Person:Thomas Selden (3)
Thomas Selden
chr.17 Mar 1616/17 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
d.Bet 14 Aug 1655 and 19 Dec 1655 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Nov 1612
  1. Thomas Selden1616/17 - 1655
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1640
  1. Thomas Selden1645 -
  2. Mary Selden1648 - 1713
  3. Joseph Selden1651 - 1724
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Selden
Gender Male
Christening[1] 17 Mar 1616/17 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
Marriage Est 1640 to Esther Wakeman
Will[1][2] 14 Aug 1655
Death[2] Bet 14 Aug 1655 and 19 Dec 1655 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Between date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2] 19 Dec 1655 £292-03-04. Taken by Thomas Hosmore & John Barnard.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1-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)
    25-27.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Selden, Thomas, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:149-50.

    "Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1663. Page 74-75

    Selden, Thomas, Hartford. Invt £292-03-04. Taken 19 December, 1665, by Thomas Hosmore & John Barnard. Will dated 14 August, 1665:

    I Thomas Selden of Hartford, upon the river of Conecticot, being ill & weak in body, but having my perfect memory and understanding, doe mak and ordain this to be my last Will & Testament wherein I give & bequeath unto my dear and loving wife Hester Selden a duble portion of my whole estat. Alsoe I will and bequeath a duble portion of my real estate to my eldest son Thomas Selden. Alsoe I will and bequeath to the rest of my children, Mary, Joseph, Hanna & Sara Selden, an equal portion of my estate, that is to say, halfe soe much to every one of them as I have given to my wif & eldest son. Also my will is that ten pounds be taken from the portion I have given to my eldest son and that it be added to the portion which I have given to my wif; & further my will is that ffor the bringing up off my children, if the improvement of the portions be not sufficient to defray the charges thereof, then during the Time of my wif her widow hood shee shall hav liberty to abat from their portions in an equal proportion what shee shall see need full. Also my will is that these portions I have given to my children be paid to my sons at the adg of on & Twenty yeares, & to my Daughter at the adg of Eighteen years old. I make my wif Hester Selden Soale Execetrix, And doe intreat my Brother Mr. John Wakeman, & my cosin Thomas Osmer, to be overseers to this my will.

    THOMAS SELDEN.

    Witness: John Barnard, James Ensign.

    Court Record, Page 9—(Vol. III)—3 December, 1663: Thomas Hosmer presented complaint to the Court against Andrew Warner of Hadley that he hath not given Security to the Overseers of the Estate of Thomas Selden for the performance of the Will of sd. dec. to answer an Engagement made to the children and widow.

    Page 14—3 March, 1663-4: This Court frees the Estate of Andrew Warner sen. in Mr. Richards Hand, he having given satisfaction to the Overseers of Thomas Selden's Estate for the payment of the Children's portions."

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