Seely Genealogical Society lineage = John #611; Hezekiah; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert.
John Seeley and his brothers Stephen and Nehemiah were enlisted in the 12th Regiment of Albany County Militia commanded by Jacobus VanSchoonhaven and saw action during the Revolution. John Seeley was a private in the Company of Cap't Benjamin Aylesworth.
On April 3, 1785, he married Miss Eleanor Pease. The couple had ten children. (including Hezekiah Seeley 1792–1792)
In the month of February, 1792, John Seeley with his family emigrated to the Town of Ovid and were for four weeks on the road, traveling with oxen and sled.
The pioneer purchased 900 acres located on Lot No. 3 on the present site of Ovid Village, and erected a frame dwelling which he opened for the entertainment on what is now known as Main Street, a short distance north of the flouring- and saw-mills of George W. Jones & Brother. His son Hezekiah, the oldest native of the village, was born there in 1792 and died in infancy.
The first court in Seneca County was held in John Seeley's village house, and there court was held almost continuously until May, 1807.
In 1807, John Seeley gave a plot of land to Seneca County as the site of a formal courthouse, goal jail and public whipping post. Brick for both buildings were made upon the farm of John B. Seeley, as were those used in the construction of the residence of Hon. John E. Seeley and the Presbyterian Church in 1856 (aka Ovid Federated Church at 7137 Main St). Today, the "Three Bears" sits on this site atop a knoll in the eastern part of the village, the bricks of which were produced locally at John B. Seeley's farm.
More info at "History of Ovid Seneca Co. N.Y. An Early History," compiled by Wayne E. Morrison, Sr.
John Seeley and his brothers Stephen and Nehemiah were enlisted in the 12th Regiment of Albany County Militia commanded by Jacobus VanSchoonhaven and saw action during the Revolution. John Seeley was a private in the Company of Cap't Benjamin Aylesworth.
On April 3, 1785, he married Miss Eleanor Pease. The couple had ten children. (including Hezekiah Seeley 1792–1792)
In the month of February, 1792, John Seeley with his family emigrated to the Town of Ovid and were for four weeks on the road, traveling with oxen and sled.
The pioneer purchased 900 acres located on Lot No. 3 on the present site of Ovid Village, and erected a frame dwelling which he opened for the entertainment on what is now known as Main Street, a short distance north of the flouring- and saw-mills of George W. Jones & Brother. His son Hezekiah, the oldest native of the village, was born there in 1792 and died in infancy.
The first court in Seneca County was held in John Seeley's village house, and there court was held almost continuously until May, 1807.
In 1807, John Seeley gave a plot of land to Seneca County as the site of a formal courthouse, goal jail and public whipping post. Brick for both buildings were made upon the farm of John B. Seeley, as were those used in the construction of the residence of Hon. John E. Seeley and the Presbyterian Church in 1856 (aka Ovid Federated Church at 7137 Main St). Today, the "Three Bears" sits on this site atop a knoll in the eastern part of the village, the bricks of which were produced locally at John B. Seeley's farm.
More info at "History of Ovid Seneca Co. N.Y. An Early History," compiled by Wayne E. Morrison, Sr.
Seely Genealogical Society lineage = John #611; Hezekiah; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert.
John Seeley and his brothers Stephen and Nehemiah were enlisted in the 12th Regiment of Albany County Militia commanded by Jacobus VanSchoonhaven and saw action during the Revolution. John Seeley was a private in the Company of Cap't Benjamin Aylesworth.
On April 3, 1785, he married Miss Eleanor Pease. The couple had ten children. (including Hezekiah Seeley 1792–1792)
In the month of February, 1792, John Seeley with his family emigrated to the Town of Ovid and were for four weeks on the road, traveling with oxen and sled.
The pioneer purchased 900 acres located on Lot No. 3 on the present site of Ovid Village, and erected a frame dwelling which he opened for the entertainment on what is now known as Main Street, a short distance north of the flouring- and saw-mills of George W. Jones & Brother. His son Hezekiah, the oldest native of the village, was born there in 1792 and died in infancy.
The first court in Seneca County was held in John Seeley's village house, and there court was held almost continuously until May, 1807.
In 1807, John Seeley gave a plot of land to Seneca County as the site of a formal courthouse, goal jail and public whipping post. Brick for both buildings were made upon the farm of John B. Seeley, as were those used in the construction of the residence of Hon. John E. Seeley and the Presbyterian Church in 1856 (aka Ovid Federated Church at 7137 Main St). Today, the "Three Bears" sits on this site atop a knoll in the eastern part of the village, the bricks of which were produced locally at John B. Seeley's farm.
More info at "History of Ovid Seneca Co. N.Y. An Early History," compiled by Wayne E. Morrison, Sr.
John Seeley and his brothers Stephen and Nehemiah were enlisted in the 12th Regiment of Albany County Militia commanded by Jacobus VanSchoonhaven and saw action during the Revolution. John Seeley was a private in the Company of Cap't Benjamin Aylesworth.
On April 3, 1785, he married Miss Eleanor Pease. The couple had ten children. (including Hezekiah Seeley 1792–1792)
In the month of February, 1792, John Seeley with his family emigrated to the Town of Ovid and were for four weeks on the road, traveling with oxen and sled.
The pioneer purchased 900 acres located on Lot No. 3 on the present site of Ovid Village, and erected a frame dwelling which he opened for the entertainment on what is now known as Main Street, a short distance north of the flouring- and saw-mills of George W. Jones & Brother. His son Hezekiah, the oldest native of the village, was born there in 1792 and died in infancy.
The first court in Seneca County was held in John Seeley's village house, and there court was held almost continuously until May, 1807.
In 1807, John Seeley gave a plot of land to Seneca County as the site of a formal courthouse, goal jail and public whipping post. Brick for both buildings were made upon the farm of John B. Seeley, as were those used in the construction of the residence of Hon. John E. Seeley and the Presbyterian Church in 1856 (aka Ovid Federated Church at 7137 Main St). Today, the "Three Bears" sits on this site atop a knoll in the eastern part of the village, the bricks of which were produced locally at John B. Seeley's farm.
More info at "History of Ovid Seneca Co. N.Y. An Early History," compiled by Wayne E. Morrison, Sr.
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John Seely
who died
April 19th 1809
ae 50 years
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Interment indexed in Vol.2 of Some Cemeteries of the Between The Lakes Country (portions of Seneca, Schuyler, and Tompkins Counties, NY) Collected by Jessie Howell Finch. Printed by The Interlaken Review, 1974.
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