Individual Details
Jacob Selingham
(22 Dec 1761 - Aft 1840)
Per "Gazetteer of Grafton Co, NH 1709-1886" by Hamilton Child (from Heritage Quest Online) Jacob Lelingham (Sr.) was a Revolutionary soldier who came to Thornton about 1783, married Hannah Torry and had a family including Jacob Jr. who married Mary K. Edgerly and located in Woodstock and later moved to Thornton.
1840 census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Service shows Jacob Selingham age 79 (born 1761) of Woodstock, Grafton Co., NH as head of household. Death location established per "Part First, Gazetteer of Grafton Co., NH 1709-1886" by Hamilton Child via HeritageQuest.com shown below.
1819 listed in "Generational Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files Vol III" page 3387: Jacob Sullingham or Jacob Sullenheim, NH Line, S16545, sol enl at Thornton NH, appl 9 Apr 1819 at res of Peeling in Grafton Co. NH at which time sol's father was still living & was aged nearly 100 yrs and it was stated the father had signed his name Seuullenheim or Selingheim & that his sons signed their name Selingham, in 1819 Henry Sallanheim was of Peeling NH & had srv with Jacob Sullingham.
1818 on page 42 of "The Pension List of 1818" shows a Jacob Sullenheim, private, New Hampshire.
1800 census for Thorton, Grafton Co., NH, shows Jacob Sellingham as head of household age 26-44 (born between 1756-1774) living with other males: 1 age 16-25; 2 age 16-25; 2 age 10-15; and 3 age 0-10. Females were: 1 age 26-44 and 2 age 0-10.
1790 census for Thorton, Grafton Co., NH, shows Jacob Selingham as head of household being over age 16 with 5 males under age 16 and one female. (Therefore he was born before 1774.)
1783 came to the town of Thornton, Grafton Co., NH, about 1783, a Revolutionary solder who married Hannah Torry and had 9 childern: William, Jascob, Jr., Daniel, Walter, Pinkham, Samuel, Catharine and Hannah per "Part First, Gazetteer of Grafton Co., NH 1709-1886" by Hamilton Child via HeritageQuest.com This establishes his death location.
1781 marriage info from e-mail dated 13 May 1997 from Brenda Drowne (Jeeneology@aol.com): "Jacob married in Plymouth, NH, 14 Sept 1781 to Hannah Torrey. They lived in Thornton and Woodstock, NH. They had 9 childern."
1775 settled in Thorton about this time per e-mail dated 13 May 1997 from Brenda Drowne (Jeeneology@aol.com): "According to some info from my grandmother's records, there was a Henry Sellingham that settled with his sons Henry Jr. and Jacob in Thorton, NH about 1775. Henry Jr. married Amy Brainard and lived in Stewartstown, NH. They had 5 childern. Jacob married in Plymouth, NH, 14 Sept 1781 to Hannah Torrey. They lived in Thornton and Woodstock, NH. They had 9 childern. They were both in Col. Scannell's Continental Regiment during the Revolution. This info was taken from p. 625 s. Stearns, 1906, of Plymouth, New Hampshire."
1761 birth year based on 1840 census shown above.
1840 census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Service shows Jacob Selingham age 79 (born 1761) of Woodstock, Grafton Co., NH as head of household. Death location established per "Part First, Gazetteer of Grafton Co., NH 1709-1886" by Hamilton Child via HeritageQuest.com shown below.
1819 listed in "Generational Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files Vol III" page 3387: Jacob Sullingham or Jacob Sullenheim, NH Line, S16545, sol enl at Thornton NH, appl 9 Apr 1819 at res of Peeling in Grafton Co. NH at which time sol's father was still living & was aged nearly 100 yrs and it was stated the father had signed his name Seuullenheim or Selingheim & that his sons signed their name Selingham, in 1819 Henry Sallanheim was of Peeling NH & had srv with Jacob Sullingham.
1818 on page 42 of "The Pension List of 1818" shows a Jacob Sullenheim, private, New Hampshire.
1800 census for Thorton, Grafton Co., NH, shows Jacob Sellingham as head of household age 26-44 (born between 1756-1774) living with other males: 1 age 16-25; 2 age 16-25; 2 age 10-15; and 3 age 0-10. Females were: 1 age 26-44 and 2 age 0-10.
1790 census for Thorton, Grafton Co., NH, shows Jacob Selingham as head of household being over age 16 with 5 males under age 16 and one female. (Therefore he was born before 1774.)
1783 came to the town of Thornton, Grafton Co., NH, about 1783, a Revolutionary solder who married Hannah Torry and had 9 childern: William, Jascob, Jr., Daniel, Walter, Pinkham, Samuel, Catharine and Hannah per "Part First, Gazetteer of Grafton Co., NH 1709-1886" by Hamilton Child via HeritageQuest.com This establishes his death location.
1781 marriage info from e-mail dated 13 May 1997 from Brenda Drowne (Jeeneology@aol.com): "Jacob married in Plymouth, NH, 14 Sept 1781 to Hannah Torrey. They lived in Thornton and Woodstock, NH. They had 9 childern."
1775 settled in Thorton about this time per e-mail dated 13 May 1997 from Brenda Drowne (Jeeneology@aol.com): "According to some info from my grandmother's records, there was a Henry Sellingham that settled with his sons Henry Jr. and Jacob in Thorton, NH about 1775. Henry Jr. married Amy Brainard and lived in Stewartstown, NH. They had 5 childern. Jacob married in Plymouth, NH, 14 Sept 1781 to Hannah Torrey. They lived in Thornton and Woodstock, NH. They had 9 childern. They were both in Col. Scannell's Continental Regiment during the Revolution. This info was taken from p. 625 s. Stearns, 1906, of Plymouth, New Hampshire."
1761 birth year based on 1840 census shown above.
Events
| Emigration | 1756 | Germany with his father, Henry Sr. and brother, Henry Jr, to America |  | ||
| Birth | 22 Dec 1761 | Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Living | Peeling, Grafton Co., NH | ||||
| Military | Apr 1778 or May 1778 | Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States | |||
| Marriage | 14 Sep 1781 | Plymouth, NH - Living | |||
| Census | 1790 | Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States | | ||
| Revolutionary War Pension | 9 Apr 1819 | Peeling, Grafton Co., NH | | ||
| Death | Aft 1840 | Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States | |||
| LDS Family Tree ID | LZCR-NJV |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Jocob Selingham Jr. (1784 - ) |
| Child | Willaim Selingham (1782 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Henry Sullenheim Sr. (1738 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Henry "Selham" Sullingham Jr (1765 - 1817) |