Is Sivelly or Sevelly a form of your name? Henry Sevelly supposedly died in 1868 in Wilkes Barre, PA. His wife is listed as Katie Mervine. He was involved in several land transactions with a Samuel Sherwood of Wantage Twp., Sussex Co., NJ. These involved land in Providence Twp./ Madison Twp./ Jeffeson Twp., Luzerne Co., PA now Lackawanna County. The deeds are in 1827 and 1848.