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James Steele

Also Known As: "Steel", "James C. Steele"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fairstead, Essex, England
Death: after 1683
of, Guilford Center, New Haven County, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Son of George Steele, of Hartford and Margery Steele
Husband of Bethia "Anna" Steele and Bethia Steele
Father of John Steele, 9th ggf; Sarah Lorman; Lt. James Steele; Mary Steele; Elizabeth Steele and 4 others
Brother of Richard Steele; Margery Steele; John Steele (died young); John Steele; Mary Steele and 2 others

Occupation: Emigrated in 1631 to Nantasket MA
Managed by: Lori Basile (Kirby)
Last Updated:

About James Steele

John Steele was the executor of the will of Anne Bishop (his mother-in-law). Proved at probate court at Guilford Sept. 7, 1676, recorded on the probate records page 185. Her will was executed in the presence of John Fowler and William Johnson. ~ The Bishop Genealogy. ________________________________________________________

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."


Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sorrell-8

Children of George Steele & Margery Sorrell:

  1. Richard b. say 1610; d. at Hartford by about 1640, when he was mentioned as deceased in the land records.[1]
  2. Margery, bp Fairstead, Essex, 24 Sep 1612.[2][3] No further record (n.f.r.)
  3. John bp Fairstead, 2 Sep 1615;[4] died soon
  4. John bp. Fairstead 20 Sep 1618;[5] n.f.r.
  5. Mary bp. Fairstead 7 May 1620; n.f.r.[6]
  6. James bp Fairstead 30 Nov 1622;[7] m. (1) (possibly at Guiford 18 Oct 1651) Bethia Bishop, d/o John Bishop, [TAG 36:188-89]; m. (2) by 1685 Bethia (Hopkins) Stocking, widow of Samuel Stocking [TAG 36:188]
  7. Elizabeth, bp. Fairstead 4 May 1628;[8] m. Hartford 1 May 1645 Thomas Watts [HAVR 606; TAG 22:161]
  8. Sarah buried at Fairstead 10 Nov 1629.[9]

References

  1. Jacobus Donald Lines. George Steele of Hartford and his son James. The American Genealogist 36:186 (1960) Link at < AmericanAncestors >
  2. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rajones&i...
  3. http://www.dxhansen.com/SSHubbard2-o/p49.htm#i1306
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James Steele's Timeline

1622
November 30, 1622
Fairstead, Essex, England
November 30, 1622
Essex, England
1656
December 28, 1656
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1658
March 20, 1658
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1658
Hartford, Connecticut Colony
1658
Guilford, New Haven Colony, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1660
December 10, 1660
Guilford, New Haven Colony, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1663
1663
Guilford, New Haven Colony
1664
1664