Selah Murray Stevens Project - Helm

(Jody Gray) this in an on-going project; I decided to create a Blog Post as a place to keep track of my research - kind of a "journal" of this project. The reason for the project is: I cannot find the names of the parents of Selah Murray Stevens, oddly, he's given a full birth date and location; which if known you would assume his parents would be known. Also, he married Eliza Helm, a descendant of the Woodhull family and nobility on England; it's obvious that she's proud of her heritage. I assume there is something "not to be proud of" in Selah's parentage, e.g. they were Loyalists during the Revolutionary War and removed to Canada...

I've been working on the Helm Branch, tracing their movement after arrival in America...
Current Project: George M Helm, brother of Eliza Helm... an SAR Application lead me to Canada... however, the Warwick and Matchett Families listed originated in England and immigrated to Canada; they did not immigrate to America and then to Canada after the Revolutionary War... there is a connection between the Helm-Woodhull and FitzStephens Families of England, who followed William the Conqueror to England after the Battle of Hastings (1066); those who supported William, militarily or financially were rewarded with land in England...

Blog Post: SAR Application, Henry J Matchett b. 1891 http://historicalandmisc.blogspot.com/2016/05/sar-application-henry-j-matchett-b-1891.html
SAR Application, new surnames: Frederick Henry Warwick b. Warwickshire, England, immigrated to Canada; he married Eliza Helen Helm b. Oswego, NY *how did they meet??? Their daughter, Amelia Warwick m: Abraham James Matchett; his family immigrated from Cavan, Ireland to Canada...
Frederick and Eliza Helen; daughter, Amelia and Abraham Matchett immigrate to St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN.

Blog Post: Warwick and Matchett Family http://historicalandmisc.blogspot.com/2016/05/warwick-and-matchett-family.html Canada Connections

5th GGF, Woodhull Helm b. 1777. Orange Co, NY married Elizabeth aka Eliza McDowell; they are the parents of George M Helm b. 1799 and Elizabeth aka Eliza Helm b. 1802...
New Information: Woodhull Helm married three times; m1: Elizabeth aka Eliza McDowell. m2: Thaly Ann aka Anna Stevens. m3: Lucy Ruggles *Notes: son of Woodhull and Lucy Ruggles, Clinton D. Helm, biographical sketch lead me to the information that Woodhull married three times... Researching Thaly Ann Stevens lead to Ancestry.com Family Tree of Linda Stevens and additions to Blog Post: Airard FitzStephen of England 1066. Note: Thaly Ann Stevens' mother, Phebe Henry -is she related to the Henry's ???

Blog Post (Gray-Piper): Thaly Ann Stevens married Woodhull Helm http://gray-adamsfamily.blogspot.com/2016/05/thaly-ann-stevens-married-woodhull-helm.html xxx Note: matching document added to Thaly Ann Stevens, Ancestry.com Media.
Movement of the Helm Family: The Woodhull and Airard FitzStehpens/Stevens in Europe, begins in 1066 with the Battle of Hastings, migration from Normandy / Flanders to England; supporters of William the Conqueror were rewarded with land. *the Woodhull lineage begins with Walter aka Seier de Flanders, de Seton from Normandy to England in 1066… Surname becomes de Wahull (Baron of the estate, aka Odell Castle in Bedfordshire -the seat of de Wahull land)... Thomas II, Baron, Warkworth, Northamptonshire -through marriage… Nicholas, Knight… Fulk, Knight… Lawrence, Esquire, Thenford, Northamptonshire where immigrant Richard Woodhull I. is born; Richard I immigrant to America; his son, Richard Woodhull II. was b. Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY; his daughter, Dorothy Woodhull m: William Helm *both born in Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY...

(Currently) the Helm immigrant is unknown; the first known Helm in America is our 

• 8 GGF, Thomas Helm b.  1665, MA or NY d. 1710, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY *notes: “mansion” *indentured servants.
• 7 GGF, William Helm b. 1686,  Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 1755, Suffolk or Orange, NY m: Dorothy Woodhull b. Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY.
• 6th GGF, Phineas Helm b. 1723, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 1798, Blooming Grove, NY.
• 5 GGF, Woodhull Helm b. 1777, Orange County, NY d. 1845, Byron, Ogle, Ill.
• Woodhull married 3 times: Eliza McDowell, Thaly Stevens, Lucy Ruggles
• 1800, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY. 
• 1830, Blenheim, Schoharie, NY. 
• 1835, Jersey Co, Illinois. Byron was founded in 1835.
• 1837, Ogle, Ill. Ogle County was formed in 1836.
• 1840, Buffalo Grove, Ogle, Illinois. 
• 1845, d. Byron, Ogle, Illinois. In the 1850 Census, among the residents of this "young" town are listed: Ferryman; Inn Keeper; Merchant; Carpenter; Stone Mason; Physician; Blacksmith; Farmer...
• Phineas, son of Woodhull Helm Sr and Lucy Ruggles - Find A Grave: Phineas Helm 1822-1887; Caroline Moffatt, his wife, 1826-1904. Maple Hill Cemetery, Montour, Tama Co, Iowa. *Tama County: Eliza Lucretia Hendry m: Gibson Wallace DeLong
• 4th GGM Eliza Helm b. 1802, NY d. 1852, Stamford, Delaware, NY m: Selah M Stevens b. 1799, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT *1850, Selah, Inn Keeper, owns Farm RE $3,000, Stamford, Delaware, NY. 1870, RE $,5000. -he lives there until his death in 1878 *newspaper death notice: Innkeeper, died of cancer…
• daughter, 3GGM, Maria Antoinette Stevens b. 1825 (Stamford) Delaware Co, NY d. 1907 Harpersfield, Deleware, NY m: David Brown Hendry

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