Thomas Selden, Sr.

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Thomas Selden, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wadhurst, Sussex, England
Death: between August 14, 1655 and December 19, 1655 (39)
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Son of John Selden, I and Mary Baldock (Baldocke) (Selden)
Husband of Hester Warner
Father of Thomas Selden; John Selden; Mary Taylor (Selden); Esther Selden; Joseph Selden and 2 others
Brother of William Selden/Seldon; John Selden; Richard Selden; Robert Selden; Mary Selden and 6 others

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About Thomas Selden, Sr.

Biographical Summary:

Thomas Selden, Hartford, 1639, an original proprietor; his home-lot was near the present junction of Washington and Lafayette Streets.; a freeman, April, 1640; constable, 1650; he died in 1655; will dated August 14; inventory December 19, £292. 3. 4. He names in his will his wife, Hester, his "brother, Mr. John Wakeman," and his "cousin Thomas Homer." His wife, who was probably Hester Wakeman, married (2) Andrew Warner, who went from Hartford to Hadley, where she died in 1693.

Children:

i. Thomas, baptized in Hartford, August 30, 1645; married Felix, daughter of Capt. William Lewis, of Farmington; removed to Hadley; died there, November 24, 1734.

ii. John, baptized March 3,1649-50; died May, 1650.

iii. Mary, baptized March 26,1648-9.

iv. Esther, baptized March 3,1649-50;died May, 1651.

v. Joseph, baptized November 2, 1651; he married February 11, 1677, Rebecca, daughter of Deacon Edward Church, of Hatfield; settled in Hadley about 1678; moved from there to Deerfield, in 1684, and prior to 1700 he removed to Lyme, Connecticut, where he died July 14, 1724.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), page 258. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40079236/thomas-selden

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Thomas Selden, Sr.'s Timeline

1616
March 17, 1616
Wadhurst, Sussex, England
March 17, 1616
Wadhurst, Wochestershire, England
March 17, 1616
Wadhurst, Wochestershire, England
1639
1639
Age 22
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1645
August 31, 1645
Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1647
1647
Hartford, Hartford, CT
1648
March 26, 1648
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
1650
March 3, 1650
Hartford, Hartford, CT
1651
November 2, 1651
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America