SGS # 1961 – John Beardsley (#1961); John (#611); Hezekiah; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert; per www.seeley-society.net/bios-ey/bio-johnbeardsleyseeley.html
Emigrated to the Town of Ovid at the young age of 6 with his parents from Saratoga. On February 2, 1809 he married Miss Nancy Harger.
The couple had eleven children.
Upon the death of his father John Seeley in 1809, the farm upon which he resided was willed to John B. Seeley who lived upon it for the balance of his own life. His own hands cleared the lands and subdued them to the purpose of agriculture. He lived long enough to see the wilderness which existed here in his youth give place to those forms and features of beauty, which the energies of advancing civilization ever give to the uncultivated wilds and savage haunts. Here a thriving village arose, and there he filled the last years of his life as a ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church of Ovid Village; which he had helped to sustain through the erection of two edifices.
In the fall of 1850 the work was completed on a fine rural residence for himself and his family at the eastern edge of the village, the bricks for which were made upon his own land.
The family burial ground is located upon a rise of ground in a stand of large trees near this house. (currently private property)
Siblings:
William Pease Seeley
Joel Seeley
Hezekiah Seeley born on September 28, 1792, the first white child born in what is now Ovid Village, who died in infancy
Elizabeth Seeley
Hezekiah Seeley
Harvey Seeley
Asa P. Seeley
Arvilla Seeley
Eleanor Seeley-Wilson
"Town and Village of Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., An Early History" (with bonus Name Index) Published by Wayne E. Morrison, Ovid, NY, 1980.
SGS # 1961 – John Beardsley (#1961); John (#611); Hezekiah; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert; per www.seeley-society.net/bios-ey/bio-johnbeardsleyseeley.html
Emigrated to the Town of Ovid at the young age of 6 with his parents from Saratoga. On February 2, 1809 he married Miss Nancy Harger.
The couple had eleven children.
Upon the death of his father John Seeley in 1809, the farm upon which he resided was willed to John B. Seeley who lived upon it for the balance of his own life. His own hands cleared the lands and subdued them to the purpose of agriculture. He lived long enough to see the wilderness which existed here in his youth give place to those forms and features of beauty, which the energies of advancing civilization ever give to the uncultivated wilds and savage haunts. Here a thriving village arose, and there he filled the last years of his life as a ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church of Ovid Village; which he had helped to sustain through the erection of two edifices.
In the fall of 1850 the work was completed on a fine rural residence for himself and his family at the eastern edge of the village, the bricks for which were made upon his own land.
The family burial ground is located upon a rise of ground in a stand of large trees near this house. (currently private property)
Siblings:
William Pease Seeley
Joel Seeley
Hezekiah Seeley born on September 28, 1792, the first white child born in what is now Ovid Village, who died in infancy
Elizabeth Seeley
Hezekiah Seeley
Harvey Seeley
Asa P. Seeley
Arvilla Seeley
Eleanor Seeley-Wilson
"Town and Village of Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., An Early History" (with bonus Name Index) Published by Wayne E. Morrison, Ovid, NY, 1980.
Family Members
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John Edward Seeley Sr
1810–1875
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Susanna Ann Seeley VanHorn
1815–1860
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Alanson D Seeley Sr
1817–1887
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Elizabeth E Seely
1819–1823
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Elizabeth Eleanor Seeley
1819–1823
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William Pease Seeley
1821–1886
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Eleanor E. Seeley
1824–1848
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Elijah Denton Seely
1825–1826
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Elijah Denton Seeley
1825–1826
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Nancy A. Seeley
1828–1835
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Mary E Seely
1830–1832
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Martha E Seely
1830–1835
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