John STEELE

Male - 1665


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  1. 1.  John STEELE was born in Fairsted, Essex, England; died on 27 Feb 1664/5 in Farmington, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of Richard Steele of Fairsted, in Essex, England

    Notes:

    Name:
    He came to New England when a young man in 1632 and settled first at Cambridge, Mass., with Rev. Thomas Hooker and Stephen Hart, where he was a proprietor; Freeman, May 14, 1634; Representative the following March, May and September, 1635. March, 1635/6, he was appointed with Ludlow, Pynchon and five others to administer government over the great exodus to Connecticut for one year. He was an original Proprietor of Hartford and his home lot was on Main Street, just north of the present Athenaeum. he served as Representative at 66 regular and special and 27 adjourned sessions from the first Assembly in 1639 to 1659; Town Clerk of Hartford from 1639 until 1645, when he was chosen recorder of Farmington by the General Court in December of that year and probably removed thither soon afterwards. He was Secretary of the Colony , 1639-39 and one of its foremost men, a man of means and education, as well as of ability and energy.

    John married Rachel TALCOTT on 10 Oct 1622 in Fairsted, Essex, England. Rachel was born in Braintree, Essex, England; died in 1653. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John STEEL, Jr. was born in England; died in 1653/4 in Farmington, Connecticut.
    2. Lieut. Samuel STEELE was born about 1626 in England; died on 14 Aug 1685 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
    3. Daniel STEELE was born on 29 Apr 1645; died in 1646.
    4. Rachel STEELE was christened on 29 Jun 1632; died in young.
    5. Lydia STEELE
    6. Mary STEELE was born about 1638; died on 27 Oct 1718.
    7. Sarah STEELE was born about 1639; died on 22 May 1695.
    8. Hannah STEELE died on 17 Jul 1655.

    John married Mercy RUSCOE on 25 Nov 1655. Mercy (daughter of Roger RUSCOE and Sarah ?) was born about 1610. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2