Samuel Selden Jr. (1723 - 1776)

Born 11 Jan 1723 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Ely) Selden — married 23 May 1745 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1776 at age 53 in Battery, Manhatten Island, New York, United States

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Biography

Colonel Samuel Selden Jr. served with 4th Battalion, Col. Samuel Selden, Wadsworth's Brigade, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Samuel Selden Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A101685.

Samuel Selden Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-287004
Rank: Colonel

Samuel Selden Jr. was born in 1723 to parents Samuel Selden Sr. and Deborah Dudley. In 1745 he married Elizabeth Ely. During the Revolutionary War, Col. Samuel Selden was the commander of the 4th Connecticut Line Battalion of the Continental Army, of BGen. James Wadsworth's Brigade. While Col. Seldon was in command, this battalion was stationed on the East River when British forced attacked New York, culminating in a wholesale retreat. These engagements would later be called the Battles of Long Island and Harlem Heights. Caught in the retreat and panic of 15 Sep 1776 when New York City was abandoned (sometimes called the Battle of Kip’s Bay), his unit suffered high casualties and Col. Seldon, much of his staff, and many of his soldiers, were taken prisoner by the British above 34th Street in New York. Of those captured, many suffered from depraved living conditions and general mistreatment as British prisoners of war, included Col. Seldon, who died on 11 Oct 1776 in captivity.

At age 55 years, Selden started the war in about 1775 with the rank of major of Hadlyme, Connecticut where he is shown in Col. Gurdon Saltonstall's 3rd Regiment of Connecticut Militia, which was composed of militia companies from New London and Lyme, Connecticut.

Upon Seldon's death, he was buried in the Brick Church yard where the old New York Times building was later built on Nassau Street in 1851 ^[1]. He was given more honors than were usually accorded prisoners-or-war, whatever their rank. All the American officers who were prisoners at the time “were indulged with liberty to attend his funeral.” His remains lost, a cenotaph memorial to him was placed in the Selden Cemetery in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

Name

Colonel Samuel Selden^[2][3][4][5]

Samuel Selden^[4]

Birth

11 JAN 1722/23 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA^[3][2][5]

Residence

Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA^[4]

Marriage

23 MAY 1745 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA^[4]

Husband: Colonel Samuel Selden

Wife: Elizabeth Ely

Death

Age: 53

11 OCT 1776 New York, USA^[2][3][4][5]

Burial

Hadlyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA^[3][5]

Notes

North Lyme, Saybrook Settlement, Connecticut Colony was the original place of birth. http://visitoldlyme.com/history-of-the-lymes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saybrook_Colony

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony

the only reference I could find to North Lyme was a cemetery and church

Sources

1. ↑ Revolutionary War Journal
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Sons of the American Revolution
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Hale Collection
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Barbour
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Find A Grave

• Lineage Book (Daughters of the American Revolution) Vol. 1, Page 21: #46
• Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, Connecticut, 1629-1934 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2012)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #19664658
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls

Volume: 302; SAR Membership Number: 60271

Volume: 296; SAR Membership Number: 59152

Volume: 114; SAR Membership Number: 11297

SAR Membership Number: 89834

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. 1994-2002. - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. III

View Source

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
• Revolutionary War Journal © 2024 - Colonel Samuel Selden: Brave in Battle - He Died for his Country - April 5, 2013 Biographical Harry Schenawolf - Captured at battle of Kip’s Bay and died in captivity on Oct. 11, 1776.
• Record of service of Connecticut men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923. Publication date 1889. Index Page 755 SHOWS pages 392, 403, 433, 582 (shows a Lt. Samuel Selden of Lyme in 1781).