When Samuel Satterly Seeley was born on 7 December 1782, in Goshen, Goshen, Orange, New York, United States, his father, Bazaleel Seeley, was 41 and his mother, Zerviah Satterley, was 41. He married Rebecca Hopkins on 17 May 1806. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 2 February 1839, in Addison, Addison, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Historical Boundaries 1796: Steuben, New York, United States
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English: nickname for a person with a cheerful disposition, from Middle English seli ‘happy, fortunate’ (Old English sǣlig, from sǣl ‘happiness, good fortune’). The word was also occasionally used as a female personal name during the Middle Ages. The sense ‘pitiable’, which developed into modern English silly, is not attested before the 15th century. See also Selman .
Altered form of German Seele , respelled to preserve the bisyllabic pronunciation of the German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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