First Generation of Obadiah Seeley Ancestry

WILLIAM SEELEY (4-1) AND ALICE BISSELL (4-2) AND HANNAH (4-3)

• William was b about 1584, possibly in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, the son of William Seeley and Alice Bloxish.
• Alice was b about 1584, probably in Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England, daughter of William Bissell and Alice Chamber; bd 24 Feb 1617/8, at St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
• Hannah was probably b between 1584 and 1600.
• William Seeley and Alice Bissell md on 5 Nov 1608, at Yardley Parish, Worcestershire, England. William Seeley probably md Hannah between 1618 and 1620.

Children by 1st wife:

• 4-4 SARAH SEELEY (chr 22 Oct 1609, Sheldon Parish, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-5 SAMUEL SEELEY (chr 15 Mar 1611/2, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; bd 3 Jul 1616, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4 OBADIAH SEELEY (chr 5 Jun 1614, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; d 25 Aug 1657, intestate, Stamford, CT; estate distributed 3 Sep 1666)
• 4-6 MARY SEELEY (chr 19 Jan 1617, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; bd 19 Dec 1617, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-7 ELIZABETH SEELEY (chr 19 Jan 1617, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; bd 24 Oct 1617, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)

Children by 2nd wife:

• 4-8 SAMUEL SEELEY (chr 27 Aug 1620, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-9 JONATHAN SEELEY (chr 27 May 1623, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-10 JEREMIAH SEELEY (chr 4 Jul 1626, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; bd 17 Apr 1628, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-11 HANNAH SEELEY (chr 30 Nov 1628, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-12 JONAS SEELEY (chr 1 May 1636, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)

Second Generation of Obadiah Seeley Ancestry

WILLIAM SEELEY (4-13) AND ALICE BLOXISH (4-14)

• William was b about 1555, possibly in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
• Alice was b about 1556, daughter of Richard Bloxish.
• William Seeley and Alice Bloxish md on 31 Jan 1579/80 at Yardley Parish, Worcestershire, England.

Children

• 4-1 WILLIAM SEELEY (b about 1584, possibly in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)

WILLIAM BISSELL (4-15) AND ALICE CHAMBER (4-16)

• William was b about 1546, possibly in Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England, the son of Thomas Bissell and Elizabeth; bd 6 Sep 1612, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England.
• Alice was b about 1549, possibly in Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England, daughter of John Chamber.
• William Bissell and Alice Chamber md on 25 Nov 1571 at Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England.

Children

• 4-17 ELIZABETH BISSELL (chr 21 Dec 1572, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-18 JOHN BISSELL (chr 31 Oct 1574, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-19 THOMAS BISSELL (chr 17 Nov 1576, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-20 WILLIAM BISSELL (chr 18 Jun 1579, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-21 SAMUEL BISSELL (b about 1581, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-2 ALICE BISSELL (b about 1584, probably in Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England; bd 24 Feb 1617/8 at St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)

Third Generation of Obadiah Seeley Ancestry

RICHARD BLOXISH (4-22)

• Richard was b about 1520, possibly in Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; bd 21 Oct 1558 at St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Children

• 4-23 JOANE BLOXISH (b about 1548, possibly in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; m Robert Bennet 25 Oct 1570, at St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-24 WILLIAM BLOXISH (b about 1550, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-25 RICHARD BLOXISH (b about 1553, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; m Mary Holdon 29 Jan 1576/7, at Aston Juxta Birmingham Parish, Warwickshire, England; d 1619, Aston Juxta, Birmingham Parish, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-26 ROBERT BLOXISH (chr Feb 1554/5, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-14 ALICE BLOXISH

THOMAS BISSELL (4-27) AND ELIZABETH (4-28)

• Thomas was b about 1520, possibly in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England; d in July 1595, at Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England.
• Elizabeth was b about 1522, possibly in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England.
• Thomas Bissell and Elizabeth md about 1544.

Children

• 4-15 WILLIAM BISSELL (b about 1546, possibly in Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England; m Alice Chamber 25 Nov 1571, at Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England; bur 6 Sep 1612, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-29 RICHARD BISSELL (chr 24 Apr 1548, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England)
• 4-30 JOYCE BISSELL (chr 8 Jun 1550/1, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England)
• 4-31 ALICE BISSELL (chr 23 Aug 1553, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England)
• 4-32 JOHN BISSELL (b about 1555, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England)
• 4-33 ISABEL BISSELL (b about 1557, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England)
• 4-34 ANNE BISSELL (b about 1559, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England)
• 4-35 HUMPHREY BISSELL (chr 14 Aug 1563, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire England)

JOHN CHAMBER (4-36)

• John was probably b about 1520, possibly in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England; bd on 18 Apr 1569, at Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England.

Children

• 4-16 ALICE CHAMBER (b about 1549, possibly in Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England; md William Bissell 25 Nov 1571, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-37 GEORGE CHAMBER (b about 1553, possibly in Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England; md Joane Marten, 17 Dec 1577, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England; d 1617, Yardley Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-38 ?JOHN CHAMBER (md Margaret Greve; bd 25 Feb 1573, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-39 ?MARTEN CHAMBER (bd 19 Apr 1584, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-40 ?HUMPHREY CHAMBER (d 1614, Kings Norton Parish, Worcestershire, England)
• 4-41 DOROTHY CHAMBER

Fourth Generation Of Obadiah Seeley Ancestry

BLOXISH (4-42)

• Mr. Bloxish was probably born in the late 1400s in Warwickshire or Worcestershire, England.

Children

• 4-22 RICHARD BLOXISH (b about 1520, possibly in Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; bur 21 Oct 1558, St. Martin Parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)
• 4-43 MORICE BLOXISH (bur 18 Oct 1603, Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, England)

Footnotes/References

1. Hill, J. and Bickley, W.B., Transcript of the First Register Book of the Parish Church of Saint Martin, Birmingham 1554-1653 (Birmingham and Midland Society, 1889), FHL film 97316; computer printout from St. Martin’s, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, extracted for the controlled extraction program and published by the Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City, UT: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991)
2. Church of England. Parish Church of St. Edburgha, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, “Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
3. Church of England. Parish Church of Sheldon, Warwickshire, England, “Parish registers and poor law records for Sheldon, 1558-1900,” (Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960).
4. Church of England. Parish Church of St. Edburgha, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, “Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
5. Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, “Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate 1521-1860,” will of Richard Blockesyche of Birmingham, Warwickshire, 1558, FindMyPast (www.findmypast.com).
6. Church of England. Diocese of Worcester, “Wills of the consistory court of Worcester, 1493-1857,” will of William Bissell of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, 1612, (Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953) FHL film 97989 #85.
7. Church of England. Parish Church of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, “Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
8. Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, “Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate 1521-1860,” will of Richard Blockesyche of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 1558, FindMyPast (www.findmypast.com).
9. Hill, J. and Bickley, W.B., Transcript of the First Register Book of the Parish Church of Saint Martin, Birmingham 1554-1653 (Birmingham and Midland Society, 1889), FHL film 97316.
10. Church of England. Parish Church of Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, FindMyPast (www.findmypast.com).
11. Church of England. Diocese of Worcester, “Wills of the consistory court of Worcester, 1493-1857,” will of Thomas Bissell of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, 1595, (Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953) FHL film 97950 #53.
12. Church of England. Parish Church of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, “Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
13. Church of England. Parish Church of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, “Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
14. Church of England. Diocese of Worcester, “Wills of the consistory court of Worcester, 1493-1857,” will of Humphrey Chamber of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, 1614, (Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953) FHL film 97995 #22.
15. Church of England. Diocese of Worcester, “Wills of the consistory court of Worcester, 1493-1857,” will of George Chambers of Yardley, Worcestershire, England, 1617, (Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953) FHL film 98995 #60.
16. Church of England. Diocese of Worcester, “Wills of the consistory court of Worcester, 1493-1857,” will of Martin Chamber of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, 1584, (Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953) FHL film 97929 #23.
17. Church of England. Diocese of Worcester, “Wills of the consistory court of Worcester, 1493-1857,” will of John Chamber of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, 1575, (Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953) FHL film 97917 #99.
18. Church of England. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, “Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858,” will of Thomas Greve of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, 1551, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
19. Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, “Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate 1521-1860,” will of Richard Blockesyche of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 1558, FindMyPast (www.findmypast.com).
20. Church of England. Parish Church of Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, “The first volume, 1544 to 1639/40, of the registers of the parish church of Aston-Juxta-Birmingham” (Birmingham, England: C. Cooper, 1900) FHL book 942.48/A3 V26a.