Mary Sellen

Don't confuse Mary, first wife of Hendrick Sellen (d 1749), this profile, with Margaret Sellen, his 2nd or 3rd wife.

Seen as daughter of Weiant Pennebaker, I & Nelltje Pennebaker but dates are impossible.

Last name could have been Sellen, Sell, or some variation.Maiden name unknown.

Names also seen: Maria,Meriken,Maritje,Van Ugchelen,Knudsateer
Birthplace: was it Krefeld, Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany

Hendrick Zellen married (1) Mary and had children: Peter, Jacob, Maria Indehoven, John, Adam, Barbara Tyson and Elizabeth Van Fossen.

He married (2) Margaret and had children: Anthony, Abraham, Esther Bankert, Henry, Jr. and Catherine Ulrich.

He may have had a third wife.

Letters of Administration were issued to his wife Margaret and two other men on October 13, 1749 and an inventory of his estate was made on November 1, 1749. Henry was probably buried on his farm as there were no cemeteries in the area at this early date.

[Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA, 1998, by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 1, pp 1-28, by Richard Henry Sell]

Children of Hendrick SELLEN and Mary include:

• i. John Sell.
• ii. Jacob Sell.
• iii. Barbara Sell, married Matthias Tyson.
• 852 iv. Peter SELL, born in Krefeld Germany; died in residence York Co PA; married Adriana VAN SINTERN.

Marriage seen as 05/13/1712 but that's a later wife?

1704. Hendrick SELLEN, born Oct 16, 1666 in Krefeld or Mulheim on Ruhr; died Aft. 1749 in PA. He married 1705. Mary.
1705. 'Mary.' Notes for Hendrick SELLEN: Hendrick Sellen came to Germantown in 1686, probably with brothers Dirck and Martin and sons Peter, Jacob and John. He was prominent in township affairs, frequently serving as inspector of roads and fences. He also collected the tax to build a more substantial jail. Hendrick was listed as property owner on a 1688 map. He owned lot number 12 on the East side of the Germantown main street in 1689, and was one of those drawing for lots on 4 Feb 1689. One of 52 adult males on the Germantown tax list of 15 May 1693, he was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1691, and renaturalized in 1709. Although Hendrick was in Krisheim Twp by 1701, his children attended the Pastorious School (between 1702 and 1718). Curiously, a story of a pint of wine and a roll between Hendrick and Daniel Pastorious has survived. (Hull, but what is the story?) Hendrick was attorney or agent for Jan Strypers and Dirck Sipman, original purchasers of Germantown land and in 1698 returned to Krefeld on business. John Ruth speculates that "perhaps Hendrick Sellen's trip bore some relation to the matter" of consulting with European church leaders on how to ordain American clergy and bishops. Hendrick was on the 1708 membership of the Germantown Mennonite church. He accepted an indenture for the Skippack church in 1714 and was a trustee in 1717. In 1714 he owned 291 1/2 acres, probably at Krisheim Twp, where he built an oil mill. In 1734 a Hendrick Zell owned land and paid quit rents on 100 acres in Krisheim Twp. According to the Celle-etc newsletter, "Before 16 April 1739 Heinrich Sellen had sold his oil mill and moved to Komupanga....Komupanga Creek runs from Wernersville, Berks County, through Lancaster County, to the Susquehanna River at the York County line." Later Sells lived in York County.

References Celle etc. Newsletter, Carolyn Cell Bakow Choppin editor: Aug 1969, Jan, Sep, Oct 1970; Apr 1971; Jul 1972; May 1980; Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1984. Celle Newsletter, April 1987, back page, Richard Henry Sell compares Hendrick Sellen's signature in 1706 in Germantown, in 1736 when he sold his oil mill in Crisheim Township and in 1749 when he signed a "Petition of Inhabitants near Digge's Choice (Adams Co.) "This appears to be proof of only one Henry Sellen 1685 Germantown to 1749 York Co." John L. Ruth, MAINTAINING THE RIGHT FELLOWSHIP (Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press 1984), p 104 Robert Ulle, "Research Notes Materials on Mennonites in Colonial Germantown," MENNONITE QUARTERLY REVIEW, Vol XVII, #4, Oct 1983, pp 375-76 Samuel Penneypacker, THE SETTLEMENT OF GERMANTOWN PA (1899) Wm. Hull, WILLIAM PENN & THE DUTCH QUAKER EMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA (Swarthmore 1935) Dr. Ray Sells Morrish, M.D. THE FIRST FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE SELLS FAMILY IN AMERICA (Flint MI)

GEDCOM Note

[Rick and Melony Graham (TYSON).FTW]

BIO: Hendrick Zellen of Krefeld, Germany owned land in Germantown by 20 Dec 1685. Wife/s were Maritje; Mary; Margaret. He had children Jaocb; John; Barbara (m. Mathias TYSON); Elizabeth(m.Arnold VAN VOSSEN); Abraham; Anthony; and probably Maria(m. Gerhard INDENHOVEN); Catherine(m. John George ULRICH);Esther(m. John BANCKERT); and Henry. Hendrick Sellen died in York County in Oct 1749. Richard Henry Sell DickSell @ aol.com>

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82351313/hendrick-sellen
2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBBH-KYK
3. Morrish, Ray Sells. The First Four Generations of the Sells Family in America." (1956) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memory/163496007?cid=mem_copy