An American Family History

Peet Seeley

also spelled Cely, Scellie, Seley, Seeley, Seelye, Zieley

The first European settlements in Ontario were after the American Revolution when 5,000 loyalists left the new United States.

Peet Seeley was born on June 4, 1766.

He married Rebecca Peltor Peet in February, 1789 in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Truman Seeley,
Sarah Seeley (married Thomas Thompson),
Polly Seeley (married Benjamin Thompson), and
Peet Seeley (married Lydia Graves).

1797 census of Elizabethtown: Peet, Rebekah, Truman, Sarah, and an infant girl

Peet Seeley was in the 1805 assessment of Yonge Township.

1812, Aug. 2nd. Thomas Thompson and Sarah Selee, banns, both of Yonge, wit. Peet Selee, John Kincaid.
Aug. 2nd. Benjamin Thompson and Polly Selee, banns, both of Yonge, wit. Peet Selee, John Kincaid.

1828, Dec. 18th. Peet Selee and Lydia Graves, both of Elizabeth Town, lie. wit. Tho's. C. Thorne, Benj'n Thompson.

1833 Jan. 22nd. Peet Selee and Hannah Whooley, both of Elizabeth Town, lie. wit. Trueman Selee, E. Clow

Peet died in 1844 in Elizabethtown.

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