Elizabeth (Burr) Seeley (1632 - 1682)

Born 17 May 1632 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Died 17 Oct 1682 at age 50 in Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth's father, Jehu Burr settled in Roxbury, Mass., in 1630, went to Springfield in 1636, and to Fairfield soon after 1641. A 1632 birth date suggests she was born in Roxbury.

Elizabeth Burr married, first, Nehemiah Olmsead^[1], second, Obadiah Gilbert^[2], and, third, Nathaniel Seeley in 1674.^[3]

Her place of burial is listed as Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut ^[4], includes links to those of her first husband, Nehemiah^[5] and one daughter Sarah ^[6]

Notes

The dates of Elizabeth's life events have so far been difficult to trace using supporting material. Many others have named Elizabeth in their writing. Here is a list of some of the works you'll find Elizabeth mentioned:

• Seeley Genealogical Society
• OUR OLMSTEAD FAMILY
• The Burr Family of Fairfield, CT
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 1

Sources

1. ↑ #S529 p. 1649.
2. ↑ #S529 p. 1649.
3. ↑ #S354 p. 24
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #156360962
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #156358841
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #156358375

• Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721, Page 131
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald Lines Jacobus (Fairfield: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930), Vol. I, pp. 117, 221.
• S354 Butts, Knowles & Hills; The Seeleys, Turneys, Sturges & Barlows, by Larry Daniels (Privately printed, Bowie, MD 20715-1336, March 1993). Repository: #R5 Call Number: FH24&CISOPTR=20893&REC=18
• S529 Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)

• Vol, II. p. 1112. OLMSTED, Nehemiah (1618-1657) & Elizabeth [BURR], m/2 Obadiah GILBERT 1660+/_, m/3 Nathaniel SEELEY 1674?; ca 1648/53; Fairfield, CT

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MZ3D-W9N : accessed 2016-06-15), entry for Elizabeth BURR.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MB5W-2W7 : accessed 2016-06-15), entry for Elizabeth Burr.
• Mills, Madeline & Olsen, Katherine. Descendants Of Robert Seeley, 1602-1667, & Obadiah Seeley, 1614-1657, Generations One Through Five (Seeley Genealogical Society, 1997) Page 6
• Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889) Page 405