Seelye, Abner (N.H.), Captain of the “Green Mountain Boys” under Colonel Seth Warner’s Continental Regiment, 5th July, 1776; resigned 1st June 1778; Captain Vermont Militia in 1781.  His son Oliver was a fifer in his father’s company from 1 July 1781 to 30 Nov 1781 in Col. Benjamin Wait’s Battalion.

b. 17 Feb 1739/40, New Litchfield, Co.
m. 22 Mar 1759, New Milford, CT to Hannah Thayer (b. 28 Jul 1739, New Milford, CT; d. abt. 1784)

Sources:

• Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution April, 1775, to December, 1783 New, Revised, and Enlarged Edition, by Francis B. Heitman, Published by The Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1914, page 488.
• Descendants of Robert Seeley (SGS #1) – Generations One through Five; Seeley Genealogical Society
• The Sixth Generation Families of Nathaniel Seeley; Seeley Genealogical Society.

(SGS #279 – Joseph; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel; Robert)
(DAR #A101492)