Ruth PORTER

Female 1701 - 1792  (90 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ruth PORTER was born on 10 Nov 1701 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; died on 14 May 1792.

    Ruth married Rev. Stephen STEEL on 2 May 1720. Stephen (son of Lieut. James STEELE and Sarah BARNARD) was born in 1696 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; was christened on 2 Apr 1698; died on 4 Dec 1759 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ruth STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1722; died on 6 Feb 1740/1.
    2. 3. Capt Stephen STEELE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Sep 1724 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 28 Oct 1802.
    3. 4. Eleazer STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1726 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.
    4. 5. Elisha STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Oct 1728 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 17 Aug 1773.
    5. 6. Sarah STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1730 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
    6. 7. Mehitabel STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jun 1733 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.
    7. 8. James STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1737 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.
    8. 9. John STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1738 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.
    9. 10. Aaron STEEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1744 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ruth STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 30 Aug 1722; died on 6 Feb 1740/1.

  2. 3.  Capt Stephen STEELE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 29 Sep 1724 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 28 Oct 1802.

    Family/Spouse: Hannah CHAPMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Ruth STEELE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Apr 1762; died on 16 Mar 1823.

  3. 4.  Eleazer STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 2 Aug 1726 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.

    Eleazer married Mrs Ann WHITE on 2 Dec 1749. Ann was born in Bolton, Connecticut; died on 22 Feb 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Eleazer married Ruth CHAPMAN on 7 Nov 1751. Ruth (daughter of Capt. Samuel CHAPMAN and unknown ?) was born about 1733; died on 6 Dec 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Elisha STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 7 Oct 1728 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 17 Aug 1773.

    Notes:

    Name:
    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.

    Elisha married Sarah WOLCOTT on 26 Apr 1758. Sarah (daughter of Roger WOLCOTT, Jr. and Marah NEWBERRY) was born on 7 Jun 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Sarah STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born in 1730 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

    Sarah married Elijah CHAPMAN on 28 May 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Mehitabel STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 6 Jun 1733 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.

    Mehitabel married John HUNTINGTON on 23 Mar 1749 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. John (son of John HUNTINGTON, Esq. and Thankful WARREN) was born on 22 Feb 1725 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  James STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 6 Feb 1737 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    James Steel removed with his family To Ellington in 1776, and having resided there several years, removed to Brookfield, Vermont, where his son Zadoc had commenced a settlement, and where he died at an advanced age. His second son, James, settle in Ellington, one family of whose descendants, (that of Oliver Wolcott Steel, Esq.,) continue in that town. Andrew, fifth son of James Steel, Sen., residing in Randolph, Vermont, married Elizabeth Lathrop, of Tolland, August 17, 1785.

    James married Abigail HUNTINGTON on 24 Jan 1754. Abigail died in Jan 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    James married Dorothy CONVERSE on 14 Sep 1769. Dorothy died on 10 Mar 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    James married Abigail WAKEFIELD on 18 Jan 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  John STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 25 Nov 1738 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.

    John married Sarah COBB on 15 Dec 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 10.  Aaron STEEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 1 Nov 1744 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.