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Klaasjen Christiaans Engels

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  Sievert Harms Holthof and Klaasjen Christiaans Engels
  Marriage: before 1847.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found

Teilke Prins

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• Birth: about 1848, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.¹
• 
  
  Friedrik Holthof and Teilke Prins
  Marriage: about 11 July 1872, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.¹
• Death: before 1904.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4972] Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden 1871-1874," huwelijke (marriage), Friedrik Holthof and Teilke Prins, vol. 1872, no. 21 (11 July 1872); FHL microfilm 235469.
2. [S2749] Supposition by author, no death record has been found., No death record has been found

Aaltje Keizer

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• Birth: 1 March 1917.¹
• Marriage: to Derk Nuijen, 5 May 1938, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, age 21.^1,2
• Death: 28 November 1981, age 64.¹
• Burial: De Venne Cemetery, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.¹

• Last Edited: 16 January 2022

Citations

1. [S2869] Muntendam Town Cemetery "De Venne" transcription (Algemene Begraafplaats Muntendam "De Venne"), Url: http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/akruizinga/
2. [S5704] Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, marriage registration 1938 no. 8, Derk Nuijen and Aaltje Keizer, recorded 5 May 1938; database and digital image, AlleGroningers (http:/allegroningers.nl : accessed 16 Jan 2022); citing Groninger Archieven, Groningen, Netherlands.

Janke Venema

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1909, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.¹
• Death: 5 January 1929, age ~20, Dennenoord, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, NetherlandsO.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4876] Zuidlaren, Groningen, Netherlands, "Overlijden 1913-1932," overlijde (death), Janke Venema, vol. 1929, no. 2 (7 January 1929); FHL microfilm 1800185.

Antonetta Flendrie

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1834, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, NetherlandsO.¹
• Marriage: to Harmen Nuijen, about 1 September 1871, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, NetherlandsO, age ~37.¹

• Last Edited: 16 January 2022

Citations

1. [S5455] Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, "Huwelijken, 1853-1882," huwelijke (marriage), Harmen Nuijen and Antonetta Flendrie, vol. 1871, no. 30 (1 September 1871); FHL microfilm 237753.

Huibert Flendrie

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  Huibert Flendrie and Hanna van Rheenen
  Marriage: before 1834.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found

Hanna van Rheenen

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  Huibert Flendrie and Hanna van Rheenen
  Marriage: before 1834.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found

Maria Theresia Klinkenberg

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1822, Kampen, Overijssel, the NetherlandsO.¹
• Marriage: to Johannes Hendricus de Bruijn, about 27 October 1847, Utrecht, Utrecht, the NetherlandsO, age ~25.²
• 
  
  Jacob Wissink and Maria Theresia Klinkenberg
  Marriage: about 27 December 1867, Kampen, Overijssel, the NetherlandsO.¹
• Maria may have died at age ~63 in 1885 in Kampen, Overijssel, the NetherlandsO.³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5057] Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1865-1871," huwelijke (marriage), Jacob Wissink and Maria Theresia Klinkenberg, vol. 1867, no. 147 (27 December 1867); FHL microfilm 0432691.
2. [S3049] Utrecht Marriage Registrations (1847-1849), Number: 1847, Film: 0252140
3. [S2876] Genlias Database (Netherlands), Url: http://www.genlias.nl

Jacob Wissink

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• Birth: about 1836, Grafhorst, Overijssel, the NetherlandsO.¹
• 
  
  Jacob Wissink and Maria Theresia Klinkenberg
  Marriage: about 27 December 1867, Kampen, Overijssel, the NetherlandsO.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5057] Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1865-1871," huwelijke (marriage), Jacob Wissink and Maria Theresia Klinkenberg, vol. 1867, no. 147 (27 December 1867); FHL microfilm 0432691.

Chauncy Hawley

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• Birth: 24 March 1786.¹
• Chauncy and Mercy Selby moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, in April 1815, along with William Hawley, Chauncy Selby Hawley, and Hawley. ||Also travelling with them were Mary's elder brother, William Selby, and his family. Both families initially settled on lot 33, however Chauncy moved his family to lot 27 shortly thereafter.¹
• At the first election for officers of Storrsboro held on 10 November 1820, Chauncy was elected as a Constable.¹
• Will: 6 September 1843, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO.
  He left his entire estate to Mercy, his wife, including his farm of nearly 51 acres in the southwest corner of lot 27.²
• Death: 14 June 1846 or 17 June 1846, his homestead, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO.¹

• Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

1. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
2. [S2983] Portage County, Ohio Wills, Testator: Chauncey Hawley, Volume: 1 (6 September 1843)

Mercy Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 24 March 1786, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.²
• Mercy and Chauncy Hawley moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, in April 1815, along with William Hawley, Chauncy Selby Hawley, and Hawley. ||Also travelling with them were Mary's elder brother, William Selby, and his family. Both families initially settled on lot 33, however Chauncy moved his family to lot 27 shortly thereafter.³
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley, purchased a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres for $140 from the other heirs of her father, Brainard Selby, on 18 February 1831. The heirs were as follows: Ira Selby, and his wife, Allice; Freeman Smith, and his wife Dolly; Brainard Selby and his wife, Comfort; William Selby and his wife, Abigail; Bildad Hine and his wife, Mary; Newton Selby and his wife, Ann; and Thomas B. Selby.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.⁴
• Family Event - Will: 6 September 1843, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, named as executor in the will of Chauncy Hawley.
  Mercy was named executor as well as the sole heir of her husband's estate, which included their farm of nearly 51 acres located in the southwest corner of lot 27.⁵
• Family Event - death of spouse: 14 June 1846 or 17 June 1846, his homestead, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, death of Chauncy Hawley.³
• Death: 18 June 1875, age 89.³

• Last Edited: 5 December 2021

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S5682] Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, p. 347, birth record, Mercy Selby entry, 24 Mar 1786; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2061550 : accessed 5 Dec 2021) > Berkshire > Sandisfield > Births, deaths, marriages, town records, highways, 1768-1892 > image 389 of 886; imaged from FHL digital film 4267208.
3. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
4. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.
5. [S2983] Portage County, Ohio Wills, Testator: Chauncey Hawley, Volume: 1 (6 September 1843)

Chauncy Selby Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 21 February 1808, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• In April 1815, William moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, with his family.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)

Elijah Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 11 October 1815, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO. ||He was the first child born in Paris Township.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)

Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: between 1810 and 1815.¹
• In April 1815, William and Chauncy moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, with his family.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)

Brainard Selby

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• Birth: 29 April 1751, East Haddam, Middlesex County, ConnecticutO.
  Brainerd Selby was the eldest child of William Selby and his second wife, Dorothy Booge.¹
• Family Event - death of mother: 7 April 1764, East Haddam, Middlesex County, ConnecticutO, death of Dorothy Booge.²
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  Brainard Selby and Mary
  Marriage: before 1775.³
• Brainard and Mary moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, in December 1816, along with Thomas Selby. ||Their son, Newton, and his wife also travelled with them. Brainard and his family settled on lot 33 with his son, William, who had arrived in Paris Township the previous year.⁴

• Last Edited: 11 December 2021

Citations

1. [S5690] East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1687-1915, Vital statistics v. 1 1687-1789, p. 362, derived from vol. 3, p. iv of town land records, birth record, Brainerd Selby entry, 29 Apr 1751, arranged roughly alphabetically by surname; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/375312 : accessed 11 Dec 2021) > DGS 7734040 > image 77 of 96; imaged from FHL digital film 7734040.
2. [S5692] East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1687-1915, vol. 2, p. 21, death record, Dorothy Selby entry, 7 Apr 1764; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/375312 : accessed 12 Dec 2021) > DGS 7730797 > image 36 of 484; imaged from FHL digital film 7730797.
3. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
4. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)

Mary

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  Brainard Selby and Mary
  Marriage: before 1775.¹
• Mary and Brainard Selby moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, in December 1816, along with Thomas Selby. ||Their son, Newton, and his wife also travelled with them. Brainard and his family settled on lot 33 with his son, William, who had arrived in Paris Township the previous year.²
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  Bildad and Mary Hine, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to her sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
2. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
3. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

Ira Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 10 May 1775, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  Ira and Allice Selby, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to his sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.²

• Last Edited: 5 December 2021

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

Dolly Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 2 April 1777, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  Freeman and Dolly Smith, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to her sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

Brainard Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 27 August 1779, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  Brainard and Comfort Selby, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to his sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.²

• Last Edited: 5 December 2021

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

William Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 27 October 1783, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• 
  
  William Selby and Abigail (Spouse of William Selby)
  Marriage: before 1807.^1,2
• William and Abigail (Spouse of William Selby) moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, in April 1815, along with Evalina Selby, Abigail Selby, and William Robbins Selby. ||They were also accompanied by William's sister, Mary Hawley, along with her husband, Chauncy, and their family. The two families initially settled together on lot 33, until shortly thereafter, when the Hawley family moved to lot 27.³
• At the first election for officers of Storrsboro on 10 November 1820, William was appointed as one of two judges.³
• The first post office in Paris Township was established in William's home in 1828. His brother, Thomas, was appointed as the township's first postmaster.³
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  William and Abigail Selby, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to his sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.⁴

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
3. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
4. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

Newton Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 23 August 1792, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• Migration: December 1816, to Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO. ||Accompanying him were his wife, as well as his parents and his younger brother, Thomas. Newton and his wife settled on lot 40 in the township.²
• At the first election for officers of Storrsboro held on 10 November 1820, Newton was elected as Appraiser and as a Supervisor of the Highways.²
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  Newton and Ann Selby, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to his sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
3. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

Thomas Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 17 April 1800, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• In December 1816, moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, with his family.²
• The first post office was established at the home of his brother, William, in 1828, and Thomas was appointed the first postmaster.²
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  Thomas B. Selby, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to his sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
3. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

Dolly Selby

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• Parentage:¹
• Birth: 16 June 1802, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)

Abigail (Spouse of William Selby)

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  William Selby and Abigail (Spouse of William Selby)
  Marriage: before 1807.^1,2
• Abigail and William Selby moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, in April 1815, along with Evalina Selby, Abigail Selby, and William Robbins Selby. ||They were also accompanied by William's sister, Mary Hawley, along with her husband, Chauncy, and their family. The two families initially settled together on lot 33, until shortly thereafter, when the Hawley family moved to lot 27.³
• Land Purchase: 18 February 1831, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, quit claim deed from the heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  William and Abigail Selby, among several others named as heirs of Brainard Selby, sold for $140 a tract of land comprising just over 71 acres in Paris Township to his sister, Mercy Hawley, wife of Chauncey Hawley.
  
  The property, situated in Paris Township, was further described as follows: in number three of the sixth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve; being in Lot number 26 in said Paris bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the North West corner of said lot no. 26, thence South, along the West line thereof 41 chains 16 links to a post, then East along the North line of Mary Hine's land 17 chains 33 links to a post, thence North by a marked line 41 chains 36 lins to a post in the North line of said lot 26, thence West along said North line to the place of beginning.
  
  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Rufus Smith, Amelia M. Selby, John Hilbreth, Catharine Shank, and Hiram Giddings on 18 February 1831.
  
  Allice Selby, Comfort Selby, Mary Hine, Abigail Selby, and Ann Selby were all examined separately from their husbands on that date by Rufus Smith, Justice of the Peace.
  
  Dolly Smith was examined separately from her husband, Freeman Smith, on 5 November 1833 by Hiram Giddings, Justice of the Peace.
  
  The deed was received on 10 September 1835 and recorded on 19 September 1835, and then transcribed in these records on 31 May 1894.⁴

• Last Edited: 26 May 2024

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
3. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
4. [S5677] Portage County, Ohio, Deed Records, 1795-1881, vol. 21, pp. 484-5, quit claim deed, Heirs of Brainard Selby to Mercy Hawley entry, 18 Feb 1831, recorded 19 Sep 1835; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253770 : accessed 4 Dec 2021) > DGS 8194058 > image 249 of 667; imaged from FHL digital film 8194058.

Evalina Selby

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 24 June 1807, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.¹
• In April 1815, Abigail and William moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, with his family.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)