Josiah Seely

1736 - 1808  (71 years)

• Name	Josiah Seely
  Birth	22 Sep 1736	New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Aug 1808	Oxford, Orange County, New York
  Person ID	I47319	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Seely,   b. 18 Jan 1696, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 7 Mar 1767, Goshen, Orange County, New York (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mercy Dean,   b. Abt 1700, Of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	22 Jan 1718	Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F13982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Smith,   b. 18 Jun 1738, Of Orange County, New York d. 15 Apr 1824 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	11 May 1757	Of Orange County, New York
  Children	1. Jonas Seely,   b. 8 Oct 1769, Oxford, Orange County, New York d. 26 Oct 1835, Near Sugar Loaf, Orange County, New York (Age 66 years)   2. Henry Seely,   b. 15 Feb 1772, Cornwall, Orange County, New York d. 12 Dec 1844 (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F19130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  History of Orange Co, NY 1681:1881, by Rutterber and Clark, page 615. Not far from Gray Station the two pioneer brothers, Josiah andBazaleel Seeley, settled at a early day. They were descendants of SamuelSeeley, who came to this country about 1600. They built their first dwelling,alog house, northeast of Gray Court, on the flats near the present Newbury Branch of the Erie Railroad. The wife of Josiah was Abigail Smith. Bible Record of Jonas Seely, Orange County Genealogical Society. Cemeteries of Chester, Orange Co, NY. 1977, page 69.  Seely Cemetery Graves on Seely Farm, about 1/2 mile from Greycourt. list: Seely, Josiah, died 8-28-1808, 72 years. stone is crumbled. Will from Predmore Collection, Orange County Genealogical Society. Josiah Seely - Oxford 7-2-1802; probated 9-3-1808 to wife, Abigail to sons, Henry, Josiah, Jonas and Ebenezer to daughters, Susanna, Mary, and Martha to brother, Israel to great grandchildren - Abigail McLaughlin, Joanna Seely executors, Josiah, Ebenezer, Henry,sons.witnesses, James Curtis, Lames, Satterly, Seth Marvin.