----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: Surnames SEELYE, HAINES > > Hello all, > > My name is Laura Bent. I am researching my great-great-grandparents and > their family. Their names were Simon (sometimes Simeon) and Rebecca Seelye, and > they lived in the Beechwood-Rathbun area from the mid 1850's until nearly > 1900. I believe that Rebecca was a Haines. If Rebecca was indeed a Haines, and > the circumstantial evidence strongly indicates that she was, then she was the > sister of Henrietta Glover, and Jacob Haines, who also migrated into the area > from Potter County with the Seelye's prior to 1860. These three families are > the children of Henry Haines, who also migrated to Beechwood, Rathbun and St. > Marys with most of the remaining children in the mid 1860s. > > Simon and Rebecca Seelye had eleven known children, nine of whom survived to > adulthood, six girls, and three boys. Only one of the girls has been > identified so far. I would like to identify the rest of the girls if possible. Here > is a list of the children: > > Jane (1850) > Lydia (apparently Jane's twin - died in Potter County in 1850) > Kesiah A or Annie (1852) > Mary (1854) - died prior to 1870, buried in Beechwood > Libbie (1856) married Levi Reed and lived in Rathbun > Lida (1859) > Lillie (1861) > Alice (1865) > William (1870) - my great-grandfather > Robert (1872) > Louis (1876) >