Sheldon SEELEY
1880 Census - Jefferson County, WI, p. 24
Ancestral File - v. 4.19
Internet IGI, Apr 2009
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry.com
Genealogy.com
FamilySearch/FamilyTree, July 2015
"Descendants of Robert Seeley and Obadiah Seeley-The Seventh Generation Families"
Note: Genealogy.com has an entry for Abner Seeley and his son, Sheldon, which states that Sheldon had a common-law spouse named Rachel Grant. Notes in Ancestry.com state: The 'story' was that Sheldon left his family and lived with another woman. They were not married. The relationship produced Benjamin." ( It does not mention David and Maria.)
He married Deborah Bowker 1781 at Thetford, Orange, Vermont . Deborah Bowker was born at Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut 19 Mar 1763 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Sheldon Seeley
born 1782.
Hannah Seeley
born 25 Dec 1783.
Matthew Seeley
born 23 Oct 1786.
Mark Seeley
born 22 Feb 1789.
Luke Seeley
born 15 Nov 1791.
John Bowker Seeley
born 8 Feb 1796.
Caroline Seeley
born 8 Feb 1796.
Sheldon Seeley died Feb 1823 at Sandusky, Erie, Ohio .
Deborah Bowker died Abt 1840 at Thetford, Orange, Vermont .