Elisha STEEL

1728 - 1773  (44 years)

• Name	Elisha STEEL  [1, 2]
  	Elisha Steel, the son of Rev. Stephen Steel, married Sarah Wolcott, of Windsor, April 26, 1758. He graduated at Yale College in 1750, was educated for the bar, located in the town of Tolland, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was chosen a representative in the General Assembly in 1761, and was reelected five times. He was one of the two Justices of the Peace from 1761 to 1766 inclusive. He was the first lawyer ever located in the town of Tolland, and the only one while he lived. he died August 17, 1773. [1]
  Birth	7 Oct 1728	Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Aug 1773  [1]
  Person ID	I96008	Main Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev. Stephen STEEL,   b. 1696, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 4 Dec 1759, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ruth PORTER,   b. 10 Nov 1701, Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts d. 14 May 1792 (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	2 May 1720  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F10173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah WOLCOTT,   b. 7 Jun 1735
  Marriage	26 Apr 1758  [1]
  Family ID	F39960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S10788] Loren P. Waldo, The Early History of Tolland. [S12070] Samuel Wolcott, Memorial of Henry Wolcott, one of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of Some of his Descendants. [S02364] Lucius M. Boltwood, Genealogies of Hadley Families. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).