Selden Family; Wm. and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1897 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Selden Family William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4. (Apr., 1897), pp. 264-267. SELDEN FAMILY. (Continued from page 60.) It appears from the statement already given that 1, SAMUEL1 SELDEN, the immigrant, and Rebecca, his wife, niece of Rebecca, wife of John Lear, had issue 2, Samuel2, mentioned in suit in 1714, but not mentioned in wills; 3, Bartholomew2, who died in 1727 without issue. He married first, Achilly Achilly (daughter of Joseph Achilly, of Nansemond county, and Mary, his wife), born in 1700. Achilly died without issue in 1722. Bartholomew then married Sarah Hilliard, who survived him, married William Edwards, and died in 1777, sine prole. (Call's Reports, Vol. II., p. 61; Hayden's Virginia Genealogies, p. 62-63); 4, John2; 5, Joseph2; 6, Elizabeth, who, in 1716, sold her interest Page 265. in "Buck-roe" to her father; 7, Mary2 married Milner, and had Samuel. 4, JOHN2 SELDEN, justice in 1725 of Elizabeth City county; sheriff of Lancaster county in 1732, and deputy king's attorney in 1752 of Elizabeth City county, where he died in 1754, married three times. By his first wife, whose name is not known, he had, 8, Richard3 Selden, of Lancaster county. He married secondly Sarah, eldest daughter of Capt. Richard Ball, of Lancaster, on October 13, 1725 (Hayden: marriage bond at Lancaster Courthouse). He married thirdly, Grace Boswell,* daugher of Capt. Wililam Boswell and Ellinor, widow of Coleman Brough. Issue: 9, Capt. Joseph3, mentioned in will of George Yeo; 10, John3, named as by Hayden, in father's will, but I have not found the will; 11, Rev. William3, born in 1741 (Meade I., p. 140); 12, Elizabeth3, mentioned in the will of George Yeo [on page 61, "Eliza- beth, daughter of said cousin Wm. Selden", ought to be Elizabeth, daughter of said cousin Selden]. 8, RICHARD3 SELDEN (John2, Samuel1), lived in Lancaster county. In 1758 he sold to his cousin Cary Selden "Strawberry Banks", in Elizabeth City county, "devised to him by the will of his father, John Selden, of Elizabeth City county". This estate had been left to John Selden by his brother Bartholomew. He married Mary Ball, daughter of Major James Ball, on November 21, 1741, and had, 13, John4, named in will of James Ball (Hayden, 65); probably 14, James4 Selden, a member of the county committee for Lancaster in 1775; probably 15, Capt. Richard4 Selden, who died at his residence, "Farmville", Lancaster county, December 6, 1823, aged 65. He (Richard), married Elizabeth Chinn, born September 27, 1774. (Hayden, 121). 9, JOSEPH3 SELDEN (John2, Samuel1), born about 1736, at which time the will of his grand- mother, Rebecca Selden, names him. Sheriff of Elizabeth City county. Will dated August 30, 1774, and proved in Elizabeth City county March 28, 1776; names wife Mary, and children, 16, John4; 17, Joseph4, 18, William4; 19, Euphan4; 20, Samuel4, whose will in 1806 names wife Susannah and children; 21, John; 22, James; 23, Joseph, and niece Maria Selden. A deed in 1770 shows this wife Mary was ____________________________________________________________ * This is the modern spelling, but in the Elizabeth City county records it appears as Bosell or Bossell, which is the way the name was then pronounced; accent on first syllable. Page 266. widow of David Wilson Curle, who died about 1769. The children were, therefore, probably by a former marriage. 10, JOHN3 (John2, Samuel1), married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. James and Martha Wallace, and granddaughter of Rev. James Wallace (whose tombstone, at his place on Back River, shows that he was from ERroll, in Perthshire, Scotland, and was many years minister of the parish of Elizabeth City). He died intestate about 1775, and had, 24, John4, of Nottoway, who married Anne -----. (Hayden). 11, REV. WILLIAM3 SELDEN (John2, Samuel1(, educated at William and Mary College, 1753, practiced law for a few years, ordained in London for the ministry March 10, 1771; rector Hampton church 1771-1783. Died June 25, 1783, aged forty-two years. Married May 29, 1767, Mary Ann Hancock, of Princess Anne county. Will pro. October 25, 1799. Issue surviving in- fancy: 25, Sarah4 Hancock,; 26, William4 Boswell. 25, SARAH4 HANCOCK SELDEN (William3, John2, Samuel1); born March 21, 1769; died July 26, 1810; married Richard Bagnall. Issue surviving infancy: 27, Mary Grace, born November 25, 1800; died September 5, 1882. Married, first, James B. Vaughan; second Thomas Cary; third, Matthew W. Kemp. No issue. 28, William Douglas, born October 26, 1803; died January 25, 1867. Married, May 11, 1835, Elizabeth Daingerfield Stark, born April 6, 1816; died January 1st, 1852. Issue: Rev. William Cadogan Bagnall, died unmarried September 16, 1855; Richard Daingerfield, M.D., Elizabeth Moseley, John Selden, Henry Boswell; 29, Henry Boswell, born April 17, 1809; died June 27, 1854. Married December 30, 1835, Susan Hoggard Vaughan, who was born May 23, 1810, and died May 23d, 1881. Issue: Susan Vaughan Bagnall, Sarah Selden Bagnall (died December 9, 1868, unmarried), Margaret Whitehead, died March 17, 1846. 26, WILLIAM4 BOSWELL SELDEN, M.D. (William3, John2, Samuel1), born August 31st, 1772; died July 18, 1849. Married Charlotte Colgate, November 22, 1802. Issue: 30, Mary Ann5; 31, Susan5; 32, John5, born August 24, 1806; died at sea, September 30, 1825; 33, William5, M.D., born August 15, 1808, died November 7, 1887. Married Lucina Pope Wilson, April 27, 1836; 34, Robert5 Colgate, born January 19, 1813; died November 1, 1890; married Courtenay Brooke; 35, Charles5, unmarried; 36, Henry5, M.D., married Mary Elizabeth Ludlow; issue died in childhood. 33, WILLIAM5 M.D. (William B.4, Rev. William3, John2, Samuel1), Page 267. and Lucinda Pope Wilson, had issue: 37, William6 Boswell C.S.A., killed at Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862; 38, Henrietta6 Wilson; 39, Julia6 Smith; 40, Charlotte6 Colgate; 41, Mary, married C.W. Grandy, and had William7, Charles7 Rollin, Julia7 Selden, William7 Boswell, Cyrus7 Wiley, Mary7; 42, Louisa6; 43, Thomas6 Wilson; 44, Caroline6; 45, Lucy6. 34. ROBERT5 COLGATE SELDEN and Courtenay Brooke had issue: 46, Charles6 Selden, M.D., who married, first, Ella James; second, Isabella James; 47, Robert6 Colgate, married Georgie Sinclair; 48, Elizabeth6 Lewis, married Capt. Charles H. Dimmock; 49, Warner6 Lewis, died during civil war, C.S.A.; 50, Henry6 C., killed, C.S.A.; 51, Mary6 Byrd, married William C. Dimmock; 52, Charlotte6 Colgate, died November 8, 1884, unmarried; 53, Susan6 married John Lloyd Tabb. [To be Continued.]