Abraham Selders and Rebecca Hulings

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Husband Abraham Selders ¹

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           Born: 24 Oct 1763 - Chestnut Ridge, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 14 Feb 1855 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: George Selders (1724-1828) 2
         Mother: Ann Leaper (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1793 2

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Wife Rebecca Hulings ³

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            AKA: Rebecca Huling 1
           Born: 25 Aug 1776 - Pennsylvania 2
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           Died: 20 Jul 1815 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Marcus Hulings (1742/1747-1804) 4 5 6
         Mother: Massar Daugherty (Abt 1746-1813) 2 7

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Children

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1 F Susan Hulings Selders ¹

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           Born: 1804-1807 1
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           Died: 1852
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         Spouse: James Mason, Jr. (1799-1876/1877) 1 8
           Marr: 1823 1

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General Notes: Husband - Abraham Selders

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He moved to Franklin, Venango County, in 1793, being the fifth white man to settle there.

He was appointed justice of the peace in 1801, and was elected commissioner in 1816. He was familiar with the river as an associate of his father-in-law. Like the men of his time generally, he was fond of hunting.

1 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 82.

2 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 19.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919).

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 120.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 1193.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 313.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 312.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 683.