Seely, Isaac
b. 20 Nov 1757, Sinking Springs near Reading, Berks Co., PA.
d. about 1797, age 40 years, Lycoming Township, Northumberland Co., PA; buried on his farm. (In 1797, Elizabeth Hunt petitioned the court to settle Isaac’s estate for Isaac, Robert, Elizabeth, and Maria.)
m. 1783/5, Reading, Berkshire Co., PA, Elizabeth Galbraith (b Cumberland Co., NJ). Daughter of Robert Galbraith of Cumberland Co., NJ. As a widow, Elizabeth Galbraith Seely m 2nd, Dr. Hunt of Carlyle, PA.
Resided Larry’s Creek, Lycoming Township, Northumberland Co., PA. Had a sawmill in 1785.
Isaac Seely was a student in Reading, PA. His education was not completed when he joined a company of volunteers for service in Revolutionary War. He was at Trenton, Princeton and Valley Forge. He was Brigade Major 2nd Brigade and transferred to 1st Pennsylvania Brigade. I saac was a member of the Cincinnati Society of Pennsylvania.
(SGS# 457 – Jonas; Samuel; Jonas; Obadiah)
