Descendants of Steele

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHN1 STEELE1 died 1665 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut2.  He married (1) RACHEL TALCOTT2 in Felsted near Braintree, County Essex, England2.  She died 16532.  He married (2) MERCY RUSCOE3,4 16555, daughter of ROGER RUSCOE and SARAH.  She was born 1610 in Sawbridgeworth, County Hertsford, England6, and died 25 Nov 1655 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut6,7.

 

Notes for JOHN STEELE:

[Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W S Tyler, DD,LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 271.]

"Barber's Historical Collections, p. 31, says 'The first English settlement in Hartford was commenced in 1635 by John Steel and his associates from Newtown (now Cambridge) in Massachusetts. The main body of the first settlers with Mr. Hooker at their head, did not arrive till the following year,' when Mr. Hooker with about one hundred men, women and children, went through the trackless wilderness from Cambridge to Hartford. Dr. Trumball says, 'This adventure was the more remarkable as many of this company were persons of figure, who had lived in England in honor, affluence and delicacy, and were entire strangers to fatigue and danger.' Professor Andrews, in his Study of The River Towns of Connecticut. (Johns Hopkins Studies, VII, VII, 27) says of the early settlement of Connecticut, 'It was the outcome of a second sifting from the complications of Government in England. Its founders were twice purged, and in their revolt from the already purified government of Massachusetts, they evidenced how thoroughly democratic their principles must have been to have found themselves out of harmony with the latter's policy.'"

Ibid. page 272.

"The Steele Family, by D. S. Durrie, says, '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 four years its Secretary and Recorder. For nearly 20 years he was also recorder of the town of Hartford.' At the time of the organization of Farmington and its admission as a town by the court, the record (Dec. 1, 1645) reads: 'And Mr. Steele is entreated for the present to be recorder there, untill the Towne haue one fitt among theselues.'"

Appointed: 03 Mar 1636, One of the first eight persons to act as commissioners to govern the Colony of Connecticut7

Elected 1: 1635, Representative of Newtown (now Cambridge) to the Massachusetts Colony8

Elected 2: Bet. 1634 - 1635, Deputy from Cambridge to the General Court of Massachusetts9

Elected 3: Bet. 1635 - 1645, Town clerk of Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut9

Elected 4: Bet. 1636 - 1637, Magistrate of Connecticut9

Elected 5: Bet. 1637 - 1645, Deputy from Hartford to the General Court of Connecticut9

Elected 6: Bet. 1646 - 1658, Representative of Farmington to the General Court9

Emigration: Bet. 1630 - 1632, From Essex County, England10

Guardianship: 1655, Richard, Elizabeth and Zachariah Seymour11

Residence 1: 1655, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut12

Residence 2: 1630, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts12

Residence 3: 1632, Newtown, now Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts12

Residence 4: 1635, Commenced the first English settlement in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut12

Residence 5: 1645, Removed to Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut13

 

More About JOHN STEELE and RACHEL TALCOTT:

Marriage: Felsted near Braintree, County Essex, England13

 

More About MERCY RUSCOE:

BAPL: 18 Nov 193014

ENDL: 26 Nov 193014

Residence: 1655, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut15

SLGC: 13 Jun 194516

 

More About JOHN STEELE and MERCY RUSCOE:

Marriage: 165517

       

Children of JOHN STEELE and RACHEL TALCOTT are:

2.                i.    ENSIGN JOHN2 STEELE, JR., b. Bet. 1615 - 1630, England; d. 1653, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

3.               ii.    LYDIA STEELE, b. Bet. 1620 - 1645; d. Unknown, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  ENSIGN JOHN2 STEELE, JR. (JOHN1)18 was born Bet. 1615 - 1630 in England19, and died 1653 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut19.  He married MARY WARNER20 22 Jan 1646 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut21, daughter of ANDREW WARNER and MARY HUMPHREY.  She was born  in England22, and died Unknown.

 

More About ENSIGN JOHN STEELE, JR.:

Military service: 1651, Ensign of the militia23

Naturalization: 1670, Freeman24

 

More About JOHN STEELE and MARY WARNER:

Marriage: 22 Jan 1646, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut25

       

Child of JOHN STEELE and MARY WARNER is:

4.                i.    MARY3 STEELE, b. 20 Nov 1646; d. Unknown.

 

 

3.  LYDIA2 STEELE (JOHN1)25 was born Bet. 1620 - 164525, and died Unknown in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut26.  She married JAMES BIRD27 31 Mar 165727, son of THOMAS BIRD and MARY.  He died 1708 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut28.

 

More About JAMES BIRD:

Naturalization: 21 May 1657, Admitted freeman at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut28

Residence: Removed to Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut28

 

More About JAMES BIRD and LYDIA STEELE:

Marriage: 31 Mar 165729

       

Child of LYDIA STEELE and JAMES BIRD is:

                   i.    THOMAS3 BIRD, b. Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut; d. Unknown, Northington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

4.  MARY3 STEELE (JOHN2, JOHN1)30 was born 20 Nov 164631, and died Unknown.  She married JOHN THOMSON32 24 Oct 1670 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut32, son of THOMAS THOMSON and ANN WELLES.  He was born 1649 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut32, and died 21 Nov 1711 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut32.

 

More About JOHN THOMSON and MARY STEELE:

Marriage: 24 Oct 1670, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut32

       

Children of MARY STEELE and JOHN THOMSON are:

                   i.    JOHN4 THOMSON, b. 29 Dec 1671; d. 09 Aug 1741.

                  ii.    MARY THOMSON, b. Bef. 01 Oct 1682, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut; d. Oct 1763, Kensington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Endnotes

 

1.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 271.

2.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

3.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

4.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 259.

5.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

6.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

7.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

8.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 271, "Cambridge being designated to be the Capital of the Colony, as it was soon after the seat of the University."

9.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

10.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 271.

11.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

12.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 271.

13.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

14.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

15.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

16.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

17.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

18.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 270.

19.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

20.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 270 and 272.

21.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

22.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 273.

23.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

24.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 270.

25.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

26.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 280.

27.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

28.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 280.

29.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

30.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 270.

31.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 272.

32.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 270.

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