Thomas Selden and Hester Wakeman

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Husband Thomas Selden ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 17 Mar 1617 - Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Wadhurst, County of Sussex, England
           Died: 1655 1 4
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         Father: [Unk] Selden (      -      )
         Mother: 

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Wife Hester Wakeman ^{1 4}

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   Other Spouse: Deacon Andrew Warner (      -      ) 1 4

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Children

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1 M Thomas Selden ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 1645 1
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         Spouse: Felix Lewis (      -      ) 1

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2 F Mary Selden ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 26 Mar 1648 1
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         Spouse: John Taylor (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 12 Dec 1666 1

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3 F Esther [1] Selden ¹

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           Born: 3 Mar 1649 1
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           Died: Jun 1651 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M John Selden ^{1 4}

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           Born: May 1650 1
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5 F Esther [2] Selden ^{1 4}

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6 M Joseph Selden ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 2 Nov 1651 - Hartford, Hartford Co, CT 1
           Died: 14 Jul 1724 - Hadlyme, New London Co, CT 1 4
         Buried:  - Hadlyme, New London Co, CT

         Spouse: Rebecca Church (      -1726) 4 5
           Marr: 11 Feb 1677 5

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7 F Hannah Selden ^{1 4}

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           Died: 1695 1
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8 F Sarah Selden ^{1 4}

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Selden

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He was from Broadlands, Kent, England, and came to America about 1635. He was one of the first settlers in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636. He participated in the division of lots in 1639, and his name appears on a monument in Hartford erected to the memory of the original proprietors. He was a freeman in 1640, and constable in 1649. He died soon after. His will is dated August 14, 1655. In it he mentions his wife Hester, brother John Wakeman, cousin Thomas Hosmer, and his children.

He was the first of the family to arrive and settle in America. He came from Wadhurst, County of Essex, England, about 1635. The family was located in the western part of Sussex as early as 1210.

From Wadhurst in the county of Sussex, England, in the church of SS. Peter and Paul, where he was baptized, the same church in which his parents were married. He crossed the sea about 1635, and the next year is found among the pioneer settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, with his cousin, Thomas Hosmer, the son of his aunt, Dorothy (Selden) Hosmer. He participated in the division of lots in 1639, and his name appears on a monument in Hartford erected to the memory of the original proprietors. He was a freeman, a constable, and a man of prominence and substance.

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General Notes: Wife - Hester Wakeman

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After she married her second husband, she removed with him, taking her five children by her first husband, to Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1659.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 583.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 201.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 31.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 202.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 584.