Nathan Selee

7. Nathan SELEE (John, Edward) was born on 3 Jun 1733 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 24 Aug 1815 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

DAR Ancestor #: A101699

Nathan Selee served as a private in the American Revolution.

Nathan married

• (1) Catherine DRAKE daughter of Benjamin DRAKE and Elizabeth HEWETT on 16 Oct 1764 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Catherine was born on 16 Aug 1741. She died on 5 Aug 1765 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
• (2) Love PENNY on 27 Oct 1784 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Love was born about 1754. She died in 1842 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Children of Catherine and Nathan:

• 22 M i. Archippus SELEE was born on 5 Feb 1765 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 8 Apr 1789 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. He was buried in Old Bay Cemetery, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Children of Love and Nathan:

• + 23 F ii. Polly SELEE was born on 2 Oct 1777. She died on 26 Dec 1860.
• + 24 F iii. Sarah SELEE was born on 21 Aug 1784.
• 25 F iv. Abigail SELEE was born on 22 Feb 1786 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
• 26 F v. Hannah SELEE was born on 28 Aug 1788 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
• 27 F vi. Anna SELEE was born on 14 Jun 1790 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. She died on 23 Jun 1809 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
• + 28 M vii. John SELEE was born on 28 Jun 1792. He died on 6 Oct 1855.
• 29 F viii. Ruth SELEE was born on 2 Feb 1795 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Ruth married Benjamin WITHERELL Jr. on 23 Jan 1814 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts.
• 30 M ix. Nathan SELEE was born on 1 Aug 1796 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Nathan married Margaret DEANE on 29 Nov 1815 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts.

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From The Wizard of Easton!

"While I was researching I came across a book about the history of Easton. Naturally I was curious about the history of my town so I picked it up and started to flip through. I came across a legend that has supposedly has been well known in easton for the last 200 years. It was called “The Devil’s Foot Print.” Basically the story goes that Nathan Selee who owned a farm on Poquanicut Ave, was visited by the devil who told nathan to come with him. Nathan grabbed one of his black magic books and followed him. When Nathan opened the book a ferocious thunder and lightning storm erupted instantly and he became frightened, so he ran back to his home and threw the book into his fireplace, the storm stopped instantly. The devil was furious and to calm himself he gathered a bundle of rocks. He traveled fast and arrived at easton center and then to the center school grounds. There he jumped from rock to rock to get through the swamp but he slipped and all the rocks he had gathered scattered everywhere. To right his fall he planted hard on a rock and made a foot print. 24″ long and 10″ wide."

From Visit the sawmill that was run by a wizard and his satanic imps... purportedly

"It was not far from the old Selee place and northeast of the house of John Selee now living. The location of it may still be seen. Nathan Selee sawed lumber there late in the century ; and strange stories were told, and even believed by superstitious people, about the Devil or his imps running the mill at night, Nathan Selee being reported as knowing too much about magic arts, and being on too good terms for awhile with their author. But sawing logs by water-power on cold nights seems rather uncongenial work for his Satanic Majesty; it would be more easy to credit his running a steam saw-mill, with a blazing furnace." - History of the Town of Easton Massachusetts

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• http://www.tourtillott.org/easton/eselee/SeleeGen3.html#7
• Residence: Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA - 1790
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 8 2016, 17:17:14 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 9 2016, 0:05:38 UTC
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