Desire Colt, dau. of Joseph Colt and Desire Pratt, b. of record Apr. 11, 1763 at Lyme, Conn. She d. Aug. 2, 1799 prob. at the Hadlyme section of the Town of Lyme, Conn.
On Oct. 2, 1783 of record at Lyme, Conn., Desire m. as his 1st wife Col. Richard Ely Selden, s. of Col. Samuel Selden and Elizabeth Ely, b. of record May 25, 1759 at Lyme, Conn. He d. Jan. 23, 1848 prob. at the Hadlyme section of the Town of Lyme, Conn. They had seven known children. See her husband for an outline of the children.
On Oct. 2, 1783 of record at Lyme, Conn., Desire m. as his 1st wife Col. Richard Ely Selden, s. of Col. Samuel Selden and Elizabeth Ely, b. of record May 25, 1759 at Lyme, Conn. He d. Jan. 23, 1848 prob. at the Hadlyme section of the Town of Lyme, Conn. They had seven known children. See her husband for an outline of the children.
Desire Colt, dau. of Joseph Colt and Desire Pratt, b. of record Apr. 11, 1763 at Lyme, Conn. She d. Aug. 2, 1799 prob. at the Hadlyme section of the Town of Lyme, Conn.
On Oct. 2, 1783 of record at Lyme, Conn., Desire m. as his 1st wife Col. Richard Ely Selden, s. of Col. Samuel Selden and Elizabeth Ely, b. of record May 25, 1759 at Lyme, Conn. He d. Jan. 23, 1848 prob. at the Hadlyme section of the Town of Lyme, Conn. They had seven known children. See her husband for an outline of the children.
On Oct. 2, 1783 of record at Lyme, Conn., Desire m. as his 1st wife Col. Richard Ely Selden, s. of Col. Samuel Selden and Elizabeth Ely, b. of record May 25, 1759 at Lyme, Conn. He d. Jan. 23, 1848 prob. at the Hadlyme section of the Town of Lyme, Conn. They had seven known children. See her husband for an outline of the children.
Inscription
NEHGR 78:375.
Desier Selden, wife of Maj. Richard E. Selden, died Aug. 2, 1799, in her 37th year.
The actual gravestone:
In Memory of Mrs
Dezier Selden wife of
Maj. Richard E. Selden
who departed this Life
Auguft 2d AD 1799 in ye 37th
Year of her Age
[four lines of verse]
On the day Desire died she was 36 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 37.
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