Col. Thomas Milner - Mary Seldon
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Col. Thomas Milner - Mary Seldon
 lselden8
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Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:25PM GMT |
Classification: Query
We started research some 18 months ago trying to verify claims in three books put out about Samuel Seldon and his family. Straight away we knew a couple were wrong for their surname was Seldon not Selden as they were from Devon, England not Sussex or Kent, England. Also the books linked Samuel's father Arthur to John Selden and Margaret Baker of Tarring, Sussex. This also was wrong for both John and Margaret had died years before Arthur was born in 1633.
We next noticed a lot of people had Samuel's daughter Mary married to Col. Thomas Milner and that she was born in Farring, England in the years 1605 and 1625. This again we knew could not be correct for there is no place in England by the name of Farring and as Samuel Seldon was not born until 1658 and his wife Rebecca in 1654.
We then decided to try and find out who the Col. did marry and when Mary Seldon was born.
1. In all the records we searched there is no mention of Col. Thomas Milners wifes surname only that she was called Mary.
2. Col. Thomas Milner was born on the 2nd January 1619 and that he married Mary in 1655 at Nansemond, Virginia.
3. We discovered that Samuel Seldon and his family first moved to North Carolina from Devon, England and lived there for 11 years before moving to Virginia.
4. We found that 4 of Samuel's children were born in North Carolina. John, Joseph, Bartholomew and Mary. They were all born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina.
5. Mary Seldon was born in 1708 which rules out any marriage or connection between Col. Thomas Milner and Samuel Seldon's family.
6. We did find reference in records in Elizabeth City that Col. Thomas Milner's son Thomas born 1670 had married a Mary Seldon. The marriage is listed in the records held in Elizabeth City for marriages between 1700 and 1720 and that Thomas Milner born 1670 had married Mary Seldon born 1690 at Nansemond Virginia in 1719 and in 1721 they had one son Samuel.
7. We traced Mary Seldon and found that her father was a William Seldon from Devon, England.
8. We are still trying to find out the surname of Mary who married Col. Thomas Milner but to date we have found nothing.
We next noticed a lot of people had Samuel's daughter Mary married to Col. Thomas Milner and that she was born in Farring, England in the years 1605 and 1625. This again we knew could not be correct for there is no place in England by the name of Farring and as Samuel Seldon was not born until 1658 and his wife Rebecca in 1654.
We then decided to try and find out who the Col. did marry and when Mary Seldon was born.
1. In all the records we searched there is no mention of Col. Thomas Milners wifes surname only that she was called Mary.
2. Col. Thomas Milner was born on the 2nd January 1619 and that he married Mary in 1655 at Nansemond, Virginia.
3. We discovered that Samuel Seldon and his family first moved to North Carolina from Devon, England and lived there for 11 years before moving to Virginia.
4. We found that 4 of Samuel's children were born in North Carolina. John, Joseph, Bartholomew and Mary. They were all born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina.
5. Mary Seldon was born in 1708 which rules out any marriage or connection between Col. Thomas Milner and Samuel Seldon's family.
6. We did find reference in records in Elizabeth City that Col. Thomas Milner's son Thomas born 1670 had married a Mary Seldon. The marriage is listed in the records held in Elizabeth City for marriages between 1700 and 1720 and that Thomas Milner born 1670 had married Mary Seldon born 1690 at Nansemond Virginia in 1719 and in 1721 they had one son Samuel.
7. We traced Mary Seldon and found that her father was a William Seldon from Devon, England.
8. We are still trying to find out the surname of Mary who married Col. Thomas Milner but to date we have found nothing.