Thomas Selden1

#11868, (say 1615 - 1655)

Family

Hester Wakeman b. c 1617, d. 1693
Children 1.Hannah Selden1 (s 1643 - 1695)
 2.Thomas Selden Jr.3 (c 1645 - 1734)
 3.Mary Selden3 (1648/49 - )
 4.John Selden3 (1649/50 - 1650)
 5.Esther Selden3 (1649/50 - 1651)
 6.Joseph Selden3 (c 1651 - 1724)
 7.Esther Selden1 (s 1653 - )
 8.Sarah Selden1 (s 1655 - )
Birth*say 1615He was born say 1615 at EnglandG.1 
1639Was an original proprietor of Hartford in 1639 at ConnecticutG.2 
Marriage*say 1643He married Hester Wakeman, daughter of Francis Wakeman and Anne Goode, say 1643 at Hartford, Connecticut.1 
Death*1655He died in 1655 at Connecticut.1 

Citations

  1. [S1155] Robert P. Wakeman, Wakeman Genealogy 1630–1899 (Meriden, Conn.: Journal Publishing Co., 1900), 156–158.
  2. [S1156] Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, online www.foundersofhartford.org, "Thomas Selden, Hartford, 1639, an original proprietor; his home-lot was near the present junction of Washington and Lafayette Sts.; freeman, April, 1640 ; constable, 1650 ; he d. in 1655 ; will dated Aug. 14 ; inv. Dec. 19, £292. 3. 4. He names in his will his wife, Heater, his “brother, Mr. John Wakeman,” and his “cousin Thomas Hoamer.” His wife, who was probably Hester Wakeman, m. (2) Andrew Warner, who went from Hartford to Hadley, where she d. in 1693. -Ch. : i. Thomas, bapt. in Hartford, Aug. 30, 1645; m. Felix, dau. of Capt. William Lewis, of Farmington; removed to Hadley; d. there, Nov. 24, 1734. ii. John, bapt. March 3, 1649-50; d. May, 1650. iii. Mary, bapt. March 26, 1648-9. iv. Esther, bapt. March 3, 1649-50 ; d. May, 165 1. v. Joseph, bapt. Nov. 2, 1651; he m. Feb. 11, 1677, Rebecca, dau. 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, Ct., where he d. July 14, 1724."
  3. [S1156] Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, online www.foundersofhartford.org.