Notes for John Sellman

Notes for John Sellman

!"A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1, The First 200 Years of Brashear(s) in America" by Charles Brashear and Shirley Brasher McCoy.: Page 45; "Elizabeth Brasseur/Brashear, d/o Benjamin Brashear and Mary ?Rickford, b c1654, Nansemond Co, VA, d. 17 Jan 1728/29, Baltimore City, MD; m. c1676-78, John Sellman, and lived in Anne Arundel Co.
John Sellman, a headright on Benjamin Brasseur's Maryland land claims, was b. in England, c 1645-50, according to 'John Sellman of Maryland and His Descendants,' by W. Marshall Sellman, privately printed, 1975. He was probably a youth of twelve or thirteen when he entered the colony as a "custom servant." In 1675, he received two warrants for 50 acres each from Charles Calvert "for time of service performed in the province." In 1676, for 2900 pounds of tobacco, he purchased 175 acres (Covells Folly) on the south side of South River and west of Flat Creek in Anne Arundel Co--about 1.5 miles NE of present Davidsonville, MD, where he, in turn, hosted many "custom servants" and "indentured servants," three of whom died in their service and are buried at All Hallows Church.
Also probably in 1676-1678, he m. Elizabeth Brasseur, d/o Benjamin (Benois) and Mary Brasseur. They had 9 children. John Sellman d. 1707, Baltimore City, MD. In his will he left 900 acres to his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth m.2 8 Nov. 1708, in Calvert Co, MD, Dr. William Nicholls, chirogeon (surgeon), who d. 1722, Calvert Co, MD. No children by this second marriage."

!Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD, bk. 12, pg. 205: 18 Jul Sellman recorded his will which was proved 28 Feb. 1808