David Selleck

David Selleck ...b: 1614 Overstory, Somerset, England d: 10/1654 on Expedition to Accomac, Virginia

He arrived from Weymouth, Eng on July 24, 1633 and settled at Dorchester MA. He moved to Boston in 1641; "Boston Soape boyler", ship owner, & coast trader. David was a prominent businessman. The profession of soap boiler required a lot of capital and ability. David supported direct tax to support the first public school in America.

Family

Married

1. +Susanna Kirby b: ca 1616 in England d. 1657 m. 10/01/1636 at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton, Sommerset, England, daughter of Henry Kibby and Rachel Lindon. Her father, Henry Kibby, was a Freeman voter of Dorchester in 1642. On 1/25/1642-43, she was admitted to the 1st Church of Boston BSG

Children

1. John Selleck b: 21 FEB 1642/43 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
2. David Selleck b: 11 OCT 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA
3. Jonathan Selleck b: 20 MAY 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA
4. Nathaniel Selleck

notes

From THE WOLCOTT FAMILY OF SOMERSET, ENGLAND Revised September 2015

The manor of Gauldon never had a conventional manor house with a resident "lord of the manor." Instead, the Priory at Taunton leased out the properties and collected the rents. In 1520 John Selleck obtained a lease on the principal farm in the manor and a fulling mill adjoining it for life, with successive leases to his wife Agnes and their sons, John and Henry Selleck. This is the house known today as "Gauldon Manor". In 1525, John Selleck and John Stodden were the largest landowners in the Tolland parish. Selleck paid a tax of 26 shillings, and Stodden 30 shillings. John Stodden left the parish soon after, but the Selleck family stayed on. John's grandson, Robert Selleck (1554-1623), lived in the house that had been his grandfather's. In 1581, the "Manor of Gawlden" was held by Robert Selleck from George Mynne. Robert married Elizabeth Blake, aunt of Elizabeth Saunders, wife of Henry Wolcott, the immigrant. Robert Selleck was also a witness to the will of Roger Wolcott in 1592, and acted as an agent for George Mynne's son, Robert, when Robert sold a portion of Gauldon manor to Christopher Wolcott in 1618.
Henry Wolcott and Elizabeth Saunders were married at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1606. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Saunders of Lydiard St. Lawrence, and his wife, Anne Blake and was baptized at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1584. Thomas Saunder's will, dated 1609, leaves, among numerous bequests,10 shillings to his daughter, Elizabeth Wolcott, and 20 shillings to her son John. His sons-in-law, Thomas Wrentmore alias Bond and Henry Wolcott of Ash Priors were named overseers of the will. Thomas' wife, Anne Blake Saunders, was the sister of Elizabeth Blake, wife of Robert Selleck who then lived in the Gauldon Manor house.

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