Biographical Sketch of William SEAL (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA (1881); Seal, Wm. supposed from England, settled in Birmingham, and married 8-31- 1718 Hannah, dau of Joseph and Hannah Gilpin, of that township. He died in 1742, and his widow and the eldest 2 of his children in 1746. Their children were Rachel b. 7-19-1719; Joseph b. 11-16-1720; Hannah b. 6-2-1724, m. John Bennett; William b. 10-17-1726 m/ Susannah Temple and Rachel Darlington; Joshua, b. 8-4- 1729; Caleb b. 7-17-1731, m. Lydia Temple. William and Susanna Seal had children - William, Joseph, Caleb, Benjamin, Hannah, Rachel, Thomas and perhaps others. He died 10-9-1769. Caleb and Lydia Seal had the following; William, Thomas, Joshua, Thomas (2) Sarah, Hannah, Caleb, Hannah (2), Lydia, Rachel, William (2) and Caleb (2). The descendants of these are to be found in Wilmington. William Seal (3) married Mary Hung and lived in Birmingham. His children were William , Jesse, Thomas, M.D., b. 10-15- 1785 (father of Thomas F. Seal, of Unionville), Eli, Joseph, Benjamin, Susanna, and Sidney.