John SELLERS & Martha BAILEY & Sarah HENDERSON & Mayma __?__ & Serena M. __?_

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John SELLERS
Martha BAILEY
Sarah HENDERSON
Mayma __?__
Serena M. __?__

Please Note: There are numerous files at WorldConnect giving John several different ancestral lines, but none of them appear promising because none connects him to the German SÖLLERS / SOELLERS / SELLERS family with whom a patrilineal descendant of John's is a DNA match. It's possible our subject descends from the known immigrant of this family, Philip Heinrich SÖLLERS, or from another member of this family who immigrated. It isn't necessary to connect specifically to Philip Heinrich to be descended from the same common ancestor, further back in Philip's ancestry.

Husband: John SELLERS
Birth: 1810 or 1813 or 23 Oct 1812, SC
Death: 12 Jun 1902, Randolph Co., AL
Disposition: buried Sellers Cemetery, Randolph Co., AL
Occupation: farmer
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1b1
Father said to be: John SELLERS, b. ca. 1780s in NC

Marriage-1: 21 May 1829, Henry Co., GA

Wife-1: Martha BAILEY

I suspect the 1812 or 1813 birthyear for John is incorrect because even if he was born in 1810, he would till have been only age 18 in May of 1829, which is very young for a male to marry. The average age for a male at first marriage is 23 (for a female, 19). Either that or two John SELLERS are being mixed up here.

Marriage-2: 11 Dec 1834, Henry Co., GA

Wife-2: Sarah HENDERSON
Birth: 22 Mar 1808, GA
Death: 1878, Randolph Co., AL
Disposition: buried Sellers Cemetery, Randolph Co., AL
Occupation: homemaker

Marriage-3: 1878-80

Marriage-3: Mayma __?__
Birth: 1827/8, GA
Occupation: homemaker
Parents: born in SC

Mayme is a common misspelling of Mamie, a diminutive for Margaret or Mary.

Marriage-4: 1887/8

Wife-4: Serena M. __?__
Birth: Apr 1847, GA
Death: aft. 1900 census
Occupation: homemaker
Parents: born in US

Child with Martha BAILEY — born in Henry Co., GA:

1. (Son A) SELLERS, b. 1830-34

Children with Sarah HENDERSON — born in Henry Co., GA:

2. Samuel Andrew SELLERS, b. 30 Jun 1835
3. Caroline E. SELLERS, b. 22 Feb 1838
4. Martha E. SELLERS, b24 Mar 1840; d. 29 Nov 1854, Randolph Co., AL
5. Ora / Ona / Oney Ann SELLERS, b. 30 Nov 1841; m. Mr. BROWNING; issue: Sallie Ann BROWNING, b. 1862/3, AL
6. Harriett SELLERS, b. 26 Aug 1844; d. 13 Jun 1941, Randolph Co., AL
7. Simon SELLERS, b. 29 Feb 1848
8. John Mancil SELLERS, b. 14 Jul 1853; d. 9 Jan 1929, Randolph Co., AL

Children with Mayma:

none

Children with Serena:

none

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): John not found. There are two SELLERS households in the county, but our newlyweds are not living with them, nor are they in any of the BAILEY households.

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1-2 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 GA Henry Co. 775th Georia Militia Dist. Roll 43 pp. 334B-335A Ln. 30 John Sellers 110 010 - 200 011 no slaves 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Samuel (b. 1835)

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Son A

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = John (b. 1810-13)

2 females 4 or under 1835-1840 = Martha (b. 1840)
= Caroline (b. 1838)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = sister? sister-in-law?

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Sarah (b. 1808)

2 persons employed in agriculture

Listed ten lines below John's brother, Thomas SELLERS (æ 20-30).

4. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #186 of 232): 42nd Dist., Henry Co., GA, Roll M432_73, p. 281A, 1351/1351, enumerated 4 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

J Sellars 37 M Farmer 600 S.C.

S Sellars 41 F Ga

S A Sellars 15 M " "

C E Sellars 12 F "

M E Sellars 10 F "

O A Sellars 8 F "

H Sellars 5 F "

S Sellars 2 M "

5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30 of 226): Randolph P.O., Northern Division, Randolph Co., AL, Roll M653_22, p. 430, PN 30, 211/211, enumerated 10 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Sellers 50 M Farmer 600 Ga

Sally Sellers 48 F DHwife "

Ora A Sellers 18 F "

Harrett Sellers 16 F "

Simon Sellers 13 M "

John Sellers 6 M "

6. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 16): Milner P.O., Township 18 [Rockdale, Beat #3], Randolph Co., AL, Roll M593_37, p. 453B, PN 10, 71/71, enumerated 4 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sellars John 58 M W Farmer 150 100 SC

_______ Sallie 60 F W Keeps house Ga

_______ John 16 M W At home "

Bro?ney? Oney / Orny 26 F W " Ala

________ Sallie Ann 7 F W " "

This enumerator's handwriting is dreadful. Secondary sources have read Oney's surname as BROWNING, so I'll go along with them.

7. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 18 — page missing at Ancestry.com; image #13 of 20 online at Genealogy.com): Morrison, Beat No. 2, Randolph Co., AL, Roll T9_29, p. 239A, PN 13, SD 2, ED 106, enumerated 9 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 13 22 23 24 25 26

113 113 Sellers John W M 67 / Farmer Ga Ireland Germany

_______ Mayma W F 52 Wife / Keeping House / / Ga S.C. S.C.

Mayma must have been the informant because there's nothing to suggest that John was Irish, especially as one of his patrilineal descendants has a Y-DNA matche with a descendant of a German SÖLLERS (SOELLERS / SELLERS).

8. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

9. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 22): Morrison, Pct. No. 2, Randolph Co., AL, Roll T623_37, p. 11A, SN 3, SD 4, ED 51, enumerated 8/9 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

38 40 Sellers John Head W M Oct 1812 87 M 2 SC NC SC Farmer 0 Y Y Y O F F 41

_______ Serena M Wife W F Apr 1847 53 M 2 GA US US Keeping House Y Y Y

10. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

11. OneWorldTree (online at Ancestry.com).

12. Email from descendant, the one who was Y-DNA tested.

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