Seely, Eli (Sr.)
b. about 1733/4, Bedford, Westchester, NY
buried near Tarrytown, NY
m. 1756. Mary Westcott (b 1739, Bedford, Westchester Co, NY) (d 21 Sep 1803, Westchester Co., NY) daughter of Joseph and JoJanne Wescott.
Resided in Bedford, Westchester Co., NY.
Eli Seely was elected Captain of the Militia of Town of Bedford, NY. Commission issued 13 Sep 1775. His sons, Eli Jr. and Thaddeus served in their father’s company.
From Seelye’s in Service to America, Colonies, and States:
Eli was selected as Captain of the Bedford Western District in the Southern Battalion of Westchester County, New York. He enlisted as a private in Captain Jacob Vermilyea’s Company in 1778. He later served as a corporal in Captain Marcus Moseman’s Company, which was part of Colonel Thomas Thomas’s Regiment of the New York Militia. He received a pension based on a claim executed in 1832. Eli Seeley passed away in Afton, New York. He was the father of two sons: Isaac (1787-1857) and Eli (1804-1891).
(Source: Gray, Barry J., “Hezekian Gray’s Service in the American War of Independence, 1775 – 1777,” (Eli Seely’s Military Service Record), robertfgray.com, updated February 2019, accessed July 23, 2025, https://www.robertfgray.com/history/Hezekiah_Gray/Hezekiah_Gray_in_the_War_of_American_Independence.html)
(SGS# 437 – Jonathan; Joseph; Cornelius; Obadiah)
(Associated with DAR# A101517)
