Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

Major Nathan Gold1" came from St. Edmondsbury, South Britain, to Fairfield. He was an educated, opulent gentleman and a foremost man in the government of the Connecti- cut Colony. His children were Nathan2'"1, Sarah (Mrs. John Thompson), Deborah (Mrs. George Clark), Abigail (Mrs. Jonathan Selleck2'"1), Martha (Mrs. John Selleck first, and second, Mrs. Rev. John Davenport). Nathan Goldlst died on Sunday, March 4, 1693-4. CHILDREN OF JONATHAN2'"1 AND ABIGAIL (GOLD) SELLECK. Nathan181, born September 12, 1686; Abigail born April 3, 1688; Jonthan3"1, unmarried ; Theophila, born February 11, 1694, Mrs. Samuel Pennoyer ; John Gold, unmarried ; Abigail, born February 15, 1707, Mrs. Ebenezer Silliman. 1 As Nathan15' was the only son of Jonathan2'1'1 and Abigail (Gold) Selleck, who married, it follows that the said Nathan became the ancestor of those of Selleck name who descended from Major Jonathan Selleck1", one of the two brothers who came from Boston to Stamford in about 1660. Nathan Selleck1"' married, August 12, 1708, Susannah, only child of Mr. William Hooker of Farmington (see page 327), and had: Susannah, born September 3, 1709, Mrs. Joseph St. John. Nathan Selleck1"1 married, second, December, 1710, Mary, daughter of Captain John i 'Hon. Ebenezer Silliman, baptized September21, 1707, was a son of .Robert and Sarah (Hnll) Silliman, of Fairfield, and a grandson of Daniel Silliman, the Fairfield pioneer Silliman who, tradition claims, came from Holland. The marriage of this eminent Colo- nist, Hon. Ebenezer Silliman, to Abigail Selleck, took place October 8, 1728, the fruit of the union being Gold Selleck, born 1732, Ebenezer, Jr., born 1734, Amelia Gold, born 1736, Hezekiah, born 1739, Jona- than, born 17-12, Abigail, born 1748, and Deodate, born 1749. These all overlived their parents several years, being interested, the year Norwalk was burned, in the division of the Lieutenant Jonathan Selleck estate made in Stamford April 3, 1779. Gold Selleck Silliman (General), the oldest son, married, January 21, 1754, Martha, daughter of Deodate and Lydia (Woodward) Davenport of East Haven, and grand- daughter of Madame Davenport, nee Martha Gold. The first Mrs. General Gold Selleck Silliman died August 1, 1774, and the General married, second, May 24, 1775, Mary, daughter of Rev. Joseph and Rebecca (Peabody) Fish of Stonington, and widow of Rev. John Noj'es of New Haven. By this union there was Benjamin Silliman, who became the re- nowned " Professor Silliman " of Yale College, who died, after more than a half century's illustrious con- nection with that seat of learning, November 24, 1864, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. (See page 198.) The Sillimans of New Canaan are of the old Fairfield stock. NORWALK. 439 Sands of Long Island, who died July 13, 1712. Her husband, Nathan Sellecklst, married, third, Sarah, daughter of Captain Samuel Sands and cousin of Mr. Selleck's second wife. The issue by said Selleck's last wife was : Sandslst, born April, 17 14; Silas, born June, 1715 ; Mary, born October 1, 1 7 1 7, Mrs. Jacob Warren ; Jonathan, born October 1, 1720 ; Sarah, born August 12, 1723, Mrs. Nathaniel Selleck ; Nathan2'"1, born September 15, 1726 ; Samuel, born January 10, 1728, died young ; Gold John, born January 10, 1730 ; Silvanus, born September 1, 1734. Sands15', son of Nathanlst and Sarah (Sands) Selleck, married, August 10, 1742, Mary Raymond, and had : Simeon1", born August 14, 1743, died an infant ; Simeon2'"1, born September 18, 1744 ;] Jesse, born January 19, 1746 ;2 Sands2'"', born May 19, 1751 ; Raymond, born June 26, 1752 ; Samuel, born July 17, 17553; Anna, born February 28, 1759, Mrs. Benjamin Belden ; Henry, died young ; Stephen, died young. Silas1", son of Nathan1" and Sarah (Sands) Selleck, married, January 12, 1738, Eliza- beth Ferris, and had: Silas2na, born October 29, 1740; Sarah, born August 19, 1 74 1 . Silas Selleck1" died December, 1772. Sarah, daughter of Nathan1" and Sarah (Sands) Selleck. married. August 7. 1744, Nathaniel, son of David and Mercy (Waterbury) Selleck, and had : Uriah1", baptized January 21, 1761, died young; Ray, baptized 1761 by Dr. Mather; Mercy, baptized 1761 by Dr. Mather; Sarah, baptized 1761 by Dr. Mather ; Nathaniel, baptized 1761 by Dr. Mather; Uriah2"'1, baptized October 31, 1762-3. 1 Married, February 28, 1771, Mary Belden of Stamford. Had Betsey, Polly, Benjamin and Anne. These children and their parents belonged in Stamford rather than in Norwalk. ^Married, January 26, 1786, Elizabeth Howe and had James, born April 22, 1787, Catharine, born December 11, 1789, Eliza, born August 10, 1792, Sands, born January 13, 1796, Henry Raymond, born May 21, 1798. ^Married, August 1, 1779, Hannah Smith, and had nine children, the two yonngest of whom, Angeline, born September 4, 1796, and Caroline, bora March 8, 1802, lived until recently at the King's End Landing (Darien) homestead there established bv their father. 44° NORWALK. Nathan2'"', son of Nathan1"1 and Sarah (Sands) Selleck, married, September 17, 1745, Catharine, daughter of John Clark of Stamford, and had : Deborah, Mrs. Amos Roberts ; Phebe, Mrs. Thomas Comstock ; Catharine, Mrs. Wyy Seeley, died July 4, 181 3 -,1 Edward. Gold John, son of Nathan18' and Sarah (Sands) Selleck, married Jane and had: A child, no name found; Gold John, baptized November, 1772. Mrs. Gold John Selleck (Jane) married, second, December 23, 1773, Benjamin Betts of Nor walk. Silvanus, son of Nathan1" and Sarah (Sands) Selleck, married, March 2, 1768, Tabitha of Stratford, and had: Molly, baptized November 17, 1772, Mrs. Captain Stephen Raymond of Norwalk. Betty, baptized November 17, 1772. Mrs. Silvanus Selleck married, second, June 21, 1774, Daniel Lockwood. JOHN SELLECK1*'. Captain John Selleck1"', son of David1" and Susannah Selleck, married, October 25, 1669, Sarah, daughter of Hon. Richard and Margaret (Kilbourne) Law, and had: Sarah, born August 22, 1670, Mrs. John Potter; David born, December 27, 1672, probably unmarried ; Nathaniel2'"', born April 7, 1678; John, born June 7, 1681, unmarried; Susannah, born February 2, 1683, Mrs. John Holly ; Johanna, born May 31, 1686, Mrs. Jonathan Bates. Nathaniel2'"1, son of Capt. John1" and Sarah (Law) Selleck, married, January 25, 1700, Sarah, born 1678, daughter of Jonathan1" and Mary (Ferris) Lockwood, and had: David, born December 23, 1700; Sarah, born August 14, 1702; Nathaniel3''1, born October 9, 1704; John, born January 3, 1706; Martha, born April 19, 1710, died young; Ebenezer, born March 20, 1712, died in infancy. Nathaniel Selleck died August 14, 1712, and his widow married Deacon Benjamin Hickox (see pages 272, 281, and 318). David, son of Nathaniel'2"'1 and Sarah (Lockwood) Selleck, married, January 23, 1723, Mercy, daughter of David Waterbury, and had: 1Wyy and Catharine (Selleck) Seeley had six children. Their oldest daughter Mary, born November 10, 171)1 , married Kilbourne Selleck and wasthe vener- able personage, who neatly kept up her Darien home near the Selleck woods through which electric cars now make their way from Norwalk to Stamford. N O R W A L K. 441 David, born April 1, 1724;1 Nathaniel4"1, born October 29, 1725, see "Uriah Selleck descent," page 446; Ebenezer, born December 18, 1727; Gershom, born July 10, 1730 ;~ Ezra, born February 19, 1732; Samuel, born February 4, 1734 ;3 Thaddeus, born 1736; James, born 1742 ;4 iDavid, son of Davidlst and Mercy Selleck, mar- ried, January 8, 1750, Sarah Bates, and had : Lydia, born October 23, 1754; Hannah, born February 18, 1758 ; David, baptized March 11, 1762; Mary, baptized October 10, 1765; Charles, baptized July 20, 1766. This youngest son Charles, married Hannah, daughter of Rev. Dr. Moses Mather. The wedding occurred June 2, 1796 and was followed by the birth of eleven children, the oldestof whom, David, baptized by his grandfather, Dr. Mather, June 15, 1797, be- came the remembered David Selleck of WestNorwalk, who died in 1876, leaving a son, David R., born No- vember 14, 1822 and a daughter, Frances Albena, born October 6, 1824. The household was a worthy one. 2Gershom Selleck married Prnella Gounn and had Charlotte, who baptized May 29, 1763, married June 3, 1784, Stephen, son of Bushnell and Abigail (Reed) Fitch, and had Abbey, Chauncey, Frank B., William, and Benjamin (Hon.). This last son was the founder of Fitch's Home for Soldiers in Darien. His mother, Mrs. Charlotte (Selleck) Fitch, is described as having been a woman of much personal beauty, and of tried and noble character (page 200). 3Samuel, son of David and Mere}- Selleck, was born, as per note page 200, and his life was given to his country. He married, March 28, 1758, Han- nah, daughter of David and Mary (Waterbury) Weed, and had Samuel, David, Hannah, Mar}' and Ebenezer, which last child was only two years old when his brave father perished in the prison ship in 1776. The young Ebenezer married Emilea, born 1776, daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Youngs) Cheshire of Long Island, and had Mary W., Hannah, Benjamin, and Ebenezer2lld, who died in infancy. Mr. Ebenezer Selleck married, second, October 10, 1826, Mary, daughter of Holly and Martha (Pease) Lynes, and had : Rebecca, born October 22, 1831 ; Ebenezer, born June 9, 1834. Rebecca, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Selleck, is acquaintance-valued in Norwalk. She has devoted much time to the work of record tracing and has been quite successful. Her only brother, Ebenezer, Jr., resides in the south. The old Ebenezer Selleck home in Westchester County was a coveted site.