Samuel Seely 
Samuel was born in 1687 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 Samuel's father was Jonas Seely and his mother was Mary Slawson. His paternal grandparents were Obadiah Seely and Mary Angel Miller. He had a sister named Sarah. He had four half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Jonas, Nathaniel, Eliphalet, Ebenezer, Martha and Susanna. He died about 1779 in Orange County, New York.2 General Notes
Samuel was first of Stamford, CT. He was among the early settlers who came to Goshen, Orange Co., NY prior to 1721. It is thought that he was one of the party led by Christopher Dunn in 1712 who acquired the original tract in Orange Co, NY. It is known that at least the last 5 of his children were born in NY. His name appears on a deed in Stamford , 1724 and on deeds in Orange Co. NY. 1723-24, 1733.
His name last appears on the 1755 tax list for Orange Co.
In various documents, Samuel is stated to have been a cordwainer.
Married May 13, 1709, Stamford, CT. Charlotte Bounos(or Buenos) Popino, widow of Jean Popino (or Papineau), a French Huguenot, by whom she had a son, Peter Popino (d 1755, Salem Co, NJ) whose will was witnessed by David Seeley in1752, Salem Co, NJ.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1560 in Birmingham, England
- b.~ 1580 in Birmingham, England
- b.~ 1560 in England
- b. in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d.25 Aug 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- b.~ 1580 d. in Birmingham, England
- b.22 Jul 1652 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d.27 Mar 1703 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- b.~ 1616 in England d.1665 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- b.1687 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d.~ 1779 in Orange County, New York
- d.~ 1689 in Bedford, Westchester Co, New York
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Details of Samuel's family with Charlotte Bouniot Popino
1 SGS Descendants of Robert Seeley Volume 1 #59
2 Russel Headley "History of Orange County, New York, 1908
2 Russel Headley "History of Orange County, New York, 1908
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