Family Group
Sheet for Benjamin Sellers and his 1st wife:
Subject: Benjamin
SELLERS1,2,3,4
Event-Misc: __ ___ ____ written about in a book entitled "Some
Descendants of William Sellers;"
this book should have been titled "Some Descendants of Benjamin
Sellers" and contains many errors.
It should not be used as a primary source.
Birth: circa __ ___ 1710 probably
Residence: before __ Feb 1740 Tarboro,
Court: __ Feb 1740 south of the
Land:
Marriage: between 1750 and 1760 Sarah HICKMAN (b. circa 1728, );
Will:
Death: circa __ Mar 1761
Will-Prove: __ Mar 1761
Father: Matthew SELLERS (b. circa 1675, d.
Mother: Catherine (?)
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1735 NC.11
__________________________________________________________________________
Spouse: (?)
(?)
(Mrs. Benjamin Sellers)12,13,1
Father:
Mother:
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M Elisha
SELLERS14,15,16,17
Birth: before __ ___ 1740 VA; (alternative birth year of 1744).18,19
Emigration: circa __ ___ 1750 VA; to NC.
Son: circa __ ___ 1759 Michael SELLERS
Marriage: __ ___ ____ (?) (?) (Mrs. Elisha Sellers)
Witness:
Tax
List: __ ___
1763
Land:
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1765 Sarah (?) ( , d. 1781)22
Daughter: between 1765 and 1780 Mary SELLERS;
Daughter: between 1765 and 1780 Sarah W. SELLERS;
Daughter: between 1765 and 1780
Son: circa __ ___ 1768 Rev. Thomas SELLERS;
Son: __ ___ 1768 Matthew SELLERS;
Occupation: __ Dec 1769
Land:
Son: circa __ ___ 1770 William Calvin SELLERS I;
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1781 Mary WILLETS (b. between 1755 and 1756, );
Son: after __ ___ 1781 John Bryant SELLERS;
Milit:
Anecdote: __ ___ ____ The following story of the spoon molds has
been handed down through time and the family.
While serving in the Continental Army, Elisha's wife and children were
forced to submit to the Tory plunderers.
The Tories completed a thorough search and garnered their spoils in a
heap outside the gate and proceeded to put them in shape to be easily
carried. When they had finished packing
and were well on their way, the children went to the place by the gate and
found the spoon molds that the Tories had left.
Whether they were missed or left on purpose because of their weight is
not known. These molds became a highly
prized possession of Elisha and Mary Sellers, as well as being useful to
them. Years later, Elisha and Mary's
home became the home of their son, Samuel and his wife, Sarah, and the spoon
molds became a part of their household goods.
When Samuel and Sarah moved to
Daughter:
Son: circa __ ___ 1783 Willets SELLERS;
Daughter: between 1783 and 1793 Martha W. SELLERS;
Land:
Tax
List: __ ___
1784
Land:
Son-Can: __ ___ 1786 possibly Benjamin SELLERS;
Son:
Land:
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1790
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1800
Land: 12 Dec 1800 Starboard Swamp, Brunswick County, NC; when
he sold 100 acres of this land to his son-in-law, Henry Mintz.21
Will:
Death: __ ___ 1813
Will-Prove: __ Apr 1813
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M Rev.
Benjamin SELLERS42,43
Ancestor: __ ___ ____ of descendants who settled near Sellers
Station,
Event-Misc: __ ___ ____ possibly selling land in 1826, but he was
dead by then; there is much confusion with this person and source dates.
Birth: before __ ___ 1740 as he was over age 21 at the time of his
father's will was written.44
Witness:
Marriage: __ ___ ____ (?) BRYANT
Son:
Daughter: circa __ ___ 1764 Mary SELLERS
Daughter: circa __ ___ 1764 Sarah SELLERS
Num
Child: circa __ ___ 1765 (?) BRYANT; 2 other children, who both died
young.
Tax
List: __ ___
1769
Witness:
Land: __ ___ 1773 on the White Marsh,
Witness:
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Letitia
Son: __ ___ 1774 Wright SELLERS; NC.
Son: between 1774 and 1790 Luke SELLERS
Son: between 1774 and 1790 Rev. Levin SELLERS
Witness: __ Jan 1774 Land; Matthew SELLERS; on the White Marsh,
Brunswick County, NC; when he sold another 300 acres to his brother, Benjamin.
Occupation:
Daughter:
Census: __ ___ 1790 All Saints Parish, Georgetown District,
Waccamaw (later
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1800 Horry County, SC; with a household consisting
of 1 male over 45, 1 male 0-10, 2 males 16-26, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 10-16
and 1 female 16-26.
Ordination: __ ___ 1801 as a Methodist minister by Bishop Richard
Whatcoat, a traveling companion of Bishop Francis Ashbury (volume 3, page 9 in
"The Journals and Letters of Francis Ashbury").44
Occupation: between 1801 and 1807 a minister, who built the first church at
Land:
Witness: 25 Aug 1803 Est Invent; Luke SELLERS;
Census: __ ___ 1810
Land:
Witness:
Land: 19 Mar 1817
Will: 25 Mar 1817
Death: __ Apr 1817
Will-Rec: __ Oct 1817
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M possibly
William SELLERS43,48,48
Residence: __ ___ ____ LA.
Event-Misc: __ ___ ____ stolen by Indians, but escaped.
Birth: before __ ___ 1740
Marriage: __ ___ ____ (?) (?) (Mrs. William Sellers)
Son: circa __ ___ 1754 Isham SELLERS;
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M possibly
Henry
SELLERS43,48,48
Ancestor: __ ___ ____ of descendants who settled in
Milit: __ ___ ____ possible military service as a sergeant from
the 1st and 4th
Birth: circa __ ___ 1740
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M possibly
James
SELLERS50,50,50
Birth: circa __ ___ 1740 50
Death: between 1790 and 1799
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M Joel
SELLERS43,51
Ancestor: __ ___ ____ of descendants that settled around
Birth: between 1742 and 1748
Witness: __ Jun 1762 Court; Sarah HICKMAN; Edgecombe County, NC;
when she was chosen or appointed guardian of Benjamin Sellers' children.6
Marriage: __ ___ ____ possibly to a woman named Amelia.
Tax
List: __ ___
1769
Tax
List: __ ___
1772
Witness: 09 Jan 1772 Land; Matthew SELLERS; on the White Marsh,
Brunswick County, NC; when he sold 400 acres of land to his brother, Joel
Sellers.
Num
Child: __ ___ ____ possibly had children: Sion [1775-185?],
Elisha [1785-185?], Joel [1787-185?] and Matthew [1780/84-183?] if he was
married to Amelia.53
Land:
Death: between 1780 and 1789
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M Matthew
SELLERS56,57,43
Birth: __ ___ 1743
Witness: __ Jun 1762 Court; Sarah HICKMAN; Edgecombe County, NC;
when she was chosen or appointed guardian of Benjamin Sellers' children.6
Tax
List: __ ___
1769
Occupation: __ Dec 1769
Land:
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1770 Ann CORBETT (b. circa 1751, )59
Land:
Land:
Land:
Land:
Land:
Land:
Witness: __ ___ 1773 Land; Rev. Benjamin SELLERS; on the White
Marsh, Brunswick County, NC; when he sold land to his brother, Matthew, and on
9 December 1773, sold 150 acres in the same area, to his brother's
father-in-law, James Corbett.45
Land:
Residence: __ May 1773 Ann CORBETT (b. circa 1751, ); Balden County, NC.
Land: __ Jan 1774 on the White Marsh,
Land:
Land: __ Mar 1776
Witness: 17 Sep 1784 Land; Arthur ROBBINS Sr.; on the west side
of White Marsh, Brunswick County, NC; when he sold 100 acres to Dennis Fowler.60
Son: __ ___ ____ John SELLERS; NC.
Son: __ ___ 1800 Matthew Bacon SELLERS;
Death: circa __ Dec 1807
Will-Prove: __ Jan 1808
Daughter: __ ___ ____ Salome SELLERS; NC.
Daughter: __ ___ ____ Ann SELLERS; NC.
Daughter: __ ___ ____ Rhoda SELLERS; NC.
Son: __ ___ ____ Rev. Samuel SELLERS; NC.
Daughter: __ ___ ____ Mary SELLERS; NC.
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M Jechonias
SELLERS9,55
Birth: circa __ ___ 1747
Witness: __ Jun 1762 Court; Sarah HICKMAN; Edgecombe County, NC;
when she was chosen or appointed guardian of Benjamin Sellers' children.6
Witness: circa __ ___ 1765 Residence; Arthur ROBBINS Sr. and Mary
Penelope SELLERS;
Tax
List: __ ___
1769
Residence: between 1781 and 1783
Immigratn:
Witness: 17 Sep 1784 Land; Arthur ROBBINS Sr.; on the west side
of White Marsh, Brunswick County, NC; when he sold 100 acres to Dennis Fowler.60
Census: __ ___ 1810 (w); Mary Penelope SELLERS and Benjamin
ROBBINS;
Death: circa __ Nov 1813
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M Simon
SELLERS9,64,43
Name-Var: __ ___ ____
Ancestor: __ ___ ____ of descendants who settled in
Birth: __ ___ 1748
Witness:
Witness: __ Jun 1762 Court; Sarah HICKMAN; Edgecombe County, NC;
when she was chosen or appointed guardian of Benjamin Sellers' children.6
Tax
List: __ ___
1769
Tax
List: __ ___
1772
Witness: 04 Mar 1772 Land; Matthew SELLERS; on Swift Creek,
Edgecombe County, NC; when he purchased his father's former land from his
brother, Simon, who had inherited it.
Land:
Land:
Land:
Land:
Witness:
Residence:
Land: __ ___ 1788 on the east side of
Land: __ Mar 1789
Census: __ ___ 1790
Residence: __ Dec 1792
Residence: __ Feb 1793
Marr-Can: before __ Apr 1799 Susan (?)1
Census: __ ___ 1800 Susan (?);
Land:
Marriage:
Tax
List: __ ___
1815
Land: 09 Jan 1815 NC; when he bought 500 acres on Cape Fear
River north of the first branch above Snows Point.67
Will:
Death:
Will-Prove:
Son: Simon
SELLERS Jr.
Daughter: Effie
SELLERS
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F Mary Penelope SELLERS9
Num
Child: __ ___ ____ Arthur ROBBINS Sr. ( , d. circa Sep 1819); 2 other
children; one was a son and one was a daughter.55
Birth: after __ ___ 1748
Witness:
Witness: __ Jun 1762 Court; Sarah HICKMAN; Edgecombe County, NC;
when she was chosen or appointed guardian of Benjamin Sellers' children.6
Marr
Cont:
Residence: circa __ ___ 1765 Arthur ROBBINS Sr. ( , d. circa Sep 1819);
Son: between 1765 and 1766 Arthur ROBBINS Jr.; 55
Son: __ ___ 1790 Joel ROBBINS Sr.; NC; the daughter of
Solomon and Wineford Reaves.
Census: __ ___ 1800 Arthur ROBBINS Sr. ( , d. circa Sep 1819); Brunswick
County, NC; with a household consisting of 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45, 1
male age 16-26, 1 male 10-16, 1 female 10-16, and 1 female 16-26.60
Census: __ ___ 1810 Benjamin ROBBINS;
Death: before __ ___ 1820
Son: Benjamin
ROBBINS
Son: Absalom
ROBBINS
Son: Jonathan
ROBBINS
Daughter: Elizabeth
ROBBINS
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Printed
on:
Family Group
Sheet for Benjamin Sellers and his second wife:
Subject: Benjamin
SELLERS1,2,3,4
__________________________________________________________________________
Spouse: Sarah
HICKMAN
Birth: circa __ ___ 1728
Marriage:
Father:
Mother:
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Printed
on:
Endnotes
1.
James I. Marlowe, Records Pertaining to
the Sellers Family of Brunswick County, North Carolina (Manassas, Virginia:
Marlowe, January 1986), copy in North Carolina State Library.
2.
Dorothy Stanaland Samuel, Descendants of
Hugh Stanaland, an Early Settler of
3.
Clark Heaslett Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some Descendants of William Sellers, Who Was in Tarboro, North Carolina
in 1750, with information from W. W. Sellers' book the "History of Marion
County, South Carolina", (title
is incorrect; the author continues the error that Elisha Sellers' father is
William Sellers; n.p.: Watters, 1974), is titled incorrectly, as it should be
Some Descendants of Benjamin Sellers.
4.
W[illiam] W[right] Sellers [Sr.], History
of Marion County, South Carolina, From Its Earliest to the Present, 1901
(containing the error that Elisha Sellers' father is William, when he should be
Benjamin; Columbia, South Carolina: R. L. Bryan Publishing Company, 1902),
which incorrectly states that William Sellers is the father of Elisha,
following the incorrect information from the Watters book.
5.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 5.
6.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 10.
7.
J. Thomas Buchanan, Letters on the
Sellers, Willets and Hickman Families, 791 Valley Brook Rd., Decatur, GA.
30033, November 1998-January 2000, dated 4 November 1999 and in which he states
Sarah was not the mother of Elisha Sellers.
8.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, which only gives will
info where Benjamin's wife is Sarah and Sarah was chosen or appointed guardian
of "her" children in court records.
9.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
10.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 10 and 25.
11.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
12.
Patricia Dodd Greathouse, Letters on the
Sellers Family,
13.
Ruth Smith and Margarette Glenn
14.
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Application for
Elisha Sellers #0769174-A801 and #430738 and W26437, January 1999, approved for
Opal Roberta Freer Spencer.
15.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland.
16.
Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some
Descendants of William Sellers, pages 40, 69.
17.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 31.
18.
Family Group Record from FamilySearch.Org on the LDS website, which includes
their Ancestral File database, Various dates,
.
19.
Sellers [Sr.], History of Marion Co., SC.,
which also cites his birth year as 1744.
20.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 12.
21.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 31.
22.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 32, which
references D.A.R. Lineage No. 489552.
23.
National Society of DAR; Application for Elisha Sellers #0769174-A801 and
#430738, which cites a birth date of 1763.
24.
Joseph William Reddoch, Our Sellers
Family, A Record of Seven Generations of My Sellers Line (this book
contains many typographical errors, but also has photocopies of original bible
pages; 459 Broadway,
25.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 15.
26.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
27.
Brant and Fuller, Memorial Record of
Alabama, a concise account of the state's political, military, professionals
and industrial progress, together with personal memoirs of many of its people
(Springfield, Virginia: GBIP, 1893, 1976 reprint), which states he died in 1860
at age 100, calculating a birth year of 1760, which is 5 years before his
parents married.
28.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
cites marriage date as 1770.
29.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
30.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
31.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 31, which
references a pay voucher on file at the
32.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 96, which refers to the 1850 census where she is age 62, calculating a
birth year of 1788.
33.
1850 Federal Census Record for
34.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers n.p.: copied about 1947 by E. Walker Parish Sr., a grandson of Rebecca
Sellers, n.d., (in 1980 it was custody of Curra Bell Sellers Faulk of Clio
35.
1850 Federal Census Record for
36.
Bible of Cornelius Walton Sellers Sr.
(, which cites a birth year of 1788.
37.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 32.
38.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
39.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 31, which
references a grandson, Elisha Sellers, which this researcher cannot locate.
40.
Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some
Descendants of William Sellers, pages 40, 69 referencing Will Book B.
41.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 97-98, which includes a copy of the will.
42.
___ Asbury, Asbury's Journal, unknown
author address.
43.
Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some
Descendants of William Sellers.
44.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 20.
45.
Deed Books for
46.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 23.
47.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 21.
48.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13-14, not
listed in this source.
49.
Carol Green, Letters on the Sellers
Family, Including a Descendant Chart for William Sellers, 3494 Camino
Tassajara Road, #237, Danville, California 94506, 1998, which refers to
National Archives file cards 5089 and 5091.
50.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 14; James is
listed as possible older son with 7 children, but no wife's name. The children are from indirect evidence.
51.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 14, 25.
52.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 25, which states
he was under 21 years of age at time his father wrote his will.
53.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 14, based on
indirect evidence.
54.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 25.
55.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 14.
56.
Deed Books for Brunswick Co., NC., where Matthew's land records are in Deed
Book A, pages 149, 151, 153 for 1771 and 1772 and Book B pages 8, 19, for 1773
and page 87, 88 for 1776.
57.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 15-19.
58.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 15 and 17.
59.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 13.
60.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 27.
61.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13 and 17.
62.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the Sellers
Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 17.
63.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 26.
64.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 30, which
references the research of descendant, Mrs. A. L. Oliver of
65.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 14 and 29.
66.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 29.
67.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 30.
68.
69.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
70.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
71.
Ruth Smith Williams, Marriages of