Norwalk

The first Mrs. Abraham Selleck, died April n, 1761, and her husband married, second, and had Nancy, born April 10, 1763; Edward, born November 19, 1764; Anthony, born May 9, 1766; Isaac1", born January 22, 1768; William, born October 6, 1769; Nancy2"4, born December 19, 1771, and Sarah, born July 3, 1773. 1819, Charlotte born May 24, 1821, Herman born December 11, 1823, George born January 13, 1825, Charles and Julia, twins, born J une23,1828, Mary born August 9, 1830 and Benjamin born July 26, 1832. The two brothers, Jacob21"1 and Samuel Selleck, received by inheritancethe homestead of their father which at the decease of Jacobs was divided among the heirs. It was then purchased by Capt. Stephen Hoyt who gave up mercantile business, and established upon the Jacob Selleck property (Shaker Farm) the now far known " Hoyt Nursery" of the town of New Canaan. Capt. Stephen Hoyt and his truly excellent wife are deceased but their enterpris- ing sons Hons. James and Edwin Hoyt carry on a business which has assumed large proportions. Their establishment is on Carter Street. 444 Nathan, son of Abraham Selleck1" by his first wife, married three times. By his first wife he had Jonathan and Sidney. Jonathan married first a Barnes and had seven children.1 He married, second, Sally Esther, widow of Benjamin Hoyt, and daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Waterbury) Keeler (page 124), and had Frances A. (Mrs. Samuel C. Waterbury),5 and James K. James K., son of Jonathan and Sally Selleck, married, first, Semantha, daughter of Peter and Sophia (Thompson) Bontecou of Troy, N. Y., and had Reed B., died young; Fred- erick D.;3 Charles B.;4 James K. ; Wilson W.; Clara F (Mrs. James H. Bailey);5 Florence T. (Mrs. William Martin): Josephine K., died young; Eugenia, died young; Jonathan H. Sally E. (Mrs. Benjamin Hoyt) Keeler. afterward Mrs. Jonathan Selleck, had a daughter Elizabeth, who married George Weed of North Stamford and had Mary Esther (Mrs. Harvey Smith of Stamford). Nathan Selleck had by his second wife George, Henry and Riley. George married, December r, 1819, Mehitable, who was a daughter of Bouton Hoyt of New Canaan, and had Mehitable H. (Mrs. James H. Marvin first, and, second, Mrs. O. P. Riggs ; no children by either marriage). Henry, brother of George, married Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Waterbury) Keeler, and had Henry K. (married, first, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Uriah and Augusta (Rernson) Ambler; married, second, Mary Elizabeth Taylor ; no children;) Charles M. : George Ward, (married Mrs. Anna M. Potter, no issue) ; Theodore D. ; Mary E. Nathan Selleck married, third, Amy Holmes of Bedford, N. Y., and had Charlotte (unmarried) and Jesse. Jesse married Hannah M., daughter of Jakin and Rhoda (Richards) Bouton of New Canaan and had Andrew and C. Frederick. Andrew married, first, Mary, daughter of William and Fanny (Olmsted) Harrington," and had W illiam A., died unmarried, Lilias M. (Mrs. W. 'Anion,!; the children of Jonathan Selleck, by his first wife (Barnes) were Edward and Betsey (Airs. GoUld first and, second, Mrs. Currau), -'The children of Frances A. Selleck (Mrs. Samuel C. Waterbury) were Anna (.Mrs. MeCtay first and, sec- ond, Mrs. Elmer E. Knapp) ; Josephine S. (Mrs. George H. Roberts); Clarence, died young ; Lawrence P., unmarried; Kena S. (Mrs. Eugene Albin) and Hloisc A. (Mrs. Frank \V. Bogardus). The children of George H. and Josephine Roberts are Mary, died young; Lena (Mrs. Edward Marshall), Mabel, Florence E., Annie. Jennie and Gcorgic. The children of Eugene and Kena Albin are Har- riet F. and Harold C. The families of Sidney and Riley Selleck reside else- where than in Norwalk. ^Frederick D., son of James K. and Semantha Sel- leck, married September It), 1H7S, Nellie Eagan of Chicago, Ilk, and had James K.. Elizabeth, George Helen and Lillian. iCtiarles B., son of James K. Selleck, married De- cember 27, 1S7<J, Isabel S.. widow of William A S Hanford and daughter of William C. Street of Nor- walk, no children. ■"'The child of Mrs. James H. Bailey is Florence. "Fanny, born May 3, 1M01 (Mrs. Win. Harring- ton) was a daughter of Asa and Betty (Stuart) 01m- stcad. tier brother was the clever and considerate Dr. David 01mstead?»>I of Belden Hill and her sisters were Charlotte (Mrs. Justus Keeler), Betsey (Mrs. Stephen Hoyt), and Julia Maria and Mary Elizabeth, who were unmarried. There was also a brother llavid '-i, who died in infancy. Ilr. David (ilnistcad was a college man and a New York city medical- schoolmate and intimate of Dr. Valentine Mott. His first practice was with Dr. Nehemiah Perry, Sr., of Ridgefield and he was unmarried. Mrs. Asa Olmstead was the daughter of Simeon and Mary (Gregory) Stuart. Her mother was twice married, her first husband having been a Greg- ory. Her Gregory children were Elizabeth (Mrs, Jesse Jarvis), Sally (Mrs. Nathan Mnnroe of Salem). Susannah (Mrs. Scott) and Mrs. James Aikin. There was also another Gregory child. M rs. Simeon Stuart was a daughter of David Whelplcy. The children of Mrs. Justus Keeler were Char- lotte (Mrs. Thos. Alerwin. Raymond) and Frances L. (unmarried.) N O R W A L K. 445 W. Keyes), Eugene, died young, and Fanny M., died young. Andrew Selleck married, second, Susan F„ sister of his first wife, no children. C. Frederick brother of Andrew Selleck married Ann Eliza, daughter of Robert Flynn, and had no children. Isaac Selleck1-', son of Abraham Selleck1" and half brother of Nathan Selleck married July I, 1793; Sarah, born August 20, 1763, daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth (Lounsburyi Waterbury (see pages 369 and 370) and had Noah, Isaac3'"', James, Polly (Mrs. William See- ley, first, and, second, Mrs. Babcock), Hettie (Mrs. George Brown), and Xancy (Mrs. Samuel Selleck). Isaac2"", born July 14, 1802, son of Isaac1"1 and Sarah (Waterbury) Selleck, married, October 1 1823, Lucy, born April 1, 1805, daughter of James and Esther (Seeley) Brown, and had: Eliza Esther, born July 7, 1824 (Mrs. Darius Slauson); James Lawrence, born March 15, 1826; George Washington, born October 7, 1827; Charles, born November 2, 1829; Isaac, born August 31, 1831; Mary Ann, born June 18, 1833, died young; Henry1", died young ; Henry S., born December 29, 1838 ; Franklin, born April 4, 1841 ; Cyrus, born May 2, 1843; died young ; Mary, A., died young. Mrs. Isaac Selleck2Dd, died March 15, 1892. Isaac Selleck2"5, died September 15, 1893. 1 The children of Darius and Eliza Esther Slauson were De Witt, Frederick, James and Nettie. Thechildren of Thomas L. Raymond, were Agnes (Mrs. Jacob Fowler), Celia (unmarried), Justus, Keeler, Henry (died unmarried in the civil war) , Har- riet (Mrs. John Wilson) and Catharine (Mrs. William Folwell). Stephen Hoyt, son of Stephen and Althea (James) Hoyt, who married Betsey Olmstead had Julia Ann., born June 29, 1829, married, May 24, 1M49, William I' . son of Silas and Hannah (Brisco) Hayes; Harriet Amelia (unmarried); Thaddeus A., James. The children of William P. Hayes were Mary Jane, born September 29, 1850, died August in, 1K70, and Alice Frances, born 1853, who married April 3, IsTT, Charles Wheeler, son of Alfred Burritt of Stratford, who resides, in 181)9, in Morgan Avenue, Norwalk. Asa Olmstead was son of David, who was son of John and Mary (Small) Olmstead. John Olinslcnd who married Mary Small was a son of James1 ^ who was son of Richard Olmstead, the settler. Asa Olmstead lived on Belden Hill. Himself and wife were born and brought up on Chestnut Hill, his father owning the present Gorbam property on that hill, and her father where the Finch Brothers of 1896 reside. Betty (Mrs. Asa Olmstead) , daughter of Simeon and Mary Stuart, repeatedly and distinctly related, during her life time, that when a child she witnessed the burning of Norwalk from her Chestnut Hill home, and that two years before that time (1 777) Tryon marched his men, Danbury bound, across their farm. Darius, brother of Asa Olmstead, married Esther Gregory and had Charles Olmstead of Cranberry Plains, and Silas, the father of the Olmsteads of Tar- [ rytown. N. V. The Harrington's were English people, who came from Boston to Fairfield county. A familiar sight in the Norwalk of forty odd years ago, was the Belden Hill Carriage containing, after the husband and father 's decease, M rs. William Harrington and her daughters Mary and Susan F. 'Isaac Selleck2"1!, father of the present "Selleck Brothers," was a man of exceptional physical power. In his younger days he assisted Henry Selleck in lay- ing the still seen foundation walls— lane and house— of the hitter's East Avenue (now Osborn) brick dwell- ing, and made no point of coming from and returning to New Canaan before and after his day s work. He industriously served his generation and earned his enjoyed later life rest. With his cousin Henry he was of strong New England stock, and lived to a good age. Both Westchester men chose Norwalk for their home, where they left families. Clarence, the grand- son of Isaac, was it young man of high promise. He was fond of foreign travel and his published corre- spondence, as well as clever art reproductions of scenery abroad, stamp him as haying been a youth of rare tastes and accomplishments. His early demise was greatly lamented, but his noble character is a grateful remembrance. He was the only son ol George W. and Cordelia E. Selleck. 446 nor w;a l k . James L., son of Isaac Selleck2"1, married Deborah Wright of Baldwinsville, N.Y., and had Henry and Charles. George W., son of Isaac Selleck^, married January % 1854, Cordelia E. Twing of Great Barrington, Mass., and had Alice E., Mary E., Hattie, died young, Lucy A., died young, Lucy B., died young, and Clarence who died unmarried. Charles, son of Isaac Sellecka°a, is a resident of Blair, Nebraska, and had a child who died young and Gertrude. Isaac3", (Captain), son of Isaac Selleck2"1, married Mary Payne and had Charles, Frank, Mamie and an infant who died young. Charles married Lena, daughter of Rufus Raymond of Norwalk and had three children. Frank, son of Isaac3'", married Nettie Sherwood and had Nettie.