Abraham Henry Sellen Sell

SELL, ABRAHAM Ancestor #: A134079 Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: CAPTAIN Birth: 1715 Death: 6-16-1786 LITTLESTOWN YORK CO PENNSYLVANIA Service Source: PA ARCH, 6TH SER, VOL 2, PP 539, 541 Service Description: 1) COL WILLIAM ROSS, 8TH CO, 6TH BATT

Abraham moved with his father, Henry Sellen, to what is how Union Township, Adams County, PA about 1735. Abraham purchased 415 acres of land from the Penns between 1741-65 [lat 39.757730 long -77.037815]. One part of this land remained in the Sell family until 1946. Abraham married (1) Louisa Charlotte Forney of Pennville [Hanover], PA on March 11, 1742. She was the daughter Johann Adam and Elizabetha Lowisa Forney. They had a son Jacob Sell nine months later. Abraham Sell drove his wagon on the tragic Braddock expedition to near Pittsburgh, PA during the French & Indian War in 1755. Louisa Charlotte probably died early in life. Abraham married (2) Maria Johanna Zimmerman, her birth and death dates are unknown. He had three additional children: Catherine Mayr, Eve Dill and Adam Sell with one of his wives. In 1753-54 Abraham was elected constable of Germany Township in what is now Adams County, PA. A constable was a person with responsibility to guard the public safety. He was a sponsor at the baptism of a number of children. He was the guardian of four children. Abraham Sell was captain of the Eighth Company, Sixth Battalion of the York County militia in 1778. The settlement of his estate showed that he lent money to quite a number of friends and neighbors. The Sell Family Reunion, founded in 1946, has preserved his tombstone. [Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 2, pp. 29-42, by Richard Henry Sell] Inscription: English translation: Year 1786 on the 16th of June Abraham Sell died and his life extended 71 years.

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