STEELE FAMILY - GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF JOHN AND GEORGE STEELE ; SETTLERS OF HARTFORD CONN. 1635-1636; THEIR DESCENDANTS. BY DANIEL STEELE DURRIE. 1862

CONTRIBUTED BY JODI CATANO

PREFACE

 Some ten years since, the writer began, for his own amusement chiefly, to collect genealogical information respecting the Steele family in the United States. To this family he is allied, through both paternal and maternal branches.

While making investigations to this end, he learned that another-- A.J.Skilton, M.D. of Troy, NY., and also of the same connection--was zealously engaged in a similar pursuit. On finding that our views and aims were identical, we henceforth united in the prosecution of our inquiries as opportunities presented.

It was not anticipated at first, that the result of these investigations would be such as to warrant publication. But in the course of research, the amount of matter became so full, and the success so complete, that in the autumn of 1857 it was resolved that the manuscripts should be revised, and a copy from them prepared for publication. Of this the charge was committed to Dr. Skilton. In the spring of 1858, Dr. S. was removed from his earthly labors, and the task was left to others.

So much of the present volume as relates to the earlier descendants of those two pioneers, in the first settlement of the Colony of Connecticut, John and George Steele, is mainly due to the researches of Dr. Skilton. Gathered with unexampled perseverance and care from the Colonial, Town, Probate, and other Records in Connecticut, and from Cemetery Inscriptions and Family Registers, they present a true specimen of his accuracy and industry. And in respect to the whole work, while infallibility is not claimed, it is believed that facts, dates, names, and places, are given with as much correctness as it was possible, in such circumstances, to attain.

All varieties of obstacles, which every one engaged in this kind of research must encounter, have been met and overcome. And curious indeed are the phases of human nature in this manner developed. To the inquiries for information, whether from Family Records or from other sources, for the work, some manifested perfect ignorance and indifference. Others indicated suspicion of sinister motives in the inquirer, of some underhand measures in searching for titles to property, or of some other concealed purpose. The idea of any one troubling himself with inquiries of this nature, except for some pecuniary advantage, seemed to them inexplicable. Some, again, would furnish the information desired, if paid for it--and some, if their own names could appear conspicuously in the work. But others, and not a few, appreciated the undertaking, and favored it with an enlightened zeal, and a heartiness of purpose, worthy of all commendation.

In the preparation of this volume, not only information from private sources and unpublished records, but from all known historical works relative to the subject, have been consulted, as Trumbull's Colonial Records of Conn., Shurtleff's Records of Mass., Cothen's Ancient Woodbury, Farmer's Genealogical Register, Hollister's History of Connecticut, Hinman's Catalogue of Puritan Settlers, Goodwin's Genealogical Notes, New England Genealogical and Historical Register, &c.

Among the few articles inserted entire, is a copy of the Will of John Steel--and a curious specimen it is--drawn in all due form of the time, with its quaint phrases, causing a smile, and giving some insight into the conditions, habits of life, labors, customs, &c., of those concerned.

With these prefatory remarks, this little volume is offered to the public, with the hope that it will add something to the Genealogical History of the Early Settlers of New England. Signed D.S. Durrie

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author of this volume feels it to be a duty to tender his acknowledgements to Rev. Ashbel Steele of Washington, D.C., author of Chief of the Pilgrims; or, Life and Times of Elder William Brewster, for many kind services, particularly in assisting in preparing the Introduction, and collecting historical information respecting the life and public services of John Steele. Rev. Mr. Steele has been for a long time engaged in preparing the Genealogy of the Br4wster Family, which will be a valuable addition to Genealogical History. D.S.D.

*Sample of John Steel's handwritten order and signature here. Transcription below:

The first day of May., 1637, Genrall Corte at Harteford. It is ordered that there shalbe an offensive warr agt the Pequeitt, and that there shalbe 90 men levied out of the 3 Plantations, Harteford, Weathersfeild & Windsor (vizt) out of Harteford 42, Windsor 30, Weathersfeild 18: under the Commande of Captaine James Mason & in Case of death or sicknes under the Comand of Rob'te Seeley Leift, & the eldest Seargent or military officer surviving, if both these miscary. It is ordered that Harteford shall send 14 Armour in thts designe, Windsor 6. It is ordered that there shalbe 1-bb of good bare for the Captaine & Mr & sick men, if there be only 3 or 4 gallons of stronge water, 2 gallons of sacke. (spelling is as it appears in DSD's transcription)

A BRIEF MEMOIR OF JOHN STEELE, ESQ., ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF CONNECTICUT.

It has in all ages been esteemed a duty and privilege to honor the memory of those whose labors and self denial have resulted in good to their country and to their race. Such tribute is justly due to those, whose labors and sore trials laid the foundations of colonies in this western world--colonies that have resulted in comparatively happy states, of which we ourselves have the privilege of being members. Accordingly, we here bring to view, acts or traces of one, who, in all these respects, deserves a memorial at our hands.

Among the early pioneers from England, in the settlement of a New England, particularly in founding the colony of Conn. , the subject of this memoir acted no unimportant part.

Mr. John Steele was a native of England, probably of the county of Essex, and of some town near London,"from whence" (says he with others)"we had our transportation." Of his immediate connections there, as of the place of his nativity, we have no reliable information.

Among those of the name, contemporary with him, was William Steele, ESQ., magistrate, Counselor, and not long after Recorder of London, Then created Baron, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. A namesake, also, John Steele, Esq., was purchaser of the Leicestershire estates, and married the daughter of Edward Nichol, Esq. Of Henderson, county of Middlesex, whose daughter married Sir Charles Bromfield, Bart., of Barton-under-Needwood, county of Stafford.

Baron Steele of London, took a lively interest in the settlement and progress of the colonies, and was the active President of the first corporation or society, organized in 1649."to aid in publishing the Gospel among the Indians in New England." In the formation and success of this society, Winslow of the Plymouth colony, when in England, was a most zealous and efficient agent.

Our John Steele, like the other two of the name just mentioned, appears to have been educated for the duties of the Magistracy, and his apparent rank in life seems to have been well calculated for his advancement in that calling. Qualified by education, energy of character, and all the requisites for founding new settlements in a new world, and active and self-denying as he was in the enterprise, it is to be regretted that such limited information has been preserved respecting him. Even most of the particulars recorded would be passed over, were it not "that small things, in the beginnings of all communities, are of far higher importance, and more worthy of being noted, and have a more enduring influence, than far greater matters, when a people or nation has become established."

Mr. John Steele's name appears first in connection with Dorchester, one of the earliest settlements of the colony of Massachusetts, in the year 1630, ten years only after the arrival of the pilgrim company in the Mayflower.

Next, he is found to have been one of the proprietors of Cambridge(first called Newtown), in 1632. Two others, George and Henry Steele, were also proprietors at the same time. Mr. John Steele, having been made freeman or elector by the court, in 1634, was elected a representative from Cambridge in 1635; Cambridge being designed to be the capital of the colony, as it was soon after the seat of the university.

During this period, however, the numerous arrivals at Cambridge, and the want of pasture lands in the vicinity, induced a portion of the people, including a number of their chief men, with the Rev. Mr. Hooker, their pastor, to seek another location. Another inducement for their removal was, a dislike of some regulations, which were thought to circumscribe their rights as freemen. The proposed enterprise met with strong opposition, but at length its advocates obtained the consent of the majority; and Mr. John Steele, in the autumn of 1635, led the pioneer band through the rugged, pathless wilderness, to a new location on the Conn. river. As leader and Magistrate, he appears to have conducted the expedition safely and wisely. Arriving late in the season, they had to endure all the hardships and trials of a severe winter, with the labors of clearing the forest, constructing their rude dwellings, securing food, and of protecting themselves against cold and wet, the ravages of wild beasts, and the warlike savage. Bravely persevering, while other expeditions during the same season failed, and many perished, they succeeded. And in the ensuing summer came the main portion of their company--men, women and children, with their minister--to their new home.

Here, on the margin of the river, near the head of its navigable warts, and through much toil, patient-endurance, and trust in an Almighty arm for success, they laid the foundations of a new town, afterwards named Hartford; and of a new colony (Coon), the third of the colonies of New England. And here, the subject of our narrative, as faithful head of a family, as an active member of their church, as a magistrate, and as one of the principal members of their legislative--Judicial--colony court, aided in establishing a community, the duration, wisdom, and happy influence of whose institutions have been--with few exceptions--the glory of the state. During 23 years elected to the principal colony court, he was present at 88 at least of its sessions, and engaged in its legislation and judicial decisions, and for 4 years its secretary or recorder. For nearly 20 years he was also recorder of the town of Hartford, and for a time recorder of the town of Farmington.

During these years, he was likewise called upon to act on various principal committees or agencies, civil, military and ecclesiastical, for determining the contested claims and boundaries of the colony: for the peaceful acquisition of additional territory: for raising troops for special expeditions among the hostile Indians__ but especially were his exertions called forth in efforts to heal the sad breach, and to bring to a peaceful termination that long and bitter controversy, occasioned by the requirements for admitting members into their church, and of those who should present their children for baptism---which had caused a separation between their teacher and a portion of the congregation on the one side, and those who were the dissentient, or had withdrawn, on the other. On these points he appears to have taken middle ground, as inclining to a less stringent course, but with others pleading with all the energy of heart and soul for reconciliation and peace.

Thus--unambiguous except to do good, and be faithful to every trust committed to him, did he pass some thirty of the active years of his life, in founding with others, according to their views, a new home in the new world. At length, age and feeble health caused him to retire from public duty, and as a Christian, to arrange all his worldly affairs, and to 'commit his soul' into the hands of Him who gave it, 'and into the hands of the blessed Savior, God ever gracious to him,' and his body' to a decent and comely burial.'

His closing years were passed in Farmington, and where also he was a member of their church. His residence in Hartford was on the main street, just north of the present Athenaeum. His will bears date, January 30, 1663- 4. He died November 25, 1665

OF GEORGE STEELE.....

Who was also one of the pioneers in the Conn. Colony, we can furnish only a few particulars:

His name appears but a few times on the public records. All the circumstances respecting him compared, seem plainly to indicate that he was an older brother of John Steele, Esq., whose memorial has just been given. With him he appears to have come to New England; with him was proprietor of lands in New Town (afterwards Cambridge), in 1632; was admitted freeman at the general court of Mass. , in May, 1634; was one of the company in the settlement of Hartford, Conn., in 1635 or 6; was one of the proprietors of undivided lands therein in 1639; was a juryman in 1643, and also a plaintiff in three cases, before the general court, in 1644 and 647. Other and minor notices we omit. His residence in Hartford, was on the lane, now Washington street, south-east of Trinity College. He died in 1663, "very old."

Of his wife we find no record. He had 4 children, and his descendants have been very numerous; many of them having filled prominent stations in the military life during the French war, and during the American revolution. Not a few have held responsible positions in civil life, and in the Christian ministry.

THE WILL OF JOHN STEEL, OF HARTFORD

I, John Steel, of Farmington, I being stricken in years, and weakness, do see necessary to sett our small occasions in the world at a stay--I being therefore though sick in body, yet of competent ability for this work, hereby committing my spirit into the hands of God that gave it, and into the hands of our blessed Savior, who ever have been a gracious God to me-- and also do commit my body to a comely and decent burial in the common place of burial in Farmington, appointed for that purpose.

I give and bequeath to my dear and loving wife Mary Steel, the house wherein I now dwell, with the appurtenances belonging to it, viz: three little closes thereunto belonging, also one barn, during the term of her natural life.

Item. I give and bequeath the said Mary, a certain parcel of household goods that were hers at the time that I married to her linens and woolen, brass and pewter, and other implements of household goods, esteemed about L18:10s.

Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife, two cows and one three year old heifer, and also one third part of all the provision for the house, which is one third part of what meat is in my house, our meat, and one third part of our malt, and one third part of our butter and cheese, and one third part of our flax, and one third part of our yarn, woolen or linen, as also then bushels of wheat, and six bushels of peas, and one hive of bees, and two store swine, and one third part of what fowls we have, and three sheep with their lambs, and a skillet, as also one bedstead, two mats, one linen and two woolen sheets, and one beer barrel.

Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife Mary Steel, the one half of all the linen cloth that she has made since I married to her--all which parcel of goods, or particular things herein above written, or expressed, excepting the house and barn and three closes, I give and bequeath to my wife forever.

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Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife, the parcel of pasture land enclosed, esteemed as three acres, for her to make use of during the time of her natural life.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, muy best bed, with the furniture belonging to it, which is a bed with one green rug, one feathr bolster, two good feather pillows, on e sett of green serge curtains, and one green serge vallance, as also the great bedstead on which it useth to lie, and the curtain rods belonging to it.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, a silver bowl, which was mine own, marked with three Guitar Stamps and one S, all on the upper end of the bowl.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, the one half of all my books, and also my gold seales and weights belonging to them--all which as here above written--the bed with the furniture, the silver bowl and gold scales and weights, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel and his heirs forever, to come to the enjoyment of them, immediately after the departure of my natural life.

Item. I give to my son Samuel Steel, a piece of enclosed pasture land, by estimation three acres, abutting by Isaac Moore's land south, and Matthew Woodruff's land west, and Samuel Steel's land north, him and his heirs forever, to come to the enjoyment of it immediately after the decease of mine and my wife's natural life. And to avoid trouble of making other conveyances, of house and lands, to my son Samuel Steel (of somewhat). I give to my son Samuel Steel, at the marrying with his wife Mary Boosey, I here express, as I then did, so here I do, and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, a parcel of land, with a tenement standing upon it , which parcel of land contains by estimation two acres, abutting of the highway east, and river west, and William Judd's land south, and john Steel's land north--as also a small parcel of land of which his still house stands, containing by estimation nine rods, more or less, abutting on William Judd's land south, and of the highway east, and on John Steel's land north and west.

Item. To my son Samuel Steel, one parcel of land in the great meadow, containing by estimation seventeen acres, more or less abutting on John Norton's land south, and the river west, and on John Wells' land (deceased) north, and on the highway east---one parcel of land lying in the third meadow, containing by estimation three acres and a half, more or less, abutting on the river west, and on John Steel's land north---one piece of land lying in Cok's Cronk, which is one third part of all that land which was Cok's Cronk, which whole parcel of land was given by Farmington inhabitants to me, also by the Indian now deceased, which Indian was called by the name of Cok's Cronk, which parcel of land given to my son Samuel Steel, is one third part of this lot parcel both for quality and quantity, all which parcels or pieces of land, or house and land, herein expressed, given to my son Samuel Steel, as I have already given, excepting the three acres of pasture, not yet to be possessed by him., so unto the true possession of my son Samuel Steel, so I do here confirm it again, that I do give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel and his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law William Judd, one third part of my land in Cok's Cronk, lying in Cok's Cronk.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son-in -law Thomas Judd, one third part of my land in Cok's Cronk, which is all that was given to me by Farmington inhabitants in that place, and by the Indian called Cok's Cronk---and it is my will that that whole parcel of land shall be divided equally, both for quality and quantity, among my three sons, Samuel Steel, William Judd, and Thomas Judd, for themselves, their heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law Thomas Judd, one parcel of land lying in Hartford, in the neck of land, containing by exact measure twenty acres, more or less, abutting on William Wadsworth's land north, and the highway called Windsor highway west, and on a swamp called the Dead Swamp east, and on Capt. John Cluck's land east, which parcel of land I give to the aforesaid Thomas Judd and his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my two sons-in-law, William Judd and Thomas Judd, my new dwelling house and barn, and house lot, yards, gardens, or orchard, thereto belonging, equally to be divided betwixt theses two aforesaid, William and Thomas, to them and their heirs forever, to come to the enjoyment of them immediately after the departure of mine and my wives natural life---further it is my will that a few small things should be disposed to my loving wife, and children and grandchildren: to my loving wife, the small silver spoons, and some small matter of linen; to Mary Judd, one piece of gold; to Sarah Judd, one piece of gold; to John Steel, son of John Steel deceased, one silver spoon; to Samuel Steel, son of John Steel deceased, on silver spoon; to Benoni Steel, one silver spoon; to Rachel Steel, daughter of Samuel Steel, one silver spoon; to be delivered to them by my son Samuel Steel, at the date of their marriage; only my two daughters shall have theirs immediately after the departure of my natural life---further it is my will that if an any of these my three grandchildren, John Steel, Samuel Steel, Benoni Steel, shall died before they marry, then the aforementioned spoons shall be divided among the surviving; or if all of them shall die, then it is my mind that these forenamed spoons shall return to my son Samuel Steel, and his heirs. And it is my will, that for the remainder of my silver spoons, broken or whole, as also a small gold ring, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, and his heirs forever; and for the remainder of my estate, as cattle or horses, swine, sheep, fowls, corn, linen or woolen, or whatever movables in my house, brass, pewter, iron, earthen, wooden vessels, or debts owing me, or whatever else is mine, not yet disposed of in this my will, all unjust dues being paid, I give and bequeath to my tow sons-in -law; William and Thomas Judd; and do make the aforesaid William Judd and Thomas Judd, my whole and sole executors; and do desire and make choice of my son Samuel Steel, and James Steel, to be overseers of this my last will and testament. Signed: John Steel.

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 THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GEORGE STEELE OF HARTFORD. MAY 24TH, 1663 HARTFORD COUNTY PROBATE RECORDS 111,11.

 I, George Steele, of Hartford, upon the River of Connecticutt, being very aged and under many weaknesses and infirmities of body, but having the perfect use of my memory and understanding, do make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme as followeth: Imprimus, I give unto my deare & loving Brother, John Steel, fifty shillings, Item, I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Wates, my old mill, my bed & boulsters with all the furniture belonging to it, also my vic, my warming pan, fryeing pan & fyer pann, my fyer forck & spit, my scales & twenty pound of leaden weights, my peck hammer, & spincers: allso I give unto my grandchild, Martha Harrison, my best chamber pott: allso I give upto Moses and Micah Mudge, ten shillings apiece: allso I give unto my grandchildren, James & Mary Steele, my two chests to each one; all other my estate not heer bequeathed, my just debts being truely payd & all charges for my comely Buriall being discharged, I give unto my dear and lovely sonn, James Steele, whome I make my soale & onely executor to this my last will & testament, & intreat my loving Friends, Thomas Bull & James Ensing, to see that this, my will, be truely performed according to my true & reall intendment. In Witnesse whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name the day & yeare first above written.

George Steele. Witnesses hereunto, Thomas Bull, James Ensing.

 Inventory of the estate of George Steele, deceased, taken by us, Thos. Bunce, Senr & Samuel Steele, this, 21st of December, 1664

Imp: one Bed one boulster Three Feather pillowes L 03.10.00

One Cover-lett Two Blanketts L1.00.00

Five Sheets L01.15.00

Three Shirtts one Pillowbeere Two caps S Bands 2 handkerchiefs L01.06.00

Wearing Cloathers L07.12.06

One payre of Shoes one payre of old Boots L00.08.00

One great Bible 16th one of Mr. Shepherd's Books 11th L01.07.00

Two bushels 1/2, 1/8 of oatemeale one peck of wheate L00.19.00

Two chests 12th one pade & bridle 14th L01.06.00

Two chamber potts 9th, Two old Tubbs 3rd L00.12.00

Two Moult mills Three wetmeal Sinues one Trofe L10.00.00

Two Hand Sawes Tooles & old Iron L00.10.00

Three Tubbs one peck and halfe peck one fann L00.11.06

One old Warming pann one vice L01.01.00

One mare and coalt L11.00.00

One spitt, one frying pan on fyer lock on fyer shovel one payre of scales 25lb. Of lead weights one payre of pincers L01.04.00

Debts oweing to the estate L26.04.00

Six acres of land in the sowth meadow L30.00.00

Thirty Acres of Woodland L20.00.00

Five Acres of Upland L08.00.00

One coalt yeare and vantage yet in the woods L03.00.00

Total L131.06.10 Thomas Bunce, Samuel Steele Exhibited in Court March 24, 1664/5...*Not correct, but so recorded.

 Some pages have not been copied and will be added later....Page numbers will be recorded so as not to mislead...JC

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EXPLANATION

The first column of figures denotes the number of each individual, and is continuous throughout the book. The second column shows the number in each separate family, the eldest being numbered one. This is designed to be regular, although some families are not arranged correctly. Figures immediately after the first name in each paragraph, in parenthesis, thus (50), refer back to the individual of the family in which he or she is first named. Figures which are found after the name of a member of a family, in parenthesis, indicate to refer forward to that number, when that family is traced out. Example---on page 9 you will find next to No. 30, "Children of Samuel*2(8) and Mary (Boosey) Steel." By referring back to No. 8, you will find the date of his birth, when married, and other information relating to him and his family. The small figure*2 after his name, shows that he is of the second generation, and his children, which commence with 31, have the figure*3, showing that they are the third generation. The eldest of this family is James, No. 31, and the numeral 1 adjoining, indicates that he is so. After his name occur the figures (64), and by turning forward to that number, the names of his children will be found, with all the information concerning them. The plan adopted in this work is the one recommended by the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and is presumed to be the best system in use.

Abbreviations. b. - born, bap.-baptized, chil. - children, d.- died, dau.- daughter, m.- married.

THE STEELE FAMILY

1. John Steel,*1 born in Essex county, Eng.; came to New England about 1631-2; settled 1st, at New Town (now Cambridge, Mass.); removed to Hartford, Conn., and thence to Farmington, Conn. He m. 1st, Rachel___, probably in England; she d. 1653; he m. 2d, Mercy, widow of Richard Seamer, or Seymour; he d. at Farmington, Conn., Nov. 25, 1655.

2. George Steel*1 presumed to have been an elder brother of John Steel, came to this country with him. He was made a freeman ant Cambridge, in 1634; removed to Hartford, Conn; was a proprietor of lands at the latter place in 1639; he d. in the year 1663, as is said "very old."

Children of John Steele*1(1), of Hartford, and Farmington.

3. (1) John Fr.*2(13) b.___; m. Mercy Warner in 1645; d. before his father, 1653-4. After his decease, his widow m. Thomas Hill. She was the dau. of Andrew Warner, who came from Cambridge to Hartford in 1635-6.

4. (2) Lydia*2(19) b. ---; m. March 31, 1657, James, son of Thomas and Mary Bird; he d. 1708; she d.---; his father, Thomas Bird, settled in Hartford in 1645.

5. (3) Mary*2(26) b. March 31, 1657; m. William, son of Thomas Judd; she d. Oct. 2, 1718.

6. (4) Hannah*2 b.---; d. 1655, probably unmarried.

7. (5) Sarah*2 (27) b. 1638; m. 1658, at Farmington, Lieut. Thomas Judd; removed to Waterbury, Conn., in 1677; d. May 22, 1695; he was b. 1638, and d. Jan. 10, 1702, aged 65 years. "He was the son of Thomas Judd, one of the earliest settlers of Hartford, who afterwards removed to Farmington, where his two sons, William and Thomas, married, two daughters of John Steel. His name occurs frequently on the Records of Connecticut."

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8. (6). Samuel*2 (31) b. 1626-7; m. Mary, dau. of Hon. James Boosey; he d. Aug. 15, 1685; she was b. Sept. 10, 1635, and d. 1702, at Farmington: "He was deputy to the General Assembly 1668-9, and 1672 to 1677. He was appointed lieutenant of Farmington train band in 1674. The General Court, held May 9, 1672, granted him 200 acres of land for a farm." "Hon. James Boosey, the father of Mrs. Steel, was a very prominent man in Weathersfield."

Children of George Steel(1)(2) of Hartford

9.(1) Elizabeth*2-b.____; m. Thomas Watts, afterwards of Middletown; he was a military man, was appointed ensign, lieutenant, and afterwards captain of the forces of hartford county, in the King Philip war.

10.(2) A daughter*2 b. 1640; m. Harrison, or Henderson, who had a daughter Martha.

11.(3). Richard*2 b.___; m.___; d. in 1639, childless

12.(4). James*2 (39) b.____; m. Anna Bishop, probably a dau. of John Bishop of Guilford; she d. 1676; he m. 2nd, Bethia , widow of Dea. Samuel Stocking (she had 8 children by Dea. S.); he was a very prominent man. From the Colonial Records, the following notices of him are taken: "In 1657-8, he was a listed trooper in the war against the Pequots. In 1662, appointed by the General court with Wm. Wadsworth, to lay out lands in Hommanasett. In 1672, appointed with others, to run the dividing line between the towns of Lyme and New London, for which service he was allowed by the court six pounds and fifteen shillings out of the public treasury. The court granted him the same year, 150 acres of land for a farm. In 1675, he was appointed commissary in the King Philip war, and was allowed at the rate of fifty pounds per annum, as compensation for his services. his dwelling house was on the old plan of hartford, south of Little river."

Children of John Fr.*2 (3) and Mercy (Warner) Steel

13.(1) Benoni *3 b.___; d. at Farmington; no issue

14.(2) Henry*3 b.___; d. in infancy

15.(3) Daniel*3 b. April 29, 1645; d. 1646

16.(4) Mary*3 (45) b. Nov. 20, 1646; m. Oct. 24, 1670, John Thompson

17.(5) Lieut. John*3 (50) b. Nov. 5, 1647; m. Ruth, dau. of Dea.Thomas Judd of Farmington; d. Aug. 26, 1737. "He was made a freeman, May 10, 1677".

18.(6) Samuel*3 (57) b. March 15, 1652; m. Sept. 16, 1680, Mercy, dau. of Major Wm. Bradford; he d. 1710; she d. 1720; had 5 sons and 2 daughters; he resided in Hartford Conn.

Page 9 -Children of Lydia(2) Steel(4) and James Bird.

19.(1) James, Jr.*3 b.___; d. 1708

20.(2) Hannah*3 b.___; m. Nathaniel Morgan of Springfield

21 (3) Rebecca*3 b.___; m. Samuel Lamb

22 (4) Mehitable*3 b. 1682; m. Simon Newell, May 22, 1710

23 (5) Elizabeth*3 bap. Nov. 23, 1684; m. Ebenezer Alvord

24 (6) Thomas*3 b.___; m. Mary Woodford; she d. Nov. 9, 1725; he m. 2nd, widow Sarah Smith; she d. 1737.

25 (7) Lydia *3 b.___; m. Pelatiah Morgan of Springfield

Children of Sarah*2 Steel (5) and William Judd

26 (1). Thomas*3 b. 1672; m. Sarah, dau. of Stephen Freeman, Feb.9, 1687- 8, of Newark, E. Jersey; he d. January 4, 1747, aged 75; his wife d. Sept 28, 1738, aged 68; they had 8 children.

Children of Sarah *2 Steel (7) and Lieut. Thomas Judd

27.(1) Thomas*3 b.___;m. Sarah, dau, of Joseph Gaylord, Sen., April 11, 1688; settled at Hartford; they had 9 children

28.(2) John*3 b.___;m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Hickox, April 16, 1696; d. about 1716; she d. at Waterbury, Conn., July 17, 1750; 7 children

29. (3) Sarah*3 b. at Waterbury, __;m. Stephen, son of Stephen Hopkins, Nov. 17, 1686

30. (4) Mary *3 b. 1670; d. May 11, 1698, aged 28years.

Children of Samuel*2 (8) and Mary (Boosey) Steel.

31. (1) James*3 (64) b. Aug. 31, 1644; m. July, 19, 1687, Anna, dau. of Capt. Samuel Welles; he d. May 15, 1713; she was b. 1668, and d. at Wethersfield, 1739, aged 71; she m. 2d. James Judson of Stratford, Nov. 20, 1718; he (Judson) d. Feb. 25, 1721, aged 71. "He was for many years a merchant at Wethersfield, and was captain of the train band at that place. Capt. Samuel Wells, was son of Governor Thomas Welles."

32. (2) Mary*3 b. Dec. 5, 1652.

33. (3) Rachel*3 bap. Oct. 30, 1654; m Jonathan Smith; lived at Wethersfield.

34. (5) Samuel*3. B. March 11, 1658-9; d. young

35. (4) Sarah *3 bap. Dec. 29, 1656; d. unmarried

36. (6) John*3 bap. Dec. 10, 1661; unmarried

37. (7) Hannah*3 b. 1688; m.___Hart

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38. (8) Ebenezer*3 (70) b. Aug. 13, 1671; m. Feb. 15, 1705, Sarah Hart; he d. Oct. 6, 1722; she d. Feb. 26, 1751; resided at Farmington. "He inherited his father's large estate in F., and was a prominent man in the Litchfield Land Survey. In his will, he forbad his widow to marry Gersham Lewis, a dissipated physician, and she turned David Steel, his nephew, out of the house though he was an heir to his property."

Children of James*2(12) and Anna (Bishop)Steel

39. (1) Sarah*3 (72) b. 1656; m Samuel Borman, Jr., Feb. 8, 1682; he d. Dec. 23, 1720, aged 72.

40. (2) Lieut. James*3 (77) b. about 1658; m. Sarah, probably dau. of Bartholomew Barnard; he d. 1712; she d. 1730; lived at Hartford, Conn."His estate valued at 878 pounds; his wife's 744 pounds."

41. (3) John*3 (83) b. about 1660; m. Melatiah, 8th child of Major William Bradford of Plymouth; after his death, she m.___Stevens of Killingworth; her sister Mercy, m. Samuel Steel, No. 18.

42. (4) Mary*3 b.___; m.___Hall

43. (5) Elizabeth *3 b.___; d unmarried, 1723.

44. (6) Rachel*3 b.___; m. 1st, Edward Allyn; 2d, ___Deming

Children of Mary*3 Steel (16) and John Thompson

45. (1) John*4 b. Dec. 29, 1671

46. (2) Thomas*4 b. June or Jan. 30, 1674

47. (3) Samuel*4 b. Dec. 29, 1676

48. (4) Joseph*4 b. March 25, 1679

49. (5) James*4 b. May 30, 1680

Children of Lieut. Jhn*3 (17) and Ruth (Judd) Steel.

50. (1) Lieut. John*4 (86) bap. March 7, 1686; m. Dec. 17, 1716, Mary, dau. of Samuel Newell; he d. April 2, 1751; she d. March, 1779; he lived in Farmington, till all children but Luke were b., then moved to Bethlem Society, Woodbury, and became grantee of one right in the 2d lot, 5th tier in the north purchase of Woodbury, Aug. 5, 1736.

51. (2) Ebenezer*4 b. 1697; d. young

52. (3) Mary*4 b. ---; m. Joseph Bird, Jr., 2d___Hart; settled in Northington, Conn.

53. (4) Ruth*4 b.___; m. June 8, 1724, John Thompson; d. 1751

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54. (5) Elizabeth*4 bap. March 28, 1677-8; d. young

55. (6) Sarah*4 bap. Nov. 25, 1683; d. 1751

56. (7) Rachel*4 bap. June 2, 1689; d. June, 1773, aged__; she lived on the family estate in Farmington; she never married.

Children of Samuel*3 (18) and Mercy (Bradford) Steel

57. (1) Thomas*4 (99) b. Sept, 9, 1681; m. May 10, 1709, Susanna Webster; he d. 1757; she d. Nov. 27, 1757; resided at West Hartford. Conn.

58. (2) Samuel*4 b. Feb. 15, 1684-5; d. 1710, unmarried

59. (3) Jerusha*4 b. Feb. 15, 1684-5 Twin; m. ___Smith; lived in Hartford, Conn.

60. (4) William*4 b. Feb 20, 1687; d. 1713, unmarried, in Hartford,. Conn.

61. (5) Abiel*4 b. Oct. 8, 1693; m. John Webster, Dec. 25, 1712; he d. 1753, Southington, Conn.

62. (6) Daniel*4 (107) b. April 3, 1697; m. 1725, Mary Hopkins; he d. May 28, 1770, West Hartford

63. (7) Eliphalet*4 (113) b. June 23, 1700; m. Catharine Marshfield; he d. July, 1773; she d. June 7, 1788, West Hartford

Children of Capt. James*3 (31) and Anna (Wells) Steele

64. (1). Samuel*4 b. Oct. 1, 1688; m. June 23, 1714, Anna,. Dau. of Jacob Williams of Wethersfield; he d. 1761; she d. 1749; no issue

65. (2) Dr. Joseph*4 (124) b. Sept. 27, 1690; m. Feb. 16, 1715, Elizabeth, dau. of John Hollister, Jr. of Glastenbury; d. 1750; she was b. march 30, 1678; they had five sons and five daughters; resided in that part of Farmington, Conn. Now called Berlm; Mrs. Steele's father, John Hollister, was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield

66. (3) Prudence*4 b. Jan. 17, 1693; m. Dec. 8, 1714, Josiah Deming of Wethersfield; they had children; Elisha*5 b. 1715;m. 1745-Elizabeth Williams; Penelope*5 b. 1717; Anne*5; Solomon*5 b. 1722; m. 1748-Sarah Kirkham; Gamaliel*5; Prudence*5

67. (4) Hannah*4 (134) b. March 18, 1697; m. July 10, 1715, Ephraim Goodrich.

68. (5) Anne*4 b. Oct. 28, 1702; m. 1724, Wm Hooker; she d. 1727; he was b. in Farmington. 1695, and d. July 20, 1782; she was the 2d of his four wives; they had children: Lydia*5 b. 1725- d. 1736; Richard*5 b. 1717-d. 1728

69. (6) David*4 (138) b. June 8, 1706; m. Sarah___. Wethersfield; he was brought up by his uncle Ebenezer(see No. 38)

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Children of Ebenezer*3(38) and Sarah(Hart)Steele.

70. (1) Mary*4 b. June 15, 1706; m. Jan. 24, 1725 Thomas Smith; she d. Jan. 4, 1789.

71. (2) Sarah*4 b. May 15, 1708.

Children of Sarah*3 Steele (39) and Samuel Borman, Jr.

72. (1) Mary*4 b. Nov. 13, 1683.

73. (2) Sarah*4 b. March 13, 1686; d. 17 days old

74. (3) Hannah*4 b. June 27, 1687; d. 1688

75. (4) David*4 b. June 1, 1692.

76. (5) Joseph*4 b. April 6, 1695.

Children of James *3 (40) and Sarah (Barnard) Steele

77. (1) Mary*4 b.---; m. probably Joseph Ashley, or John Watson, Jr. (some doubt).

78. (2) Jonathan*4 (140) b. about 1693; m. May 6, 1715, Dorothy, dau. of Joseph M. and Sarah Mygatt; he d. Jan. 6, 1753, aged 60; she was b. Jan. 26, 1696, and d. Nov. 8, 1775, aged 79.

79. (3) Rev. Stephen*4 (152) b. at hartford, 1696; m. May 2, 1720, Ruth, dau. of Col. Samuel Porter of Hadley, Mass; d. at Tolland, Conn., Dec. 4, 1759, aged 63; his wife b. Nov. 10, 1701; do. May 14, 1792, aged 91. Rev. Stephen Steele graduated at Yale College, 1718, and was the first settled minister in Tolland in 1720, at a salary of seventy-five pounds a year. A sister of his wife m. Rev. Solomon Williams, and was the ancestress of William Williams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (see an account of his family, in Appendix).

80. (4) Mary*4 b.---; m. Samuel Goodwin, March 18, 1708; he d. 1712, aged 30; they had children; Abigail*5 bap. Dec. 19, 1708; m. Nathaniel Eggleston, March 23, 1738; Samuel*5 b. Oct. 15, 1710.

81. (5) Sarah*4 b.--;m.---Judd.

82. (6) Elizabeth*4 b.---;m. July 27, 1715, Cyprian Watson.

Children of John*3(41) and Melatiah(Bradford)Steele.

83. (1). John*4 b. 1693; d. 1712; unmarried

84. (2). Ebenezer*4(161) b. 1695; m. Susanna---of West Hartford; removed to Killingworth, and purchased lands there Feb. 23, 1723; d. 1746.

85. (3.) Bethia*4 b.---; m. May 17, 1709, Samuel Shepherd; d. 1746.

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86. (1) Samuel*5 (169) b. Nov.4, 1717; m. 1st Mary---; 2d, Honor---; he d. June 16, 1801, aged 85; he resided at Southington and Bethlem; his first 3 children were b. at the former place, the others at Bethlem, Conn.

87. (2) Elizabeth*5 b. Oct. 23, 1719; m. March 25, 1747, Daniel Averitt; he d. Dec. 1793.

88. (3) Mary*5 b. Sept. 20, 1722; m. Sept. 24, 1747, Samuel Slater; had children; John; Mary.

89. (4) John*5 (176) b. Nov. 15, 1724; m. Dec. 15, 1753, Agnes---; he d. March 11, 1811, aged 85; she d. July 3, 1798.

90. (5) Elisha*5 (181) b. Nov. 23, 1726; m. March 10, 1763. Susanna, dau. of Deacon Samuel Strong: he d. Oct 16, 1811, aged 85; she d. Jan. 1, 1813, aged 71; had 15 children

91. (6) Solomon*5 (196) b. Nov. 18, 1728; m. Oct. 16, 1760, Mary Guernsey; he d. 1786; she d. 1816; lived at Paulet, Vermont, and Cayuga county, NY.

92. (7) Daniel*5 (202) b. March 8, 1730-1; m. Anna Guernsey (sister of Solomon's wife); he d. Nov. 22, 1791; she was b. 1738, and d. Sept. 23, 1831, aged 98.

93. (8) S. Ezekiel*5 b. Dec. 15, 1732; m. 1755, Rosamond Dudley; he d. Nov. 9, 1760; his widow m. 2d,---Farnham, Dec. 1762; 1 child, Ezekiel, who d. without issue.

94. (9) Eldad*5 b. Oct. 1, 1736; m. ---; d. Nov. 22, 1760; had children; Daniel*6; David*6; Orrin*6 and 4 daughters.

95 (10) Luke*5 (206) b. June, 1739; m. Esther---; he d. 1789.

Children of Mary*4 Steele (52) and Joseph Bird, Jr.

96. (1) Samuel*5 b.---; m. Feb. 13, 1729-30, Eunice Wadsworth.

97. (2) Ruth*5 b.---; m. Jan. 28, 1730-1, John Patterson

98. (3) Mary*5 b.---; m. Dec. 1722; Joseph Hart

Children of Thomas*4(57) and Susanna(Webster) Steele

99. (1) Jerusha*5 b. at hartford, Conn., July 1, 1710; m. Feb. 12, 1730, Daniel Wells of Windsor, Conn.

100. (2) Samuel*5(209) b. March 11, 1712; m. Dec. 20, 1739, Elizabeth Merry; 2d, Martha S---; he d. Sept. 12, 1779; had 15 children.

(101) 3. William*5 (223) b. Dec. 10, 1713; m. Lydia---; he d. 1777, of small pox; she d. 1801, aged 75; lived at New Hartford, Conn.; 7 children

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102. (4) Susanna*5 b. Dec. 15, 1715; m. July 18, 1734, Thomas Hosmer; lived at West Hartford.

103. (5) Thomas*5 bap. Oct 11, 1717; m.---; d. without issue; West Hartford

104. (6) James*5 (230) b. Dec. 22, 1719; m. Lois---; d. 1766.

105. (7) Nathaniel*5 (238) b. Nov. 3, 1721; m. Oct. 16, 1746, Susanna Olmsted; he d. Oct. 15, 1789; had 10 children

106. (8) Dr. John*5 bap. Nov. 17, 1723; m. Lydia---; he d. Dec. 5, 1760; she m. 2d, may 9, 1762, R. Sandford; no account of children.

Children of Daniel*4 (62) and Mary (Hopkins) Steele.

107. (1) Timothy*5 (248 or 218 (can't read copy) b. 1736; m. Sarah Seymour; he d. June 16, 1806; she was b. 1740, and d. Dec. 27, 1808, at Albany, N.Y.; they resided at Hartford, Conn.: 7 children.

108. (2) Thomas*5 (255) b. 1740; m. Eunice Clapp; he lived and died at Hartford, Conn.; 7 children.

109. (3) Lemuel*5(261) b. 1744; m. Mary Clapp; d. Nov. 23, 1815; she was b. 1747; d. Feb. 1, 1816; they had a family of 13 children, and lived to see them all married and settled in life.

110. (4) Mary*5 b.---; m. Ozias Goodwin

111. (5)Wealthie*5 b.---; m. Asher Sheldon

112. (6) Submit*5b.---; m. William Burr.

Children of Eliphalet*4 (63) and Catharine (Marshfield) Steele.

113. (1) Rev. Eliphalet, Jr.*5 b. 1732; graduate of Yale College, 1764; ordained preacher 1770; d. at Paris, NY; probably d. unmarried.

114. (2) Josiah*5 (274) b. Feb. 25, 1724, at West Hartford; m. Dec. 2, 1753, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Benjamin Colton; he d. March 11, 1801; she was b. Dec. 9, 1728, and d. July 18, 1812, aged 84; they lived at Hinesburg, Vt.; had 9 children.

115. (3) Catharine*5 bap. Jan. 27, 1740; m. 1758, Elijah Ensign

116 (4) Mercy*5 (283) bap.. Oct. 8, 1727; m. Jan. 12, 1749, Noah Webster; he was b. March 25, 1722; d. Nov. 9, 1813, aged 92; she d. Oct. 5, 1794, aged 67; had 5 children.

117. (5) Theophilus*5 (288) bap. May 31, 1730; m. 1760, Miriam Hosmer; he d. July 10, 1775; he m. 2d. Zachariah Garnryck in 1788; 5 children.

118. (6) Rachel*5 bap. Sept. 4, 1737; m. April 27, 1758, Benjamin Hopkins; he was bap. May 11, 1734.

119. (7) Ruth*5 bap. 1740

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120. (8) S. Eliphalet*5 (289) bap. June 27, 1742; m. Hannah Steele.

121. (9) Jerusha*5 bap. April 6, 1746.

122. (10) eliphaz*5 bap. Dec. 11, 1732

123. (11) Elijah*5 (291) bap. April 20, 1735; m. Jan. 18, 1759, Esther Millard of Farmington

(This family is not arranged in proper order)

Children of Dr. Joseph*4 (65) and Elizabeth (Hollister) Steele

124. (1) Elizabeth*5 b. Dec. 16, 1715

125. (2) Sarah*5 b. July 17, 1717

126 (3) James*5 (296) b. May 18, 1719; m. Mercy Cowles; he d. July 27, 1775; she d. July 22, 1809; lived at Berlin, Conn. She was a grandchild of Joseph Woodford, who came from England to Farmington, Conn., at the age of 17, about the year 1664. She had 8 children.

127. (4) Abigail*5 b. Jan. 5, 1721; m. Nathan Booth of Berlin, Conn.; They had children; Nathan*6; James*6; Joseph*6; Robert:6 a dau. who m. Joshua Webster; a dau. who m.---Booth.

128. (5) Dr. Samuel*5 (304) b. Feb. 24, 1722-3; m. Hannah b___.

129. (6) Ebenezer*5 (311) b. May 18, 1727; m. Sarah Middleton; he d. Jan. 21, 1821; she d. March 16, 1823, aged 94; resided at Wethersfield and New Britain, Conn. His wife lived in the married state 75 years, was the mother of 13 children, from whom she had 70 grand children, 171 great grand children, and 24 great great grand children; in all, 278 descendants.

130. (7) Anna*5 b. Jan. 23, 1724-5; m. May 26, 1762, John Root; they had one son; Ashbel, b. 1766; who m.---, and had children; Jesse*6; Ashbel*6; Amos*6; Cyrus*6; Rebecca*6; Samuel*6; and Timothy*6.

131 (8) 131. (8) s. Jonathan*5 (322) b. 17--; m. Bethia Stone. " It is related of him that he was very strong, and on one occasion, lifting salt on a wager, he was tickled by some one present, which caused him to spit blood, from which he lived but a short time."

132. (9) Elizur*5 b. 1736; m. Nov. 17, 1765, Mary, dau. of Wm. Roods; had no children.

133. (10) Lucy*5 (324) b. June 24. 1737; m. 1760, Jonathan Pitkin, 2d; had 12 children; lived at East hartford, Conn.

Children of Hannah*4 Steele (67) and Ephraim Goodrich.

134. (1) James*5 b. Jan. 21, 1718

135. (2) Charles*5 b. Nov. 9, 1720.

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136. (3) Ephraim*5 b. Dec. 9, 1722

137. (4) Hannah*5 b. May 16, 1725

Children of David*4 (69) and Sarah, his wife

138. (1) Ann*5 b. 1727

139. (2) Ebenezer*5 b. 1729; m. 1749, Mary Sage ( ) ; had Sarah*6 b. March 26, 1750

Children of Jonathon*4 (78) and Dorothy (Mygatt) Steele

140. (1) Sarah*5 b. 1716; m. Zachariah Seymour; d. April 25, 1739

141 (2) Dorothy*5 b. 1717

142. (3) James*5 (336) b. 1720; d. about 1797

143. (4) Hannah*5 b. 1722

144. (5) Jonathan*5 b. 1724

145. (6) Abigail*5 b. 1726

146. (7) George*5 b. 1728; d. 1774

147. (8) Joseph*5 b. 1730; d. 1787

148. (9) Ashabel*5 (345) b. 1732; m. 1757, Rachel skinner; he d. July 8, 1790 (accidentally); she d. May 21, 1804, aged 66; 4 children

149. (10) Jerusha*5 b. 1734

150. (11) Anne*5 b. 1735

151. (12) Rachel*5 b. 1737

Children of Rev. Stephen*4(79) and Ruth (Porter) Steele

152. (1) Ruth*5 b. Aug. 30, 1722; d. Feb.6, 1740; unmarried

153. (2) Stephen*5 (349) b. Sept. 29, 1724; m. May 28, 1747, Hannah Chapman; she d. Aug. 27, 1801

154. (3) Eleazer*5 (357) b. Aug. 21, 1726; m. Dec. 28, 1749, Ann White of Bolton; she d. Feb. 22, 1750-1; m. 2d, Nov. 7, 1751, Ruth Chapman; 3d, Lois Fenton of Wellington; 9 Children

155. (4) Elisha*5 (366) b. Oct. 7, 1728; m. April 26, 1758, Sarah, dau. of Roger and Mary Wilcott of Windsor; he d. about 1813; his widow m. Elijah Chapman; she was b. June 7, 1735; d. Feb. 28, 1812. "He was the first lawyer in Tolland, Coun.; 6 children

156. (5) Sarah *5 b. June 6, 1733, m John Huntington

157. (6) Mehitable*5 b. 1731

158. (7) James*5 , Esq., (372) b. Feb. 6, 1737; m. 1st, Jan. 24, 1751, Abigail Huntington; she d. Jan. 6, 1769; m. 2d, Dorothy Converse, Sept. 14, 1769; she d. March 10, 1773; m. 3d, Abigail Makepence of Western,( ) Jan. 18, 1775; she d. April 23, 1823; he d. April 5, 1812 or '13, aged 77; he first settled in Tolland, moved to Ellington 1776; after the revolution, went to Brookfield, Vt; he was a lieutenant in the war of 1755; had 13 children.

159. (8) John *5 (385) b. Nov. 25, 1738; m. Dec. 15, 1763, Sarah Cobb; she d. March 5, 1805; he had 9 children

160. (9) Aaron*5 b. Nov. 1, 1744

Children of Ebenezer*4(84) and Susanna Steele

161. (1) John*5 (394) b.___;m. Christian___. Feb. 4, 1785; she d. at Washington, Jan.8, 1799; formerly at Hartford, Conn.

162. (2) Mary*5 b.____; m. John Dodd; he m. 1st, Sarah Benton by whom he had three children; by Mary, 2d wife, he had James*6 b. June 10, 1786; she d. March, 1809.

163. (3) Daniel*5 b.___

164. (4) Susanna*5 b.___; m. July 14, 1747, Reuben Flowers

165. (5) Hulda*5 b.___; m. Sept. 30, 1745, Nathaniel Flowers.

166. (6) Melatiah*5 b. 1732; d. April 22, 1760, aged 28; unmarried.

167. (7) Capt. Bradford*5 (407) bap. Sept. 22, 1734; m. about 1755, Mary Perkins, in Derby; he d. April 10, 1804; she was b. 1731; d. Oct. 16, 1788; he m. 2d, Sarah Wheeler of Derby, widow of Simeon W., who had been killed at the burning of Fairfield, Conn. "He commenced business with his father-in- law, in 1757; he afterward returned to Hartford and from thence to Derby, near Rimmon Falls; here he purchased lands, built houses and ships, and raised a large family; he was an officer of the volunteer company that joined Washington at Boston, and afterwards captain of Minute men; he was in several conflicts defending New Haven and the coast of the Sound, as far west as New York; he was noted for his shrewdness, enterprise and strength of mind." He had 9 children.

168. (8) Elisha (415) b. about 1737; m. April 12, 1760, Mary Merrills; d. 1805; lived in Derby; his wife d. at Hadley, Mass; he m. 2d, Eunice, widow of Lieut. Pritchard.

Children of Samuel*5 (86) and Mary and Honor Steele

169. (1) John*6 b. May 19, 1753; d. same day

170. (2) John*6 b. June 24, 1757

171. (3) Honor*6 (said to be a son), b. July 14, 1759; d. Dec. 8, 1760

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172. (4) Honor*6 (daughter), b. Oct. 24, 1763; m. Adam Kasson; went to Vermont; he was b. Aug. 16, 1763

173. (5) John 2d*6(421) b.---;m. Oct. 27, 1779, Rebecca Stoddart; he d. April 2, 1804; she was b. Aug. 14, 1748; he resided in Bethlem, Conn.; familiarly called "Mill John."

174. (6) Sarah*6b.---;m. Capt. Jonathan Smith, Jan. 5, 1794.

175. (7) Mary*6b.---;m.---Clark.

Children of John*5 (89) and Agnes Steele

176. (1) Abigail*6 b. Jan. 24, 1756; m.---Beach

177. (2) Agnes*6 b. March 30, 1758; lived unmarried at an advanced age

178. (3) John 3d*6(425)b. Nov. 3, 1761; m. Ruth---; d. Oct. 2, 1795, aged 34; 3 children

179. (4) David*6 b. March 29, 1765

180. (5) Jonathan*6 (428) b. Sept. 13, 1769; m. Nov. 14, 1792, Fanny, dau. of Ebenezer Warner; she was b. July 12, 1775; lived at New Lebanon, Conn., a few years since; 7 children.

Children of Elisha*6(90) and Susanna (Strong) Steele

181. (1) Samuel*6 (435) b. Jan. 23, 1764;m. Diadema, dau. of Samuel Fenn; d. from fall of a tree Nov. 12, 1798; she was b. about 1748; d. about 1848; lived at Bethlem, Conn.

182. (2). William*6 (439) b. Sept. 10, 1780; m. March, 1822, Eliza Pitkin; lived at. East Bloomfield, N.Y.

183. (3) Joseph*6 b.---; m. Polly Hamlin; resides in Oswego county, NY; no children.

184. (4) Elisha*6 (446) bap. Feb. 3, 1771; m. Feb. 2, 1798, Anna Brown; d. Dec. 29, 1812; she m. 2d.---Oakley, a silversmith, Hartford, Conn.

185. (5) Olive*6 (454) b. 1776; m. Dec. 18, 1799, Jonathan Hawley; d. June 22, 1827; residence East Bloomfield,NY

186. (6) Polly*6b.___;m Linus McKean

187. (7) Anna*6b.---; m.---Sprague; d. 1826

188. (8) Betsey*6 b.---; m. May4, 1810, Dr. Ashabel S. Humphrey of Salisbury, Conn.; d. 1837; no issue

189. (9) Lucy*6 bap. May 28, 1769; m. May, 1796, George D. Kasson; d. May 19, 1808; had children; Emily Lucy,*7 Edgar N.,*7 Samuel*7, George*7, Susan M.*7 ; lived at Bethlem, Conn.

190. (10) Joel*6 (461) b.---; m. 1847; 1st, Anna Boughton; 2d, Caroline Ely; d. Nov. 13, 1846; lived at Lyme, Conn.; 9 children.

191. (11) Mary*6 bap. Feb. 5, 1763; d. in infancy.

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192. (12) Candice*6 b. Jan. 6, 1765; d. in infancy

193. (13) Clarissa*6 b. Feb. 9, 1767; d. in infancy

194. (14) Rev. Julius*6 (470) b. Dec. 29, 1786; m. Oct. 1, 1818, Harriet Belden of Windsor,"He graduated at Yale College, 1811; student at Andover Theological Seminary, 1814; minister, 1815 to 1828, at East Bloomfield, NY; subsequently at Warsaw, Wyoming county, NY; d. at White Pigeon, Michigan, Feb. 20, 1849."

195. (15) Rev. Nathaniel*6b. July 17, 1770; d. Sept. 23, 1795; graduate of Yale College, 1788; preached as a missionary in western New York.

Children of Solomon*5 and Mary (Guernsey) Steele

196. (1) Eldad*6 b. Feb. 22, 1763; m.---; d. 1839, at Newark, Ohio; had children; Daniel,*7 David,*7 and two daughters; no further account

197. (2) Solomon Gold*6 b. March 6, 1768; m. March 10, 1799, Fanny Guernsey; she was b. March 25, 1778; and d. April 25, 1802; m. 2d, Betsey Ketchum; he d. 1844; they lived in Cayuga county, NY and Vermont; had one dau., Lucy, b. Jan. 11, 1800; m. James Donney.

198. (3) Bethel*6 (852) b.---; m. Polly B---; he d. in Steuben county, NY, 1838; she d. 1840, in Warsaw, Wyoming county, NY

199. (4) Minerva*6 b.---; m. Daniel Riggs; lived in Ohio

200. (5) Job*6 b.---; m.---Stoddart; lived in Aurelius, Cayuga County, NY; d. 1813; had children; Elisha*7, Solomon*7, and 1 daughter*7.

201. (6) Olive*6b.---;m.---Stoddart

Children of Daniel*5(92) and Anna (Guernesey) Steele

202. (1) Anna*6 b. at Bethlem, Conn.; m. Samuel Bellamy of the same place; had children; Jonathan,*7 Daniel,*7 Joseph,*7 Charlotte,*7; the latter b. Jan. 30, 1779; d. Feb. 22, 1802; these children are all deceased, but their descendants reside in western New York; she d. Nov. 16, 1799.

203. (2) Olive*6 b. 1756; d. July 26, 1774; unmarried.

204. (3) Charlotte*6 b. Feb. 13, 1769; d. July 24, 1774

205. (4) Olive*6 b. about 1776; m. Leverett Judd; d. Feb. 20, 1848; children; Anna*7 and Daniel s.*7.

Children of Luke*5 (95) and Esther Steele

206. (1) Hervey*6 b.---;m. Phoebe Camp, Jan. 7, 1797

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207. (2) Daniel*6 b.---

208. (3) Loraine*6b.---

Children of Samuel*5 (100) and Elizabeth and Martha Steele

209. (1) Timothy*6 bap. Oct. 8, 1732; d. in youth

210. (2) Samuel*6 bap. Feb. 3, 1740; d. young

211. (3) Elizabeth*6 b. Jan. 1, 1741; m. 1758, Jonathan Gillett

212. (4) Thomas*6 (478) bap. Oct. 24, 1742; m. Nov. 6, 17632, Desire Stanley; 3 children " He was one of the first settlers of Lenox; was Secretary of the Compact, 1774."

213. (5) Allyn*6 (481) b. July 21, 1757; m. Jan. 7, 1778-9; m. Joanna Cadwell; he d. insane June 17, 1802; his wife b. Jan. 20, 1757; d. May 3, 1835.

214. (6) Martin*6 bap. Oct. 11, 1760; d. Oct. 21, 1769, in West Hartford, Conn.

215. (7) Joel*6 (487) b. March 22, 1767; m. 1788 Lydia Ensign; he d. July 23, 1826; she was b. April 6, 1767; d. July 7, 1844, West Hartford; had 10 children.

216. (8) Martha*6 b. April 13, 1751; m. July 27, 1768, Ebenezer Sedgwick, West Hartford.

2161/2. (9) Mary*6 b. April 26, 1749; m. Nov. 16, 1766, John Rowley of West Hartford; d. Sept 8, 1795.

217. (10) Lucretia*6 b. Sept. 13, 1763; m. Oct. 1782, Simeon Hosmer.

218. (12) Sybil*6 bap. Jan. 22, 1763; m. Dec. 4, 1783, Jesse Porter; d. 1814

220. (13) Samuel*6 b. Feb. 18, 1755; d. Dec. 28, 1776, aged 21.

221. (14) Mary*6 b. Sept. 28, 1747.

222. (15) Sarah*6 b. Sept 28, 1747; m---Weston.

Children of William*5 (101) and Lydia Steele

223. (1) William*6 (497) b. 1742; m. 1770, Hannah Webster; d. 1806; West Hartford; 11 children

224. (2) Timothy*6 b. 1745;m. Abigail---; d. 1777; he emigrated to Lenox, 10 years before his death.

225. (3) Lydia*6 b. 1748

226. (4) Isaac*6 (508) b. 1752; m. 1777, Dorothy Pitkin; 2d. Lavinia Goodwin, 1792; had 12 children

227. (5) Roderick*6 b. 1755

228. (6) Seth*6 b. 1757

229. (7) Huldah*6 b. 1759

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Children of James*5 (104) and Lois Steele

230. (1) James (520) bap. July 14, 1746; m. 1768 Huldah Steele (229); had 8 children

231. (2) Lots*6 (528) bap. May 23, 1748; m. Nathaniel Spencer; he was b. April 10, 1748; lived at New Hartford, Conn; had 9 children.

232. (3) Sarah*6 b. 1750; m.---Nicholson

233. (4) John*6 b 1753.

234. (5) Jesse*6 (537) b. in Litchfield country, Conn., Aug. 18, 1755; m. 1st. Mehitable Seger of Granby, 1777; she d. in Whitestown,NY; m. 2d Lucinda Adams; she was b. Aug. 18, 1756, and d. at Lenox. March 22, 1828; he d. at New Hartford, Conn., May 6, 1815; had 7 children.

235. (6) Susanna*6 b. 1760

236. (7) Elizabeth *6 b. 1763

237. (8) Anna*6 b. 1764

Children of Nathaniel*5 (105) and Susanna (Olmsted) Steele

238. (1) Nathaniel, Jr. *6 (543) bap. Aug. 23, 1747; m. Dec. 23, 1770, Bethia Centre; residence Delhi,NY. D. at Walton; had 9 children

239. (2) Susanna*6 b. Aug. 23, 1747; twin

240. (3) Moses*6 (552) bap. Oct 14, 1750; m. Amanda Steele; settled in Cannan, Conn.; 8 children; d. in Sheffield, Conn

241. (4) Susanna*6 b. March 4, 1753; d. Sept. 4, 1774

242. (5) Anna*6 b. March 4, 1753 (twin); m. Oct. 20, 1774, Samuel Sedgwick.

243. (6) Abigail *6 bap. March 9, 1775; m. Oct. 20, 1774---Moody

244. (7) Sarah*6 b. April 9, 1758; m. Nov. 14, 1780---Weston

245. (8) Hezekiah*6 bap. Aug. 10, 1760; m. June 8, 1787, Lois Merrills, dau, of Eleazur and Lois Merrills, of Farmington, Conn.; she was b. March 12, 1769; resides at Kingsboro, NY.

246. (9) Frederick *6 (560) b. June 16, 1762; m. April 19, 1787, Sabra Shepherd; he d. July 18, 1825; she was b. Dec. 16, 1766; and d. May 8, 1834; 6 children; lived at Kingsboro, NY

247. (10) A child*6 (still born), July 11, 1764

Children of Timothy*5 (107) and Sarah (Seymour) Steele

248. (1). Roswell*6 b. 1765; d. unmarried in Hartford, Conn., April 21, 1809, aged 44.

249. (2) Sarah *6 (566) b. ---; m. 1793, Nathaniel White of Hartford, Conn.

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250. (3) Daniel*6 (569) b. at Hartford, Conn., March 20, 1772; m. at Albany, NY., Elizabeth, dau. of James Van Benthuysen, April 15, 1797; she was b. March 10, 1777; and d. March 17, 1825, aged 48. He m. 2d,. Nov. 16, 1826, Mary Wood; she was b. Oct. 28, 1780; he d. at Albany, NY July 7, 1828, aged 56. "He came to Albany from Hartford in 1793, and opened a book bindery, which was twice destroyed by fire; he afterwards connected the book-selling business with his bindery; he was engaged in active business till a short time before his death;" he had 11 children.

251. (4) Lucy*6 (580) b. at Hartford, 1769; m. George Beach; 2d, William Whitman; she d. May 4, 1801.

252. (5) Oliver*6 (582) b. 1781; m. Sarah H. Bass; d. March 26, 1826; he lived at Boston, Mass., Savannah, Ga., and New Haven; he d. at the latter place; while in Savannah, in 1818, he published the "Savannah Price Current; He published at New Haven, Conn., in 1810, the " Connecticut Herald."

253. (6) Mitee*6 (585) b. Dec. 14, 1777; m. Sept. 14, 1800, Capt. George Benton of Hartford; she d. in New York city, 1844.

254. (7) Lavinia*6 (589) b. 1775; m. Hon. Augustus Porter; she d. March 6, 1799, aged 24 years; Mr. Porter was b. in Salisbury Conn., Jan. 18, 1769; he was a son of Dr. Joshua Porter, who was for fifty years a practicing physician in that town; in June, 1806, he became a resident of the Holland Purchase, located himself at the Falls of Niagara; he was one of the first who settled in western NY; he was a brother of Gen. Peter B. Porter, who served in the war of 1812, and who was Secretary of War, under John Quincy Adams.

Children of Thomas*5(108) and Eunice (Clapp) Steele

255. (1) Horace*6 (590) b. ---;m. Eliza Crocker; 2d, Elizabeth Goodwin

256. (2) Thomas*6 b.---

257. (3) Hezekiah*6 (596) b. March 4, 1785; m. Aug. 16, 1805, Avis Barnard; she was b. May 20, 1788

258. (4) Eunice*6 b.---; m. Caleb Sheldon, Montpelier, Vt.; They had children; Caleb*7, Ann*7, Charles.*7

259. (5) Rhoda*6 b.---;m. Edward Day, Hartford, Conn; had children; Edward,*7 Joseph,*7 Horace,*7 Amelia.*7.

259.5. (6) Ann*6 b.---; m. Alva Smith; 2d, ---Pomeroy; had 1 child; Fanny.*7

260. (7) Nancy*6 b.---;m. John Cook; had children; Jeremiah*7, Mary Ann,*7 Elizabeth,*7 Eunice*7, and Amelia.*7

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Children of Lemuel*5 (109) and Mary (Clapp) Steele

261. (1) Wealthie*6 b. Aug. 22, 1765; m. 1787, Samuel Barnard; lived at Litchfield. Conn; he m. 1st, Mary Benton, Feb 18, 1784, by whom had children, Chauncy and Benton; 9 children

262. (2) Mary*6 (612) b. at Hartford, Conn., July 18, 1767; m. John Durrie of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England; lived at Hartford; she d. Feb. 10, 1846; he d. June 17, 1833.

262. (3) Elizabeth*6(620) b. Oct. 16, 1769; m. Daniel Seymour; she d. Dec. 5, 1827; he d. Oct. 13, 1820; 6 children

264. (4) Chloe*6 (626) b. Oct. 26, 1771; m. Aug.22, 1792, Peter Farnham; d. at Butternuts, Otsego County,NY., March 10, 1849; he was b. July 6, 1769; d. March 12, 1848; 12 children

265. (5) Frederick*6(638) b. June 6, 1774; m. 1796-7, Huldah Webster; lived at Litchfield, Conn.: 9 children.

266. (6) Patty*6 b. Jan. 15, 1781: m. Luther Peck; had children; Henry*7 and Patty*7; Hartford, Conn.

267. (7) Dolly*6 (647) b. Dec. 1, 1778; m. John T. Mansfield; lived at Litchfield, Conn.; had 13 children.

268. (8) Henry*6 (660) b. Dec. 21, 1783; m. Oct. 19, 1817, Mary Sherwood; he d. March 1830; she d. Jan. 1850; 4 children; lived at Hartford, Conn.

269. (9) Harriet*6 (664) b. Feb. 12, 1785; m. 1st George Smith, Feb. 12, 1809; 2d, Jedediah Morgan, Jan. 26, 1812; he d. Dec. 10, 1826; resided at Aurora, Cayuga Co., NY.

270. (10) Lucy*6 b. June 11, 1790; m. David Wadsworth; 2d, ---Jones; reside in Westfield, Medina County, Ohio; 1 child; Lucy*7.

271. (11) Hephsiba*6 (673) b. March 9, 1794; m. George Collier; resides in Ohio; 10 children.

272. (12) Levi*6 (683) b. Nov. 17, 1776; m. Jan.22, 1804, Sarah Van Benthuysen of Albany, NY.; he d. May 30, 1839; his widow is still living in Albany. "He served in the army in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Staten Island." 7 children.

273. (13) Lemuel*6 (690)b. Aug.22, 1787; m. Tabitha, dau. of Dorus and Abigail Barnard; he d. Dec. 26, 1853; she d.---. "He came to Albany in 1816, and began business as a paper hanger. His establishment was twice destroyed by fire, but by industry, economy and enterprise, he overcame the effects of disaster, and acquired a competence. He was for about ten years Democratic Alderman of the Fourth Ward, and was also for many years, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, Director of the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank, &C. He will be long remembered as a deservedly successful merchant, a public spirited citizen and as an upright man."

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Children of Josiah*5(114) and Elizabeth (Colton)Steele

274. (1) Elizabeth*6 b. Oct. 9, 1754; m. May 10, 1783, Prentice Hosmer; 2d,---Smith; she d. May 21, 1832; lived at Hinesburg, Vt.

275. (2) Amanda*6 b. July 27, 1756; m. Dec. 27, 1781, Moses Steele.

276. (3) Eliphaz*6(696) b. March 4, 1758; m. Oct. 25, 1786, Polly Milliken of Washington, Mass.; he d. Oct. 7, 1839, aged 81; she was b. Nov. 12, 1757, and d. Sept. 11, 1839; lived in Hinesburg, Vt.; 7 children.

277. (4) Josiah, Jr.*6(702) b. at Hartford, Aug. 24, 1760; m. Aug. 15, 1790, Phoebe Smith; he d. Oct. 22, 1836; she was b. Jan. 16, 1771; lived at Caldwell, New Jersey; had 10 children.

278. (5) Marshfield*6 b. Oct. 12, 1762; d. June 24, 1770.

279. (6) Rachel*6 b. Aug. 12, 1764; m. Feb. 19, 1789, Jonas Barnes of Tolland, Conn.; she d. July 24, 1847. "She was brought up by her uncle Rev. Geo. Colton of Bolton, Conn., who had adopted her."

280. (7) Catherine*6 (712) b. Oct. 2, 1766; m. Feb. 2, 1791. Jacob Kellogg of W. Hartford; she d. in Utica, NY., May 6, 1835, aged 59; 8 children.

281. (8) George*6 b. Dec. 18, 1768; lived at Hineburg, Vt., and afterward in Canada.

282. (9) Rev. Marshfield*6 (720) b. Aug. 10, 1771; d. June 25, 1781; he graduated at Yale College, 1790; was afterward a congregational minister; settled for many years in Machias, Maine.

Children of Mercy*5 Steele (116) and Noah Webster

283. (1) Mercy*6 b. Nov. 8, 1749; m. J. Kellogg Belden; d. Aug. 11, 1820.

284. (2) Abraham*6 b. Sept. 17, 1751; m. 1st,---Merrils of New Hartford; 2d, Dorothy Seymour; 3d, Eunice Childs of Deerfield, Mass; He d. in Sullivan,NY., Aug. 4, 1831.

285. (3) Jerusha*6 b. Jan. 22, 1756, m. Joel Lord of Salisbury Conn., afterwards of Danby, NY; she d. Aug. 4, 1831.

286. (4) Noah,*6 L.L.D., author of "American Dictionary of the English Language,"&c.; b. Oct. 16, 1758; m. Rebecca, dau. of Hon. William Greenleaf of Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 1789; d. May 28, 1843, aged 85; his wife d. June 25, 1847, aged 82; residence New Haven, Conn.

287. (5) Charles*6 b. Sept. 2, 1762; m. 1st, Betsey Woodruff; 2d, Mrs. Wilkinson.

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Children of Theophilus*5 (117) and Miriam (Hosmer) Steele.

288. (1) Theophilus. Jr.*6 bap. Dec. 20, 1761; drowned March 10, 1779.

Children of Eliphalet*5 (120) and Hannah Steele.

289. (1) Orlo*6 (724) b. in Cornwall, Conn., May 14, 1791; m. Nov. 26, 1816. Fanny Abbey. She was b. in Enfield, Conn., Sept. 7, 1789; 3 children. He removed to Oswego, NY about 1820, and had charge of the lighthouse at that place for many years; he was a member of the first Board of Trustees after its incorporation in 1828.

290. (2) A daughter*6 b. Feb. 20, 1793; m. Calvin C. Summer; had 2 sons and 1 daughter.

Children of Elijah*5(123) and Esther (Millard)Steele

291. (1) Matthew M. (Millard)*6 b. Dec. 10, 1761.

292. (2) Elijah, Jr.*6 (726) b. Feb. 6, 1764; had two wives; names unknown; he d. at Albany, NY., April 18, 1818.

293. (3) Eliphalet M. (Millard) *6 b. Jan. 20, 1766; m. Hannah Hatch; she was b. Nov. 7, 1769; d. July 19, 1842.

294. (4) Son*6 d. in infancy

295. (5). Son*6 d. in infancy.

Children of James*5 (126) and Mercy (Cowles) Steele

296. (1) Mercy*6 (731) b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. 1764; Alexander Rhoades of Wethersfield, Conn.; she d. in 1836; he was b. 1739 and d. May 9, 1805; she had 11 children, 51 grandchildren and 93 great grandchildren.

297. (2) James*6 (740) b. Aug. 18, 1746; m. Lucretia Dibble of Vermont; had 10 children.

298. (3) Joseph*6 (750) b. Sept. 1747-8; m. Olive Churchill; lived in Kensington, Conn., where he d. at the time the epidemic was prevalent; 7 children.

299. (4) Elizabeth*6 (757) b. Aug. 18, 1752; m. Eleazar Aspinwall; she d. May 4, 1832; he was b. June 22, 1755, and d. Nov. 23, 1808; 8 children.

300. (5) Thomas*6 b. July, 1755; d. Nov. 13, 1761.

301. (6) Elijah*6 (765) b. Jan. 22, 1758; m. Hannah Scovill; he d. 1830. "He was in the Revolutionary army stationed at New York."

302. (7) Jonathan*6 b. Nov. 5, 1761; d. Aug. 3, 1848.

303. (8) Chloe*6 b. 1764-5; d. Dec 1776.

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Children of Dr. Samuel*5 (128) and Hannah Steele

304. (1) Hannah*6 b. 1757; m. John Gilbert; had children; John G., Samuel, Daniel, Francis, Joseph, Levi, Chauncy, Anna; m. E.B. Hart; Lydia, Chloe and Kesiah.

305. (2) Lydia*6 b. 1753 m. 1st Elijah Brunson; 2d Daniel Phillips.

306. (3) Samuel*6 b. 1756.

307. (4) David*6 (766) b. 1759; m.---; d. 1831; 8 children

308. (5) Daniel*6 (774) b. 1759 (twin); m.---; d. Sept. 1826; David and Daniel are known as the twin doctors of Kensington Conn.

309. (6) Clarinda*6 b.---; m. David Goodrich; had children; Samuel Steel, Benjamin, Chauncey, Cyrus, and a dau. who m. Elizur Deming.

310. (7) Levi*6 (784) b. 1762; m. Polly---; 7 children.

Children of Ebenezer*5 (129) and Sarah (Middleton) Steele

311. (1) Ebenezer, Jr.*6 (791) b. 1749; m. 1st Lucy---; 2d, Hannah Brewer; he d. 1812; 13 children.

312. (2) William*6 (804) b.---; m. Lurena Penfield; d. 1825; residence, New Britain, Conn.; 10 Children.

313. (3) Mary*6 or Polly (814) b. Sept. 7, 1754; m. Aug. 18, 1772, Elisha Booth; she d. Nov. 1, 1842, at Colebrook, Conn.; he d. Nov. 16, 1804; 5 children.

314. (4) Sarah*6 (819) b. March 26, 1750; m. Ezra Belden; 4 children.

315. (5) Josiah*6(823) b. 1758; m. Susan, Lewis; d. 1825; had 10 children.

316. (6) Charles*6 b. 1760.

317. (7) Allen*6 b. 1762.

318. (8) Selah*6 (833) b. April 19, 1764; m. Trial Stedman; she d. Oct. 22, 1845, aged 82; she was b. May 12, 1765.

319. (9) Huldah*6 (840) b. 1768; m. Bethel Hart; 9 children.

320. (10) Rebecca *6 b. 1769; m. Cotton Mather.

321. (11) Salmon*6 b. 1771.

Children of Jonathan*5 (131) and Bethia (Stone) Steele

322. (1) Theodosius *6 b. 1759.

323. (2) Chloe*6 b. 1760; d. young.

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Children Of Lucy*5 Steele (133) and Jonathan Pitkin

324. (1) Roger*6 b. 1761; d. 1820; m Hannah Abbey; she was b. 1750, and d. 1830; East Hartford, Conn.

325. (2) Ezekiel*6 b. 1763; m. 1793, Hannah Chapman; she was b. 1769, and d. 1803; he m. 2d Euphemia Chapman (her sister); she was b. 1786; he d. 1843; 4 children.

326. (3) Seth*6 b. 1764; d. 1819.

327. (4) Lucy*6 b. 1768; m. Benjamin Ingraham of Unadilla; has a family.

328. (5) Allen*6 b. 1770; d. young

329. (6) Infant*6 b. and d. 1771.

330. (7) Rebecca *6 b. 1773; m. Azael Thomas; Delhi, NY.

331. (8) Selah*6 b. 1766; d. 1787.

332. (9) Mabel*6 b. 1775; m. Eliphalet Elmore of Cazenovia, NY.

333. (10) Allen, 2d*6 b. 1777; m. Perria Steadman of Malta, NY.

334. (11) Jonathan*6 b. 1889; m. Betsey Comings; lives in Vermont; has 12 children.

335. (12) Elijah*6 b. 1781; m. 1802, Sarah Hale; he d. 1844; she was b. 1786.

Children of James*5 (142) Steele and wife.

336. (1) James*6 (849) bap. 1757.

337. (2) John*6 (858) bap. 1759; d. at Hartford, 1830.

338. (3) George*6 b.---; m. Elizabeth---; she d. Nov. 10, 1800, aged 29; had a son, who d. in New Haven, Conn., a few years since.

339. (4) Jonathan*6 b.---; m.---; d. in Boston, Erie County, NY; he was the oldest of the family and d. over 100 years of age. "He and his brother James used to carry the mail from Boston to Hartford, on horseback." (It is to be regretted that nothing more definite of this family has been ascertained.)

340. (5) William*6 b.---; d. childless.

341. (6) Ruth*6 b.---.

342. (7) Mary*6 b.---.

343. (8) Ann*6 b.---; m.---Lord; living with her son at Redfield, Otsego county, NY.

344. (9) Hephsiba*6 b.-----.

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Children of Ashabel*5 (148) and Rachel (Skinner) Steele

345. (1) Nabby*6 b. 1758; d. Jan 20, 1772, aged 14.

346. (2) George*6 b.---; d. young.

347. (3) Ashabel., Jr.*6 b.---; d. Nov. 1, 1793.

348. (4) Rachel*6 b. 1763; m. Feb. 17, 1787, Charles R. Webster printer and bookseller, Albany, N.Y.; she d. of consumption, March 31, 1794, aged 30; he m. 2d. Cynthia, sister of his 1st wife at Albany, April 2, 1796; he d. at Saratoga Springs where he had repaired for his health, July 18, 1834, aged 72. "He was of the old, and well known firm of Websters & Skinners." Printers and booksellers.

348.5 (5) Cynthia*6 b. 1770; m. Charles R. Webster; d. at Albion, Orleans county, NY., Dec. 22, 1748, aged 78.

Children of Capt. Stephen*5 (153) and Hannah (Chapman) Steele.

349. (1) Stephen*6 b. July 10, 1749; d. Nov. 26, 1750.

350. (2) Hannah*6 b. Nov. 2, 1750; d. March 25, 1826, aged 76.

351. (3) Stephen, 2d*6 b. Aug. 31, 1752.

352. (4) Ruth*6 b. Sept. 14, 1755; d. Dec. 31, 1758.

353. (5) Perez*6 (865) b. May 1, 1758; m. Hannah Simmons of Tolland, Conn., June 7, 1781; he d. Feb. 28, 1836; she d. March 4, 1832; 11 children. "He was a member of the Legislature of New York from Greene county, in the years 1808-12-13 and 1820."

254. (6) Ruth*6 b. April 19, 1762; m. Samuel R. Kingsbury.

355. (7) Mary*6 b. July 25, 1765; m. Asa Howard

356. (8) Daniel*6 (876) b. July 24, 1769; m. Dec. 14, 1797, Prudence Hatch; he d. Sept. 17, 1808, aged 39; 6 children.

Children of Eleazar*5 (154) Steele and wives.

357. (1) Eleazar, Jr. *6 (882) b. Aug. 20, 1753; m. Dec. 16. 1779, Rebecca Lathrop; he d. June 26, 1809; she d. March 3, 1806; 11 children.

358. (2) Ann*6 b. April 10, 1755.

359. (3) Samuel*6 b. May 7, 1757; d. in Revolutionary war, in service; had a son, Eleazar F. Steele, who went to Vermont

360. (4) Ruth*6 b. April 27, 1760; d. April 23, 1775.

361. (5) Ashbel*6 (893) b. March 15, 1765; m. March 26, 1789, Elizabeth Willis; he d. May 30, 1831, in Tolland, Conn.; she d. Jan. 26, 1832; 6 children.

362. (6) Joel*6 b. July 24, 1762; d. March 18, 1778.

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363 (7) David*6 (899) b. June 29, 1767; m. May 23, 1793, Phoebe Edgerton of Lyme, NH; 4 children.

364. (8) Jeduthan*6 b. Feb. 18, 1772; d. Sept. 25, 1775.

365. (9) Abigail*6 b. May 5, 1774.

*The last three families are taken from the Town Records of Toland, Conn; the preceding are from the State, Probate, and Town Records of Hartford, Conn.

Children of Eliaha*5 and Sarah(Wolcott) Steele

366. (1) Sarah b. April 29, 1759

367. (2) Mary b. May 27, 1761.

368. (3) Mary Ann*6 b. April 28, 1763.

369. (4) Elisha*6 b. April 30, 1765.

370. (5) Roger*6 b. June 19, 1768.

371. (6) Mehitable*6 b. May 8, 1770; d. Aug. 20, 1712.

Children of James*5(158) and Abigail (Huntington) Steele, 1st wife.

372. (1) Aaron*6 b. Oct. 19, 1754; d. in Revolutionary army, in NJ.

373. (2) James*6 (903) b. Oct. 30, 1756; m. Jemima, dau of Roger and Dorcas Wolcott; he d. in Ellington, Conn., Jan. 5, 18190, aged 63; she was b. May 14, 1763, and d. April 8, 1800. "He was at the siege of Boston, and at the battle of Long Island." 12 children.

374. (3) Zadoc*6 (914) b. Dec. 17, 1758; m. Feb. 10, 1785, Hannah, dau. of Wm. Shurtleff; he d. at Stanstead, Canada, March 23, 1845, aged 87; she was b. July 9, 1765, and d. June 25, 1845 aged 80. " He was taken prisoner by the Indians that burnt Royalton VT., Oct. 17, 1780, and with other captives was placed in a prison on an island in the rapids above Montreal, from which he made his escape; in 1818, he published in Montpelier, a narrative of his adventures, &c.; 10 children.

375. (4) Andrew*6 (924) b. Dec. 25, 1763; m. Aug. 17, 1785 Elizabeth Lathrop, of Tolland; he d. Feb. 18, 1811, at Brookfield, Vt; she was b. 1763, and d. Sept. 16, 1837; 8 children.

376. (5) Samuel*6 (932) b. May 10, 1761; m. Feb. 12, 1787, Sarah Shurtleff (sister of Zadoc's wife); he d. in Sharon, Vt., Jan 19, 1849, aged 87; his wife living in 1850, aged 83. "Her served in the latter part of the Revolutionary War"; had 9 children

377. (6) Abigail*6 b. Aug. 16, 1765; d. March 12, 1772.

378. (7) Deborah*6 b. Dec. 31, 1768; m. Dr. Philip Lyon; d. Oct. 1800.

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Children by 2d wife, Dorothy Converse:

379. (8) John*6 b. Nov. 8, 1770; d. Feb. 14, 1772.

380. (9) John, 2d*6 b. Dec. 31, 1772; d. Jan. 8, 1773.

Children by 3d wife, Abigail Makepeace;

381. (10) Abigail*6 b. Nov. 18, 1775.

382. (11) Solomon*6 b. 1780; d. April 28, 1799, at Randolph, VT.; unmarried.

383. (12) Eleazar*6 b. Oct. 4, 1785; m. Azuba Blodgett; d. at Randolph, Vt., Aug. 31, 1847, aged 62 years.

384. (13) Jason*6 (941) b. Aug. 1, 1789; m. Feb. 21, 1822, Harriet Converse; lived at Windsor, Vt.; 6 children.

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The Family of Stephen Steele of Tolland

Rev. Stephen Steel was the ancestor of all the persons of that name who have resided in Tolland, Conn. He was a native of Hartford, where his father was a farmer; their house stood in what was some years since called Cooper lane (now Washington street), and is said to be yet standing, though modernized. Mr. Steel graduated at Yale College, in 1718, and was the first settled minister in Tolland, in 1720, at a salary of L75 per year, which was more than ten dollars from each family in the place, the town having been an unbroken wilderness until seven years previous. He was also furnished with a lot of land and other perquisites. He continued in the ministry, and much beloved until, being stricken with the consumption, in 1758, his relation to the society was peacefully dissolved, and he died in December, 1759. Rev. Mr. Steel married Ruth, daughter of Col. Hezekiah Porter of Hadley, Mass; another daughter of Col. Porter married Rev. Solomon Williams, and was ancestries of William Williams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and Hon. T. S. Williams, late Chief Justice of Connecticut. They had children; Ruth, Stephen, Eleazar, Elisha, Sarah, Mehitable, James, John and Aaron.

Elisha was the earliest lawyer in Tolland; died 1773. Of Aaron nothing particularly is known. James first settled in Tolland, and moved to Ellington in 1776; after the Revolution, went to Brookfield, VT., to reside with his son Zadoc, and died about 1813. This James had been in the war of 1755, and received a lieutenant's commission, but was prevented by sickness from serving. His son James was one of the company that went from Tolland to the siege of Boston, instantly on the breaking out of hostilities, and the next year was in the battle of Long Island. Aaron, another son, perished in the arm in New Jersey. A third (Samuel), and a fourth, whose name has been forgotten, were also in the army. Zadoc, after some service, emigrated to Brookfield, Vt., when in Oct. 1781, he was taken by the party of Indians that burnt Royalton. The captives were eventually in a prison on an island in the rapids above Montreal from which a number of them, including Zadoc Steel, made their escape. They dug a passage under the wall of the prison building, and the pickets with which it was surrounded, yet so deep as to pass under the ditch. Steel, with three others, in a dark night, gained the outside, eluded the sentinels, hastily rolled together a few logs for a raft; and committed themselves to the rapids. They succeeded in landing on the north side of the river, and after various adventures and escapes in an enemy's country and a pathless wilderness, half-starved, and without shelter, even in the latter weeks of autumn, they finally succeeded in reaching the American settlements. The affair, as related by Mr. Steel in a narrative, printed at Montpelier, in 1818, was one of the most intrepid adventures of the kind ever undertaken. Mr. Steel died a few years ago at Stanstead Lower Canada. James, son of James, resided in Ellington, until his death in 1819, He was one of the earliest Methodists in that town, possessed much more than ordinary intelligence and ability. His son, Oliver Wolcott Steel, resides in Ellington; has been a member of the Assembly, and for many years Town Clerk and principal Justice of the Peace. He is a man of high respectability and much of an antiquarian.

Stephen, Eleazar, Elisha and John Steel, lived and died in Tolland. Capt. Stephen Steel married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Chapman, Esq., of this town, in May, 1747. Mr. Chapman was a large landholder and a conspicuous public man. He commanded one of the companies that went from Connecticut to the siege of Louisburg, in 1745, where he died. His numerous posterity here about, are always gratified in the idea of deriving their ancestry from him. His daughter, Mrs. Steel, died in 1801. Capt. Steel was one of the Selectmen, from 1769 to 1773. The others of the minister's sons, also received their share of town meeting honors, for honors they certainly were, in those days, when the most suitable men were carefully and even conscientiously selected for public officers.

Sarah Steel, whose birth, from some neglect, was not placed on the town records, at the age of 16 married Dea. Elijah Chapman, aged 19, son of Capt. Chapman, above mentioned, and during a long life, a highly respectable and wealthy farmer of this town; was the mother of a numerous and prominent family, and ancestress of an almost innumerable posterity. Her son, Elijah, on the day when the news of the battle at Lexington was received, enlisted into the company that was formed on the instant, and was made a sergeant, then a lieutenant, finally a captain, and served in Washington's army until its dissolution. He was engaged in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, and Monmouth, & c. He commanded the third company from the head of the column, that stormed the redoubt at Yorktown. In 1824, La Fayette recognized him as one of his former captains. After the war he rose to the rank of Major-General of Militia. On the organization of Tolland County, in 1786, he was appointed sheriff and held the office until his resignation, more than twenty years afterwards. Two of Dea. E. Chapman's grandsons have also been sheriffs of Tolland county.

Mehitable Steel married John Huntington of Tolland, in 1749. Their son, Hezekiah Huntington, was one of the most eminent early leaders of the Democratic party in this state, and was for many years, U.S> District Attorney for Conn. He died a few years ago at Middletown. His sons, Hezekiah, Francis J., and Samuel F., have been and are still prominent citizens of Hartford; his daughter married Hon. Lester King of Ohio, who was a candidate for the office of Governor in that state, some years since. The Rev. Mr. Steel had numerous male descendants of the proper age for the Revolutionary army, and they were all out; from the prison depot at Montreal to the prisons of New York; from Roxbury to Yorktown, there were not many scenes of general danger or suffering, where he was not represented.

For about three-quarters of a century, the Steels in Tolland, were numerous; most were respectable, and some had large possessions. But the tendency of such families in this country is to finally disappear from the place of their location. Such was the case with the Steels. They began to diminish in number, and about fifteen years ago, the name became extinct in Tolland. But Mr. Steel's descendants not bearing the name, are yet numerous here, especially those of his daughter, Mrs. Chapman.

The house in which Mr. Steel lived and died, was built about 125 years ago, by Josiah Goodrich, who married a daughter of Col. Porter. It was said to be the finest house between Hartford and Worcester; after Mr. Steel's decease it was sold to his successor, Rev. Nathan Williams, who continued in it until his decease, in 1829; then after being inhabited a few years longer, it was altered into a barn, in which use it is still standing. The stones for the fire-places, instead of the grey rock of the vicinity, were brought from near the Connecticut river, and the faces of the mantel and sides, were cut into panels. In each of two rooms, over the fire-places in the ceiling, was a very broad board painted with a really elegant landscape. On the destruction or desecration of the house, these boards, then in good order and looking fresh were sold at thirty-four cents each, for fire- boards, where they would not be valued either for antiquity or workmanship. A few years since Oliver W. Steel informed the writer that not long previous, an old lady of this town told him, that she being about ten years old, was at meeting with Mr. Steel's growing infirmity so far prevailed, that he gave out and failed in the pulpit. His sons helped him down and home, and according to the old lady, he officiated there no more.

THOMAS STEEL

Of this individual and his descendants nothing definite is known as to their connection with the Hartford Steeles" it is surmised by some that Thomas Steel was a brother of John and George. (There was a Henry as well - JC) In collecting materials for the compilation of this volume, there has been received genealogies of this and other families. It has been thought advisable that this matter should be published for the benefit of future inquirors:

1. Thomas*1 Steel of Boston, and Jane his wife, had

2. Thomas*2 (4) b. May 4, 1711; m. by Rev. Benjamin Colman, Aug. 23, 1736, Mary Cushing; d. at Leicester, July 18, 1776. Of this person, the following is taken from Washburne's Judicial History of Massachusetts: "Thos.Steel, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, from 1756-1776, in Worcester county, Mass, was a native of Boston, from which place he removed to Leicester, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was graduated at Cambridge in 1730. He was bred a merchant, and pursued that business both before and after leaving Boston. He was a Loyalist in his politics, and a man of influence until the period of the Revolution. He frequently represented the town of Leicester in the General Court, and was much respected by his fellow citizens as a man of integrity."

3. Samuel*2 taxed in Leicester, 1737, for 337 acres of land.

Thomas Steel*2 and Mary, his wife, had children.

4. Mary*3 b. March 5, 1737; lived but a few weeks.

5. Thomas*3 (13) b. Oct. 1, 1738.

6. Elizabeth*3 (16) b. Nov. 20, 1740; m. 1761, Dr. John Honeywood of Leicester, supposed from England.

7. Mary*3 b. Nov. 26, 1741; d. unmarried.

8. Jane*3 b. Jan. 17, 1744.

9. Margaret*3 (20) b. April 24, 1745; m. Dr. Edward Rawson of Leicester; d. Sept. 6, 1784.

10. Sarah*3 b. Oct. 17, 1746; m.___Hitchcock of West Brookfield.

11. Samuel*3 b. June 24, 1748; m. Widow Anna Sargeant 1775; d. 1816.

12. Ann*3 b. April 22, 1751; m. Hon. Joseph Allen; d. May 10, 1775.

Thomas Steel*3 of Salem (5) had children

13. John* 4 (22) b. about 1761; was in the Revolutionary army; removed to Salem, Washington county, N.Y, where he d. about 1840.

14. Joshua*4 (26) b.___; m.---Beattie; d. at Salem, N.Y.

15. A daughter*4 b.___; m. Deacon Stevenson

Dr. John Honeywood and Elizabeth Steel*3 (6) his wife, had children

16. Mary*4 b. Aug. 31, 1766; m. Nathaniel Lyon of Woodstock, Conn.

17. Elizabeth*4 b. Dec.1, 1769; m. Samuel Allen, ESQ. Of Worcester, Mass.

18. Henry*4 b. Aug. 11, 1771.

19. St. John*4 b. Feb. &, 1763; a lawyer and poet; graduated at Yale College, 1782; practiced his profession in Salem, Washington county, N.Y.

Edward Rawson and Margaret Steele*3 (9) his wife, had children

20. Benjamin Pemberton*4 b. Sept. 1781; moved to Hudson, N.Y>

21. Margaret Steel*4 b. May, 1784; d. 1785

Dea. John Steel*4 (13) and wife, had children

22. John, Fr.*5 (Col.) b. about 1801; m. Ann Kimberly of Sandgate, Vt; no issue

23. Alexander*5 b.---; removed to Essex county, N.Y.; m. ___McNish; had a son, James W.*6; lives at Essex, N.Y.

24. Daniel*5 b.__; went west.

25. Thomas S.*5 (44) b. 1786; remained in E.Greenwich; m. Sarah McNish

26. A daughter*5 b.___; m. Daniel McFarlane.

Joshua Steele*4 (14) and wife had children

27. John B.*5 (37) b. May 1, 1796; m. Eliza Holloway; lives in New York.

28. Priscilla *5 b.___

29. James*5 b.(42) b. 1787 or 1792; m.___Martin of Salem, N.Y.

30 Jane*5b. 1796; unmarried

31. William*5 b.___; m.___McFarlane; d. at Salem

32. Mary*5 b.___

33. Joshua*5b.___; m. ___McMurray; 2d, in 1844, Mary Ann Beattie

34. Thomas*5b.___;m.___Tenwick.

35. Grace*5b.___; m. Thomas Law

36. Daniel*5b.___; unmarried; lives at Salem, N.Y.

John B. Steel*5(24) and Eliza Holloway, his wife, had children.

37. Mary Frances*6b. July 6, 1823; m. Sept. 12, 1843, Rev.J.Boice Coney; he d. 1847; she m. 2d., Rev. Wm.M.Shall of Canajoharie, Feb. 1850; she left two children by her first husband.

38. Richard H.*6 b. at Watervliet, Sept. 17, 1824; m.Dec. 13, 1848 Frances Hayes; minister, Ballston Spa, N.Y.

39. Eliza Jane*6b. at Watervliet, Sept. 27, 1826; unmarried.

40. John B., Jr.*6 b. at Watervliet, Feb. 1828; m. Sept. 1849, Pauline Jones of Schenectady; lives in New York.

41. Sarah Ann*6 b. at Watervliet, Oct. 1830; d. Nov. 1838.

James Steel*5 (29) of Salem, NY had 1 child

42. Elizabeth*6 b.___; m. Alanson Frazer, Hebron

William Steel*5 (31) of Salem, had 1 child

43. A daughter*6 b.___;m. James T. Norton of Union Village.

Thomas S. Steele*4(25) and Sarah McNish, his wife, had children.

44. ZebulonM.Pike*5 b. 1830; E. Greenwich.

In connection with the above family, I herewith give that of Samuel Steele of Leicester. There can be no question but what this family is nearly connected with the preceding one; possibly Samuel may have been a son of Thomas, who was taxed in 1737, on 337 acres of land, in Leicester, Mass.

___Steele of Leicester, Mass., married a daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Pembleton of Boston; was Judge of the County Court, for a short time; he had a son

Samuel*1b. at Leicester; m. Ann Garfield of Waltham, Mass.; he d. at Brandon, Vt.; his widow d. in Pittsford, Vt., about 1808; they had children.

2. John H.*2 M.D. (5) b.___;m. Mary Taylor, Dec. 23, 1817, and d. at Saratoga Springs, in 1838. He was a well-known physiciasn, and published a small vol.,"Analysis of the Mineral Waters, of Saratoga."

3. Samuel*2 b. at Sutton. Mass., about 1778; m. Mary Rice of Hardwick, Mass.; he d. 1837; she was living a few years since at Sudbury; had 4 suons and 3 daughters, living a few years since.

4. Benjamin*2 b. at Sutton, Mass., about 1776; m. Polly Ray of Wilmington, Vt., Jan. 15, 1804; d. at Hubbardville, ( ) Vt., April 13, 1838.

Children of Dr. John H.*2 (2) and Mary Taylor Steele.

5. John*3

6 Mary*3 Twins; b. Feb. 14, 1819; d. soon

7. John H.*3 b. Jan. 16, 1821; d. soon after his father.

8. Richard*3 b. Sept. 17, 1822

9. Sarah*3 b. May 21, 1824

10. Ann*3 b. Sept. 5, 1826

11. Mary*3 b. May 31, 1830

12. Miles Taylor*3 b. Feb. 11, 1832

13. Margaret*3 b. Feb. 18, 1838

Children of Benjamin*2 (4) and Polly (Ray) Steele.

14. John H.*3 b.___; had 3 wives

15. Benjamin G.*3 b. July 1, 1810; m. Clarissa Gardner of Sudbury, Vt.; 1 child.

16. Mary*3 b. Oct. 18, 1806; d. Aug. 8, 1823

17. Ruth*3 b. June 25, 1808; m. Rebecca Abel, Ballston, N.Y.

18. Emmeline*3 b. May 2, 1812; m. Erastus D. Davis of Wisconsin.

19. Elvira*3 b. April 6, 1814; d. April 6, 1818.

20. Sarah E.*3 b. June 21, 1816; m. Gardner Dyckman of Hubbardton, Vt.; 1 child.

21. Eunice*3 b. April 6, 1819; unmarried; Sudbury, Vt.

22. Nancy*3 b. March 7, 1821; m. July 27, 1848, Reuben I. Cole, Poultney, Vt.

NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY OF STEELES.

1. Thomas Steele, of and from Ireland, born probably about 1694; married, as believed, in Londonderry, in Ireland, Miss Morrison; settled in Londonderry, Rockingham Co. N.H. 1719; married about 1715; They had children.

2. James*2 b. in Ireland, about 1716; when of age, removed to Antrim, NH; he m.___ ___, and d. 1818 or 1819, aged 102 years.

3. John*2 b. in Londonderry, NH; after his father's settlement there had a family; among them was James*3 who went to western New York.

4. David*2 b. in Londonderry, NH, in 1727; m. Janet Little, in 1751; she was b. in Ireland, in 1729, and moved to Lunenburg, Mass., in 1738; they removed to Londonderry, lived there ten years; then removed to Peterborough, NH where they died; he d. July 19, 1809, aged 82; his wife d. Sept. 1816, aged 87.

Children of David*2(4) and Janet (Little)Steele

5. (1). Thomas*3 (12) b.__; m. Ann Moon of Peterboro; d. in 1847, aged 94 years.

6. (2). Janet*3 b.___; m. Samuel Gregg; she resided in 1850, at Sharon,NH, aged 95, a remarkable intelligent lady; they had 5 children, one of whom, Warling, removed to New York, in 1816; d. there 1849, in autumn, and left a family.

7. (3). David*3 (20) b.___; m. Miss Powers; d. about 1840, leaving three children.

8. (4). Martha*3 b.___;m. Benjamin Mitchell, and had 9 children, of whom Jonathan and John reside in New York State; the rest who survive reside in New Hampshire; she lived at Peterborough, in 1850, aged 87 years, and enjoyed good health.

8. (5) Johathan*3b.___;m. the daughter of Major-Gen John Sullivan of the Revolution; d. in Sept. 3, 1824, in Durham, N.H.; he was an attorney, and was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, Feb. 19, 1810.

9. (6) Betty*3 b.___; m. James Wilson, and d. 1806, leaving 1 child, Gen. James Wilson, member of Congress; he was 53 years of age, in 1850; his father was member of Congress, in 1810.

10. (7). Peggy*3 b.___;m. John Smith; d. about 1835, in Peterborough; had 8 children; one of them, Robert Smith, was M.C. for Illinois, for 6-8 years; of Alton, Ill.; James and William Smith are merchants in St. Louis, Mo.

11. (8.) John*3 (25) b. ___; m. Polly Wilson, sister of James (above), in 1794; she d. Feb. 1819, aged 42 years; he m. 2d. Hepsiba, widow of Jonathan Hammond of Swanzy ( ); he d. Aug. 1845, aged 73 years.

Children of Thomas*3(5) and Ann (Moon) Steele.

12. (1). Ann*4 b.___; resides in Peterborough.

13. (2). Jeremiah*4 b.___; resides in Peterborough

14. (3) Peggy*4 b.___; deceased.

15. (4). Jonathan*4 b.___; resides in Epsom, NH; graduated at Williams College, attorney.

16. (5). David*4 b.___.

17. (6). Jennett*4 b.___; m. Dr. Ramsay of Greenfield, NH.

18. (7). Betsey*4 b.___; resides in Peterborough

19. (8). Samuel*4 b.___; resides in Illinois.

Children of David*3 (7) and Miss (Powers) Steele.

20. (1) Stephen P.*4 b.___; graduated Williams College; attorney; resides at Peterborough, NH.

21. (2) Jennett*4 b.___;m.___Swan of Peterborough.

22. (3) David*4 b.___;m.___; graduated Williams College; Hillsborough, N.H.; attorney.

Children of Hon. Jonathan*3 (8) Steele

23. (1) Jennett*4 b.___; resides at Goffstown, NH

24. (2) Richard*4 M.D., b.___; resides at Goffstown, NH.

Children of John*3 (11) and Polly (Wilson)Steele

25. (1.) David*4 b. Dec. 2, 1895; m. Sally Adams of Derby, Sept. 1821, who d. Feb. 1838; 2d, Isabelle A. Nesmith of Derry; she was b. Nov. 1799.

26. (2.) May*4 b. July 4, 1797; m. 1822, George W. Sutton; resides in Peterborough, and have 5 children, viz., ., George W. John, Henry, Antoinette, Albert; two first live at Eagle River, Lake Superior; Henry is in St. Louis; Albert, with his brother Henry.

27. (3.) Jonathan*4 b. Feb. 27, 1810; m. and lives at Deerfield, Mass.; no issue.

28. (4.) Martha*4 b. June 13, 1812; m. Isaac Willey of Goffstown; no issue.

Children of David*4 (25) and Sally (Adams) Steele.

29. (1). Mary Elizabeth *5 b. July 5, 1822; m. Oct. 1841, James L. English, Esq. Of Boston; d. March, 1844, leaving 1 son, James Steel English, b. March, 1843.

30. (2). Martha Adams*5 b. Nov. 1834; d. April, 1847.

By 2d. wife, Isabella Nesmith:

31. (3). John*5 b. Nov. 30, 1839.

32. (4). James Nesmith*5 b. July 5, 1842.

Steeles of New Jersey

1. John Steele of Ireland, and Margaret (Ross), his wife, came to New Jersey before the Revolutionary war; both d. about 1780; he was about 80 years of age; they had

2. John b. about 1750; probably in Ireland; d. in Somerset county, NJ., about 1846, aged 90.

3. Esther b. about 1770; m. James G. Compton of Somerset county; d. about 1840, aged 75.

4. Alexander (5) b. in Somerset county, NJ. Dec. 25, 1757; d. in Seneca county, N.Y. Feb. 14, 1820, aged 63; m. Nancy Scudder; b. in Essex county, NJ. June 11, 1767; d. in Seneca county, NY. Nov. 6, 1851, aged 84 years.

Children of Alexander (4) and Nancy (Scudder)Steele.

5. John b. Oct. 30, 1785.

6. Richard b. Nov.1, 1787.

7. Mary b. May30, 1790.

8. Stiles (20) b. June 14, 1792; m. Sarah Ten Eyck; he d. May 1, 1845, aged 52.

9. Rebecca b. July 4, 1795; m. Peter L. Dey; she d. Sept. 28, 1832, aged 37, leaving children, David, John and Maria.

10. Thomas b. Aug. 29, d. May 10, 1828, aged 31 years.

11. Margaret b. Sept. 7, 1799.

12. Hetty Ann b. July 27, 1810.

13. Robert R. (14) b. Dec. 12, 1805; m. Amanda Taylor; b. April 13, 1813.

(The above children were all born in New Jersey.)

Children of Robert B. (13) and Amanda (Taylor) Steele

14. Richard M. b. Nov. 28, 1833.

15. George b. Dec. 7, 1836.

Text missing 3 children....will try to supply

19. William G. b. June 3, 1848; b. in Seneca county.

Children of Stiles (8) and Sarah (Ten Eyck)Steele.

20. Alexander b. 1825.

21. Mary Ann b. 1829; m. Chas. H. Sayre.

1. John Steel of Somerville, NJ, b. about 1765; his wife d. about 1847; had children.

2. Jacob Steel, who d. 1851, unmarried, aged 60 years.

3. John, Jr. (&) b.___;m.___DeGroot; afterwards divorced.

4. Nehemiah V. (10) b.___;m.___Field.

5. Sarah b.___;m.___Randall.

6. Peggy b.___; m. Isaac E___.

John Steel, Jr. (3) had children

7. Mary

8. Theresa

9. Anne

Nehemiah V. Steel had children

10. William G.,; m.___King.

11. Rev. John W., and 4 others not named.

Steeles of New York

John Steel, born in England; came to the city of New York, as is said in consequence of a prosecution against him for marrying his deceased wife's sister; his name appears as a freeman in 1744; he had a son.

Stephen, a very active Whig in the Revolutionary war; he was obliged to abandon his home and a valuable property in New York, when that city was taken possession of by the British forces, and repaired to New Jersey, where he was obliged to remove seven times during the war; he married___Schureman from Holland, residing at Tappan on the Hudson river; he had a son.

Hon. William Steele, born in New York, May 20, 1762. He became subject to military duty in 1778, and immediately took an important part in our Revolutionary struggle. Although his services were not of sufficient duration, at any one consecutive period to entitle him to a pension, they were really neither inconsiderable, nor free from danger. He was frequently drafted, and often volunteered, on particular emergencies, and served in several of those various expeditions, of which history takes usually little note, but which often put the qualities and courage of the soldier to the severest tests, In the spring of 1780, he sailed from Philadelphia on board the Aurora, a twenty gun ship, which was shortly after captured by the British frigate Iris, bearing dispatches of the surrender of Charleston to the British. In the running fight which ensued, he was severely wounded , taken prisoner, and detained between four and five months, when he was exchanged in the exchange of prisoners. In 1785, he was appointed a clerk in the old board of treasury, under Lee, Livingston and Osgood, commissioners.

In 1794, he commanded a troop of New Jersey horse, and aided in suppressing the insurrection of Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. After the Revolution, he resided principally in New Jersey, until his removal to the town of Painted Post, Steuben county, N.Y., where he has ever since resided upon his estate, until a short time previous to his decease, which took place at Big Flats, Chemung co, NY., April 4, 1851, at the age of 89 years. For fifty years and upwards, he has been an elder in the Presbyterian church in new Jersey and at Painted Post, and always a zealous worshipper at her altar, a prudent guide, a wise counselor, and truly has been a father in Israel. He married Mary, daughter of Dr. Jonathan Dayton of Springfield, NJ., Dec. 26, 1791; she d. Mar. 26, 1834; by whom he had a family of 13 children; the eldest surviving is Jonathan D. Steele, ESQ., a wealthy citizen of New York, President of the Niagara Fire Insurance Company. His surviving brothers and sisters are: Thomas Salter Steele, Mrs. Charlotte Dayton Tuthill, Theo. Jackson Steele.

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Steeles of Virginia

1. Thomas Steele came from Ireland while young, and settled near Winchester, VA; he d. in Newtown, Frederick Co., Va., aged about 87 years; he had children.

2. john b.__; now about 75 years of age; lives near Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio; had a family of married children, living near him.

3. Elizabeth b.___; m. Isaac Saunders, who d. many years since; she lives in Richland Co., Ohio, and has 5 married children

4. Thomas, Jr. (9) b. about 1780; m. Jane Currie; 2d, Sarah Carter; d. April 4, 1850; Wilmington, Ohio

5. Sarah b.___; living unmarried, Newtown, Va

6. Mager b. ___; m. __; living at Newtown, Va.

7. James b.___; deceased

8. Mary b.___;m. Samuel Beatty, deceased.

Thomas Steele, Jr. and Jane, his wife, had children

9. John William (14) b. near Winchester, Va., Nov. 11, 1813; m. Alice Rouse Sinclair, who was b. at Bordentown, NJ, Nov. 1, 1820; he is an itinerant Methodist preacher.

10. Mager b. same place, April, 1815; d. unmarried, March 1, 1845.

By Sarah, 2d. wife:

11. Sarah Ann b. 1817; m. W.F. Jones, Hartford.

12. Mary b. 1819; m. Samuel Rockhill, Clinton co. Ohio; has 3 children.

13. Kinnerly b. 1821; m. and lives same place.

Rev. John W. Steele (9) had children

14. Sarah Jane b. Nov. 28, 1839, Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio.

15. Maria Barrett b. Nov. 5, 1841; d. June 28, 1843, at London, Madison county, Ohio.

16. Theodocia Sinclair b. July 28, 1847, Westchester, Bettle county, Ohio.

17. John William b. March 6, 1849, Brownville, Ross County, Ohio.

18. Connell Loraine b. Dec. 19, 1852, Tarlton, Pickaway Co., Ohio.

(All of the above that survive reside at Amanda, Fairfield Co., Ohio.)

George Steel of Chicago

George Steel, Esq., of Chicago, Ill., in a letter, dated Aug. 4, 1858, states that some of his ancestors came to the United States, about 1750, and located in Virginia; he gives his own family as follows:

His great grand-father came to Scotland, either from England or Ireland, as a retainer of Ogilvie, Earl of Airlie, soon after the troubles of 1745.

George Steel was b. in the parish of Cortachy, in Forfanshire, Scotland, in the year 1798 or 1799; m. in Montreal, 1829, Anne S. Morrison, a native of Alloa, Scotland; they have children.

Jane b. 1830.

James b. 1832.

Margory b. 1834; m. J.E. Wilkins, British Consul at Chicago.

Mary b. 1836; m. J. Shelby, Chicago

Susan b. 1839.

George b. 1843.

Charles b. 1845.

William b. 1847. (George Steel's relations reside in Scotland, except two brothers, who are in Canada. He is largely engaged in the Produce and Commission business, Chicago, Ill.)

James Steele of Wisconsin

In the town of Newport, Columbia Co., Wisconsin, resides James Steele. He was born at Snickers' Gap, in Snickersville, Loudon county, Virginia, in the year 1764; he is now (1858) 94 years of age. He has been west of the Lakes 65 years (in Michigan, Illinois, and 10 years in Wisconsin). Four years ago, he rode a young, spirited horse, at a race, that no young man could be induced to mount, and says he would have won the race if the horse had not bolted.

He is smart and active and follows teaming. A daguerreotype of him, taken two years since, is in the Cabinet of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.