James Steele, Sr. Notes

Steele Family.

A
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
OF
JOHN AND GEORGE STEELE,
(SETTLERS OF HARTFORD, CONN.,)
1635-6,
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.
WITH
AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION RESPECTING OTHER FAMILIES OF THE
NAME WHO SETTLED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

BY DANIEL STEELE DURRIE,
LIBRARIAN OF WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

ALBANY, N. Y.:
MUNSELL & ROWLAND, 78 STATE STREET.
1859.

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A BRIEF MEMOIR
OF
JOHN STEELE, ESQ.,
ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE FIRST SETTLEMENT
OF CONNECTICUT.

It has in all ages been esteemed a duty and privilege to honor the memory of those whose labors and self denial have resulted in good to their country and to their race. Such tribute is justly due to those, whose labors and sore trials laid the foundations of colonies in this western world--colonies that have resulted in comparatively happy states, of which we ourselves have the privilege of being members. Accordingly, we here bring to view, acts or traces of one, who, in all these respects, deserves a memorial at our hands.

Among the early pioneers from England, in the settlement of a New England, particularly in founding the colony of Connecticut, the subject of this memoir acted no unimportant part.

Mr. John Steele was a native of England, probably of the county of Essex, and of some town near London, "from whence" (says he with others) "we had our transportation." Of his immediate connections there, as of the place of his nativity, we have no reliable information.

Among those of the name, cotemporary with him, was William Steele, Esq., Magistrate, Counselor, and not long after Recorder of London, then created Baron, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. A namesake, also, John Steele, Esq., was purchaser of the Leicestershire estates, and married the daughter of Edward Nichol, Esq. of Henderson, county of Middlesex, whose daughter married Sir Charles Bromfield, Bart., of Barton-under-Needwood, county of Stafford.

Baron Steele of London, took a lively interest in the settlement and progress of the colonies, and was the active President of the first corporation or society, organized in 1649, "to aid in publishing the Gospel among the Indians in New England." In the formation and success of this society, Winslow of the Plymouth colony, when in England, was a most zealous and efficient agent.(*)

Our John Steele, like the other two of the name just mentioned, appears to have been educated for the duties of the Magistracy, and his apparent rank in life seems to have been well calculated for his advancement in that calling. Qualified by education, energy of character, and all the requisites for founding new settlements in a new world, and active and self-denying as he was in the enterprise, it is to be regretted that such limited information has been preserved respecting him. Even most of the particulars recorded would be passed over, were it not "that small things, in the beginnings of all communities, are of far higher importance, and more worthy of being noted, and have a more enduring influence, than far greater matters, when a people or nation has become established."

Mr. John Steele's name appears first in connection with Dorchester, one of the earliest settlements of the colony of Massachusetts, in the year 1630,(+) ten years only after the arrival of the pilgrim company in the Mayflower.

Next, he is found to have been one of the proprietors of Cambridge (first called Newtown), in 1632. Two others, George and Henry Steele, were also proprietors at the same time. Mr. John Steele, having been made freeman or elector by the court, in 1634, was elected a representative from Cambridge in 1635; Cambridge being designed to be the capital of the colony, as it was soon after the seat of the university.

During this period, however, the numerous arrivals at Cambridge, and the want of pasture lands in the vicinity, induced a portion of the people, including a number of their chief men, with the Rev. Mr. Hooker, their pastor, to seek another location. Another inducement for their removal was, a dislike of some regulations, which were thought to circumscribe their rights as freemen. The proposed enterprise met with strong opposition, but at length its advocates obtained the consent of the majority; and Mr. John Steele, in the autumn of 1635, led the pioneer band through the rugged, pathless wilderness, to a new location on the Connecticut river. As Leader and Magistrate, he appears to have conducted the expedition safely and wisely. Arriving late in the season, they had to endure all the hardships and trials of a severe winter, with the labors of clearing the forest, constructing their rude dwellings, securing food, and of protecting themselves against cold and wet, the ravages of wild beasts, and the warlike savage. Bravely persevering, while other expeditions during the same season failed, and many perished, they succeeded. And in the ensuing summer came the main portion of their company--men, (*) Mass. Hist. Collection.
(+) Farmer's Biographical Diot.
women and children, with their minister--to their new home.

Here, on the margin of the river, near the head of its navigable waters, and through much toil, patient endurance, and trust in an Almighty arm for success, they laid the foundations of a new town, afterwards named Hartford; and of a new colony (Connecticut), the third of the colonies of NewEngland. And here, the subject of our narrative, as a faithful head of a family, as an active member of their church, as a magistrate, and as one of the principal members of their legislative--judicial--colony conrt, aided in establishing a community, the duration, wisdom, and happy influence of whose institutions have been--with few exceptions--the glory of the state. 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 4 years its secretary or recorder. For nearly 20 years he was also recorder of the town of Hartford, and for a time recorder of the town of Farmington.(*)

During these years, he was likewise called upon to act on various principal committees or agencies, civil, military and ecclesiastical, for determining the contested claims and boundaries of the colony; for the peaceful acquisition of additional territory; for raising troops for special expeditions among the hostile Indians--but especially were his exertions called forth in efforts to heal the sad breach, and to bring to a peaceful termination that long and bitter controversy, occasioned by the requirements for admitting members into their church, and of those who should present their children for baptism--which had caused a separation between their teacher and a portion of the congregation on the one side, and those who were the dissentients, or had withdrawn, on the other. On these points he appears to have taken middle ground, as inclining to a less stringent course, but with others pleading with all the energy of heart and soul for reconciliation and peace.(+)

Thus--unambitious except to do good, and be faithful to every trust committed to him, did he pass some thirty of the active years of his life, in founding with others, according to their views, a new home in the new world. At length, age and feeble health caused him to retire from public duty, and as a Christian, to arrange all his worldly affairs, and to "commit his soul" into the hands of Him who gave it, "and into the hands of the blessed Savior, God ever gracious to him," and his body "to a decent and comely burial."??

(*) On the organization of Farmington, and its admission as a town by the court, it is added in the record: "And Mr. Steele is entreated for the present to be recorder there, until the town have one fit among themselves."--Col. Records, T, 1, 134, Etc. (+) RECORDS OF CONN., 291, Etc., and TRUMBULL'S HIST. OF CONN., I, 297. ?? See his will.

His closing years were passed in Farmington, and where also he was a member of their church. His residence in Hartford was on the main street, just north of the present Atheneum. His will bears date, January 30, 1663-4. He died November 25, 1665.

OF GEORGE STEELE, Who was also one of the pioneers in the Connecticut colony, we can furnish only a few particulars:

His name appears but a few times on the public records. All the circumstances respecting him compared, seem plainly to indicate that he was an elder brother of John Steele, Esq., whose memorial has just been given. With him he appears to have come to New England; with him was proprietor of lands in New Town (afterwards Cambridge), in 1632; was admitted freeman at the general court of Massachusetts, in May, 1634; was one of the company in the settlement of Hartford, Conn., in 1635 or 6; was one of the proprietors of undivided lands therein in 1639; was a juryman in 1643, and also a plaintiff in three cases, before the general court, in 1644 and 1647. Other and minor notices we omit. His residence in Hartford, was on the lane, now Washington street, south-east of Trinity College. He died in 1663, "very old."

Of his wife we find no record. He had 4 children, and his descendants have been very numerous; many of them having fille-prominent stations in military life during the French war, and during the American revolution. Not a few have held respond sible positions in civil life, and in the Christian ministry.(*)

(*) Some 30 at least of the name have been educated in the New England College, 10 of whom are known to have been graduated at Yale; besides others in other parts of the country.

I, John Steel, of Farmington, I being stricken in years, and weakness, do see necessary to sett our small occasions in the world at a stay--I being therefore though sick in body, yet of competent ability for this work, hereby committing my spirit into the hands of God that gave it, and into the hands of our blessed Savior, who ever have been a gracious God to me--and also do commit my body to a comely and decent burial in the common place of burial in Farmington, appointed for that purpose.

I give and bequeath to my dear and loving wife Mary Steel, the house wherein I now dwell, with the appurtenances belonging to it, viz: three little closes thereunto belonging, also one barn, during the term of her natural life.

Item. I give and bequeath the said Mary, a certain parcel of household goods that were hers at the time that I married to her, linens and woolen, brass and pewter, and other implements of household goods, esteemed about p18:10s.

Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife, two cows and one three year old heifer, and also one third part of all the provision for the house, which is one third part of what meat is in my house, which is for the maintenance of our family, as one third part of our meat, and one third part of our malt, and one third part of our butter and cheese, and one third part of our flax, and one third part of our yarn, woolen or linen, as also ten bushels of wheat, and six bushels of pease, and one hive of bees, and two store swine, and one third part of what fowls we have, and three sheep with their lambs, and a pint skillet, as also one bedstead, two mats, one linen and two woolen sheets, and one beer barrel.

Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife Mary Steel, the one half of all the linen cloth that she has made since I married to her--all which parcel of goods, or particular things herein above written, or expressed, excepting the house and barn and three closes, I give and bequeath to my wife forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife, the parcel of pasture land enclosed, esteemed as three acres, for her to make use of during the time of her natural life.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, my best bed, with the furniture belonging to it, which is a bed with one green rug, one feather bolster, two good feather pillows, one sett of green serge curtains, and one green serge vallance, as also the great bedstead on which it useth to lie, and the curtain rods belonging to it.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, a silver bowl, which was mine own, marked with three Guitar Stamps and one S, all on the upper end of the bowl.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, the one half of all my books, as also my gold scales and weights belonging to them--all which as here above written--the bed with the furniture, the silver bowl and gold scales and weights, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel and his heirs forever, to come to the enjoyment of them, immediately after the departure of my natural life.

Item. I give to my son Samuel Steel, a piece of enclosed pasture land, by estimation three acres, abutting by Isaac Moore's land south, and Matthew Woodruff's land west, and Samuel Steel's land north, him and his heirs forever, to come to the enjoyment of it immediately after the decease of mine and my wive's natural life. And to avoid trouble of making other conveyances, of house and lands, to my son Samuel Steel [of somewhat], I give to my son Samuel Steel, at the marrying with his wife Mary Boosey, I here express, as I then did, so here I do, and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, a parcel of land, with a tenement standing upon it, which parcel of land contains by estimation two acres, abutting of the highway east, and river west, and William Judd's land south, and John Steel's land north--as also a small parcel of land of which his still house stands, containing by estimation nine rods, more or less, abutting on William Judd's land south, and of the highway east, and on John Steel's land north and west.

Item. To my son Samuel Steel, one parcel of land in the great meadow, containing by estimation seventeen acres, more or less, abutting on John Norton's land south, and the river west, and on John Wells' land [deceased] north, and on the highway east--one parcel [of land] lying in the third meadow, containing by estimation three acres and a half, more or less, abutting on the river west, and on John Steel's land north--one piece of land lying in Cok's Cronk, which is one third part of all that land which was Cok's Cronk, which whole parcel of land was given by Farmington inhabitants to me, also by the Indian now deceased, which Indian was called by the name of Cok's Cronk, which parcel of land given to my son Samuel Steel, is one third part of this lot, parcel both for quality and quantity, all which parcels or pieces of land, or house and land, herein expressed, given to my son Samuel Steel, as I have already given, excepting the three acres of pasture, not yet to be possessed by him, so unto the true possession of my son Samuel Steel, so I do here confirm it again, that I do give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel and his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law William Judd, one third part of my land in Cok's Cronk, lying in Cok's Cronk.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law Thomas Judd, one third part of my land in Cok's Cronk, which is all that was given to me by Farmington inhabitants in that place, and by the Indian called Cok's Cronk--and it is my will that that whole parcel of land shall be divided equally, both for quality and quantity, among my three sons, Samuel Steel, William Judd, and Thomas Judd, for themselves, their heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law Thomas Judd, one parcel of land lying in Hartford, in the neck of land, containing by exact measure twenty acres, more or less, abutting on William Wadsworth's land north, and the highway called Windsor highway west, and on a swamp called the Dead swamp east, and on Capt. John Cullick's land east, which parcel of land I give to the aforesaid Thomas Judd and his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my two sons-in-law, William Judd and Thomas Judd, my new dwelling house and barn, and house lot, yards, gardens, or orchard, thereto belonging, equally to be divided betwixt these two aforesaid, William and Thomas, to them and their heirs forever, to come to the enjoyment of them immediately after the departure of mine and my wive's natural life--further it is my will that a few small things should be disposed to my loving wife, and children and grandchildren: to my loving wife, the small silver spoons, and some small matter of linen; to Mary Judd, one piece of gold; to Sarah Judd, one piece of gold; to John Steel, son of John Steel deceased, one silver spoon; to Samuel Steel, son of John Steel deceased, one silver spoon; to Benoni Steel, one silver spoon; to Rachel Steel, daughter of Samuel Steel, one silver spoon; to be delivered to them by my son Samuel Steel, at the date of their marriage; only my two daughters shall have theirs immediately after the departure of my natural life--further it is my will, that if at any of these my three grandchildren, John Steel, Samuel Steel, Benoni Steel, shall die before they marry, then the forementioned spoons shall be divided among the surviving; or if all of them shall die, then it is my mind that these forenamed spoons shall return to my son Samuel Steel, and his heirs. And it is my will, that for the remainder of my silver spoons, broken or whole, as also a small gold ring, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Steel, and his heirs forever; and for the remainder of my estate, as cattle or horses, swine, sheep, fowls, corn, linen or woolen, or whatever movables in my house, brass, pewter, iron, earthern, wooden vessels, or debts owing me, or whatever else is mine, not yet disposed off in this my will, all just dues being paid, I give and bequeath to my two sons-in-law, William and Thomas Judd; and do make the aforesaid William Judd and Thomas Judd, my whole and sole executors; and do desire and make choice of my son Samuel Steel, and James Steel, to be overseers of this my last will and testament. JOHN STEEL

The first column of figures denotes the number of each individual, and is continuous throughout the book. The second column shows the number in each separate family, the eldest being numbered one. This is designed to be regular, although some families are not arranged correctly. Figures immediately after the first name in each paragraph, in parenthesis, thus (50), refer back to the individual of the family in which he or she is first named. Figures which are found after the name of a member of a family, in parenthesis, indicate to refer forward to that number, when that family is traced out. Example--on page 9 you will find next to No. 30, "Children of SAMUEL2 (8) and Mary (Boosey) Steel."

By referring back to No. 8, you will find the date of his birth, when married, and other information relating to him and his family. The small figure 2 after his name, shows that he is of the second generation, and his children, which commence with 31, have the figure 3, showing that they are the third generation. The eldest of this family is James, No. 31, and the numeral 1 adjoining, indicates that he is so. After his name occur the figures (64), and by turning forward to that number, the names of his children will be found, with all the information concerning them. The plan adopted in this work is the one recommended by the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and is presumed to be the best system in use.

(1.) John Steel,1 born in Essex county, Eng.; came to New England about 1631-2; settled 1st, at New Town (now Cambridge, Mass.); removed to Hartford, Conn., and thence to Farmington, Conn. He m. 1st, Rachel (???), probably in England; she d. 1653; he m. 2d, Mercy, widow of Richard Seamer, or Seymour; he d. at Farmington, Conn., Nov. 25, 1655.

(2.) George Steel,1 presumed to have been an elder brother of John Steel, came to this country with him. He was made a freeman at Cambridge, in 1634; removed to Hartford, Conn.; was a proprietor of lands at the latter place in 1639; he d. in the year 1663, as is said "very old."

(3) 1. JOHN Jr.2 (13) b.(???); m. Mercy Warner in 1645; d. before his father, 1653-4. After his decease, his widow m. Thomas Hill. She was the dau. of Andrew Warner, who came from Cambridge to Hartford in 1635-6.

(4) 2. LYDIA2 (19) b. (???); m. March 31, 1657, James, son of Thomas and Mary Bird; he d. 1708; she d. (???); his father, Thomas Bird, settled in Hartford in 1645.

(5) 3. MARY2 (26) b. March 31, 1657; m. William, son of Thomas Judd; she d. Oct. 2, 1718.

(7) 5. SARAH2 (27) b. 1638; m. 1658, at Farmington, Lieut. Thomas Judd; removed to Waterbury, Conn., in 1677; d. May 22, 1695; he was b. 1638, and d. Jan. 10, 1702, aged 65 years. "He was the son of Thomas Judd, one of the earliest settlers of Hartford, who afterwards removed to Farmington, where his two sons, William and Thomas, married two daughters of John Steel. His name occurs frequently on the Records of Connecticut."

(8) 6. SAMUEL2 (31) b. 1626-7; m. Mary, dau. of Hon. James Boosey; he d. Aug. 15, 1685; she was b. Sept. 10, 1635, and d. 1702, at Farmington. "He was deputy to the General Assembly 1668-9, and 1672 to 1677. He was appointed lieutenant of Farmington train band in 1674. The General Court, held May 9, 1672, granted him 200 acres of land for a farm." "Hon. James Boosey, the father of Mrs. Steel, was a very prominent man in Weathersfield."

(9) 1. ELIZABETH2 b. (???); m. Thomas Watts, afterwards of Middletown; he was a military man, was appointed ensign, lieutenant, and afterwards captain of the forces of Hartford county, in the King Philip war.

(10) 2. A daughter2 b. 1640; m. Harrison, or Henderson, who had a daughter Martha.

(12) 4. JAMES2 (39) b. (???); m. Anna Bishop, probably a dau. of John Bishop of Guilford; she d. 1676; he m. 2d, Bethia, widow of Dea. Samuel Stocking (she had 8 children by Dea. S.); he was a very prominent man. From the Colonial Records, the following notices of him are taken: "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."

(17) 5. Lieut. JOHN3 (50) b. Nov. 5, 1647; m. Ruth, dau. of Dea. Thomas Judd of Farmington; d. Aug. 26, 1737. "He was made a freeman, May 10, 1677."

(18) 6. SAMUEL3 (57) b. March 15, 1652; m. Sept. 16, 1680, Mercy, dau. of Major Wm. Bradford; he d. 1710; she d. 1720; had 5 sons and 2 daughters; he resided in Hartford, Conn.

(24) 6. THOMAS3 b. (???); m. Mary Woodford; she d. Nov. 9, 1725; he m. 2d, widow Sarah Smith; she d. 1737.

(26) 1. THOMAS3 b. 1672; m. Sarah, dau. of Stephen Freeman, Feb. 9, 1687-8, of Newark, E. Jersey; he d. January 4, 1747, aged 75; his wife d. Sept. 28, 1738, aged 68; they had 8 children.

(27) 1. THOMAS3 b. (???); m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Gaylord, Sen., April 11, 1688; settled at Hartford; they had 9 children.

(28) 2. JOHN3 b. (???); m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Hickox, April 16, 1696; d. about 1716; she d. at Waterbury, Conn., July 17, 1750; 7 children.

(29) 3. SARAH3 b. at Waterbury, (???); m. Stephen, son of Stephen Hopkins, Nov. 17, 1686.

(31) 1. JAMES3 (64) b. Aug. 31, 1644; m. July 19, 1687, Anna, dau. of Capt. Samuel Welles; he d. May 15, 1713; she was b. 1668, and d. at Wethersfield, 1739, aged 71; she m. 2d, James Judson of Stratford, Nov. 20, 1718; he (Judson) d. Feb. 25, 1721, aged 71. "He was for many years a merchant at Wethersfield, and was captain of the train band at that place. Capt. Samuel Wells, father of Mrs. Steel, was made a commissioner, and magistrate; he was son of Governor Thomas Welles."

(38) 8. EBENEZER3 (70) b. Aug. 13, 1761; m. Feb. 15, 1705, Sarah Hart; he d. Oct. 6, 1722; she d. Feb. 26, 1751; resided at Farmington. "He inherited his father's large estate in F., and was a prominent man in the Litchfield Land Survey. In his will, he forbade his widow to marry Gersham Lewis, a dissipated physician, and she turned David Steel, his nephew, out of the house, though he was an heir to his property."

(39) 1. SARAH3 (72) b. 1656; m. Samuel Borman, Jr., Feb. 8, 1682; he d. Dec. 23, 1720, aged 72.

(40) 2. Lieut. JAMES3 (77) b. about 1658; m. Sarah, probably dau. of Bartholomew Barnard; he d. 1712; she d. 1730; lived at Hartford, Conn. "His estate valued at 878 pounds; his wife's 744 pounds."

(41) 3. JOHN3 (83) b. about 1660; m. Melatiah, 8th child of Major William Bradford of Plymouth; after his death, she m. (???) Stevens of Killingworth; her sister Mercy, m. Samuel Steel, No. 18.

(50) 1. Lieut. JOHN4 (86) bap. March 7, 1685-6; m. Dec. 17, 1716, Mary, dau. of Samuel Newell; he d. April 2, 1751; she d. March, 1779; he lived in Farmington, till all children but Luke were b., then moved to Bethlem Society, Woodbury, and became grantee of one right in the 2d lot, 5th tier in the north purchase of Woodbury, Aug 5, 1736.

(52) 3. MARY4 (96) b. (???); m. Joseph Bird, Jr.; 2d (???) Hart; settled in Northington, Conn.

(56) 7. RACHEL4 bap. June 2, 1689; d. June, 1773, aged --; she lived on the family estate in Farmington; she never married.

(57) 1. THOMAS4 (99) b. Sept. 9, 1681; m. May 10, 1709, Susanna Webster; he d. 1757; she d. Nov. 27, 1757; resided at West Hartford, Conn.

(59) 3. JERUSHA4 b. Feb. 15, 1684-5 (twin); m. (???) Smith; lived in Hartford, Conn.

(61) 5. ABIEL4 b. Oct. 8, 1693; m. John Webster, Dec. 25, 1712; he d. 1753, Southington, Conn.

(62) 6. DANIEL4 (107) b. April 3, 1697; m. 1725, Mary Hopkins; he d. May 28, 1770, West Hartford.

(63) 7. ELIPHALET4 (113) b. June 23, 1700; m. Catharine Marshfield; he d. July, 1773; she d. June 7, 1788, West Hartford.

(64) 1. SAMUEL4 b. Oct. 1, 1688; m. June 23, 1714, Anna, dau. of Jacob Williams of Wethersfield; he d. 1761; she d. 1749; no issue.

(65) 2. Dr. JOSEPH4 (124) b. Sept. 27, 1690; m. Feb. 16, 1715, Elizabeth, dau. of John Hollister, Jr. of Glastenbury; d. 1750; she was b. March 30, 1678; they had five sons and five daughters; resided in that part of Farmington, Conn, now called Berlin; Mrs. Steele's father, John Hollister, was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield.

(66) 3. PRUDENCE4 b. Jan. 17, 1693; m. Dec. 8, 1714, Josiah Deming of Wethersfield; they had children; Elisha5 b. 1715; m. 1745, Elizabeth Williams; Penelope5 b. 1717; Anne,5 1719; Solomon5 b. 1722; m. 1748, Sarah Kirkham; Gamaliel5; Prudence.5

(68) 5. ANNE4 b. Oct. 28, 1702; m. 1724, Wm. Hooker; she d. 1727; he was b. in Farmington, 1695, and d. July 20, 1782; she was the 2d of his four wives; they had children; Lydia5 b. 1725; d. 1736; Richard5 b. 1727; d. 1728.

(69) 6. DAVID4 (138) b. June 8, 1706; m. Sarah (???), Wethersfield; he was brought up by his uncle Ebenezer (see No. 38).

(70) 1. MARY4 b. June 15, 1706; m. Jan. 24, 1725, Thomas Smith; she d. Jan. 4, 1789.

(77) 1. MARY4 b. (???); m. probably Joseph Ashley, or John Watson, Jr. (some doubt).

(78) 2. JONATHAN4 (140) b. about 1693; m. May 6, 1715, Dorothy, dau. of Joseph M. and Sarah Mygatt; he d. Jan. 6, 1753, aged 60; she was b. Jan. 26, 1696, and d. Nov. 8, 1775, aged 79.

(79) 3. Rev. STEPHEN4 (152) b. at Hartford, 1696; 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 the signers of the Declaration of Independence (see an account of his family, in Appendix).

(80) 4. MARY4 b. (???); m. Samuel Goodwin, March 18, 1708; he d. 1712, aged 30; they had children; Abigail5 bap. Dec. 19, 1708; m. Nathaniel Eggleston, March 23, 1738; Samuel5 b. Oct. 15, 1710.

(84) 2. EBENEZER4 (161) b. 1695; m. Susanna (???) of West Hartford; removed to Killingworth, and purchased lands there Feb. 23, 1723; d. 1746.

(86) 1. SAMUEL5 (169) b. Nov. 4, 1717; m. 1st, Mary (???); 2d, Honor(???); he d. June 16, 1801, aged 85; he resided at Southington and Bethlem; his first 3 children were b. at the former place, the others at Bethlem, Conn.

(87) 2. ELIZABETH5 b. Oct. 23, 1719; m. March 25, 1747, Daniel Averitt; he d. Dec. 1793.

(88) 3. MARY5 b. Sept. 20, 1722; m. Sept. 24, 1747, Samuel Slater; had children; John; Mary.

(89) 4. JOHN5 (176) b. Nov. 15, 1724; m. Dec. 15, 1753, Agnes (???); he d. March 11, 1811, aged 85; she d. July 3, 1798.

(90) 5. ELISHA5 (181) b. Nov. 23, 1726; m. March 10, 1763, Susanna, dau. of Deacon Samuel Strong; he d. Oct. 16, 1811, aged 85; she d. Jan. 1, 1813, aged 71; had 15 children.

(91) 6. SOLOMON5 (196) b. Nov. 18, 1728; m. Oct. 16, 1760, Mary Guernsey; he d. 1786; she d. 1816; lived at Paulet, Vermont, and Cayuga county, N. Y.

(92) 7. DANIEL5 (202) b. March 8, 1730-1; m. Anna Guernsey (sister of Solomon's wife); he d. Nov. 22, 1791; she was b. 1738, and d. Sept. 23, 1831, aged 93.

(93) 8. EZEKIEL5 b. Dec. 15, 1732; m. 1755, Rosamond Dudley; he d. Nov. 9, 1760; his widow m. 2d, (???) Farnham, Dec. 1762; 1 child, Ezekiel, who d. without issue.

(94) 9. ELDAD5 b. Oct. 1, 1736; m. (???); d. Nov. 22, 1760; had childred; Daniel6; David6; Orrin6; and 4 daughters.

(99) 1. JERUSHA5 b. at Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1710; m. Feb. 12, 1730, Daniel Wells of Windsor, Conn.

(100) 2. SAMUEL5 (209) b. March 11, 1712; m. Dec. 20, 1739, Elizabeth Merry; 2d, Martha S (???); he d. Sept. 12, 1779; had 15 children.

(101) 3. WILLIAM5 (223) b. Dec. 10, 1713; m. Lydia (???); he d. 1777, of small pox; she d. 1801, aged 75; lived at New Hartford, Conn.; 7 children.

(102) 4. SUSANNA5 b. Dec. 15, 1715; m. July 18, 1734, Thomas Hosmer; lived at West Hartford.

(105) 7. NATHANIEL5 (238) b. Nov. 3, 1721; m. Oct. 16, 1746, Susanna Olmsted; he d. Oct. 15, 1789; had 10 children.

(106) 8. Dr. JOHN5 bap. Nov. 17, 1723; m. Lydia (???); he d. Dec. 5, 1760; she m. 2d, May 9, 1762, R. Sandford; no account of children.

(107) 1. TIMOTHY5 (218) b. 1736; m. Sarah Seymour; he d. June 16, 1806; she was b. 1740, and d. Dec. 27, 1808, at Albany, N. Y.; they resided at Hartford, Conn.; 7 children.

(108) 2. THOMAS5 (255) b. 1740; m. Eunice Clapp; he lived and died at Hartford, Conn.; they had 7 children.

(109) 3. LEMUEL5 (261) b. 1744; m. Mary Clapp; d. Nov. 23, 1815; she was b. 1747; d. Feb. 1, 1816; they had a family of 13 children, and lived to see them all married and settled in life.

(113) 1. Rev. ELIPHALET, Jr.5 b. 1732; graduate of Yale College, 1764; ordained preacher 1770; d. at Paris, N. Y.; probably d. unmarried.

(114) 2. JOSIAH5 (274) b. Feb. 25, 1724, at West Hartford; m. Dec. 2, 1753, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Benjamin Colton; he d. March 11, 1801; she was b. Dec. 9, 1728, and d. July 18, 1812, aged 84; they lived at Hinesburg, Vt.; had 9 children.

(116) 4. MEROY5 (283) bap. Oct. 8, 1727; m. Jan. 12, 1749, Noah Webster; he was b. March 25, 1722; d. Nov. 9, 1813, aged 92; she d. Oct. 5, 1794, aged 67; had 5 children.

(117) 5 THEOPHILUS5 (288) bap. May 31, 1730; m. 1760, Miriam Hosmer; he d. July 10, 1775; she m. 2d, Zachariah Garnryck in 1788; 5 children.

(118) 6. RACHEL5 bap. Sept. 4, 1737; m. April 27, 1758, Benjamin Hopkins; he was bap. May 11, 1734.

(123) 11. ELIJAH5 (291) bap. April 20, 1735; m. Jan. 18, 1759, Esther Millard of Farmington.

(126) 3. JAMES5 (296) b. May 18, 1719; m. Mercy Cowles; he d. July 27, 1775; she d. July 22, 1809; lived at Berlin, Conn. "She was a grandchild of Joseph Woodford, who came from England to Farmington, Conn., at the age of 17, about the year 1664." She had 8 children.

(127) 4. ABIGAIL5 b. Jan. 5, 1721; m. Nathan Booth of Berlin, Conn.; they had children; Nathan6; James6; Joseph6; Robert6; a dau. who m. Joshua Webster; a dau. who m. (???) Booth.

(129) 6. EBENEZER5 (311) b. May 18, 1727; m. Sarah Middleton; he d. Jan. 21, 1821; she d. March 16, 1823, aged 94; resided at Wethersfield and New Britain, Conn. "His wife lived in the married state 75 years, was the mother of 13 children, from whom she had 70 grand children, 171 great grand children, and 24 great-great grand children; in all, 278 descendants."

(130) 7. ANNA5 b. Jan. 23, 1724-5; m. May 26, 1762, John Root; they had one son; Ashbel, b. 1766; who m. (???), and had children; Jesse6; Ashbel6; Amos6; Cyrus6; Rebecca6; Samuel6; and Timothy.6

(131) 8. JONATHAN5 (322) b. 17--; m. Bethia Stone, "It is related of him that he was very strong, and on one occasion, lifting salt on a wager, he was tickled by some one present, which caused him to spit blood, from which he lived but a short time."

(132) 9. ELIZUR5 b. 1736; m. Nov. 17, 1765, Mary, dau. of Wm. Roods; had no children.

(133) 10. LUCY5 (324) b. June 24, 1737; m. 1760, Jonathan Pitkin, 2d; had 12 children; lived at East Hartford, Conn.

(139) 2. EBENEZER5 b. 1729; m. 1749, Mary Sage(?); had Sarah6 b. March 26, 1750.

(148) 9. ASHABEL5 (345) b. 1732; m. 1757, Rachel Skinner; he d. July 8, 1790 (accidentally); she d. May 21, 1804, aged 66; 4 children.

(153) 2. STEPHEN5 (349) b. Sept. 29, 1724; m. May 28, 1747, Hannah Chapman; she d. Aug. 27, 1801.

(154) 3. ELEAZER5 (357) b. Aug. 21, 1726; m. Dec. 28, 1749, Ann White of Bolton; she d. Feb. 22, 1750-1; m. 2d, Nov. 7, 1751, Ruth Chapman; 3d, Lois Fenton of Wellington; 9 children.

(155) 4. ELISHA5 (366) b. Oct. 7, 1728; m. April 26, 1758, Sarah, dan. of Roger and Mary Walcott of Windsor; he d. about 1813; his widow m. Elijah Chapman; she was b. June 7, 1735; d. Feb. 28, 1812. "He was the first lawyer in Tolland, Conn.;" 6 children.

(158) 7. JAMES,5 Esq. (372) b. Feb. 6, 1737; m. 1st, Jan. 24, 1754, Abigail Huntington; she d. Jan. 6, 1769; m. 2d, Dorothy Converse, Sept. 14, 1769; she d. March 10, 1773; m. 3d, Abigail Makepeace of Western,(?) Jan. 18, 1775; she d. April 23, 1823; he d. April 5, 1812 or '13, aged 77; he first settled in Tolland, moved to Ellington 1776; after the revolution, went to Brookfield, Vt.; he was a lieutenant in the war of 1755; had 13 children.

(159) 8. JOHN5 (385) b. Nov. 25, 1738; m. Dec. 15, 1763, Sarah Cobb; she d. March 5, 1805; he had 9 children.

(161) 1. JOHN5 (394) b.(???); m. Christian (???), Feb. 4, 1785; she d. at Washington, Jan. 8, 1799; formerly at Hartford, Conn.

(162) 2. MARY5 b. (???); m. John Dodd; he m. 1st, Sarah Benton, by whom he had three children; by Mary, 2d wife, he had James6 b. June 10, 1786; she d. March, 1809.

(167) 7. Capt. BRADFORD5 (407) bap. Sept. 22, 1734; m. about 1755, Mary Perkins, in Derby; he d. April 10, 1804; she was b. 1731; d. Oct. 16, 1788; he m. 2d, Sarah Wheeler of Derby, widow of Simeon W., who had been killed at the burning of Fairfield, Conn. "He commenced business with his father-in-law, in 1757; he afterward returned to Hartford and from thence to Derby, near Rimmon Falls; here he purchased lands, built houses and shops, and raised a large family; he was an officer of the volunteer company that joined Washington at Boston, and afterwards captain of Minute men; he was in several conflicts defending New Haven and the coast of the Sound, as far west as New York; he was noted for his shrewdness, enterprise and strength of mind." He had 9 children.

(168) 8. ELISHA5 (415) b. about 1737; m. April 12, 1760, Mary Merrills; d. 1805; lived in Derby; his wife d. at Hadley, Mass.; he m. 2d, Eunice, widow of Lieut. Pritchard.

(172) 4. HONOR6 (daughter), b. Oct. 24, 1763; m. Adam Kasson; went to Vermont; he was b. Aug. 16, 1763.

(173) 5. JOHN 2d6 (421) b. (???); m. Oct. 27, 1779, Rebecca Stoddart; he d. April 2, 1804; she was b. Aug. 14, 1748; he resided in Bethlem, Conn.; familiarly called "Mill John."

(178) 3. JOHN 3d6 (425) b. Nov. 3, 1761; m. Ruth (???); d. Oct. 2, 1795, aged 34; 3 children.

(180) 5. JONATHAN6 (428) b. Sept. 13, 1769; m. Nov. 14, 1792, Fanny, dau. of Ebenezer Warner; she was b. July 12, 1775; lived at New Lebanon, Conn., a few years since; 7 children.

(181) 1. SAMUEL6 (435) b. Jan. 23, 1764; m. Diadema, dau. of Samuel Fenn; d. from fall of a tree Nov. 12, 1798; she was b. about 1748; d. about 1848; lived at Bethlem, Conn.

(182) 2. WILLIAM6 (439) b. Sept. 10, 1780; m. March, 1822, Eliza Pitkin; lived at East Bloomfield, N. Y.

(183) 3. JOSEPH6 b. (???); m. Polly Hamlin; resides in Oswego county, N. Y.; no children.

(184) 4. ELISHA6 (446) bap. Feb. 3, 1771; m. Feb. 2, 1793, Anna Brown; d. Dec. 29, 1812; she m. 2d. (???) Oakley, a silversmith, Hartford, Conn.

(185) 5. OLIVE6 (454) b. 1776; m. Dec. 18, 1799, Jonathan Hawley; d. June 22, 1827; residence East Bloomfield, N. Y.

(188) 8. BETSEY6 b. (???); m. May 4, 1810, Dr. Ashahel S. Humphrey of Salisbury, Conn.; d. 1837; no issue.

(189) 9. LUCY6 bap. May 28, 1769; m. May 16, 1796, George D. Kasson; d. May 19, 1808; had children; Emily Lucy,7 Edgar N.,7 Samuel,7 George7, Susan M.7; lived at Bethlem, Conn.

(190) 10. JOEL6 (461) b. (???); m. 1847; 1st, Anna Boughton; 2d, Caroline Ely; d. Nov. 13, 1846; lived at Lyme, Conn.; 9 children.

(194) 14. Rev. JULIUS6 (470) b. Dec. 29, 1786; m. Oct. 1, 1818, Harriet Belden of Windsor. "He graduated at Yale College, 1811; student at Andover Theological Seminary, 1814; minister, 1815 to 1828, at East Bloomfield, N. Y.; subsequently at Warsaw, Wyoming county, N. Y.; d. at White Pigeon, Michigan, Feb. 20, 1849."

(195) 15. Rev. NATHANIEL6 b. July 17, 1770; d. Sept. 23, 1795; graduate of Yale College, 1788; preached as a missionary in western New York.

(196) 1. ELDAD6 b. Feb. 22, 1763; m. (???); d. 1839, at Newark, Ohio; had children; Daniel,7 David7 and two daughters; no further account.

(197) 2. SOLOMON GOLD6 b. March 6, 1768; m. March 10, 1799, Fanny Guernsey; she was b. March 25, 1778; and d. April 25, 1802; m. 2d, Betsey Ketchum; he d. 1844; they lived in Cayuga county, N. Y., and Vermont; had one dau., Lucy,7 b. Jan. 11, 1800; m. James Donney.

(198) 3. BETHEL6 (852) b. (???); m. Polly B(???); he d. in Steuben county, N. Y., 1838; she d. 1840, in Warsaw, Wyoming county, N. Y.

(200) 5. JOB6 b. (???); m. (???) Stoddart; lived in Aurelius, Cayuga county, N. Y.; d. 1813; had children; Elisha,7 Solomon,7 and 1 daughter.7

(202) 1. ANNA6 b. at Bethlem, Conn.; m. Samuel Bellamy of the same place; had children; Jonathan,7 Daniel,7 Joseph,7 Charlotte7; the latter b. Jan. 30, 1779; d. Feb. 22, 1802; these children are all deceased, but their descendants reside in western New York; she d. Nov. 16, 1799.

(205) 4. OLIVE6 b. about 1776; m. Leverett Judd; d. Feb. 20, 1848; children; Anna7 and Daniel S.7

(212) 4. THOMAS6 (478) bap. Oct. 24, 1742; m. Nov. 6, 1763, Desire Stanley; 3 children. "He was one of the first settlers of Lenox; was Secretary of the Compact, 1774."

(213) 5. ALLYN6 (481) b. July 21, 1757; m. Jan. 7, 1778-9; m. Joanna Cadwell; he d. insane June 17, 1802; his wife b. Jan. 20, 1757; d. May 3, 1835.

(215) 7. JOEL6 (487) b. March 22, 1767; m. 1788, Lydia Ensign; he d. July 23, 1826; she was b. April 6, 1767; d. July 7, 1844, West Hartford; had 10 children.

(216) 8. MARTHA6 b. April 13, 1751; m. July 27, 1768, Ebenezer Sedgwick, West Hartford.

(216 1/2) 9. MARY6 b. April 26, 1749; m. Nov. 16, 1766, John Rowley of West Hartford; d. Sept. 8, 1795.

(223) 1. WILLIAM6 (497) b. 1742; m. 1770, Hannah Webster; d. 1806; West Hartford; 11 children.

(224) 2. TIMOTHY6 b. 1745; m. Abigail (???); d. 1777; he emigrated to Lenox, 10 years before his death.

(226) 4. ISAAC6 (508) b. 1752; m. 1777, Dorothy Pitkin; 2d, Lavinia Goodwin, 1792; had 12 children.

(230) 1. JAMES6 (520) bap. July 14, 1746; m. 1768, Huldah Steele (No. 229); had 8 children.

(231) 2. LOIS6 (528) bap. May 23, 1748; m. Nathaniel Spencer; he was b. April 10, 1748; lived at New Hartford, Conn.; had 9 children.

(234) 5. JESSE6 (537) b. in Litchfield county, Conn., Aug. 18, 1755; m. 1st, Mehitable Seger of Granby, 1777; she d. in Whitestown, N. Y.; m. 2d, Lucinda Adams; she was b. Aug. 18, 1756, and d. at Lenox, March 22, 1828; he d. at New Hartford, Conn., May 6, 1815; had 7 children.

(238) 1. NATHANIEL, Jr.6 (543) bap. Aug. 23, 1747; m. Dec. 23, 1770, Bethia Centre; residence Delhi, N. Y.; d. at Walton; had 9 children.

(240) 3. MOSES6 (552) bap. Oct. 14, 1750; m. Amanda Steele; settled in Canaan, Conn.; 8 children; d. in Sheffield, Conn.

(245) 8. HEZEKIAH6 bap. Aug. 10, 1760; m. June 8, 1787, Lois Merrills, dau. of Eleazur and Lois Merrills, of Farmington, Conn.; she was b. March 12, 1769; resides at Kingsboro, N. Y.

(246) 9. FREDERICK6 (560) b. June 16, 1762; m. April 19, 1787, Sabra Shepherd; he d. July 18, 1825; she was b. Dec. 16, 1766; and d. May 8, 1834; 6 children; lived at Kingsboro, N. Y.

(248) 1. ROSWELL6 b. 1765; d. unmarried in Hartford, Conn., April 21, 1809, aged 44.

(250) 3. DANIEL6 (569) b. at Hartford, Conn. March 20, 1772; m. at Albany, N. Y., Elizabeth, dau. of James Van Benthuysen, April 15, 1797; she was b. March 10, 1777; and d. March 17, 1825, aged 48. He m. 2d, Nov. 16, 1826, Mary Wood; she was b. Oct. 28, 1780; he d. at Albany, N. Y., July 7, 1828, aged 56. "He came to Albany from Hartford in 1793, and opened a book bindery, which was twice destroyed by fire; he afterwards connected the book-selling business with his bindery; he was engaged in active business till a short time before his death;" he had 11 children.

(251) 4. LUCY6 (580) b. at Hartford, 1769; m. George Beach; 2d, William Whitman; she d. May 4, 1801.

(252) 5. OLIVER6 (582) b. 1781; m. Sarah H. Bass; d. March 26, 1826; he lived at Boston, Mass., Savannah, Ga., and New Haven; he d. at the latter place; while in Savannah, in 1818, he published the "Savannah Price Current; he published at New Haven, Conn., in 1810, the "Connecticut Herald."

(253) 6. MITTEE6 (585) b. Dec. 14, 1777; m. Sept. 14, 1800, Capt. George Benton of Hartford; she d. in New York city, 1844.

(254) 7. LAVINIA6 (589) b. 1775; m. Hon. Augustus Porter; she d. March 6, 1799, aged 24 years; Mr. Porter was b. in Salisbury, Conn., Jan. 18, 1769; he was a son of Dr. Joshua Porter, who was for fifty years a practicing physician in that town; in June, 1806, he became a resident of the Holland Purchase, located himself at the Falls of Niagara; he was one of the first who settled in western New York; he was a brother of Gen. Peter B. Porter, who served in the war of 1812, and who was Secretary of War, under John Quincy Adams.

(257) 3. HEZEKIAH6 (596) b. March 4, 1785; m. Aug. 16, 1805, Avis Barnard; she was b. May 20, 1788.

(258) 4. EUNICE6 b. (???); m. Caleb Sheldon, Montpelier, Vt.; they had children; Caleb,7 Ann,7 Charles.7

(259) 5. RHODA6 b. (???); m. Edward Day, Hartford, Conn.; had children; Edward,7 Joseph,7 Horace,7 Amelia.7

(259 1/2) 6. ANN6 b. (???); m. Alva Smith; 2d, (???) Pomeroy; had 1 child; Fanny.7

(260) 7. NANOY6 b. (???); m. John Cook; had children; Jeremiah,7 Mary Ann,7 Elizabeth,7 Eunice,7 and Amelia.7

(261) 1. WEALTHIE6 (603) b. Aug. 22, 1765; m. 1787, Samuel Barnard; lived at Litchfield, Conn.; he m. 1st, Mary Benton, Feb. 18, 1784, by whom had children, Chauncey and Benton; 9 children.

(262) 2. MARY6 (612) b. at Hartford, Conn., July 18, 1767; m. John Durrie of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England; lived at Hartford; she d. Feb. 10, 1846; he d. June 17, 1833.

(263) 3. ELIZABETH6 (620) b. Oct. 16, 1769; m. Daniel Seymour; she d. Dec. 5, 1827; he d. Oct. 13, 1820; 6 children.

(264) 4. CHLOE6 (626) b. Oct. 26, 1771; m. Aug. 22, 1792, Peter Farnham; d. at Butternuts, Otsego county, N. Y., March 10, 1849; he was b. July 6, 1769; d. March 12, 1848; 12 children.

(265) 5. FREDERICK6 (638) b. June 6, 1774; m. 1796-7, Huldah Webster; lived at Litchfield, Conn.; 9 children.

(266) 6. PATTY6 b. Jan. 15, 1781; m. Luther Peck; had children; Henry7 and Patty7; Hartford, Conn.

(267) 7. DOLLY6 (647) b. Dec. 1, 1778; m. John T. Mansfield; lived at Litchfield, Conn.; had 13 children.

(268) 8. HENRY6 (660) b. Dec. 21, 1783; m. Oct. 19, 1817, Mary Sherwood; he d. March 1830; she d. Jan. 1850; 4 children; lived at Hartford, Conn.

(269) 9. HARRIET6 (664) b. Feb. 12, 1785; m. 1st, George Smith, Feb. 12, 1809; 2d, Jedediah Morgan, Jan. 26, 1812; he d. Dec. 10, 1826; resided at Aurora, Cayuga county, N. Y.

(270) 10. LUCY6 b. June 11, 1790; m. David Wadsworth; 2d, (???) Jones; reside in Westfield, Medina county, Ohio; 1 child; Lucy.7

(271) 11. HEPHSIBA6 (673) b. March 9, 1794; m. George Collier; resides in Ohio; 10 children.

(272) 12. LEVI6 (683) b. Nov. 17, 1776; m. Jan. 22, 1804, Sarah Van Benthuysen of Albany, N. Y.; he d. May 30, 1839; his widow is still living in Albany. "He served in the army in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Staten Island." 7 children.

(273) 13. LEMUEL6 (690) b. Aug. 22, 1787; m. Tabitha, dau. of Dorus and Abigail Barnard; he d. Dec. 26, 1853; she d. (???). "He came to Albany in 1816, and began business as a paper hanger. His establishment was twice destroyed by fire, but by industry, economy and enterprise, he overcame the effects of disaster, and acquired a competence. He was for about ten years, Democratic Alderman of the Fourth Ward, and was also for many years, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, Director of the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank, Etc. He will be long remembered as a deservedly successful merchant, a public spirited citizen, and as an upright man."

(274) 1. ELIZABETH6 b. Oct. 9, 1754; m. May 10, 1783, Prentice Hosmer; 2d, (???) Smith; she d. May 21, 1832; lived at Hinesburg, Vt.

(276) 3. ELIPHAZ6 (696) b. March 4, 1758; m. Oct. 25, 1786, Polly Milliken of Washington, Mass.; he d. Oct. 7, 1839, aged 81; she was b. Nov. 12, 1757, and d. Sept. 11, 1839; lived in Hinesburg, Vt.; 7 children.

(277) 4. JOSIAH, Jr.6 (702) b. at Hartford, Aug. 24, 1760; m. Aug. 15, 1790, Phoebe Smith; he d. Oct. 22, 1836; she was b. Jan. 16, 1771; lived at Caldwell, New Jersey; had 10 children.

(279) 6. RACHEL6 b. Aug. 12, 1764; m. Feb. 19, 1789, Jonas Barnes of Tolland, Conn.; she d. July 24, 1847. "She was brought up by her uncle Rev. Geo. Colton of Bolton, Conn., who had adopted her."

(280) 7. CATHERINE6 (712) b. Oct. 2, 1766; m. Feb. 2, 1791, Jacob Kellogg of W. Hartford; she d. in Utica, N. Y., May 6, 1835, aged 69; 8 children.

(281) 8. GEORGE6 b. Dec. 18, 1768; lived at Hinesburg, Vt., and afterward in Canada.

(282) 9. Rev. MARSHFIELD6 (720) b. Aug. 10, 1771; d. June 25, 1781; he graduated at Yale College, 1790; was afterward a Congregational minister; settled for many years in Machias, Maine.

(284) 2. ABRAHAM6 b. Sept. 17, 1751; m. 1st, (???) Merrils of New Hartford; 2d, Dorothy Seymour; 3d, Eunice Childs of Deer-Seld, Mass.; he d. in Sullivan, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1831.

(285) 3. JERUSHA6 b. Jan. 22, 1756; m. Joel Lord of Salisbury, Conn., afterwards of Danby, N. Y.; she d. Aug. 4, 1831.

(286) 4. NOAH,6 L.L. D., author of "American Dictionary of the English Language," Etc.; b. Oct. 16, 1758; m. Rebecca, dau. of Hon. William Greenleaf of Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 1789; d. May 28, 1843, aged 85; his wife d. June 25, 1847, aged 82; residence, New Haven, Conn.

(287) 5. CHARLES6 b. Sept. 2, 1762; m. 1st, Betsey Woodruff; 2d, Mrs. Wilkinson.

(289) 1. ORLO6 (724) b. in Cornwall, Conn., May 14, 1791; m. Nov. 26, 1816, Fanny Abbey; she was b. in Enfield, Conn., Sept. 7, 1789; 3 children. He removed to Oswego, N. Y., about 1820, and had charge of the light house at that place for many years; he was a member of the first Board of Trustees after its incorporation in 1828.

(290) 2. A daughter6 b. Feb. 20, 1793; m. Calvin C. Summer; had 2 sons and 1 daughter.

(292) 2. ELIJAH, Jr.6 (726) b. Feb. 6, 1764; had two wives; names unknown; he d. at Albany, N. Y., April 18, 1818.

(293) 3. ELIPHALET M.6 b. Jan. 20, 1766; m. Hannah Hatch; she was b. Nov. 7, 1769; d. July 19, 1842.

(296) 1. MERCY6 (731) b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. 1764, Alexander Rhoades of Wethersfield, Conn.; she d. in 1836; he was b. 1739, and d. May 9, 1805; she had 11 children, 51 grandchildren and 93 great grandchildren.

(297) 2. JAMES6 (740) b. Aug. 18, 1746; m. Lucretia Dibble of Vermont; had 10 children.

(298) 3. JOSEPH6 (750) b. Sept., 1747-8; m. Olive Churchill; lived in Kensington, Conn., where he d. at the time the epidemic was prevalent; 7 children.

(299) 4. ELIZABETH6 (757) b. Aug. 18, 1752; m. Eleazar Aspinwall; she d. May 4, 1832; he was b. June 22, 1755, and d. Nov. 23, 1808; 8 children.

(301) 6. ELIJAH6 (765) b. Jan. 22, 1758; m. Hannah Scovill; he d. 1830. "He was in the Revolutionary army stationed at New York."

(304) 1. HANNAH6 b. 1757; m. John Gilbert; had children; John G.,7 Samuel,7 Daniel,7 Francis,7 Joseph,7 Levi,7 Chauncey,7 Anna7; m. E. B. Hart; Lydia,7 Chloe7 and Kesiah.7

(308) 5. DANIEL6 (774) b. 1759 (twin); m. (???); d. Sept. 1826; David and Daniel are known as the twin doctors of Kensington, Conn.

(309) 6. CLARINDA6 b. (???); m. David Goodrich; had children; Samuel Steeel,7 Benjamin,7 Chauncey,7 Cyrus,7 and a dau. who m. Elizur Deming.

(311) 1. EBENEZER, Jr.6 (791) b. 1749; m. 1st, Lucy (???); 2d, Hannah Brewer; he d. 1812; 13 children.

(312) 2. WILLIAM6 (804) b. (???); m. Lurena Penfield; d. 1825; residence, New Britain, Conn.; 10 children.

(313) 3. MARY6 or POLLY (814) b. Sept. 7, 1754; m. Aug. 18, 1772, Elisha Booth; she d. Nov. 1, 1842, at Colebrook, Conn.; he d. Nov. 16, 1804; 5 children.

(318) 8. SELAH6 (833) b. April 19, 1764; m. Trial Stedman; she d. Oct. 22, 1845, aged 82; she was b. May 12, 1765.

(324) 1. ROGER6 b. 1761; d. 1820; m. Hannah Abbey; she was b. 1750, and d. 1830; East Hartford, Conn.

(325) 2. EZEKIEL6 b. 1763; m. 1793, Hannah Chapman; she was b. 1769, and d. 1803; he m. 2d, Euphemia Chapman (her sister); she was b. 1786; he d. 1843; 4 children.

(334) 11. JONATHAN6 b. 1779; m. Betsey Comings; lives in Vermont; has 12 children.

(338) 3. GEORGE6 b. (???); m. Elizabeth (???); she d. Nov. 10, 1800, aged 29; had a son, who d. in New Haven, Conn., a few years since.

(339) 4. JONATHAN6 b. (???); m. (???); d. in Boston, Erie county, N. Y.; he was the oldest of the family and d. over 100 years of age. "He and his brother James used to carry the mail from Boston to Hartford, on horseback." (It is to be regretted that nothing more definite of this family has been ascertained.)

(343) 8. ANN6 b. (???); m. (???) Lord; living with her son, at Redfield, Otsego county, N. Y.

(348) 4. RACHEL6 b. 1763; m. Feb. 17, 1787, Charles R. Webster, printer and bookseller, Albany, N. Y.; she d. of consumption, March 31, 1794, aged 30; he m. 2d, Cynthia, sister of his 1st wife, at Albany, April 2, 1796; he d. at Saratoga Springs, where he had repaired for his health, July 18, 1834, aged 72. "He was of the old, and well known firm of Websters & Skinners," printers and booksellers.

(348 1/2) 5. CYNTHIA6 b. 1770; m. Charles R. Webster; d. at Albion, Orleans county, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1848, aged 78.

(353) 5. PEREZ6 (865) b. May 1, 1758; m. Hannah Simmons of Tolland, Conn., June 7, 1781; he d. Feb. 28, 1836; she d. March 4, 1832; 11 children. "He was a member of the Legislature of New York from Greene county, in the years 1808-'12-'13 and 1820."

(356) 8. DANIEL6 (876) b. July 24, 1769; m. Dec. 14, 1797, Prudence Hatch; he d. Sept. 17, 1808, aged 39; 6 children.

(357) 1. ELEAZAR, Jr.6 (882) b. Aug. 20, 1753; m. Dec. 16, 1779, Rebecca Lathrop; he d. June 26, 1809; she d. March 3, 1806; 11 children.

(359) 3. SAMUEL6 b. May 7, 1757; d. in Revolutionary war, in service; had a son, Eleazar F. Steele, who went to Vermont.

(361) 5. ASHBEL6 (893) b. March 15, 1765; m. March 26, 1789, Elizabeth Willis; he d. May 30, 1831, in Tolland, Conn.; she d. Jan. 26, 1832; 6 children.

(363) 7. DAVID6 (899) b. June 29, 1767; m. May 23, 1793, Phoebe Edgerton of Lyme, N. H.; 4 children.

[The last three families are taken from the Town Reoords of Tolland, Conn.; the preceding one from State, Probate, and Town Records of Hartford, Conn.]

(373) 2. JAMES6 (903) b. Oct. 30, 1756; m. Jemima, dau. of Roger and Dorcas Wolcott; he d. in Ellington, Conn., Jan. 5, 1819, aged 63; she was b. May 14, 1763, and d. April 8, 1800. "He was at the siege of Boston, and at the battle of Long Island." 12 children.

(374) 3. ZADOC6 (914) b. Dec. 17, 1758; m. Feb. 10, 1785, Hannah, dau. of Wm. Shurtleff; he d. at Stanstead, Canada, March 23, 1845, aged 87; she was b. July 9, 1765, and d. June 25, 1845, aged 80. "He was taken prisoner by the Indians that burnt Royalton, Vt., Oct. 17, 1780, and with other captives was placed in a prison on an island in the rapids above Montreal, from which he made his escape; in 1818, he published in Montpelier, a narrative of his adventures, Etc."; 10 children.

(375) 4. ANDREW6 (924) b. Dec. 25, 1763; m. Aug. 17, 1785, Elizabeth Lathrop, of Tolland; he d. Feb. 18, 1811, at Brookfield, Vt.; she was b. 1763, and d. Sept. 16, 1837; 8 children.

(376) 5. SAMUEL6 (932) b. May 10, 1761; m. Feb. 12, 1787, Sarah Shurtleff (sister of Zadoc's wife); he d. in Sharon, Vt., Jan. 29, 1849, aged 87; his wife living in 1850, aged 83. "He served in the latter part of the Revolutionary War"; had 9 children.

(383) 12. ELEAZAR6 b. Oct. 4, 1785; m. Azuba Blodgett; d. at Randolph, Vt., Aug. 31, 1847, aged 62 years.

(384) 13. JASON6 (941) b. Aug. 1, 1789; m. Feb. 21, 1822, Harriet Converse; lived at Windsor, Vt.; 6 children.

(386) 2. SARAH6 (947) b. Feb. 25, 1769; m. March 29, 1792, Artemas Gurley; she d. Jan. 16, 1804; he m. 2d, Patty Hovey March 2, 1805; he d. at Greenfield, Mass., May 18, 1822; he had 4 children by his first wife. Artemas Gurley was a delegate to the Convention which formed the Constitution of Connecticut, held Aug. 1818.

(389) 5. MARY6 b. July 11, 1776, m. Billa Woodward; he was b. 1772; d. in Roxbury, Vt., 1851; had 8 children.

(396) 3. JOHN, Jr.6 b. Aug. 20, 1749; m. May 5, 1774, Sarah Merrill; he d. in camp Oct. 3, 1776; his widow m. 2d, Dec. 18, 1777, Samuel Moril (?).

400) 7. EBENEZER6 (951) b. Aug. 5, 1753; m. July 1, 1778, Rachel Steel of West Hartford; d. Nov. 8, 1805; she was b. Jan. 10, 1755; d. Jan. 1839.

(401) 8. AARON6 (959) b. Jan. 8, 1761; m. 1784, Polly Kellogg of Hartford, Conn.; d. Nov. 4, 1804; she d. Feb. 19, 1822.

(402) 9. MOSES6 b. Dec. 10, 1757; m. April 8, 1776, Amanda Steele; d. March 30, 1832; he had a son, Ashabel,7 who lived in Norwich, Conn.

(405) 12. PITT6 b. Oct. 23, 1767; d. of fractured skull, Feb. 26, 1770 (record of burial).

(406) 13. PITT6 b. Feb. 4, 1770; m. Dec. 3, 1797, Lydia Chamberlain, who d. in Norwich, Conn., April 14, 1799; he d. May 2, 1828.

(408) 2. SUSANNAH6 b. Dec. 14, 1756-7; m. Nathaniel Flowers of Roxbury, March 5, 1779.

(410) 4. MELATIAH6 b. March 9, 1760-1; m. March 5, 1779, Wm. Keeney; d. March 9, 1827.

(411) 5. BRADFORD, Jr.6 (962) b. Aug. 31, 1762; m. Ruth Wheeler of Derby, March 7, 1785; d. Dec. 23, 1841, aged 80; she was b. Sept. 17, 1765; living 1854; 5 children.

(411 1/2) 6. MARY6 b. 1764; m. Edward Warren, Woodbridge, Conn.; settled in Watertown.

(413) 8. DANIEL6 (967) b. July 14, 1768; m. 1st, Rebecca Clark of Waterbury, 1789; she d. March, 1796; 2d, Margaret, dau. of Richard Welton, Sept. 20, 1797; she was b. July 2, 1772; he d. June 24, 1835; 11 children.

(414) 9. GEORGE6 b. Sept. 5, 1770; m. April 26, 1797, Esther, dau. of Dea. Buckingham of Oxford, Conn.; settled first in Derby, then in Oxford, and finally in Exeter, N. Y.; she d. July 26, 1839.

Rev. STEPHEN STEEL was the ancestor of all the persons of that name who have resided in Tolland, Conn. He was a native of Hartford, where his father was a farmer; their house stood in what was some years since called Cooper lane (now Washington street), and is said to be yet standing, though modernized. Mr. Steel graduated at Yale College, in 1718, and was the first settled minister in Tolland, in 1720, at a salary of p75 a year, which was more than ten dollars from each family in the place, the town having been an unbroken wilderness until seven years previous. He was also furnished with a lot of land and other perquisites. He continued in the ministry, and much beloved until, being stricken with the consumption, in 1758, his relation to the society was peacefully dissolved, and he died in December, 1759. Rev. Mr. Steel married Ruth, daughter of Col. Hozekiah Porter of Hadley, Mass.; another daughter of Col. Porter married Rev. Solomon Williams, and was ancestress of William Williams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and Hon. T. S. Williams, late Chief Justice of Connecticut. They had children; Ruth, Stephen, Eleazar, Elisha, Sarah, Mehitable, James, John and Aaron.

ELISHA was the earliest lawyer in Tolland; died 1773. Of AARON nothing particularly is known.

JAMES first settled in Tolland, and moved to Ellington in 1776; after the Revolution, went to Brookfield, Vt., to reside with his son Zadoc, and died about 1813. This James had been in the war of 1755, and received a lieutenant's commission, but was prevented by sickness from serving. His son James was one of the company that went from Tolland to the siege of Boston, instantly on the breaking out of hostilities, and the next year was in the battle of Long Island. AARON, another son, perished in the army in New Jersey. A third (SAMUEL), and a fourth, whose name has been forgotten, were also in the army. ZADOC, after some service, emigrated to Brookfield, Vt., when in Oct. 1781, he was taken by the party of Indians that burnt Royalton.

The captives were eventually in a prison on an island in the rapids above Montreal, from which a number of them, including Zadoc Steel, made their escape. They dug a passage under the wall of the prison building, and the pickets with which it was surrounded, yet so deep as to pass under the ditch. Steel, with three others, in a dark night, gained the outside, eluded the sentinels, hastily rolled together a few logs for a raft, and committed themselves to the rapids. They succeeded in landing on the north side of the river, and after various adventures and escapes in an enemy's country and a pathless wilderness, half-starved, and without shelter, even in the latter weeks of autumn, they finally succeeded in reaching the American settlements. The affair, as related by Mr. Steel in a narrative, printed at Montpelier, in 1818, was one of the most intrepid adventures of the kind ever undertaken. Mr. Steel died a few years ago at Stanstead, Lower Canada. James, son of James, resided in Ellington, until his death in 1819. He was one of the earliest Methodists in that town, possessed much more than ordinary intelligence and ability. His son, Oliver Wolcott Steel, resides in Ellington; has been a member of the Assembly, and for many years Town Clerk and principal Justice of the Peace. He is a man of high respectability and much of an antiquarian.

STEPHEN, ELEAZAR, ELISHA and JOHN STEEL, lived and died in Tolland. Capt. Stephen Steel married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Chapman, Esq., of this town, in May, 1747. Mr. Chapman was a large landholder and a conspicuous public man. He commanded one of the companies that went from Connecticut to the siege of Louisburg, in 1745, where he died. His numerous posterity here about, are always gratified in the idea of deriving their ancestry from him. His daughter, Mrs. Steel, died in 1801. Capt. Steel was one of the Selectmen, from 1769 to 1773. The others of the minister's sons, also received their share of town meeting honors, for honors they certainly were, in those days, when the most suitable men were carefully and even conscientiously selected for public officers.

SARAH STEEL, whose birth, from some neglect, was not placed on the town records, at the age of 16, married Dea. Elijah Chapman, aged 19, son of Capt. Chapman, above mentioned, and during a long life, a highly respectable and wealthy farmer of this town; was the mother of a numerous and prominent family, and ancestress of an almost innumerable posterity. Her son, Elijah, on the day when the news of the battle at Lexington was received, enlisted into the company that was formed on the instant, and was made a sergeant, then a lieutenant, finally a captain, and served in Washington's army until its dissolution. He was engaged in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, and Monmouth, Etc., Etc. He commanded the third company from the head of the column, that stormed the redoubt at Yorktown. In 1824, La Fayette recognized him as one of his former captains. After the war he rose to the rank of Major-General of Militia. On the organization of Tolland county, in 1786, he was appointed sheriff, and held the office until his resignation, more than twenty years afterwards. Two of Dea. E. Chapman's grandsons have also been sheriffs of Tolland county.

MEHITABLE STEEL married John Huntington of Tolland, in 1749. Their son, Hezekiah Huntington, was one of the most eminent early leaders of the Democratic party in this state, and was for many years, U. S. District Attorney for Connecticut. He died a few years ago at Middletown. His sons, Hezekiah, Francis J., and Samuel F., have been and are still prominent citizens of Hartford; his daughter married Hon. Lester King of Ohio, who was a candidate for the office of Governor in that state, some years since. The Rev. Mr. Steel had numerous male descendants of the proper age for the Revolutionary army, and they were all out; from the prison depot at Montreal to the prisons of New York; from Roxbury to Yorktown, there were not many scenes of general danger or suffering, where he was not represented.

For about three-quarters of a century, the Steels in Tolland, were numerous; most were respectable, and some had large possessions. But the tendency of such families in this country is to finally disappear from the place of their location. Such was the case with the Steels. They began to diminish in number, and about fifteen years ago, the name became extinct in Tolland. But Mr. Steel's descendants not bearing the name, are yet numerous here, especially those of his daughter, Mrs. Chapman.

The house in which Mr. Steel lived and died, was built about 125 years ago, by Josiah Goodrich, who married a daughter of Col. Porter. It was said to be the finest house between Hartford and Worcester; after Mr. Steel's decease it was sold to his successor, Rev. Nathan Williams, who continued in it until his decease, in 1829; then after being inhabited a few years longer, it was altered into a barn, in which use it is still standing. The stones for the fire-places, instead of the grey rock of the vicinity, were brought from near the Connecticut river, and the faces of the mantel and sides, were cut into panels. In each of two rooms, over the fire-places in the ceiling, was a very broad board painted with a really elegant landscape. On the destruction or desecration of the house, these boards, then in good order and looking fresh, were sold at thirty-four cents each, for fire-boards, where they would not be valued either for antiquity or workmanship. A few years since Oliver W. Steel informed the writer that not long previous, an old lady of this town told him, that she being about ten years old, was at meeting when Mr. Steel's growing infirmity so far prevailed, that he gave out and failed in the pulpit. His sons helped him down and home, and according to the old lady, he officiated there no more.

Items Of Ancestry by a Descendant IMR
Author: I.M.R
Call Number: CS71.R66

This book contains the history and genealogy of the Robinson family of Massachusetts.
Bibliographic Information: I.M.R. Items Of Ancestry by a Descendant IMR. Privately
Printed. David Clapp & Son. Boston. 1894.

1. GEORGE1 STEELE was an early inhabitant (1632) of Cambridge, Mass., residing at the corner of Harvard and Dunster streets; was Freeman, 1634. He and his younger brother, John Steele, were of the party which removed with Mr. Hooker, to Hartford, on the Connecticut, where he was an original proprietor. His home-lot, on the west side of the present Washington street, extended from Capitol avenue to Park street. He was a soldier in the Pequot war, 1637, and a participant in the capture and destruction of the Indian fort. He was surveyor of highways at Hartford, 1641, 1651; and on the board of selectmen in 1644. In September, 1642, George Steele was one of two appointed by the General Court to see that no calves were killed at Hartford, without their approbation. He died in 1664, "very aged." Children:

i. ELIZABETH,2 b. (???); m. 1 May, 1645, Capt. Thomas Watts; d. s. p. 25 February, 1684-5.

2. JAMES2 STEELE, born in England, 1623; married, in 1657, Anna Bishop, daughter of John and Ann Bishop, of Guilford, Conn. In 1657-8, he served in the troop in the Pequot war, the first cavalry organized in Connecticut. In 1662, the General Court appointed him on a committee to lay out land at Hommanasett on the sound; in 1672, on a similar committee to lay out a grant for meritorious service to corporal John Gilbert; the same year, he was appointed with others to run the line between Lyme and New London. A grant of 150 acres was made to him, in that year. In 1675, he was commissioned commissary of the Connecticut forces in King Philip's war, his salary being fifty pounds per annum. He built his house south of the little river at Hartford, which was one of the two houses fortified by the town, in 1689. His wife died in 1675,; and he married, after 1683, (2) Bethiah, widow of George Stocking, a daughter of John Hopkins. Children:

3. JAMES3 STEELE born at Hartford, about 1658; married Sarah, b. 3 December, 1648, daughter of Bartholomew and Sarah (Birchard) Barnard, and dwelt upon the south side of the river at Hartford. In 1705, he was lieutenant of the Hartford county dragoons, and in 1710 was commissioned captain; which position he held till his death in 1712. His widow died in 1730. Their son:

4. STEPHEN4 STEELE was born at Hartford, 1696, graduated at Yale college, 1718; married, 1720, Ruth Porter, born at Hadley, Mass., 10 November, 1701, daughter of Hon. Samuel and Joanna (Cook) Porter. He was the first minister at Tolland. Conn., commenced preaching in 1719, was ordained in 1723, and remained with that people till the connection was amicably dissolved, owing to his impaired health, in 1758. He died 4 December, 1759; his widow died 14 May, 1792. Rev. Stephen Steele was a preacher of more than ordinary ability, as evidenced by his selection as preacher of the Annual Election sermon before the Governor and legislature. None of his writings were published. He commenced with his church in a wilderness and saw the town grow to a community of a thousand souls. Yet, during the whole forty years, there was never heard any dissentient voice to the wise, prudent and pious man, who had been ordained in their midst and remained there till death. Now, there are no desceudants of the name at Tolland. They are found elsewhere, and particularly in Vermont, as magistrates, legislators and judges. Children:

ii. STEPHEN, b. 29 September, 1724; m. Hannah Chapman; was captain and selectman at Tolland, and d. 23 October, 1802.

iii. ELEAZER, b. 2 August, 1726; m. 1st, Ruth Chapman; 2d, Lois Fenton; was town clerk at first Tolland,and representative to the General Assembly, and d. 26 February, 1799.

iv. ELISHA, b. 7 October, 1728, grad. Yale, 1750, was the first and only lawyer at Tolland, while he lived; was justice of the peace, and six times representative to the legislature. He m. Sarah Wolcott, daughter of Judge Roger and Mary (Newberry) Wolcott, of Windsor; he d. 17 August, 1773.

vii. JAMES, b. 6 February, 1737; m. 1st, Abigail, daughter of John Huntington; 2d, Dorothy Converse; 3d, Abigail Makepeace; removed to Ellington, and thence to Randolph, Vt. He was lieutenant in the French war and served with three sons in the Revolution; at Randolph was selectman, magistrate and representative. He d. 5 April, 1812; and his widow d. 23 April, 1823.

The Descendants of John Porter, Volume I
Author: Henry Porter Andrews
Call Number: R929.2 P846-1

The descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Connecticut, 1635-9.
Bibliographic Information: Andrews, Henry Porter. The Descendants of John Porter,
Vol. 1. Saratoga Springs: G.W. Ball, 1893.

DESCENDANTS
OF
JOHN PORTER
Volume I
1635-9.

Compiled by HENRY PORTER ANDREWS.
VOL. I.
SARATOGA SPRINGS:
G. W. BALL, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER.
1893.

[JOHN MARSH came from England to Hartford, Conn., in 1636. He married (???), 1646, Anne Webster, born in England, daughter of JOHN WEBSTER, who came from England with his wife Agnes to Hartford, Conn., in 1636; a magistrate from 1639 to 1655, when he was deputy-governor, and in 1656 governor. John Webster removed to Hadley, Mass., in 1659, and died April 5, 1661. Mrs. Anne Marsh died June 9, 1662. He married (second wife) (???), 1664, Hepzibah, widow of Richard Lyman, of Northampton, Mass., and daughter of Thomas Ford. John Marsh died in Northampton, Mass., (???), 1688.

Second Generation, Daniel Marsh, born (???), 1653, married (???), 1676, Hannah, (widow of Samuel Crowe) daughter of William Lewis, she was born March 18, 1659. Daniel Marsh died (???), 1725.

Third Generation, Job Marsh, born June 11, 1690, married (???), 1713, Mehitabel Porter. She died July 13, 1739. He was a noted captain in the Indian war, and died August 29, 1746. She died July 30, 1739.

[204.] Eleazer Porter, son of Samuel Porter (43) and Joanna Cooke, married (???), 1725, Sarah Pitkin.

[WILLIAM PITKIN, born at Mary-le-bone, London, England, in 1635, came to New England about 1660, and settled in Hartford, Conn. He was often a member of the council (assistant) treasurer of the colony, attorneygeneral, Etc. He married (???), 1661, Hannah Goodwin, born (???), 1639, daughter of OZIAS GOODWIN, of Hartford from England, and died December 15, 1694. Mrs. Hannah Pitkin died February 12, 1724, aged eithty-six.

Second Generation, William Pitkin, born (???), 1664, married (???), 1686, Elizabeth Stanley, born October 24, 1669, daughter of TIMOTHY STANLEY, who came from England in the ship "Planter," with brothers, Thomas and John, to Cambridge, Mass., in 1634; removed to Hartford, Conn., in 1635, and died (???), 1648. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley died (???), 1679. William Pitkin died April 5, 1723.

Third Generation, Sarah Pitkin, born November 28, 1702, married Eleazer Porter. He died in East Hartford, Conn., November 5, 1757. She died June 6, 1784, aged eighty-two.

[207.] Ruth Porter, daughter of Samuel Porter (43) and Joanna Cooke, married May 2, 1720, Rev. Stephen Steele.

[GEORGE STEELE came from England, with his wife Rachel, to Cambridge, Mass., in 1632-3. Removed to Hartford, Conn., with Hooker and company in 1636. Commissioner of the United Colonies. Representative 1637 to 1660, and died (???), 1664. Mrs. Rachel Steele died (???), 1653. He served with Capt. John Mason in the Pequot war.

Second Generation, James Steele, born in England, married (first wife) Anne Bishop, born in England, daughter of JOHN BISHOP, of Guilford, Conn., who came from England with his wife Anne, and died (???), 1660-61.

Mrs. Anne Steele died 1675. He married (second wife) Bethiah Hopkins, born (???), 1635, daughter of JOHN HOPKINS, who came from England with his wife Jane to Cambridge, Mass., in 1634; removed to Hartford, Conn., in 1635; an original proprietor, and died (???), 1654.