First found in Switzerland, where the name has been traced to Swiss Origins before the family's emigration to Germany in 1315, gaining a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, most notably in Brandenburg and Silesia, consistently elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johann Nicolaus Seidel, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1740. Nathaniel Seidel came in 1742; Johann Valentin Seidel in 1752; while August Seidel came to Texas with his wife Friedricke Heiden in 1846 and Gottlieb Seidell came to Philadelphia in 1848. Johann Jacob Seidemann came in 1736.

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