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Newsletter Established 1965 February 2008 Seeley Genealogical Society 1 Seeley Genealogical Society Newsletter Established 1965 Issue No. 135-2008-01 History Family Research February 2008 SGS Update: What We Know About Robert Seeley Story By SGS President Kathie Olsen Recently, my sister-in-law asked me what was so special about Robert that I would travel across the country to attend the SGS Reunion. I have thought a lot about this and I realize that there is nothing so remarkable about Robert except that this organization exists to remember him and his accomplishments. He was not rich or famous, but he was a hard working, dependable man. He was resourceful, able to fill several roles. He was trained as a cordswainer, a type of shoemaker, but he also functioned as a surveyor and a soldier. I see him as handsome and strong. He had one little boy, Nathaniel, and now a posterity that probably numbers in the millions, many with the same characteristics as Robert. Robert and the Winthrop Fleet Dian Little secured a copy of the book, The Hearth and the Eagle by Anya Seton and lent it to me. This book was published in 1948 so it is certainly not a new publication but I had never read it before. It is a work of fiction which follows several generations but begins with a Above, a depiction of the Flagship of the Winthrop Fleet, young couple, Phoebe and Mark Honeywood, much like Arbella. The other ten ships in that initial sailing were our Robert and Mary, as members of the Winthrop Fleet. Ambrose, Charles, Hopewell, Jewel, Mayflower (not to be In the author’s note, we read, “I am particularly indebted confused with the Pilgrims’ ship of the same name), Success, to… Governor Winthrop’s own careful, detailed journal in Talbot, Trial, Whale, William and Francis. which I was able to follow the day-by-day incidents of that opportunity to travel. She could be ready in a minute, historic voyage.” I learned that not all of the travelers with her little grey traveling bag and a hat, off she went! were Puritans, but many came to seek a new life for Robert was off on new adventures all his life! He left his themselves and their families. I could visualize our newly Please See Robert Seeley on Page 3 wed couple, Robert and Mary, as I read. I see Robert as a strong, hard working, steady Inside This Issue influence for good among the passengers of the Winthrop President’s Report .................................................... 2 Fleet. There is an organization for descendants of passengers of the Winthrop Fleet. Are any of you Probate Record of Obadiah Seeley (SGS#17)......... 4 members of The Winthrop Society? I am hoping Note from Seelye Research Center Librarian .......... 6 someone will be willing to be an active member of that List of New SGS Members ....................................... 6 group and represent Robert and Mary and report to SGS on your findings. SGS Queries............................................................. 6 SGS Officers Contact Information .......................... 15 Robert as an Adventurer SGS Membership Form.......................................... 15 How many of you love to travel and see new things? I know I do. I think we inherited this characteristic from SGS Publications to Order ..................................... 16 Robert. My grandmother Merrill, a Seely by birth, did not List of SGS Area Coordinators ............................... 16 need any persuasion when confronted with the Member: Federation of Genealogical Societies and National Genealogical Society Honorable Mention, National Genealogical Society Newsletter Competition: 2005 & 2006 2 Seeley Genealogical Society February 2008 The Seeley Genealogical Society President’s Report Newsletter It doesn’t seem possible that I am writing a President’s is published quarterly by the Seeley Genealogical Society Report for the February newsletter. Where has the time gone since the SGS meetings in Cromwell, Connecticut Editor: in September? For me, the months in between have Paul Taylor been extremely full with family responsibilities and Address newsletter correspondence to: celebrations. I hope these months have been SGS Newsletter productive and enjoyable for you! 3848 Frazier Lane Jim Seeley and Paul Taylor have been hard at work Virginia Beach, VA 23456 on the souvenir book for the Cromwell Reunion. Phone: 757-471-1188 email: [email protected] Thanks so much! They are both pleased with the product and I’m sure you will be also. If you haven’t Announcements: already ordered one, please contact Jim Seeley. His The SGS Newsletter is published every contact information on page 15. The books are selling February, May, August, and November. Announcements are published for free for $20.00, payable to SGS, on a first-come, first-served and are due to the editor by the 15th of basis. the month preceding publication. We recently have been contacted by a volunteer with Find-a-Grave.com. She Membership has located a Seely family plot in the Chester/Greycourt area of New York (in Membership is open to anyone Orange County). She reported it is in a most deplorable condition. It has been interested in genealogy, history or vandalized. Headstones have been toppled and some have been spray painted. biography; amateur or professional. Jim Seeley has volunteered to coordinate action on this concern. He will visit the Although the name Seeley refers to one family surname, SGS counts among its area this Spring. If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact him. We family those with surnames spelled a certainly appreciate the efforts of this Find-a-Grave volunteer and others who are variety of ways such as: Seeley, working so hard to preserve history. Seelye, Sealy, Sealey, Seley, Selye, The Constitutional Revision Committee with Ramon Hall as Chairperson and Seale, Seelee, Seela, Cieley, Cealy, Cilley, etc. Kathie, Jim, Linda and Mary as members, will be looking at amending the Constitution to deal with a succession issue (Article IV, Section 5) and rewrite the Membership Dues job description of the Chief Genealogist (Article III, Section 7) and any other $8 per year, $15 two years, $21 three questions that might arise. If you have concerns, or suggestions, please contact years, or $30 five years. Lifetime memberships are $100. (Dues are in one of the members of the committee. U.S. dollars and the membership year A second committee will explore the possibility of establishing criteria for runs from Sept. 1 to Aug. 31) subsidizing the cost of individual DNA tests. The committee members are Jim, Pay all dues to: Wesley, Karl, Dian, Ken and Kathie as Chairperson. It is believed that the cost of SGS Membership Chairwoman Ivey Harris the individual DNA test is prohibitive for some but the Society could benefit from the 24469 163rd Street knowledge gained by completion of the test. Again, if you have concerns, or Leavenworth, KS 66048-7329 suggestions, please let us know. (913) 351-3424 There will be a meeting of the Board of Directors on Thursday, May 8 at 2:00 [email protected] pm in Abilene, Kansas at the Seelye Research Center. Each elected and appointed Seelye National Research Center officer has been asked to compile a list of anticipated expenses so that a budget is co-located with the Seelye Mansion in Abilene, Kan. For more information, can be established. If you have other issues you would like the board to address, contact: please send them to me at [email protected]. A summary of the Seelye Research Center, Director board’s actions will appear in the August 2008 newsletter. In addition to the Board Terry Tietjens of Directors meeting, we will be gathering on May 7, 8 and 9 to continue organizing P.O. Box 337, 1105 N. Buckeye Abilene, KS 67410-0337 the resources in the Center. In addition, there will be time for some pleasant Phone: (785) 263-1084 association with each other. You are all invited to join us! email: [email protected] I would welcome your ideas for research objectives for Seeley Genealogical SGS International Reunions Society funds. What additional knowledge should we be pursuing at this time? are held every two years. The next one Please contact me. is scheduled for August 2009 in Salt Don’t forget the next reunion will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah from Tuesday, Lake City, Utah. Please advise the editor if your branch or family has plans August 4, 2009 until Thursday, August 6, 2009. Activities will include visits to the for a sectional or local reunion in the Family History Library, meetings of the Society, dinner gatherings with speakers, a interim. Others might like to know about bus tour of Salt Lake City, and attendance at a Tabernacle Choir practice. On it. Friday morning, August 7, a bus tour will be arranged to take SGS members to Mt. The editorial opinions expressed in this Pleasant, Utah, founded by Seely family members, for a family picnic and tour of the newsletter are the opinions of the writer community and on Saturday we will visit Emery County, Utah founded by Seely and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Society or the editors, family members from Mt. Pleasant. We will see the sights and have a traditional nor are the Society or its editors “lamb fry” but the highlight of the day will be the Castle Valley Pageant, written by responsible for errors of fact or opinion. our own Montell Seely. This pageant begins at dusk and includes live animals, Proved errors will be corrected. Please See President’s Report on Page 6 www.seeley-society.net February 2008 Seeley Genealogical Society 3 What We Know About Robert Seeley (continued from page 1) native Huntingdonshire to take up an apprenticeship in Mr.
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