Rachel Talcott Steele

• BIRTH 1602 Harwich, Tendring District, Essex, England
• DEATH 24 Oct 1653 (aged 50–51) Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
• MEMORIAL ID 34190376

May have been born in Braintree, Essex, England to John & Anne (Skinner) Talcott. Married John Steele 10 Oct 1622 in Fairsted, Essex, England. "John Steele, son of Richard of this parish, & Rachel Talcott of Brancktree [i.e., Braintree]." She died at Farmington 24 October 1653. They had nine children: John, Samuel, Daniel, Rachel, Lydia Bird, Mary Judd, Sarah, Daniel, & Hannah. First European woman to step onto Connecticut soil.

Spouse
John Steele 1591–1665 m. 10/10/1622 Fairstead, Essex, England

Children
John Steele Jr 1624–1653
LT Samuel Steele 1626–1685
Lydia Steele Bird 1633–1659
Mary Steele Judd 1637–1718

Descendant Details

John Steele est1624 Fairstead, Essex, England (probably) d: 8 Mar 1653 Farmington, Hartford, CT
Lieut. Samuel Steele 1626 Fairstead, Essex, England d: bet 7/5/1685-8/14/1685 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Daniel Steele est1628 Fairstead, Essex, England (probably) d: bef 29 Apr 1645 Hartford, Hartford, CT (probably)
Rachel Steele chr. 29 Jun 1632 Fairstead, Essex, England d: aft Jan 1636/37
Lydia Steele est 1635 Hartford, Hartford, CT (probably) d: 14 Jan 1659 Farmington, Hartford, CT
Mary Steele est 1637 Hartford, Hartford, CT (probably) d: 27 Oct 1718 Farmington, Hartford, CT
Sarah Steele cal 1639 Hartford, Hartford, CT (probably) d: 22 May 1695 Waterbury, New Haven, CT
Hannah Steele est 1642 Hartford, Hartford, CT (probably) d: 17 Jul 1655 Farmington, Hartford, CT
Daniel Steele 29 Apr 1645 Hartford, Hartford, CT d: Nov 1646 Hartford, Hartford, CT

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34190376/rachel_steele

2. The Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 by Robert Charles Anderson (entry for husband John Steele) "of Brancktree [i.e., Braintree]"

3. "Katie's Kin, Recollections & Research", copyright Oct. 2020 and privately published by Kathleen Mary Thomas. (mentions Thomas Richards as an ancestor)

4. John Steele, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 3:1758.

5. John Steele married "(1) Fairstead 10 Oct 1622 'John Steele, son of Richard of this parish, & Rachel Talcott of Brancktree [i.e., Braintree].'"

Additional Details

John Steele chr. 12 Dec 1591 Fairsted, Essex, England d. 27 FEB 1665 Farmington, Hartford, Ct
Parents: John Talcott and Anne Skinner

Rachel Talcott b. aft 1600 Braintree, Essex, England (probably) d. 24 Oct 1653 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States