-- Possibly a relation to Friedrich Seiler (1642–1708), a reformed theologian in Basel who wrote a book --> His grandmother was Anna Maria Merian (1671–1698) of the patrician Merian family, and her mother Susanna Faesch belonged to the Faesch family, the richest family of Basel.
It was published in "Flensburg, Schleswig and Leipzig" in 1789 (the same year as Seyler's death), and was dedicated to the actor Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, a long-time friend and collaborator of Seyler and her husband Abel Seyler, the founder of the Seyler theatrical company (see also Seyler family).
Abel Ferrara | Jessica Abel | Abel Gance | Niels Henrik Abel | Lady May Abel Smith | Cain and Abel | Abel | Seyler family | Abel Seyler | Abel Carlevaro | Walter Abel | Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt | Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat | Henry Abel Smith | Gerry Abel | Friederike Sophie Seyler | Charles Abel Buffum | Athene Seyler | Abel Servien | Abel P. Upshur | Abel Maldonado | Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge | Abel-François Villemain | Abel (film) | Abel Chapman | Ricardo Abel Barbosa Ferreira | Othenio Abel | John Abel Smith | David Abel Russell |
Abel as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward
In 1767 the troupe was sold to a consortium of private owners, called the Hamburg National Theatre or the Hamburgische Entreprise, also known as Lessing's Dramaturgie, with Abel Seyler as its main backer.