Robert Seeley, also Seely, Seelye, or Ciely, (1602-1668) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who helped establish Watertown, Wethersfield, and New Haven. He also served as second-in-command to John Mason in the Pequot War. For the record label, see Puritan Records. ... A map of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Capital Charlestown, Boston History  - Established 1629  - New England Confederation 1643  - Dominion of New England 1686  - Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692  - Disestablished 1692 The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on... The Town of Watertown is a city[1] in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Wethersfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. ... The New Haven Colony was an English colonial venture in Connecticut in North America from 1637 to 1662. ... John Mason was the name of two prominent figures in colonial New England prior to 1640. ... The Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1637 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with American Indian allies (the Narragansett, and Mohegan Indians), against the Pequot Indians. ...

Early life

Robert Seeley was born in Bluntisham-cum-Earith, Huntingdonshire, England in 1602. His father William was a surveyor and trained his son in the trade. In 1623 Robert moved to London, where he became an apprentice cordwainer. He married Mary Mason in 1626 and began attending the church of the Puritan minister John Davenport that same year. Bluntisham – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village near Earith east of St Ives. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A cordwainer (or cordovan) is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. ... For the record label, see Puritan Records. ... Contemporary portrait of John Davenport John Davenport (April 9, 1597 – March 15, 1670) was a puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven. ...

The Great Migration

In 1630 Robert and Mary sailed with John Winthrop as a part of the original Puritan expedition to Massachusetts. Soon after arriving in the New World, Seeley became one of the original forty settlers of Watertown, one of Massachusetts' earliest Puritan communities. He employed his training in surveying by laying out many of the plots for the settlers. He was granted freeman status in 1631. John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8–26 March 1649) is a historical figure, famous for having led a group of Puritans to the New World, joining the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. ... The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 was the largest fleet ever assembled to carry Englishmen overseas to a new homeland. ... The Town of Watertown is a city[1] in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Freeman can mean: Under the medieval feudal system, an individual differentiated from a villein, a serf tied to the land A person who has been awarded Freedom of the City or Freedom of the Company in a Livery Company The Freeman, a publication of the Foundation for Economic Education Freeman...

Wethersfield and the Pequot War

In 1633 or 1634, Seeley joined a ten-man expedition led by John Oldham to the Connecticut River. The group soon established Westhersfield, the first English settlement on the Connecticut River. Oldham's death in 1636, presumed by the colonists to be at the hands of the Pequot, helped touch off the Pequot War in 1637. Seeley served as second-in-command to Captain John Mason in the war. He was severely wounded by an arrow to the head in the attack on the fort at Mystic, Connecticut. Captain Mason, who called Seeley a "valiant soldier", wrote of the incident, "Lieutenant Seeley was shot in the eyebrow with a flat headed Arrow, the Point turning downwards. I pulled out the arrow myself." Seeley carried a permanent scar from the wound. John Oldham (1592-1636) was an early Puritan settler in Massachusetts. ... The Connecticut River as seen from the French King Bridge in western Massachusetts. ... Wethersfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. ... The Pequot are a tribal nation of Native Americans who, in the 17th century, inhabited much of what is now Connecticut. ... The Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1637 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with American Indian allies (the Narragansett, and Mohegan Indians), against the Pequot Indians. ... John Mason was the name of two prominent figures in colonial New England prior to 1640. ... The Mystic Massacre took place on May 26, 1637, when English settlers under Captain John Mason, and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a Pequot fort near the Mystic River, shooting whatever victims attempted to escape the wooden palisade fortress, killing the entire village of mostly women and children...

New Haven

1832 map of New Haven by J.W. Barber

When his old friend John Davenport arrived in Massachusetts, Seeley joined his group and helped establish the New Haven Colony in 1638. Seeley served as New Haven's first town marshall and lieutenant of the militia. He was generally known in the community as Lieutenant Seeley. He also participated in Theophilus Eaton's exploratory expedition in Long Island Sound. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (579x828, 186 KB)Small engraved map of New Haven circa 1832. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (579x828, 186 KB)Small engraved map of New Haven circa 1832. ... Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the city in Connecticut. ... Contemporary portrait of John Davenport John Davenport (April 9, 1597 – March 15, 1670) was a puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven. ... The New Haven Colony was an English colonial venture in Connecticut in North America from 1637 to 1662. ... Theophilus Eaton (1590 – January 7, 1658) was a merchant, farmer, and British colonial leader who was the co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut. ... New York City waterways: 1. ...

Later life

In 1659 Seeley briefly returned to England, living there until 1662 when he returned to the New World and settled in Huntingdon, Long Island, New York. He died in New York City in 1668. In 1695 his heirs received 40 acres of land in Watertown, resolving a suit he had filed 60 years earlier after settling in Wethersfield. In the suit he had claimed that he had not been given the area promised to the original settlers of Watertown. The Town of Huntington is located in northwestern Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... “NY” redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Seeley's name is featured in Watertown, Wethersfield, and New Haven on plaques that list the towns' founders and on a plaque at the base of a statue honoring John Mason for his victory over the Pequots.

See also

• Great Migration
• Mystic, Connecticut
• New Haven, Connecticut

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References

• A Brief History of the Pequot War by Major John Mason, with an Introduction by Rev. Thomas Prince (Kneeland and Green, Boston, 1736)
• "The English Life of Robert Seely" by Ralph M. Seely in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (July 1962)
• Huntingdon Town Records, Vol. 1 by Charles R. Street (1887)
• "The Pequot War," http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1637.htm, from The Society of Wars in the State of Connecticut website
• The Public Records of Connecticut, Vol. 1 by J. Hammond Trumball (1850)
• Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven from 1638-1649 by Charles J. Hoady
• Seely History by Montell Seely and Kathryn Seely (Community Press, 1988)
• Watertown Records by the Watertown Historical Society (1894)

Captain John Mason (1586–1635) was born in Norfolk. ...

External links

• The Pequot War from The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut
• 1736 version of John Mason's account of the Pequot War
• The Winthrop Society is a hereditary organization made up of the descendants those who arrived on the Winthrop Fleet or other Great Migration ships before 1634.
• Passenger list of the Winthrop Fleet (spelling is Seely on this list)
• Robert Seeley's lineage at Rodovid.