Historical records matching Henrich 'Henry' Sellen
view all 23
Immediate Family
-
wife -
daughter -
daughter
-
son -
son
-
daughter
-
-
son -
daughter
-
wife
-
-
son
About Henrich 'Henry' Sellen
Biography
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82351313/hendrick-sellen
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]
Notes
Germantown was founded by German settlers, thirteen Quaker and Mennonite families from Krefeld (Germany), in 1681. Today the founding day of Germantown on October 6, 1683, is remembered as German-American Day, a holiday in the United States, observed annually on October 6.
Origins
"Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8JN-TVM : 25 March 2020), Merriken in entry for Henrich Zellen, 1666.
Name Henrich Zellen
Sex Male
Father's Name Jacob Zellen
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Merriken
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Christening
Event Date 17 Oct 1666
Event Place Krefeld, Crefeld, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
References
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 16 2024, 15:43:16 UTC
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBBH-KYK
- Morrish, Ray Sells. The First Four Generations of the Sells Family in America." (1956) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memory/163496007?cid=mem_copy
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBBH-KYK
- WikiTree contributors, "Heinrich Sellen (1666-1749)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sellen-7 : accessed 11 September 2024). cites
- Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898, index, FamilySearch (accessed 5 June 2015), Henrich Zellen, 17 Oct 1666; citing ; FHL microfilm 174,467.
- http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/pennsylvania-genealogica... Notes, Queries and Corrections.] (Vol 7, Page 283) Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Philadelphia, PA: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1895–. (Online database accessed June 4, 2015 [. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.]
- History of the Mennonites by Daniel K. Cassel which can be found at http://anabaptistsermons.com/index.php/ebooks/history-of-the-mennon... (page 82)
- The settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the beginning of German emigration to North America by Pennypacker-50 Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916, who was descended of Henry through daughter Barbaras' daughter Margaret; (pg 133 and 142); FREE LINK
- find a grave; Find A Grave: Memorial #82351313 created by Kenneth D. Sell (The author of a 600 page book on the Sells published in 1998) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82351313/hendrick-sellen
- "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLJ5-BJB : 25 March 2020), Henrich Zellen, 1666. See Also
- Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania By John W. Jordan C < GoogleBooks >
- mentioned under Sell family with Adam (believed to be a son, no proof yet) in Early Settlers on the Yadkin River-The Muddy Creek Settlement http://elrodfamilyhistory.com/?p=1298
view all 18
Henrich 'Henry' Sellen's Timeline
| 1666 |
October 7, 1666
|
Krefeld, Landschaft Baden, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation
|
|
| 1690 |
1690
|
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|
|
|
1690
|
|||
|
1690
|
Conewago Settlement, York County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
|
||
| 1692 |
1692
|
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|
|
| 1693 |
1693
|
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
|
| 1699 |
1699
|
Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
|
|
| 1700 |
1700
|
German town, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
|
|
| 1703 |
1703
|
Germantown,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,USA
|