Ebenezer Seeley
Biographical Sketches, 1814
EBENEZER SEELEY, son of Ebenezer Seeley, of Wilton, then a parish in Norwalk, Connecticut, was born in Wilton on April 9, 1793. His mother was a Miss Coley. He entered the Sophomore Class from the adjoining town of Weston, having been prepared by William Belden (Yale 1803), at Staples Academy in that part of Weston which is now Easton.
After graduation he began the study of law in New Haven with Seth P. Staples (Yale 1797), and during the year 1815-16 was the rector of the Hopkins Grammar School. He then continued his legal studies with the Hon. Roger Minott Sherman (Yale 1792), in Fairfield, and began practice there, but about 1820 removed to Bridgeport.
In 1825, he returned to New Haven, and in June, 1832, was elected Mayor of the city for one year, and in 1834 was sent to the State Senate.
In 1837 he removed to New York, where he continued in practice until towards the time of his death, which occurred at his son's house in Sing Sing, on January 23, 1866, in his 74th year.
Mr. Seeley had a marked dislike of political distinction, and preferred to devote himself strictly to his profession. An able and learned lawyer, he also maintained through life an unusual familiarity with classical authors.
He first married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Titus, of Flushing, Long Island, who died in Bridgeport, on January 18, 1823, at the age of 39.
He married secondly Alice, daughter of John I. Glover, of New York, who died there on July 1, 1844.
His children were two sons by his first marriage, only one of whom (non-graduate Yale 1836) survived him.
AUTHORITIES.
New Haven City Year Book, 1864. J. T. Seeley, MS. Letter, 1866.
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