Seeley, Josiah (N.J.), 1st Lieutenant 3d New Jersey, 7th February 1776; resigned 24th February 1776.1
b. 1755, Fairfield, NJ.
d. 1 Oct 1832, Bridgeton, NJ; buried in Broad Street Presbyterian Church Yard.
m. 1st, 10 Mar 1776, Rebecca Gibbon (b 1758; d 4 May 1822). Daughter of Leonard Gibbon (SGS #1019). Granddaughter of John and Esther Seeley (SGS #326) Gibbon.
m. 2nd, 12 Dec 1822, Sarah Eva Potter Champneys (b 3 Mar 1778; d 23 Jul 1830). Widow of Benjamin Champneys, M.D. Daughter of David and Mary Mason Potter.
Resided Seeley’s Mills, Deerfield, and Bridgeton, NJ. He operated the mill on the Cohansey River, which he inherited from his father before returning to Bridgeton, NJ. Josiah was a member of the “Party of Tea Burners” at Greenwich, N J, 1775. He enlisted 7 Feb 1776. He was a First Lieutenant and then Quartermaster, First Battalion, Cumberland Co., NJ.
(SGS# 324 – Ephraim; Ephraim; Joseph; Nathaniel; Robert)
(Associated with DAR# A101545)
Sources:
1. 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.
2. All other information from, The Sixth Generation Families of Nathaniel Seeley (SGS# 3).
