Person:Stephen Steele (1)
Rev. Stephen Steele
chr.2 Apr 1698 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.14 Dec 1759 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1687
  1. Mary Steele1687 - 1779
  2. Lieutenant Jonathan Steele1693 - 1753
  3. Rev. Stephen Steele1698 - 1759
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Stephen Steele1698 - 1759
  • W.  Ruth Porter1701 - 1792
m. 2 May 1720
  1. Stephen Steele1721 -
  2. Lieutenant James Steele1737 - 1812
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Rev. Stephen Steele
Gender Male
Christening[1][2] 2 Apr 1698 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesSecond Church
Degree[2][3] 1718 Yale College.
Occupation[2] Bet 1719 and 1758 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United StatesMinister at Tolland.
Marriage 2 May 1720 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ruth Porter
Ordination[2] 1723 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United StatesFirst minister at Tolland.
Death[1][2][3] 14 Dec 1759 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4] South Yard Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Steele, Stephen Steele, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    579, 80-81.

    "Stephen (Steele) bp Apl 2, 1698 (2 Ch Rec) m Ruth Porter"
    "Stephen Steele s of James & Sarah (Barnard) mar Ruth Porter dau of Samuel Porter and Joanna Cook."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Stephen Steel, in Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
    Yale:111-12.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Durrie, Daniel S. (Daniel Steele). Steele Family: A Genealogical History of John and George Steele (Settlers of Hartford, Conn.), 1635-6, and Their Descendants with an Appendix. (Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1862)
    112.

    "Rev. Stephen4 (Steele) … b. at Hartford, 1696 [1698]; 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; d. 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 tbe signers of the Declaration of Independence."

  4. ↑ Tolland Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    131.

    "Steel, … Stephen, Rev., d. Dec. 14, 1759 [1:63]"

  5.   Rev Stephen Steel, in Find A Grave.
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