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Elizabeth Seeley (Burr)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth (Burr) Olmstead Gilbert - Widow of Nehemiah Olmstead and Obadiah Gilbert"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably England
Death: October 17, 1682 (50)
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jehu Burr and Elizabeth Burr
Wife of Nehemiah Olmstead; Obadiah Gilbert and Captain Nathaniel Seeley, I
Mother of Sarah Seeley; Obadiah Gilbert, Jr.; Benjamin Gilbert; Joseph Gilbert and Obediah Seeley
Sister of Sarah Burr; Anne Betts; Jehu Burr; Major John Burr, of Norwalk; Nathaniel Burr and 2 others

Managed by: James Hutchison
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About Elizabeth Seeley

NEHEMIAH OLMSTED, bap. at Fairsted, Nov. 10, 1618. Came to America with his father, and settled in Fairfield, Conn., in 1649. He married Elizabeth Burr, dau. of Jehu Burr, Sr. He was a sergeant in 1657. Died before Oct. 2, 1657. His widow was appointed administratrix Aug., 1658. Mrs. Olmsted m. (2) Obadiah Gilbert, of Fairfield, Conn. 17, Sarah; m. Robert Seeley, of Fairfield, Conn.



LDS records have birth in Wethersfield, H, CT and add Olmstead as a secondary maiden name.

New England marriages prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley http://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq... Pg.302 GILBERT, Obadiah2 (ca 1630-1674/5) & Elizabeth (BURR) OLMSTEAD, w Nehemiah, m/3 Nathan SEELEY; ca 1660/2; Fairfield, CT




(f/g) Elizabeth Burr Olmstead Gilbert Seeley Birth: 1637 Springfield Hampden County Massachusetts, USA Death: unknown

ELIZABETH, 4th known child of Johu Burr, was born say 1637. She married (1) by about 1655 Nehemiah Olmstead. She married (2) about 1660 Obadiah Gilbert. She married (3) 1674 Nathaniel Seeley (on 21 June 1688 there were recorded "several parcels of land made over by Elizabeth Seely unto her two sons Obadiah and Beniamin Gilbert as she is executor of her husband Gilbert." Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

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Parents:
 Jehu Burr (1600 - 1692)
 Wife Cable Burr (1600 - 1670) 
Spouse:
 Nehemiah Olmstead (1618 - ____)
Children:
 Sarah Olmstead Seeley

Burial: Unknown Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Jul 18, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 55110671 -tcd



Elizabeth Burr, born 1637; died Aft. 1688; married (1) Obadiah Gilbert Abt. 1660; born Abt. 1630; married (2) Nehemiah Olmstead Abt. 1655; married (3) Nathaniel Seeley Abt. 1674.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/y/Frank-Nicholas-Bry...


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!Also AFN H1GB-TP, PT80-B0

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Elizabeth Seeley's Timeline

1632
May 17, 1632
Probably England
1656
October 28, 1656
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1662
1662
Fairfield, New Haven Colony
1664
1664
1666
1666
1682
October 17, 1682
Age 50
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
1932
October 11, 1932
Age 50
1933
March 22, 1933
Age 50