Birth: 1666 Krefeld, Germany
Name Var: Henry
Baptized: 17 OCT 1666 at the Reformed Church at Krefeld, Germany
Immigration: 1685
Details: Immigrated to Germantown, Pennsylvania, owning land there 1685 and 1689. He purchased 100 acres of land there in 1685.
1st Marriage: to Mary ?
Birth of Son: 1690
Name: Peter Sellen
Birth of Son: 1690
Name: Jacob Sellen
Note: One of the original settlers of Germantown. He settled there two years after the colony was founded.
Occupation: In addition to his farm(s) he operated a flaxseed oil mill.
Naturalized: 07 MAY 1691
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Birth of Daughter: Maria Sellen
Birth of Son: John Sellen
Tax List: 15 MAY 1693
Details: One of 52 adult males on the Germantown tax list
Birth of Son: Adam Sellen
Birth of Daughter: Barbara Sellen
Birth of Daughter: Elizabeth Sellen
Note: 1706
Details: A paper dated 1706, containing his
signature, is in possession of Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, who is a descendant, through Matthias Tyson’s daughter Margaret, who married Jacob Pannebecker.
Religion: 1708
Details: One of the first trustees of the First Mennonite Church of Germantown
Renaturalized: 1709
2nd Marriage: to Margaret ?
Birth of Son: 21 SEP 1712
Name: Anthony Sells
Place: Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania
Moved to: 1713-15
Place: the Skippack community
Religion: 1714
Details: He accepted an indenture for the Skippack church in 1714 and was a trustee in 1717.
Land Rec: 1714
Details: He owned 291 1/2 acres, probably at Krisheim Twp
Birth of Son: 1715
Name: Abraham Sell
Place: Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania
Birth of Daughter: Esther Sellen
Birth of Son: 1729
Name: Henry Sellen Jr.
Place: Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania
Birth of Daughter: Catherine Ulrich Sellen
Note: Some years after his arrival in Pennsylvania, he made a trip back to Krefeld, and returned to Pennsylvania, thus crossing the ocean three times. He returned as a legal representative for several colonists.
Moved to: 1732-36
Place: York Co, Pennsylvania near Hanover
Land Rec: 1735
Details: Henry purchased 200 acres of land [latitude 39.775966 – longitude 77.043989] and improvements on the frontier of Pennsylvania from John Lemon. This land, now in Union Township, Adams County, PA, was a part of Digges Choice, disputed land claimed by Maryland.
Moved to: 1736
Details: Heinrich Sellen had sold his flaxseed oil mill in Germantown, PA and became part of the frontier German community (Komupanga.)
Note: His name appears frequently on petitions concerning the Digges Choice land dispute.
Note: 13 OCT 1749
Details: Letters of Administration were issued to his wife Margaret and two other men
Death: OCT 1749 York Co, Pennsylvania
Inventory of Estate: 01 NOV 1749
Burial: Henry was probably buried on his farm as there were no cemeteries in the area at this early date.
Parents are Jacob Von Sellen and Marieken ?
Mary ?
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Parents are unknown
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