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Nathan, son of Abraham Sellecklst 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),'2
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 1, 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 (Remson) 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 William A., died unmarried, Lilias M. (Mrs. W.
1 Among the children of Jonathan Selleck, by his
first wife (Barnes) were Edward and Betsey (Mrs.
Gould first and, second, Mrs. Curran).
-The children of Frances A. Selleck (Mrs. Samuel C.
Waterbury) were Anna (Mrs. McClay first and, sec-
ond, Mrs. Elmer E. Knapp) ; Josephine S. (Mrs.
George H. Roberts); Clarence, died young ; Lawrence
I'., unmarried; Rena S. (Mrs. Eugene Albin) and
Eloise A. (Mrs. Frank W. Bogardus).
The children of George H. and Josephine Roberts
are Mary, died young; Lena (Mrs. Edward Marshall),
Mabel, Florence E., Annie, Jennie and Georgie.
The children of Eugene and Rena Albin are Har-
riet F. and Harold C.
The families of Sidney and Riley Selleck reside else-
where than in Norwalk.
3Frederick D., son of James K. and Semantha Sel-
leck, married September 19, 1878, Nellie Eagan of
Chicago, Ilk, and had James K., Elizabeth, George,
Helen and Lillian.
4Charles B., son of James K. Selleck, married De-
cember 27, 1879, Isabel S., widow of William A. S.
Hanford and daughter of William C. Street of Nor-
walk, no children.
5The child of Mrs. James H. Baikw is Florence.
6Fanny, horn May 3, 1801 (Mrs. Wm. Harring-
ton) was a daughter of Asa and Betty (Stuart) 01m-
stead. Her brother was the clever and considerate
Dr. David 01mstead2nJ of Belden Hill and her sisters
were Charlotte (Mrs. Justus Keeler), Betse3' (Mrs.
Stephen Hoyt), and Julia Maria and Mary Elizabeth,
who were unmarried. There was also a brother
David lst, who died in infancy. Dr. David Olmstead
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-
orv. Her Gregory children were Elizabeth (Mrs,
Jesse Jarvis), Sally (Mrs. Nathan Munroe of Salem).
Susannah (Mrs. Scott) and Mrs. James Aikin. There
was also another Gregory child. Mrs. Simeon Stuart
was a daughter of David Whelpley.
The children of Mrs. Justus Keeler were Char-
lotte (Mrs. Thos. Merwin Raymond) and Frances L.
(unmarried.)
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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 Selleck151, son of Abraham Sellecklst and half brother of Nathan Selleck, married
July i, 1793, Sarah, born August 20, 1763, daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth (Lounsbury)
Waterbury (see pages 369 and 370) and had Noah, Isaac3"'1, James, Polly (Mrs. William See-
ley, first, and, second, Mrs. Babcock), Hettie (Mrs. George Brown), and Nancy (Mrs. Samuel
Selleck).
Isaac2nd, born July 14, 1802, son of Isaac151 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; Henry15', 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 Selleck2nd, died March 15, 1892.
Isaac Selleck20'1, died September 15, 1893. 1
The children of Darius and Eliza Esther Slauson were De Witt, Frederick, James
and Nettie.
The children 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, 1849, William
P., 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 15, 1870, and
Alice Frances, born 1853, who married April 3,1877,
Charles Wheeler, son of Alfred Burritt of Stratford,
who resides, in 1899, in Morgan Avenue, Norvvalk.
Asa Olmstead was son of David, who was son of
John and Mary (Small) Olmstead. John Olmstead
who married Mary Small was a son of James1 st, 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 Gorham property on
that hill, and her father where the Finch Brothers of
1896 reside. Betty (Mrs. Asa Olmstead) , daughter of
Simeon and Alary 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 (1777)
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. Y.
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, Mrs. William Harrington and her
daughters Mary and Susan F.
1 Isaac Selleck-"1', father of the present "Selleck
Brothers," was a man of exceptional physical power.
In his 3'ounger days he assisted Henr}' Selleck in lay-
ing the still seen foundation walls — lane and house —
of the latter'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 a 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 having 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 oi
George W. and Cordelia E. Selleck.
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James L., son of Isaac Selleck2"1, married Deborah Wright of Baldwinsville, N.Y., and
had Henry and Charles.
George W., son of Isaac Selleck2"'1, married January 9, 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 Selleck2'"1, is a resident of Blair, Nebraska, and had a child who
died young and Gertrude.
Isaac3"1, (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 Rutus Raymond
of Norwalk and had three children. Frank, son of Isaac3"1, married Nettie Sherwood and had
Nettie.
Henry Stanton, son of Isaac Selleck2"'1, married, November 20, 1867, Lydia, daughter
of Sherman and Susan (Hurlbutt) Cole, and had Victor S., Willis H., Chester S. and E.
Edward.
Franklin, son of Isaac2'"1 and Lucy Selleck married, first, October 14, 1874, Mattie A.
Hazleton, no issue ; married, second, November 21, 1889, Mary J. Gamble and had Dexter,
born November 25, 1894, died January 11, 1898; Ellsworth G., born May 24, 1897.
SANDS— SELLECK— SCOTT.