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Grace Thurber Cilley Born November 2, 1867 in Rockland, Maine Married Walter Tibbitts on September 12, 1893 |
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Grace grew up in Rockland and attended Wellesley College.
She met Walter and moved with him to California shortly after their marriage. Together they
had five children, three of whom died before the age of two. She died in 1953. |
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Jonathan Prince Cilley Born December 29, 1835 in Thomaston, Maine Married Caroline Lazell on October 10, 1866 |
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| Jonathan graduated from Bowdoin College in 1858 and opened
a law practice in Thomaston. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry
and was made a captain. He was wounded three times during the war, once so severely that he was
not expected to survive. He received the brevet rank of brigadier general for bravery at the
battles of Five Forks, Dinwiddie Courthouse and Appomattox, and was present for the surrender
of General Lee's troops. After the war he returned to his law practice and married Caroline. They had two children, but she died after less than four years of marriage. He lost his only son in 1894, and passed away in 1920 while visiting Grace in Alameda.  Walter and grandsons Jonathan and Walter - 1917 |
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Jonathan Cilley Born July 2, 1802 in Nottingham, New Hampshire Married Deborah Prince on April 2, 1829 |
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| Jonathan graduated from Bowdoin College's celebrated class
of 1825, a close friend of fellow students Franklin Pierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow. He then moved to Thomaston, Maine, to practice law. It was there, while
renting a room in the Prince home, that he met and eventually married Deborah. They were to have
five children, two of whom died very young. Cilley soon entered politics and served six terms in the Maine State Legislature, the last two as Speaker. In 1836 he was elected to the Twenty-fifth Congress as a Jacksonian Democrat, but soon after arriving in Washington became embroiled in a dispute with a fellow congressman, William Graves of Kentucky, over harsh words spoken in debate. A challenge from Graves ensued, and the two squared off on February 24, 1838, in Bladensburg, Maryland. Cilley fell, mortally wounded, on the third exchange of fire. He was hailed as a martyr in New England, and public outcry was so great that Congress soon enacted legislation to outlaw duelling. The above portrait currently hangs in the Maine State House in Augusta.  Julia, Greenleaf and Jonathan Prince - c. 1855 |
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| To learn more about Jonathan Cilley visit the Thomaston Historical Society. | ||
Greenleaf Cilley Born March 5, 1767 in Nottingham, New Hampshire Married Jane Nealley on May 22, 1787 |
| Greenleaf was a farmer, a major in the New Hampshire state militia, and holder of various town offices. He and Jane had seven children, but he died at a very young age in Nottingham in 1808. |
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Joseph Cilley Born 1734 in Nottingham, New Hampshire Married Sarah Longfellow on November 4, 1756 |
| Prior to the Revolutionary War, Joseph was a farmer and town
officer. After Lexington and Concord, he was appointed major in Enoch Poor's 2nd New Hampshire
militia. In 1777 he was made colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment in the Continental Army.
He fought at the battles of Bemis Heights, Stoney Point, Monmouth, and Saratoga, and was present
for the surrender of British Gen. Johnny Burgoyne to American Gen. Horatio Gates. After the war, he was appointed major general of the New Hampshire state militia. He was successively treasurer, vice president, and president of the Order of Cincinnati. He and Sarah raised ten children, and he died in Nottingham in 1799. The portrait above hangs in the New Hampshire State Capitol in Concord. |
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| To learn more about Joseph Cilley visit SeacoastNH.com. | |
Joseph Cilley Born October 6, 1701 in Hampton, New Hampshire Married Alice Rawlins about 1725 |
| Joseph and Alice moved to Nottingham, New Hampshire, in about 1727.
They settled on Rattlesnake Hill and built a log cabin, where they raised six children. Joseph
held several positions, including tithingman, selectman, surveyor of highways, and captain of
militia. He died in 1782. |
Thomas Cilley Born about 1667 probably in Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire Married Ann Stanyan before 1697 |
| Thomas was a sea captain, and lived variously in Hampton, Nottingham, and
Andover, New Hampshire. He and Ann had six children, and he died while visiting his son
Joseph in Nottingham sometime after 1727. |
Thomas Sealy Born 1638 in Stoke-in-Teignhead, England Married Martha Boaden before 1670 |
| Thomas most likely came to New England with his four older brothers in
1665. He settled on land west of the Kennebec river and married Martha, a widow with one child.
They eventually had two more children before he died in about 1684. After his arrival in
America, his last name was spelled variously as "Sealy", "Scilley", and finally "Cilley". |
Andrew Sealy Born 1597 in Stoke-in-Teignhead, England Married before 1618 |
| Andrew moved at some point to Kingsteinton, England, and raised nine
children. He died there in 1665. |
Richard Sealy Born about 1550 in Stoke-in-Teignhead, England Married Julian Selman on January 26, 1591 |
| Richard and his second wife Julian, herself a widow, had two children.
He also had three children from his first marriage. He died in Stoke-in-Teignhead in 1620. |
    
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