James STEEL

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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]

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From the foregoing documents and records it is apparent that the church of the Congregational Society in Tolland was organized between the month of May, 1722, and the month of June, 1723, but at what precise date, or who were its first officers or members can not now be accurately ascertained. The Rev. Stephen Steel, was ordained as pastor of the church and society in Tolland in 1723, but the precise date is not known. he continued to be the pastor of the church until the 21st day of December, 1758, when the connection between him and the church and society was amicably dissolved by the parties, on account of his ill health.

Stephen married Ruth PORTER on 2 May 1720. Ruth (daughter of Samuel PORTER, Jr. and Joannah COOKE) was born on 10 Nov 1701 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; died on 14 May 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]