Hendrick Zellen was baptized in the Reformed Church at Crefeld, Germany on October 17, 1666. He was the son of Jacob and Marieken Zellen. He was probably the Hendrick Sellen who lived in Crefeld and settled in the Mennonite colony of Germantown, PA in 1685, two years after the the colony was founded. In that year he purchased 100 acres of land there. He became a naturalized citizen on May 7, 1691. He was a very active in civic and Mennonite activities for 50 years. He returned once to Germany as a legal representative for several colonists. In addition to his farm(s) he operated an [flax seed] oil mill. In 1735 Henry purchased 200 acres of land [lat. 39.775966 lon. -77.043989] and improvements on the frontier of Pennsylvania from John Lemon. This land, now in Union Township, Adams County, PA, was a part of Digges Choice, disputed land claimed by Maryland. In 1736 he sold his oil mill in Germantown, PA and became part of the frontier German community. His name appears frequently on petitions concerning the Digges Choice land dispute.
Henry married (1) Mary and had children: Peter, Jacob, Maria Indehoven, John, Adam, Barbara Tyson and Elizabeth Van Fossen. He married (2) Margaret and had children: Anthony, Abraham, Esther Bankert, Henry, Jr. and Catherine Ulrich. He may have had a third wife. Letters of Administration were issued to his wife Margaret and two other men on October 13, 1749 and an inventory of his estate was made on November 1, 1749. Henry was probably buried on his farm as there were no cemeteries in the area at this early date.
[Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA, 1998, by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 1, pp 1-28, by Richard Henry Sell]
Henry married (1) Mary and had children: Peter, Jacob, Maria Indehoven, John, Adam, Barbara Tyson and Elizabeth Van Fossen. He married (2) Margaret and had children: Anthony, Abraham, Esther Bankert, Henry, Jr. and Catherine Ulrich. He may have had a third wife. Letters of Administration were issued to his wife Margaret and two other men on October 13, 1749 and an inventory of his estate was made on November 1, 1749. Henry was probably buried on his farm as there were no cemeteries in the area at this early date.
[Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA, 1998, by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 1, pp 1-28, by Richard Henry Sell]
Hendrick Zellen was baptized in the Reformed Church at Crefeld, Germany on October 17, 1666. He was the son of Jacob and Marieken Zellen. He was probably the Hendrick Sellen who lived in Crefeld and settled in the Mennonite colony of Germantown, PA in 1685, two years after the the colony was founded. In that year he purchased 100 acres of land there. He became a naturalized citizen on May 7, 1691. He was a very active in civic and Mennonite activities for 50 years. He returned once to Germany as a legal representative for several colonists. In addition to his farm(s) he operated an [flax seed] oil mill. In 1735 Henry purchased 200 acres of land [lat. 39.775966 lon. -77.043989] and improvements on the frontier of Pennsylvania from John Lemon. This land, now in Union Township, Adams County, PA, was a part of Digges Choice, disputed land claimed by Maryland. In 1736 he sold his oil mill in Germantown, PA and became part of the frontier German community. His name appears frequently on petitions concerning the Digges Choice land dispute.
Henry married (1) Mary and had children: Peter, Jacob, Maria Indehoven, John, Adam, Barbara Tyson and Elizabeth Van Fossen. He married (2) Margaret and had children: Anthony, Abraham, Esther Bankert, Henry, Jr. and Catherine Ulrich. He may have had a third wife. Letters of Administration were issued to his wife Margaret and two other men on October 13, 1749 and an inventory of his estate was made on November 1, 1749. Henry was probably buried on his farm as there were no cemeteries in the area at this early date.
[Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA, 1998, by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 1, pp 1-28, by Richard Henry Sell]
Henry married (1) Mary and had children: Peter, Jacob, Maria Indehoven, John, Adam, Barbara Tyson and Elizabeth Van Fossen. He married (2) Margaret and had children: Anthony, Abraham, Esther Bankert, Henry, Jr. and Catherine Ulrich. He may have had a third wife. Letters of Administration were issued to his wife Margaret and two other men on October 13, 1749 and an inventory of his estate was made on November 1, 1749. Henry was probably buried on his farm as there were no cemeteries in the area at this early date.
[Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA, 1998, by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 1, pp 1-28, by Richard Henry Sell]
