Person:Thomas Selden (4)

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Thomas Selden
b.Cal 1684 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.2 May 1756 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Feb 1677
  1. Rebecca Selden1678 - 1764
  2. Thomas SeldenCal 1684 - 1756
  3. Mary Selden1688/89 -
  4. Esther Selden1691 - 1781
  5. Deacon Samuel Selden1695 - 1745
  6. Hannah SeldenEst 1696 - 1742
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas SeldenCal 1684 - 1756
  • W.  Sarah UnknownCal 1693 - 1753
m. 10 Apr 1717
  1. Captain Joseph Selden1720 - 1794
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Selden
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1684 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 10 Apr 1717 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Unknown
Alt Death[1] 12 Sep 1754 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Death[1] 2 May 1756 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2] Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 24—Thomas Selden, in Rogers, Sophie Selden; Elizabeth Selden Lane; and Edwin van Deusen Selden. Selden Ancestry, a Family History: Giving the Ancestors and Descendants of George Shattuck Selden and His Wife, Elizabeth Wright Clark. (Oil City, Pa.: Edwin van Deusen Selden, 1931)
    58-59.

    "24—Thomas Selden, 3d (Joseph6), b, 1684, Hadley, Mass., died September 12, 1754; some records give the date as May 2, 1756. The estate that he received from his father comprised all the lands that his father had bought from Mr. Stone in Haddam. A petition from Thomas Selden, May, 1740, shows that his farm, by mistake, was included in the parish of Middle Haddam; he asserted that 'I live four and a half miles from the new meeting house, and the highway is exceeding bad, and I dwell within a mile of the meeting house in Haddam where I steadily attend worship, and I desire to be returned for my rates to Haddam proper'. This the General Assembly granted. On the tax list for Haddam in 1739, he was rated at £160.18. This Thomas Selden was awarded a grant of land, as a reward for his father's services in the 'Fall's Fight', he being the oldest living son."

  2. ↑ Thomas Selden, in Find A Grave.
  3.   Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol. 19 708-2 Haddam (Old) Cemetery, in Hale, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. (Connecticut, United States: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1934)
    32.

    "Seldon, Thomas, died May 2, 1736 [1756], age 72 yrs."

    The gravestone inscription image in the Find A Grave memorial is reasonably clear that the date was 1756 instead of 1736, implying that the inscription was inaccurately copied during the 1934 collection process. Since there is no other available record of Thomas' death, it seems highly likely that the 1684 date of birth given for him in the existing records was calculated from his age at death, which, unfortunately, is no longer visible on the gravestone (it having settled further after 1934).

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