m. 25 Nov 1860 Aaron Miller.
  205.  Abraham M. Campbell b. 10 Jan 1831 m. 22 Dec 1858 Mary Smeltzer.
  206.  Norman Campbell b. 3 May 1833 m. 27 Oct 1863 Harriet Wheeler.
  207.  Anna Eliza D. P. Campbell b. 5 Sept 1835 m. 3 Aug 1858 William Smith.

24.  Christian Seeley b. 10 Nov 1794 m. 14 ___ 1813 in the town of Catharine, Tioga (now in Schuyler    County) (bible record), Ephraim Satterly (Satterlee, etc.) b. 12 May 1786 son of Selah Satterly.    Ephraim served War of 1812. Enumerated in Catharine, Tioga County, New York in 1820 with three    males under age ten (b. 1811-20), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94),    one female under age ten (b. 1811-20), one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b.    1776-94). They removed in 1844 to Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in    the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Ephraim d. 10 Jan    1868 and Christian d. 21 July 1874 Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania buried Stony Fork    Cemetery.

  DIED in Delmar, Jan 10, Mr. Ephraim Satterly, aged 82 years and 8 months. Mr. Satterly was one of    the oldest inhabitants of the county. He was father of 16 children, grandfather to 53 grandchildren    and several great-grandchildren. He removed from Chemung co., NY (Wellsboro Agitator,     Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1868).

  208.  Susan Satterly b. 14 Aug 1812 d. 16 Aug 1813.
  209.  Elizabeth C. Satterly b. 17 Jan 1814 m. Oliver Jeffers.
  210.  Symantha Satterly b. 25 June 1815 d. young.
  211.  Selah S. Satterly b. 25 Dec 1816 m. Emeline Downing.
  212.  Archibald Campbell Satterly b. 14 Aug 1818 m. Fanny Jane Ellison.
  213.  Charles S. Satterly b. 25 Mar 1820 m. Sarah Chapman Canfield.
  214.  Sarah Ann Satterly b. 8 Dec 1821.
  215.  Martha Satterly (twin) b. 12 July 1823.
  216.  Mary Satterly (twin) b. 12 July 1823 m. Ephraim Francis.
  217.  Stella B. Satterly b. 12 Oct 1825 m. Anson West.
  218.  Rebecca M. Satterly b. 29 Oct 1827 m. Nicholas Keyser (Kiser).
  219.  Electa Lewis Satterly b. 8 May 1829 m. Chauncey Bacon.
  220.  Caroline C. Satterly b. 26 Dec 1831 d. May 1832.
  221.  Henry Rowland Satterly b. 26 Feb 1833 m. Mary Griffin.
  222.  Robert C. Satterly b. 2 Sept 1834 m. Anna English.
  223.  Samuel D. Satterly b. 1 Dec 1838 m. Ellen Smedley (2)Delilah Kesyer (Kiser).

26.  Benjamin Seeley b. 31 Dec 1778 m. his cousin Permelia Edsall b. 30 Nov 1788 daughter of Samuel   Edsall and Sarah Seeley. They are related to have settled in 1808 in Wells at Aspinwall from    Southport, Chemung County, New York. Benjamin appears on the 1808 assessment list of Tioga    Township (Wells Township had not yet been created), Luzerne County, most likely residing in that    portion that became Wells. They returned the short distance into New York as Benjamin was    enumerated in the Seeley Creek Valley in what is now the present Town of Southport in 1810 with    three children in their household, two males under age ten (b. 1801-10) and one female under age ten   (b. 1801-10).

  On 20 Oct 1810 James Seely of the town of Elmira, County of Tioga and Sally his wife conveyed 90 acres to Benjamin Seeley of the   same place, tract of land lying on Seely Creek granted to the Seelys. Signed James Seely and Sally Seely (Tioga County Deed    3:314).

  On 14 May 1812 Benjamin Seely and Permelia his wife of the town of Elmira, County of Tioga conveyed 90 acres of land in the    Town of Elmira on Seely Creek to Solomon L. Smith. Signed Benjamin Seely and Permelia Seely (Tioga County Deed 3:516).

  Benjamin appears on the 1813 assessment list (compiled fall of 1812) of Wells. Benjamin also    appears on the 1813 assessment list of Smithfield Township as a “new settler.” Columbia Township    was formed from Smithfield Township and part of their land was in Columbia Township at     Aspinwall (now Coryland). Benjamin acquired land (Liber 4:2) in Dec 1814 in Wells from the    William Bingham Trustees. On the 1818 assessment list, Benjamin was a constable. Enumerated in    Wells in 1820 with one male under age ten (b. 1811-20), one male of age ten and under age sixteen    (b. 1805-10), one male of age sixteen and under age eighteen (b. 1802-4), one male of age sixteen and   under age twenty six (b. 1795-1804), four females under age ten (b. 1811-20), and one female of age    ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10) in their household. They continued to reside in Wells. In Dec    1854 Benjamin and Permelia deeded land (Liber 44:36) to George Beckwith. Benjamin last appears    on the 1855 assessment list (compiled fall of 1854). Enumerated in the 1855 state census of     Southport, Benjamin born Orange County, two years in the town, Permelia born Chemung County,    daughter Ellen in their household born Pennsylvania. Enumerated in Southport in 1860, daughter    Frances residing with them. Benjamin d. 8 Sept 1864 85y 8m 8d (ts). His death record in the 1865    state census gives the same date, age 86, palsy, born New York. Permelia resided town of Southport    in 1865, mother of twelve children (1865 census enumeration), d. 6 Sept 1866 77y 9m 7d (ts) buried    with Benjamin in Pine City Cemetery, Southport, Chemung County, New York. Daughters Sarah and   Ellen and grandson John Learned are buried on the lot with Benjamin and Permelia.

  A quit claim deed (46:146) of 143 acres indentifies some of the children of Benjamin and Permelia as   Frances Ranney, Alfred Seely, Alexander Seely, Aletta Learned, Sally Colony, Milicent McCormick,    Emily J. Badger, Elizabeth Bravoo, and Ellen Seely being the heirs at law of Lewis Seely, dec’d.

  On the 1865 New York state census enumeration, Permelia was the mother of twelve children, but    some records indicate she may have had more children. The 1865 state census was to refer to all    children, living or deceased and sometimes the enumeration only refered to living children, which    cannot be the case with Permelia, since she had only at least eleven children living in 1865. On the    1810 census enumeration, Benjamin and Permelia were the parents of two sons under the age of ten.    It is known that Alexander and Alfred were sons. Caleb is not named as a son in the above quit claim    deed.

  224.  Caleb Seeley b. 1802 Southport.
  225.  Alexander Seeley b. c. 1804.
  226.  Alfred Seeley b. c. 1806 Southport.
  227.  Aletta Seeley b. 19 Aug 1807 Southport.
  228.  Emily J. Seeley b. c. 1810 Southport.
  229.  Sarah C. Seeley b. 3 July 1812 (ts) Southport.
  230.  Millicent Seeley b. c. 1816 Wells.
  231.  Frances Seeley b. c. 1816 Wells.
  232.  Elizabeth Jane Seeley b. c. 1818.
  233.  son b. 1811-20, perhaps c. 1820 (1820 census).
  234.  Lewis Seeley b. Mar 1821 appears on the 1846 assessment list of Wells with his brother in law,     Hiram M. Ranney, d. 2 Apr 1848 27y 11d (ts) Coryland Cemetery, Wells Township.
  235.  Adaline A. Seeley b. c. 1827.
  236.  daughter b. 1826-30 (1830 census).
  237.  Ellen M. Seeley b. 3 Oct 1831 Wells.
  238.  Harrison Seeley b. c. 1833.

27.  James Seeley b. c. 1781 had a wife Sarah, often known by the common nickname of Sally. She could   be Sarah Smith daughter of Timothy Smith and Fanny Little of Newtown, Tioga County (that portion   that became Southport, Chemung County), New York though his cousin James (son of Samuel Seeley   and Mercy Bartlett) is related to have m. Sarah Smith, but confusion could have arisen with earlier    researchers, because of the three James Seeleys (James son of James Seeley and Ann Westlake, James   son of Israel Seeley and Millicent Strong and James son of Samuel Seeley and Mercy Bartlett) who    were cousins and all b. in the same time frame of 1781-90.

  On 25 Apr 1807 Israel Seeley of the town of Newtown, County of Tioga and Millicent his wife conveyed to “his son” James Seely of   Newtown 90 acres in Newtown on Seely Creek, being part of land granted to Nathaniel Seely, bounded by lands in possession of    Samuel Seely and Adam Seely. Witnessed by Nathaniel Seely, David Mapes, and Benjamin Seely. Signed Israel Seely and Millicent    Seely (Tioga County Deed 3:30).

  On 20 Oct 1810 James Seely of the town of Elmira, County of Tioga and Sarah his wife conveyed to Benjamin Seely of the same, 90   acres lying on Seely Creek and part of a tract granted to the Seelys. Signed James Seely and Sarah Seely (Tioga County Deed    3:314).

  On 14 May 1812 Benjamin Seely and Permelia his wife of the town of Elmira, County of Tioga conveyed 90 acres of land in the    Town of Elmira on Seely Creek to Solomon L. Smith. Signed Benjamin Seely and Permelia Seely (Tioga County Deed 3:516).

  These deeds prove that Israel and Milicent had a son James and that James had a wife Sarah and they   conveyed property to his brother Benjamin Seeley. James has not been located on the 1820 census    enumeration.

  James Seeley 2d  first appears on the 1827 assessment lists of Wells Township, Bradford County,    Pennsylvania. In 1828 he is called James 2d, but not thereafter, to distinguish him from his two    cousins James Seeley, Jr (son of James Seeley and Ann Westlake) and James Seeley 3rd (son of    Samuel Seeley and Mercy Bartlett).

  In 1830, he was one of the three James Seeley’s enumerated in Wells Township. One was enumerated   as James Seeley and the other two as James Seeley, Jr. James was listed as James Seeley, Jr., with one   male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one male of   age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one    female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty    (b. 1811-15), and one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90). Though there were three    James Seeleys enumerated in Wells in 1830 at no time do three appear on the assessment lists.

  In the Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 14, 1885 appeared the following    under the heading of Wells Township -

  Israel Seeley’s children were Benjamin, James, Lettie, Eunice, Strong, and Lewis. Benjamin Seeley moved to Southport, N.Y.,    where he died; James died at Athens, Pa.; Lettie died at Southport, a maiden lady; Eunice married Aaron Hatfield, and died in    Indiana; Strong died in Elmira; Lewis went West and is supposed to be dead.

  The above helps to determine that he was the James Seeley who continued to be assessed in Wells    along with James Seeley, Jr., until his removal to Athens Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.    On the 1832 and 1834 assessment lists, James was referred to as James I. Seeley, the “I” being for    Israel, his father, though he probably did not carry a middle name or initial, but it was a practice used   infrequently to distinguish various family members. James was asssessed in Wells until 1840    (compiled December 1839) when he transfered his property in southern Wells near Aspinwall (now    Coryland) to Nathan Shepard. The family removed to Orcutt Creek (now known as Wilawana),    Athens Township, Bradford County. Enumerated in Athens in 1840 with one male of age 10 and    under age 15 (b. 1826-30), one male of age 50 and under age 60 (b. 1781-90), two females of age 15    and under age 20 (b. 1821-25), one female of age 40 and under age 50 (b. 1791-1800). James first    appears on the 1841 assessment list of Athens Township with 10 improved acres, 90 unimproved    acres, one house, one cow, and one horse. Beginning in 1843 he was assessed for one cow and no    other personal or real property. On the 1848 assessment list Benjamin Seely also appears, assessed for   one cow and on the 1849 assessment Benjamin had “moved out of the town.” James was enumerated    in Athens Township in 1850, age 71, in the household of his daughter Jane Sible and family. On the    1850 assessement a William Seely also appears with one cow. The 1851 assessment of Athens    Township was concluded in Dec 1850 and on the 1852 assessment taken in Nov 1851, James is    “dead,” his death occuring sometime in 1851 or Dec 1850. The earliest burials in the Wilawana    Cemetery near their residence with an inscribed marker are from the 1870’s and in this cemetery son    Nathaniel Seeley is buried, but William’s death predates the cemetery and his place of interment or    that of Sarah who evidently d. in the 1840’s is unknown. The Dutchtown Cemetery is west of    Wilawana in the town of Chemung and Daniel Orcutt who died in 1848 and his family are buried    there who resided near the Seely family.

  239.  daughter b. 1811-15 (1830 census enumeration).
  240.  son b. 1816-20 (1830 census enumeration).
  241.  Hila Seeley b. c. 1820 Pennsylvania (1860, 1870, and 1800 census; b. New York in 1850      census).
  242.  Jane Seeley b. c. 1823 Pennsylvania.
  243.  Nathaniel Seeley b. c. 1830 Pennsylvania.

28.  Strong Seeley b. 16 Sept 1786, served War of 1812, appears on the first assessment of Wells    Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1813. He is listed on the 1814 assessment, but not again   until 1823 (compiled fall of 1822) when he was listed as a single freeman. Strong was noted as    married on the 1824 assessement list (compiled fall of 1823). Strong m. 1822/23 Sabra Ingals b. 19    Sept 1796 Cooperstown, New York daughter of James Ingals and Abigail Slade of Wells. Farmer,    resided Wells Township. In Apr 1870 Strong and Sabra sold (Liber 98:25) their farm in Wells to    John A. Pellet. Strong d. 17 Aug 1872 (ts) Pine City Cemetery, town of Southport, Chemung County,    New York. Sabra was enumerated with daughter Milla and family in Wells in 1880. Sabra d. 13 June    1887 91y (ts) Mosherville Cemetery, Wells Township.

  Mrs. Sabra Seely died Wells June 13, 1887 age 91 years (Wellsboro Agitator, July 5, 1887).

   244.  Milicent Seeley b. c. 1825.
  245.  Rosilla Seeley b. c. 1829 resided Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
  246.  William Hoffman Seeley b. c. 1832.
  247.  Hiram H. Seeley b. 1836.

29.  Lewis Seeley b. perhaps 1785-90 (he was of age in 1807 when he witnessed a deed) appears on the    1808 assessment list of Tioga Township, Luzerne County (Wells Township, Bradford County had not   yet been created) most likely residing in that portion that became Wells. He is related to have “gone    west.” There was a Lewis Seeley enumerated in Genesee Township, Genesee County, Michigan in    1840 b. 1771-80 with a male b. 1821-25 and a female b. 1771-80 in the household. This Lewis Seeley   should be researched. He acquired 40 acres on 5 Sept 1838 in Genesee County.

33.  James Seeley Jr., b. 14 July 1782 is related to have returned to Orange County, New York and he    may be the James Seeley who m. 14 July 1804 (Goshen, Orange County, New York Presbyterian    Church) Sarah Townsend. James returned and m. 2 June 1814 (2)Laura Gaylord b. 5 Jan 1794    daughter of Lemuel Gaylord and Sylvia Murray of Wells Township, Bradford County,     Pennsylvania. James first appears on the 1817 assessment list of Columbia Township, Bradford    County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1820    next to Laura’s brother Aaron Gaylord and the ages of children seem to match some of his known    children. James and Laura removed to neighboring Wells Township, Bradford County. In the    Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 28, 1885 appeared the following under the    heading of Wells Township:

  “James Seely came to this township in 1823, and lived on the place now owned by G. Goff, and occupied by G. B. Goodwin. Mr.    Seely traded his improvements in Columbia township, with his cousin Bartlett Seely, for those he had made in Wells. James Seely    was born in Orange county, N. Y. When he was six years old his father James Seely, Sr., moved to the Chemung flats, and purchased   a large farm within three miles of Elmira. After remaining there for a few years he moved to Jackson, Tioga Co., Pa., where he died.    James then went back to Orange county, then came back and took up a farm in Columbia township, married and resided there until    the time as above mentioned. Mr.Seely died with his son Alber(t) in 1878, at the age of 94 years. He had a family of five children.    Sally married Ruben Lafever, and died in New York State. Zevira died a maiden lady. Harriet M. married Rev. John Seely (no    relation) and resided near Rochester, N.Y., Ellen married Enoch Copley and resided at Louisville, Tenn. Albert resides in Wells near    the State line. James Seely was a cousin of Benjamin Seely.”

  We are uninformed of who furnished the above information to the reporter for the newspaper, but it    was perhaps son Albert who was living in Wells in 1885. On the 1824 assessment list (compiled fall    of 1823) of Columbia Township, James transfered 170 acres to Bartlett Seeley. His name continues to   appear on the assessment lists of Columbia, owning acreage, but no improvements. James first    appears on the 1824 assessment list of Wells. James purchased (5:100) a farm of 138 acres in the    Seeley Creek Valley, Wells Township, from Solomon Judson “lately in possession of Bartlett Seely    and more in possession of James Seely, Jr.” James purchased the third farm from the state line of 96    acres in the Seeley Creek Valley on 27 Mar 1824 known as the Horton lot. James was one of the three   James Seeley’s enumerated in Wells in 1830. James acquired 400 acres on 27 Mar 1832 that had been   surveyed 30 July 1831. James Seeley, Jr., and Laura his wife deeded (Liber 12:486) 199 acres (taking    out 30 acres) in Columbia Township on warrant parcels 1376 and 1377 to Joseph H. DeWitt of    Frankford, Sussex County, New Jersey, dated 4 May 1836. On 20 July 1836 James Seeley, Jr., and    Laura his wife deeded (Liber 12:601) 96 acres known as the Horton lot which was acquired 20 Mar    1824 to Whittington Sayre. On 15 June 1839 James deeded (Liber l6:185) 30 acres, part of land    deeded by James to Joseph H. DeWitt, to Reuben Lafever of Reading, Steuben County, New York. On   27 July 1840 James and Laura of Wells Township deeded (Liber 17:264) 28 acres to Whittington    Sayre of Southport. James last appears on the 1848 assessment list of Wells. Enumerated in     Southport, Chemung County, New York in 1850, farmer. James again appears on the 1852 and 1853    assessment lists of Wells, but not 1854. Enumerated in the 1855 state census of the town of Elmira,    James and Laura residing with son Albert and family, one year in town. James again appears on the    1858 assessment list of Wells. Laura d. 1859 (ts). James enumerated with son Albert in 1870 in    Wells, age 88. James d. 25 Sept 1875 93y 2m 11d (ts) buried with Laura in Pine City Cemetery,    Southport, Chemung County, New York. Family bible record for children of James and Laura was in    possession of a descendant Mattie Seely Strong of Webb Mills, Town of Southport, gives names and    dates for five children below, but census records would indicate more children.

  Children of James and Sarah:
  248.  daughter b. 1805-10 (1820 census).
  249.  daughter b. 1805-10 (1820 and 1830 census).
  250.  daughter b. 1810-13.

  Children of James and Laura:
  251.  Sarah Seeley b. 15 Mar 1815.
  252.  Zerviah Seeley b. 5 Mar 1817 d. 25 Sept 1837 20y 6m 14d (ts) Pine City Cemetery.
  253.  Harriet M. Seeley b. 13 Sept 1819 Pennsylvania.
  254.  Albert Seeley b. 19 Sept 1822 Wells.
  255.  daughter b. 1821-25 (1830 and 1840 census).
  256.  daughter b. 1826-30 (1830 census).
  257.  Ellen M. Seeley b. 19 Aug 1831.

34.  Jesse Seeley b. 8 July 1785 m. Margaret Dunning b. 17 May 1787. Jesse acquired land from the    William Bingham trustees, recorded 17 May 1810 (Deed 1:165). Enumerated in Jackson Township,    Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1830 and 1840. Margaret d. 26 Dec 1843 56y 8m 9d (ts). On 20 July    1847 Jesse conveyed (Tioga County Deed Book 22) 62 acres to son Edward Seeley, located on    warrant 3303 and conveyed to Jesse by the William Bingham trustees. On 12 Aug 1850 Jesse    conveyed a lot to Daniel Friends next to Edward Seeley for $100 being a portion of the land     acquired from the William Bingham Trustees. Jesse d. 9 Feb 1852 67y (ts) buried with Margaret in    Seeley Cemetery, Jackson Township.

  258.  Hiram Seeley b. 28 Nov 1820.
  259.  Edward Seeley b. 25 Mar 1822.
  260.  Maria Seeley b. 2 July 1824.
  261.  Jane Elizabeth Seeley b. 16 Jan 1827.

35.  Holly Seeley b. 7 Aug 1787 m. Elizabeth Moore who d. 6 Oct 1835 and Holly d. 24 Sept 1870 83y    1m 17d (ts) Oak Ridge Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.

  262.  Charles W. Seeley b. 27 Jan 1811.
  263.  James F. Seeley b. 18 July 1819.
  264.  Southland Moore Seeley b. 15 Aug 1826.

37.  Westlake Seeley b. c. 1791 acquired land on 7 July 1819 from Josiah Hammond (Tioga County Deed   6:170). Westlake was enumerated in Jackson Township in 1830 with perhaps a son and perhaps a    daughter, and perhaps his brother George and his parents in his household, but no wife. Enumerated    in Jackson Township in 1840. Enumerated with nephew Edward Seeley in Jackson Township in    1850. Westlake d. 4 Apr 1861 70y 10m 11d (ts) Seeley Cemetery.

  265.  perhaps a son b. 1816-20.
  266.  perhaps a daughter b. 1826-30.

38.  Jemima Seeley b. 9 Mar 1793 m. 10 Dec 1815 (James Seeley and Laura Gaylord bible) Aaron    Gaylord of Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania b. 23 Mar 1792 son of Lemuel Gaylord   and Sylvia Murray. Aaron purchased (1:352) 99 ½ acres from his father on Hammond Creek in June   1813. Enumerated in northern Columbia Township in 1820 beside Jemima’s brother James who had    married Aaron’s sister, Laura Gaylord. They were living in Jackson Township, Tioga County,    Pennsylvania when on the 19 Aug 1829 (8:171) they sold 99 acres that Aaron had acquired from his    father in 1813. In the deed Jemima is refered to as Jemima and she signed as Mima. Enumerated in    Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1830. On 12 Apr 1832 they conveyed land in    Jackson Township to Westlake Seely (Tioga County Deeds 10:129-30). They removed to Illinois    where Aaron’s parents were residing. Aaron d. 11 Oct 1834 (ts) and Mima d. 19 May 1869 (ts)    Cumberland Cemetery, Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois.

  267.  Nancy Gaylord b. c. 1817 m. 5 Oct 1837 in Putnam County, Illinois, Marklin Beatty.
  268.  Mary Ann Gaylord b. c. 1819 m. 27 June 1837 in Putnam County, Illinois, Zerah Percival      Beckwith.
  269.  James Seeley Gaylord b. c. 1821 m. Margaret Alexander.
  270.  Orange Gaylord b. 14 June 1823 m. Sarah E. Stout.
  271.  Eliza Gaylord b. 2 Apr 1825 d. 11 Oct 1834 (ts) Cumberland Cemetery.
  272.  Chauncey F. Gaylord b. c. 1827.
  273.  Sylvia Gaylord b. 26 Jan 1828 d. 10 Aug 1836 (ts) Cumberland Cemetery.
  274.  Morris Gaylord b. c. 1829.
  275.  Horace Gaylord b. c. 1830.
  276.  Edwin Gaylord b. c. 1831.

39.  Nathaniel Seeley b. 20 Feb 1795 m. 22 Apr 1819 Henrietta Holdredge b. 28 Jan 1802 daughter of    Daniel and Sally Holdredge. Nathaniel first appears on the 1822 assessment list of Wells Township,    Bradford County, Pennsylvania and appears on the 1823 list but not thereafter. Enumerated in    Southport, Chemung County, New York in the 1825 state census with two males and two females in    the household. Enumerated in Southport in 1830 and the 1835 state census. Enumerated in Jackson    Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1850 and 1860. Nathaniel d. 14 May 1868 73y (ts) Jobs    Corners, Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Henrietta d. 10 June 1876.

  277.  Angeline Seeley b. July 1820 Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.
  278.  Morris Seeley b. 20 Aug 1822.
  279.  son b. 1826-30 (1830 census) d. young.
  280.  John Arnot Seeley b. 8 Sept 1828 d. 16 May 1832 3y 8m 27d (ts) Fitzsimmons Cemetery.

40.  Nancy Seeley b. 28 Aug 1797 m. 7 Sept 1820 Richard Starr b. 8 May 1794 Geneseo, Livingston    County, New York son of Elijah Starr and Rebecca Hewitt. Enumerated in Lawrenceville, Tioga    County, New York in 1820. Enumerated in Newfield, Tompkins County, New York in 1830 and    1840. Nancy d. 29 Aug 1846. Richard m. 22 July 1847 at Newfield, (2)Nancy Drake b. 15 Sept 1824   Broome County, New York. Enumerated in Scipio, Hillsdale County, Michigan in 1850, farmer.    Richard d. 28 Mar 1874 Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan.

  281.  Albert Starr b. 4 Nov 1821 Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  282.  Volney Starr b. 29 Aug 1823 Lawrenceville d. 12 June 1850.
  283.  Morris Seeley Starr b. 10 June 1825 Lawrenceville d. 3 July 1854.
  284.  Rollin Thomas Starr b. 21 Mar 1827 Lawrenceville.

41.  Samuel Seeley b. c. 1799 first appears on the 1826 assessment list of Jackson Township, Tioga    County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated 1840 census of Jackson Township. Enumerated in Jackson in    1850, age 50, laborer with wife Lucretia Seeley, age 36, insane. Enumerated in Jackson in 1860,    farmer. Samuel was admitted to the County Home in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, d. 16 Feb 1872 age 71   buried County Home Cemetery. Lucretia Seely, age 72, born United States, lived Jackson, d. 9 Aug    1887, buried County Home Cemetery, next to her husband, row 1, grave 14.

  285.  son b. 1821-25.
  286.  son b. 1821-25.

42.  George Seeley b. c. 1801 m. 1831 Hannah Miller b. 27 Dec 1806 daughter of Samuel Miller and    Mary Gardner of Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Resided Jackson Township.    George d. 16 June 1859 58y (ts). Will probated 4 Sept 1859 named wife, Hannah; daughters, Adaline,   Polly, Elmira, Elvira; sons, Lyman and Samuel. Hannah enumerated in Wells in 1870 with adult    children in her household. Hannah d. 24 Sept 1885 (ts) buried with George in Seeley Cemetery.

  Mrs. Hannah Seely, whose decease was briefly noted in the Advocate a few weeks since, was the    mother of a large family of children, namely: Lyman Seely of Lyndon, Illionois; Samuel and Polly,    who lived with their mother on the farm; Mrs. Alvira Trowbridge; Mrs. L. C. Retan, who died in    1875; and Mrs. Elmira Murdough, four of whom survive her. Mrs. Seely was a daughter of Captain    Sam Miller who immigrated to this county in the year 1800 and settled on what is known as the    Arnold Farm in Millerton. It was a dense wilderness at that time; and he with his fathers and five    brothers, with their household goods loaded on wagons drawn by oxen and horses and driving their    cattle before them, cut their way through the forest from what is now Elmira to the place of     settlement. They left the level and fertile valley of the Chemung and pushed their way through the    forest of Pennsylvania for the reason that the latter was a better hunting ground, the land was more    heavily timbered and they were not so much exposed to Indian attacks, as they stood in some fear of a   tribe of Senecas who dwelt near Lake Seneca. Hammonds Creek was then full of trout, deer and bear    were plentiful. The settler could go out for a half hour before breakfast and return with one or two of    the latter. Captain Sam was a great hunter and a prominent man among the early settlers of Tioga    County, helping to establish the county seat, and in 1835 he helped draw the stone for the court house   at Wellsboro. His tombstone in Millerton Cemetery bears the following inscription: Captain Samuel    Miller The Pioneer of this Town, resided here 57 years, died Sept. 16th, 1856, aged 71 years and 4    months. The Napolean of hunters, the kind and affectionate relative and the generous friend. This    humble monument, erected by friends who knew him long and well, is designed to claim a tribute to    well merited respect from their descendants and his posterity (Millerton Advocate newspaper).

  287.  Adaline Seeley b. c. 1831.
  288.  Lyman Seeley b. c. 1835.
  289.  Mary Seeley, known as Polly, (twin) b. c. 1837, single.
  290.  Samuel Seeley (twin) b. c. 1837 d. 1906 (ts) Seeley Cemetery.
  291.  James Seeley b. 4 Aug 1839 d. 13 Sept 1842 3y 1m 9d (ts) Seeley Cemetery.
  292.  Jonas W. Seeley b. 1843 d. 6 Dec 1864 21y (ts) Seeley Cemetery.
  293.  Elvira Seeley b. c. 1847 (twin).
  294.  Almira Seeley b. c. 1847 (twin).

  Miss Polly Seeley died at her home in Northwest Jackson Monday night at an advanced age.     Deceased was an old and respected resident of Jackson, whose many friends will learn of her death    with sincere regret. The funeral was held at the home Thursday at 11 a.m (The Advocate, Millerton,    Pennsylvania).

  Samuel Seeley died last week in Wells, age 70, survived by one brother and two sisters (Bradford    Star, Towanda, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1906).

41.  Wellen Seeley b. 2 Apr 1803 m. Esther Curren b. 1808 daughter of Stephen Curren and Julia    Kelly of Jackson Township. Resided Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Wellen    acquired land in Jackson Township from the Bingham Trustees, 1 Dec 1850 (Tioga County Deed    21:461). Esther d. 6 Jan 1864 55y 7m 6d (ts). Wellen had a second wife, Emily. Wellen d. 2 July    1883 (ts) Seeley Cemetery.

  295.  John Curren Seeley b. 1831.
  296.  Nathaniel Randolph Seeley b. 24 Aug 1834.
  297.  Nancy Seeley b. c. 1843, single, d. 12 Nov 1927 84y buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New      York.
  298.  James H. Seeley b. 1847 d. 5 Apr 1848 1y 15d (ts) Seeley Cemetery.

55.  Moses Hetfield b. 11 Nov 1784 m. Elizabeth J. Cady b. c. 1783. Enumerated in Southport,     Chemung County, New York in the 1825 state census enumeration with one male and five females in    the household. Enumerated in Southport in 1830 with one male under age five, one male of age thirty   and under age forty, two females of age five and under age ten, female of age ten and under age    fifteen, and one female of age forty and under age fifty. Moses d. 23 June 1851 (death record and    cemetery record) Horseheads, Chemung County, New York buried Horseheads removed to Woodlawn   Cemetery, Elmira, New York in Dec 1869. Elizabeth d. 19 Jan 1866 82y buried Woodlawn Cemetery.

  298a.Mary Hetfield b. 1808.
  298b.Elizabeth Hetfield m. 2 Nov 1842 (Elmira newspaper, November 10, 1842) James P.       McConnell.
  298c.Ruth Maria Hetfield m. L. D. Hurlbert.
  298d.Sophia Hetfield m. James Losey.
  298e.Jacob Hetfield b. c. 1816 m. Azuba Carpenter and he d. 20 Sept 1898 72y buried Woodlawn      Cemetery.
  298f.Morris Hetfield.

56.  Mary Hetfield b. 12 May 1786 m. Joseph McCormick b. 18 Apr 1787 Wyoming, Pennsylvania.    Joseph served War of 1812 and attained rank of Major. Enumerated in Lawrence Township, Tioga    County, Pennsylvania in 1820. Enumerated in Cain Township, Fountain County, Indiana in 1840.    Enumerated in Manitowoc Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin in 1850, innkeeper.     Enumerated in Forrestville, Door County, Wisconsin in 1860, farmer. Mary d. 1860’s. Joseph m. 8    Oct 1865 (Kewaunee County marriage A1-50) Temperance E. Brawn. Joseph elected to Wisconsin    Assembly in 1870 at age 84. Enumerated in Ahnapee Township, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin in    1870, post office Red River. Joseph d. 1875.

  298h.son b. 1805-10.
  298i.John McCormick b. c. 1810 New York.
  298j.Marcus D. McCormick b. c. 1812 New York.
  son b. 1831-35.

57.  Elizabeth Hetfield b. 16 July 1789 m. 14 Oct 1809 Jonas Satterlee (Satterly, etc.) and (2)Abraham    Miller. Elizabeth d. 1852 Southport, Chemung County, New York.

58.  Aaron Jefferson Hetfield b. 16 July 1789 m. his cousin, Eunice Seeley daughter of Israel Seely and   Milicent Strong and removed to Illinois, m. 6 Oct 1822 in Crawford County, Illinois, (2)Isabella    Heacock b. 1781-90. Aaron was of Clark County, Illinois when issued a patent for 158.33 acres and    80 acres in Fountain County, Indiana on 10 Nov 1824. Enumerated Fountain County, Indiana in    1830. Aaron was deceased before 1840 when Isabella was enumerated in Richland Township,    Fountain County.

  One known child of Aaron and Eunice:
  Mary Millicent Hetfield b. 28 Aug 1818 Southport m. 24 Sept 1840 in Covington, Indiana, William    Henry Ward and she d. Sept 1897 Washington, DC.

  son b. 1821-25.
  son b. 1821-25.
  son b. 1821-25.
  son b. 1826-30.
  son b. 1826-30.
  daughter b. 1826-30.

59.  Adam Seely Hetfield b. 11 June 1791 served War of 1812. Adam and wife Harriet b. 1791-1800    acquired 64 acres (Tioga County Deed 4:245) in Tioga County (that portion that is now Chemung),    New York in June 1816 and conveyed the property 14 Mar 1818 to Samuel Bennett, mentions “along    lands owned by Elizabeth Hetfield and Aaron Hetfield, part of lot 92.” Signed Adam S. Hatfield and    Hariet Hatfield. Witnessed by Caleb Baker and Richard Hetfield. Enumerated in Crawford County,    Illinois in 1820. Enumerated in Fountain County, Indiana in 1830. Adam was issued a patent for 80    acres on 1 May 1833 in Fountain County. Adam d. in the 1830’s, widow Harriet enumerated in    Shawnee Township, Fountain County in 1840.

  son b. 1811-15.
  daughter b. 1811-15.
  daughter b. 1816-20.
  son b. 1821-25.
  son b. 1826-30.
  son b. 1826-30.
  daughter b. 1831-35.
  son b. 1836-40.
  daughter b. 1836-40.

60.  Richard Hetfield b. 16 Feb 1793 m. 2 Apr 1827 Sarah Griswold who d. 6 Dec 1828. Richard m. 20    Nov 1837 in Horseheads, New York, (2)Susan Conkling b. 5 Nov 1805 Horseheads, New York    daughter of Jonathan Stoddard Conkling and Juliana Sayre. Operated Summit Hotel between    Elmira and Horseheads for fifty-eight years. Richard d. 25 Apr 1870 and Susan d. 12 Sept 1882    Horseheads buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Horseheads.

  Child of Richard and Sarah:
  Sarah Hetfield b. 6 Dec 1828 m. 9 Nov 1847 George F. Green.

  Children of Richard and Susan:
  William Dunn Hetfield b. 12 Apr 1838 Horseheads, New York d. 12 Feb 1864 buried Maple Grove     Cemetery.
  Charles Kline Hetfield b. 29 June 1840 Horseheads.
  Abner Conklin Hetfield b. 31 May 1843 d. 3 May 1858.
  Thomas G. Hetfield b. 13 Nov 1847 Southport, New York m. May 1866 Lucy E. DeLapp b. c. 1852    daughter of Hiram DeLapp. In 1870 Thomas embarked in the manufacture of cigars at      Horseheads, which business he carried on there and in Elmira until 1880, when he removed to     Tioga, Pennsylvania, and was employed in the factory of Voorhes, Aiken & Company, until its     removal to Mansfield, where he worked at his trade until 1888. He then returned to Tioga and e    established a cigar factory on the Wellsboro road, a short distance west of Tioga borough. His     factory and residence were destroyed by fire on 15 Sept 1893. After the fire he resumed business in    Tioga borough, remaining there until Apr 1895, when he returned to his former location, having     rebuilt both factory and residence. Thomas manufactured special brands of cigars, such as     "Hetfield’s Best," "T. G. H.," and "Gilt Edge." He was a popular business man and citizen. Lucy d.    31 Oct 1887 age 35 and Thomas d. 1911 buried Maple Grove Cemetery.

61.  Hiram Hetfield b. 12 June 1795 m. Nancy Griswold and removed to Michigan. Hiram d. Addison,    Michigan.

  Mary Hetfield b. 3 Nov 1827 Elmira, New York.
  Sarah Elizabeth Hetfield.

62.  Robert Hetfield b. 14 Mar 1797 was issued a patent for 80 acres on 12 Sept 1826 in Fountain    County, Indiana. Enumerated in Troy Township, Fountain County in 1840 with one male of age    fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800),    one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b.    1826-30), and two females of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Robert m. 4 Sept 1842 in    Fountain County, (2)Abigail Putnam Webb deHaven b. c. 1802 New York, widow of Garret    deHaven. Enumerated in Covington Troy Township, Fountain County in 1850, farmer. Enumerated    in Troy Township, Fountain County in 1860.

  son b. 1821-25.
  daughter b. 1826-30.
  daughter b. 1826-30.
  daughter b. 1831-35.
  Adam Hetfield b. c. 1840 Indiana.

63.  Solomon Hetfield b. 20 Sept 1800 enumerated 1825 state census of Southport, Tioga (that portion    that is now Chemung) County, New York and was of Tioga County when issued a patent for 80 acres    in Fountain County, Indiana on 5 Oct 1826. Enumerated 1830 census of Fountain County, Indiana.    Solomon m. 25 Jan 1844 (2)Ann Patton b. c. 1815 Indiana. Enumerated Shawnee Township,    Fountain County in 1840 with two males of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), two male sof    age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1822-20), one female under age five (b. 1836-40), one female of    age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one   female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), and one female of age forty and under age    fifty (b. 1791-1800). Enumerated in Shawnee Township in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in VanBuren    Township, Fountain County in 1860, miller. Solomon d. Rob Roy, Indiana.

  Children of Solomon and first wife:
  daughter b. 1821-25.
  son b. 1826-30.
  Harris or Horace Hetfield b. c. 1827 enumerated in Shawnee Township in 1850, farmer, with wife,     Martha b. c. 1832 and daughter Henrietta b. 1850.
  daughter b. 1826-30.
  daughter b. 1831-35.
  Zerelda Hetfield b. 3 Oct 1838 m. 24 Mar 1857 Allen W. Helms.

  Children of Solomon and Ann:
  Franklin J. Hetfield b. 9 Mar 1845 d. young.
  Eleanor Charlotte Hetfield b. 16 Aug 1848 d. young.
  Richard Childerson Hetfield b. 23 July 1849 Veedersburg, Fountain County, Indiana.

64.  Phebe Hetfield b. 14 Jan 1803 m. Ziba McConnell son of  Joseph McConnell. Enumerated in the    town of Elmira, Chemung County, New York in 1840. Phebe d. 28 Aug 1849 (Elmira Gazette,    September 6, 1849) in Horseheads, Chemung County, New York. Ziba enumerated in Southport,    Chemung County, New York in 1860, age 60, in household of Platt C. and Betsy M. Ingersoll.

  299.  Hiram H. McConnell b. c. 1824 resided Horseheads, New York.
  299a.Elizabeth McConnell b. c. 1826.
  daughter b. 1831-35.
  son b. 1836-40.

65.  William D. Hetfield b. 19 Oct 1804 m. 13 Jan 1830 in Fountain County, Indiana, Alvira R.    Rowley. Enumerated 1830 census of Fountain County, Indiana. Issued a patent for 80 acres in    Fountain County on 1 Nov 1830.

66.  Joseph Seeley b. c. 1793 first appears on the 1813 assessment list of Columbia Township, Bradford    County, Pennsylvania. Single on the 1814 and 1815 assessment lists. On the 1816 list is the notation    “removed.” Joseph removed to Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania and on the 1818    assessment list of Delmar Township, Joseph transfered land to Adam Seeley (father). Joseph appears    on the 1819 assessment list, but not 1820. Enumerated in Covington Township in 1820. Joseph again   appears on the 1826 assessment list of Charleston Township, Tioga County, where his widowed    mother and some of his siblings were residing, unable to pay for the schooling of daughters Eliza and    Almeda. On the 1828 assessment list (compiled fall of 1827) he was unable to pay for the schooling    of his children Eliza, age 11; Almeda, age 9; and Edsall, age 7. Enumerated in Charleston in 1830    with two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one male of age thirty and under age forty    (b. 1791-1800), two females of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), and one female of age    thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800). On the 1833 assessment list Joseph transfered land to    Montillion Seeley and last appears on the 1834 assessment list of Charleston. He is perhaps the    Joseph Seely enumerated in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1840 with one male under    age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one male of age    forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30),    one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), and one female of thirty and under age    forty (b. 1801-10). Not located on the 1850 or 1860 census enumerations.

  300.  Eliza Seeley b. c. 1816.
  301.  Almeda Seeley b. c. 1819.
  302.  Edsall Seeley b. c. 1821.
  303.  son b. c. 1823.

67.  Henry Seeley b. c. 1795 first appears on the 1815 assessment list of Columbia Township, Bradford    County, Pennsylvania, single. Single in 1816 (assessment compiled fall of 1815). Not listed as single    in 1817. Henry m. Elizabeth Watkins, known as Betsey, b. c. 1797 daughter of Benoni Watkins and   Hannah Peet of Columbia Township. Henry last appears on the 1819 assessment of Columbia. Henry   appears on the 1818 assessment list of Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated    in Delmar Township, Tioga County in 1820 next to his parents, b. 1795-1804 with a wife b. 1795-   1804 and a daughter under age ten in the household. Henry appears on the assessment lists of    Charleston Township (formed from Delmar Township) and last appears in 1825 (compiled fall of    1824). They returned to Columbia Township and appear on the 1826 assessment, shoemaker,    assessed for two cows, no real estate. They acquired a house and lot and he continued the occupation    of shoemaker. Enumerated in Columbia Township in 1830 (b. 1801-10) with a wife of the same age    and a daughter b. 1821-25. On the 1832 assessment, Henry was a constable. Henry last appears on the   1840 assessment of Columbia (compiled fall of 1839). On 28 Sept 1839 Henry Seely of Columbia and   Betsy his wife deeded 11acres to John Morgan (Bradford County deed 25:270). Henry is known to be    the H. Seely enumerated in Genesee Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania in 1840 as his brother in   law, Sylvanus Rice was enumerated in the next household. Enumerated in Genesee Township in    1850, tavern keeper. On 4 Apr 1867 Henry Seely and Eliza his wife deeded a lot in the borough of    Canton, Bradford County to Israel Moore of Armenia Township (Bradford County deed 114:320).    Enumerated with daughter Sarah and family in Elmira, New York in 1870. Enumerated with    daughter Sarah and husband in Garfield, Pawnee County, Kansas in 1880. Eliza wife of Henry Seeley   d. 11 Feb 18__ (ts) Main Street Cemetery, Canton, Pennsylvania, marker badly deteriorated.

  304.  daughter b. 1811-20 not enumerated with family in 1830.
  305.  Sarah W. Seeley b. c. 1822 m. Dr. Aaron Rice son of Jedediah and Hannah Rice, resided      Elmira, New York and then removed to Garfield, Kansas.
  305a.David Seeley b. c. 1834 is perhaps the David Seely, age 25, enumerated in Chatham Township,      Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1860.

69.  Watrous Seeley b. c. 1801 m. Philetta Culver b. 7 Jan 1811. Watrous first appears on the 1827    assessment list of Charleston Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in Charleston in    1830. Philetta d. 13 Oct 1847 36y 10m 6d (ts) Austin Cemetery, Charleston Township. Watrous m.    22 Oct 1848 (Tioga Eagle, October 26, 1848) in Charleston, Martha Ann Segars b. c. 1826 daughter   of Vine and Susan Segars. Enumerated in Covington Township, Tioga County in 1850 and in    Westfield Township in 1860. Watrous d. 20 Apr 1873 Austin, Minnesota (Wellsboro Agitator, May    27, 1873).

  306.  daughter b. 1826-30.
  307.  Merrick Crandall Seeley b. 5 Feb 1832.
  308.  M. M. Seeley b. c. 1833.
  309.  Melvina Seeley b. c. 1836.
  310.  Melissa Seeley b. 15 Mar 1838 d. 26 Aug 1849 11y 5m 11d (ts) Austin Cemetery.

  Children of Watrous and Martha:
  311. Ida Seeley b. c. 1850.
  311a.Almedia Seeley b. 21 Feb 1856 d. 5 Apr 1860 3y 11m 15d (ts) Champlin Cemetery, Westfield     Township.

70.  Montillian Seeley b. 14 Feb 1805 first appears on the 1828 assessment list of Charleston Township,    Tioga County, Pennsylvania where he continued to be assessed for property as late as 1840.     Montillian also appears on the 1831 assessment list (compiled fall of 1830) of Columbia Township,    Bradford County, Pennsylvania, assessed for 1 horse. Montillion Montilian had an unknown first    wife. Montillian sold land on 9 July 1833 in Charleston to Jacob Aker. Montillian m. 15 Nov 1838    Mahettable B. Rice b. 9 Aug 1812 daughter of Dutee Rice and Susannah Gerould of Smithfield    Township, Bradford County. Enumerated in Charleston Township in 1840. Enumerated in Athens    Township, Bradford County in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Ulster, Bradford County in 1860 and    Smithfield Township, Bradford County in 1880. Mahettable d. 20 Mar 1890 (ts) and Montilian d. 26    Apr 1893 (ts) Union Cemetery, East Smithfield, Bradford County.

  Mrs. M. Seely died last Thursday, East Smithfield (Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania,    Thursday, March 27, 1890).

  East Smithfield - M. Seeley died. Funeral was last Thursday April 27 (Reporter Journal, Towanda,    Pennsylvania, May 4, 1893).

  Children of Montilian and first wife:
  312.  Susan Emeline Seeley b. 19 Sept 1833 Charleston, Tioga County, Pennsylvania m. 22 July      1860 Edmund L. Greenleaf and 21 May 1868 (2)Wightman L. Pierce.
  313.  James Gerould Seeley b. 21 Sept 1835 Charleston m. 30 July 1860 Marietta Bastin.

  Children of Montilian and Mahettable:
  314.  Harriet J. Seeley b. 2 Aug 1843 d. 6 Apr 1845 7m 10d (ts) Union Cemetery.
  315.  Henry D. Seeley b. 17 Dec 1846.
  316.  Mary Jane Seeley b. 22 Sept 1851 m. 4 July 1873 Harvey Knapp.
  317.  Ida Marie Seeley b. 1 Feb 1854 m. George Cratz.

71.  Montraville Seeley b. 14 Feb 1805 resided in Fountain County, Indiana where his Hetfield cousins    resided, m. 29 Oct 1826 in Fountain County, Indiana, Mary Ann Hecock. Enumerated in Richland    Township, Fountain County in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age    thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10), one female under age five (b. 1836-40), one female of age five   and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), and one    female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Montraville and Mary Ann were of Fountain    County on 6 May 1841 when they conveyed (Chemung County, New York Deed 8:261) an undivided    1/3 part of two parcels of 2 acres and 4 acres in Chemung County, New York to Eseck Hecock, Jr.    Both Montraville and Mary Ann signed by mark. Montraville was enumerated in the household of    daughter Berrissa in 1850 in Shawnee Township, Fountain County, laborer.

  318.  daughter b. 1826-30.
  319.  Permelia Seeley b. c. 1832 Indiana m. 31 Aug 1845 in Fountain County, Indiana, Houser      Clifton b. c. 1827 Kentucky. Enumerated in Richland Township, Fountain County in 1850 with     children May A., b. c. 1847 and William b. c. 1849.
  320.  Berrissa Seeley b. c. 1834 Indiana m. 3 Mar 1850 in Fountain County, Indiana, George      Nowles b. c. 1830 Indiana. Enumerated in Shawnee Township, Fountain County, Indiana in      1850, farmer.
  321.  Esick W. Seeley b. c. 1837 Fountain County, farm laborer in Richland Township, Fountain      County in 1860 with Mary Seeley, age 19, in household.
  322.  Solomon H. Seeley b. c. 1841 Fountain County, farm laborer in Richland Township, Fountain      County in 1860.
  323.  Harris C. Seeley b. c. 1845 Fountain County, enumerated in Richland Township, Fountain      County in 1860.

73.  Abner Hetfield Seeley b. c. 1810 m. 9 Sept 1833 in Harrison County, Indiana, Mary Craig. He is    perhaps the Abner Swelyer enumerated in Boon, Harrison County in 1840 with one male under age    five (b. 1836-40), one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-30), two females under age    five (b. 1836-40), and two females of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1821-30). Abner m. 18 May    1848 in Fountain County, Indiana, Mrs. Sarah Hibbs b. c. 1807 Ohio. Abner and Sarah were    enumerated in Covington Troy Township, Fountain County, Indiana in 1850, teamster, residing in a    hotel.

74.  Harriet Seeley b. 1815 m. Sylvanus Rice b. 10 Jan 1819 son of Jedediah and Hannah Rice.    Enumerated in Genesee Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania in 1840 next to her brother Henry    Seeley and near Sylvanus’s parents. Enumerated in Charleston Township, Tioga County,     Pennsylvania in 1850, sawyer. Enumerated in Jackson Township, Tioga County in 1860, farm    laborer, next to the household of Sylvanus’s sister Caroline Andrews and family, residence at    Trowbridge. Enumerated in Jackson Township in 1870 with no children in their household. In the    1874 Elmira, New York City Directory, boarded at 253 South Avenue. Sylvanus d. 1890 buried    Upper Jemison Cemetery, Chatham Township, Tioga County. Harriet d. 1907 Schoolcraft County,    Michigan buried with Sylvanus.

  Mary Keziah Rice b. c. 1840.
  George Washington Rice b. 12 Mar 1842.
  Hannah Rice b. c. 1844.
  Martha Rice b. c. 1849.

75.  Lewis Seeley b. c. 1817 m. Lucy Coller b. 30 Apr 1820 Hammondsport, New York daughter of    Reuben Coller and Polly Richardson. Enumerated in Genesee Township, Potter County,     Pennsylvania in 1850, 1860, and 1870, farmer, with an Ellisburg post office address. In the 1870    census, Lewis was enumerated as unable to write. Lucy d. 4 Feb 1899 Ellisburg.

  Isaac Seeley b. c. 1843 Pennsylvania.
  possibly Lydia Seeley b. c. Jan 1849 d. Aug 1849 age 8 months of dysentery (1850 mortality     schedule).
  Rhoda Seeley b. c. 1857 Pennsylvania.

76.  John Adam Seeley b. 8 Feb 1819 and wife Deborah D. b. c. 1821 New York enumerated in Genesee    Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania in 1850, farmer, and West Branch, Potter County in 1860,    farmer, with a post office address of Pike Mills. Enumerated in Jefferson, Houston County, Minnesota   in 1870. Enumerated in the village of New Albin, Allamakee County, Iowa in 1880, laborer. John d.    18 Mar 1890 buried New Albin City Cemetery. Deborah d. 6 Mar 1902 New Albin, age 86, widow,    born Pennsylvania, buried Ross Cemetery (Death Record 2:16).

  James Seeley b. c. 1840 Pennsylvania.
  Philetta C. Seeley b. c. 1842 Pennsylvania.
  Mary A. Seeley b. 24 Mar 1846 Allegany Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania m. Belfonzo     Burrows and she d. 7 Mar 1919 Germania, Potter County.
  Elizabeth J. Seeley, b. c. 1848 Pennsylvania.
  Frances Seeley, known as Fanny, b. c. 1857 Pennsylvania enumerated with parents in 1880, school     teacher.
  daughter b. Aug/Sept 1860 Pennsylvania.

77.  Julia Seely b. 1785-94 m. Samuel J. Prince b. c. 1783. Enumerated in Sullivan County, New York    in 1810; Neversink, Sullivan County in 1820; resided Minisink, Orange County in 1825 when    executed deed; Neversink, Sullivan County in 1830 and 1840. Samuel was enumerated in Neversink    in 1850, age 67 with a wife Mary, age 60.

78.  Benjamin T. Seeley b. c. 1794 was enumerated in Madison Township, Geauga County, Ohio in 1830   with one male of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800), one female under age five (b. 1826-   30), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), and one female of age thirty and    under age forty (b. 1791-1800). Enumerated in Mason Township, Cass County, Michigan in 1840    with two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-5), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b.   1791-1800), one female under age five (b. 1836-40), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b.    1826-30), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). Benjamin was issued a    patent for land 20 Aug 1838 in Elkhart County, Indiana. Enumerated in Osolo Township, Elkhart    County, Indiana in 1850. Wife, Phila M., b. c. 1803 Vermont. Enumerated in Concord, Elkhart    County in 1860. Enumerated in Elkhart, Elkhart County in 1870.

  323a.Esther Ann Seeley b. c. 1821 Ohio.
  324.  daughter b. 1826-30.
  325.  son b. c. 1831-2.
  326.  Edwin Seeley b. c. 1834 Ohio enumerated in Elkhart, Elkhart County in 1880.
  327.  Hannah Seeley b. c. 1839 Indiana.

79.  Clarissa Seely b. perhaps 5 Aug 1795 m. 24 Dec 1817 Jabez Knapp b. 3 Aug 1788 Chester, Orange   County, New York son of William Knapp and Mary Holly. Enumerated 1820 census of Elmira,    Tioga County, New York. Enumerated 1825 state census of Southport, Tioga County (that portion    that became Chemung County), New York with four males and two females. Enumerated 1830 census   of Southport. Enumerated 1835 state census of Southport with six males and three females in the    household. Jabez d. 1838. Clarissa was not enumerated in Southport as a head of household in 1840.     Clarissa d. 1854. On the IGI she is called Clarissa Drake daughter of Dr. David Grossette Drake and    in the First Presbyterian Church Record of Goshen, New York she is called Clarissa Drake.

  328.  son b. 1818 d. young.
  329.  William Benson Knapp b. 19 Nov 1820.
  330.  Edwin Knapp b. 19 Aug 1822.
  331.  Mary Knapp b. c. 1824.
  332.  son b. c. 1826.
  333.  Andrew J. Knapp b. 21 Aug 1828 d. 1 Feb 1905 Elmira.
  334.  son b. c. 1830.
  335.  Susan Emily Knapp b. 4 Nov 1831 d. 16 July 1879 Elmira.
  336.  Jabez Knapp b. 1833 d. 29 May 1852 Elmira.

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