Blickensderfer, William Jacob Davenport, Adelaide Hutchings Davenport, Harriet Grant Chesebrough Dewing, Clark Leonard Dewing, Hiram Duffy, Edward Gildemeister, Clara Parsons Hanrahan, John T. Hoit, Edward B. Hoyt, Joseph Blachley Jones, Cortland Mead Lathrop, The Reverend Edward Lockwood, Judge Charles Davenport Machlett, Raymond R. Palmer, Delos Peters, The Reverend Cyril S. Quintard, Elizabeth Quintard, Mary “Polly” Selleck, Charlotte Gregory Selleck, George Selleck, Harriet Banks Selleck, James Weed Selleck, Captain William Studwell, Theodore Towne, Frederick Tallmadge Waterbury, Captain Marcus Wilensky, Julius Morris Introduction

The Stamford Historical Society Presents

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Portraits from the Society's Collection
April through September 2009

George Selleck (1802–1869)

Pen and ink/watercolor wash Artist unknown 2008.4.1a Gift of Florence L. Selleck

George Selleck, eldest son of James Selleck’s second marrage to Joanna Morgan, was born in 1802. He was a half-brother of Captain William Selleck. He married his second cousin Harriet Banks on November 28, 1825. George was Norwalk’s first confectioner and a family member recalls that he was referred to as “Peppermint George” to distinguish him from two other George Sellecks living in Norwalk at that time. About 1840 he sold his Norwalk business and moved to New York City. His son’s diary states that his father “worked on the cars,” referring most likely to the New York trolleys.

Following Harriet’s death in 1846 George married a second time to Polly Wilcox of Norwalk on October 28, 1854. George was living at 11 Vandam Street in New York at the time of his death and is buried in Norwalk.

Harriet Banks Selleck
James Weed Selleck
Captain William Selleck
Charlotte Gregory Selleck

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