Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Seeley Jr was born on 19 March 1720, in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Ebenezer Seeley Sr., was 24 and his mother, Mercy Dean, was 22. He married Ann Gregory in 1739. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 4 December 1757, in Goshen, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 37.
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- Ebenezer Seeley, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Ebenezer Seeley, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Ebenezer Seeley in entry for Anna Seeley, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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Name Meaning
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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