Robert Seeley - Early Life

Early Life

Robert Seeley was born in Bluntisham-cum-Earith, Huntingdonshire, England in 1602. His father William was a surveyor and trained his son in the trade. In 1623 Robert moved to London, where he became an apprentice cordwainer. He married Mary Mason in 1626 and began attending the church of the Puritan minister John Davenport that same year.

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