Thomas Steere

It is unknown when Mary died. After her death Thomas married Mehitable (nee Evans) Plummer, widow of Samuel Plummer and daughter of Richard and Mary Evans. They had no children. [1]

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Thomas Steere (abt. 1675 - 1735)

Thomas Steere

Born about 1675 in Providence Plantation, Providence, Rhode Island

Son of John Steere and Hannah (Wickenden) Steere

Brother of John Steere Jr., Sarah (Steere) Place, Jane (Steere) Blanchard, Dinah (Steere) Thornton, Ruth Steere, William Steere, Samuel Steere and Anne (Steere) Lewis

Husband of Mary (Arnold) Steere — married 1697 in Rhode Island

Father of Mary (Steere) Mowry, Richard Steere and Phoebe Steere

Died Aug 1735 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Hon. Thomas Steere, son of John Sr. and Hannah (Wickenden) Steere, of Providence, Rhode Island was probably their second son but the date of his birth has not been ascertained. [1][2]

1696: November 7: His father John deeded Thomas 40 acres for 'fatherly love and natural affection. [1] [2]
1701: May 6: Made a freeman. [2]
1702: December 10: Thomas bought 10 acres of Richard Arnold at Providence. [1] [2]
1710: His brother John deeded Thomas 10 acres. [2]
1712: March 6: Deeded land in Providence on both sides of the river by his brothers-in-law, Richard, John and Thomas Arnold, with corn and saw mills. [1] [2]
1711/2: March 13: For a 'valuable sum of money' his father deeded Thomas one full right to the thatch bed's at Hawking's Cove. [2]
1715: Served as Deputy in the General Assembly. [1] [2]
1718: He bought additional land at Providence from his father. [2]
1721/2: He bought right to the original forty acre division of Thomas Olney Sr. [2]
1722: Bought another 31 acres of his father's land. [2]
1723: He bought another tract of land adjoining his property from his brother William. [2]
1723: Purchased 40 acres from William Gully. [2]
1724: December 1: Thomas was administrator of his father's estate. [1]
1726: April 21: He purchased 25 acres of the second forty acre division and 4 acres of the cedar swamp from Roger Williams. [2]
1726: Thomas purchased additional land of William Coman. [2]
1731: March 17: Member for the first council to represent the new town of Smithfield. [2]
1734: Served on the Smithfield town council. [1] [2]
1732: June 5: Deeded his son Richard 160 acres at Glocester. [1]
His first wife was Mary Arnold, daughter of Richard and Mary (Angell) Arnold. Her date of death is unknown. [1] [2]

Her father Richard Arnold left one half of his mills at Nissatasket to his son-in-law Thomas Steere. [2]

They had five children:

Phebe, [1]born about 1698; married ___ Mathewson, (probably ?Daniel" son of James and Elizabeth (Clemence) Mathewson, who was born on October 6, 1700. He married second Amy, who survived him. He died December 16, 1751.) [2]
Elisha, born about 1700; died unmarried July 19, 1731, administration being given to his brother Thomas. [1] [2]
Mary, born about 1702 [1]; died on January 2, 1776, in her seventy fifth year at Smithfield; married Daniel Mowry, son of Capt. Joseph and Alice (Whipple) Mowry on April 4, 1722. [3] [2]
Thomas, born on October 9, 1704 [1]; married first, Katherine Comstock at Smithfield on May 16, 1736; married second, Mercy/Mary Aldrich on December 26, 1754. [3][2]
Richard [1], born on June 3, 1707; died October 16, 1797 at Glocester; married first, Anna Comstock at Glocester in February, 1730; married second Jane Aldrich on April 27, 1735. [4][3] [2]
He married second Mehitable, widow of Samuel Plummer. She was born on June 1, 1692, daughter of Richard and Mary Evans. They had no children. [1]

Thomas Steere died August 27, 1735 at Smithfield. The inventory of his estate was valued at L923 11s 6d.[3][1] [2]

In his will written on August 22, 1735, he names:

wife Mehitable
son Thomas, executor
daughter Phebe Mathewson and her children
daughter Mary Mowry
son Richard [1] [2]
Widow Mehitable Steere, of Glocester, died on January 28, 1741/2, having made her will January 4, 1737. She left her property to her Plummer children by her former marriage. [1]

Research notes

Smithfield Marriages

3-348: Steere, Mary, and Daniel Mowry, April 4, 1722. (p. 71)
1-9: Steere, Richard, of Glocester, and Jean Aldrich, of Smithfield; m. by Thomas Sayles, Justice, Apr. 27, 1735. (p.71)
1-10: Steere, Thomas, and Catherine Comstock; m. by Thomas Sayles, Justice, May 16, 1736. (p. 71)
1-10: Steere, Thomas, and Mary Aldrich, Dec. 26, 1754. (p. 71)
Smtihfield Deaths

3-102: Steere, Thomas, died, Aug. --, 1735. (p. 118)
3-43: Mowry, Mary wife of Capt. Daniel, d. Jan. 2, 1776, in her 75th year. (p. 165)[3]
Glocester Marriages

1-38: Steere, Richard and Anne Comstock, m. by Joseph Arnold, Justice, Feb. 1x, 1730. (p. 35)
1-38: Steere, Richard and Jane Aldrick, m. by Thomas Sayles, Justice, April 27, 1735. (p. 35)
Glocester Deaths

1-38: Steere, Anne, wife of Richard died Dec. 21, 1731. (p. 62)
1-38: Steere, Richard ded age 90 yrs. 4 mos. 13 days, October 16, 1797. (p. 63) [4]
Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690 (with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation), Albany, NY, 1887. Reprinted by the Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, Maryland. p. 5: 191
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 Root, James Pierce. Steere Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of John Steere, who Settled in Providence, Rhode Island, about the Year 1660, with Some Account of the Steeres of England, RIverside Press, Cambride, Massachusetts, 1890, p. 50; 59-67
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 3: Part IV: Smithfield. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892
↑ 4.0 4.1 Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 3: Part 1: Glocester. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892
Steere Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of John Steere, who Settled in Providence, Rhode Island, about the Year 1660, with Some Account of the Steeres of England by James Pierce Root. pp. 50, 59.see at googlebooks.com

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Thomas Steere
25 November 1671–27 August 1735 (Age 63)
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

The Life Summary of Thomas

When Thomas Steere was born on 25 November 1671, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Steere Sr., was 37 and his mother, Hannah Wickenden, was 33. He married Mary Arnold in 1696, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 27 August 1735, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 63.
Spouse

Spouse

Thomas Steere
Male
1671–1735

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Male

Mary Arnold
Female
1668–1725

• 

Female

Marriage
1696
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Children
(8)

John Steere
Male
1697–Deceased

• 

Male

Elizabeth Steere
Female
1698–Deceased

• 

Female

Phebe Steere
Female
1699–Deceased

• 

Female

Mary Steere
Female
1700–1775

• 

Female

Elisha Steere
Male
1700–1731

• 

Male

Sarah Steere
Female
1703–Deceased

• 

Female

(Hon.) Thomas Steere
Male
1704–1781

• 

Male

Richard Steere Jr.
Male
1707–1797

• 

Male
Spouse

Thomas Steere
Male
1671–1735

• 

Male

Mehitable Evans
Female
1692–1742

• 

Female

Marriage
after 1725

Parents

John Steere Sr.
Male
1634–1724

• 

Male

Hannah Wickenden
Female
1638–1705

• 

Female

Siblings
(9)

John Steere Jr.
Male
1660–1726

• 

Male

Dinah Steere
Female
1663–1716

• 

Female

Sarah Steere
Female
1663–1735

• 

Female

Jane Steere
Female
1668–1752

• 

Female

Ruth Steere
Female
1670–1680

• 

Female

Thomas Steere
Male
1671–1735

• 

Male

William Steere
Male
1671–1737

• 

Male

Anne Steere
Female
1674–1725

• 

Female

Samuel Steere Sr
Male
1677–1745

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Male