John STEELE, I

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• Arrival: 1633, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; Came on ship Lyon
• Residence: 1634, Freeman 14 May, Massachusetts Colony, Massachusetts
• Occupation: 1635, Cambridge, Massachusetts; deputy
• Occupation: 1639, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; Proprietor
• Occupation: Bef 1645, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; town clerk until he removed to Farmington in 1645

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(1) DO NOT CONFUSE THIS JOHN STEELE (b. 1591, Fairstead, Essex; m. Rachel Talcott; d. 27 Feb 1664, Farmington, CT) with JOHN STILES (b. 1596, Millbrook, Bedfordshire; m. Rachel (Unknown), d. 4 June 1662 )
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(A) Excerpts from sketch about John Steele in outstanding historical series, "The Great Migration Begins......" by Robert Charles Anderson.
JOHN STEELE
ORIGIN: Fairstead, Essex
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Hartford 1635, Farmington 1645
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [ MBCR 1:369].
EDUCATION: Sufficient education to be recorder at Hartford and Farmington. His inventory included "two Bibles" valued at 16s., "fourteen books" valued at ?3 and "three quires of paper" valued at 2s.
OFFICES: Deputy to the General Court for Cambridge, 4 March 1634/5, 6 May 1635, and 2 September 1635 [MBCR 1:135, 145, 156].
Appointed Massachusetts Bay commissioner for new settlements on Connecticut River, 3 March 1635/6 [MBCR 1:171].
On 11 April 1640 "Mr. Steele is returned Recorder for the town of Hartford, and hath brought into the Court 114 copies of the several parcels of land belonging to & concerning 114 persons" [ CCCR 1:48]. On 1 December 1645, as part of the establishment of Farmington, "Mr. Steele is entreated for the present to be recorder there, until the town have one fit among themselves" [CCCR 1:134].
Probably the "Mr. John Steele" requested 5 March 1656[/7] "to go over the great river and take an exact view of the land in difference between Robt: Sanford & Jno White" [ PCCR 175].
ESTATE: On 5 August 1633 granted three roods for a cowyard in Cambridge [ CaTR 5]; granted two acres in Westend Field, 1 December 1634 [CaTR 10]; in 20 August 1635 division of meadow ground given a proportional share of two [CaTR 13].
In Cambridge land inventory of 20 August 1635 John Steele held nine parcels: one house with garden and backside in town, about half a rood; three roods in cowyard row; half an acre in Old Field; two acres on Small Lot Hill; two acres in Westend Field; ten acres and a half in the neck of land; one acre in the Ox Marsh; three acres and a half in the Long Marsh; and twelve acres in the Great Marsh [ CaBOP 13-14]. On 28 August "John Steele of the New towne" sold to Robert Bradish "all his parcels of land lying or being in Newtowne" [CaBOP 15-16].
In the Hartford land inventory John Steele held four parcels: two acres "on which his dwelling house now standeth with other outhouses, yards & gardens"; two acres in the Little Meadow "part whereof was received of Georg[e] Steell"; three acres and thirty perches in the North Meadow; and twenty-one acres, three roods and twenty-two perches "part whereof he bought of John Tayllcott" [ HaBOP 410-11].
In his will, dated 30 January 1663[/4] and proved 15 June 1665, "John Steel of Farmington, being stricken in years and weakness," bequeathed to "my dear and loving wife Mercy Steel the house wherein I now dwell with the appurtenances belonging to it in all three little closes thereunto belonging, also one barn during the time of her natural life"; to "the said Mercy a certain parcel of household goods that were hers at the time when I married her ... also a mare colt ... also two cows and one three year old heifer, as also one third part of all the provision in the house ... one half of all the linen cloth she hath made since I married her ... a parcel of pasture land enclosed ... at three acres for her use during her natural life"; to "my son Samuell Steel my best bed" and household goods, also "a silver bowl which was mine own marked with three silver stamps and an "S" all on the upper end of the bowl ... also ... one half of all my books, also my gold scales and weights ... a piece of enclosed pasture" of three acres after "my and my wife's decease"; "and to avoid the trouble of other conveyances of house and land to my son Samuell Steel of what I gave him at his marriage with Mary Boosy I here express it," also a parcel of land on which his stillhouse stands, and seventeen acres and one parcel of three and a half acres of meadow; one parcel of land in the **** Crook; to "my son-in-law William Judd one third part of my land called ****'s Crook"; to "my son-in-law Thomas Judd one third part of my land at *****crook" and twenty acres at Hartford"; to "my two sons-in-law William and Thomas Judd my now dwelling house and barn, house lot, yards, garden, orchard" after "mine and my wife's departure out of this natural life"; "a few things should be disposed to my loving wife and children and grandchildren: to my wife two small silver spoones and some small matter of linen, and to Mary Judd one piece of gold and to Sarah Judd one piece of Gold to John Steel son of John Steel deceased one silver spoon, to Samuell son of the said John deceased one silver spoon and to Benony Steel one silver spoon and to Rachel daughter of Samuel Steel one silver spoon to be delivered to them at their marriage by my son Samuell Steel, but my wife and two daughters shall have theirs immediately after the departure of my natural life"; "the remainder of my silver spoons broken or whole as also a small gold ring I give and bequeath to my son Samuell Steel"; residue to "my two sons-in-law William and Thomas Judd and do make them my sole executors"; "my son Samuel Steel and James Steel to be the overseers" [ Hartford PD Case #5187; Manwaring 1:239-40; Steel Anc 251-52].
The inventory of the estate of John Steele, presented on 20 June 1665, was untotalled, and included ?67 in real estate: "house, barn, lot & orchard," ?55; and "one piece of pasture land," ?12 [Hartford PD Case #5187].
BIRTH: Baptized Fairstead, Essex, 12 December 1591, son of Richard Steele.
DEATH: Farmington 27 February 1664[/5?] [ Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:319].
MARRIAGE: (1) Fairstead 10 October 1622 "John Steele, son of Richard of this parish, & Rachel Talcott of Brancktree [i.e., Braintree]." She died at Farmington 24 October 1653 [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:320].
(2) Farmington 25 November 1655 Mercy (Ruscoe) Seymour [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:331], widow of Richard Seymour [ NEHGR 71:111-13]. She died after 4 July 1668 (on which date John Winthrop treated "Mrs. Steele, widow, 67 y. of Farmington" [ WMJ 829]).
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i JOHN, b. say 1624; m. Hartford 22 January 1645[/6] Mary Warner [ HaVR 606], daughter of ANDREW WARNER.
ii SAMUEL, b. about 1626 (deposed 6 June 1685 aged about 59 [ Goodwin Anc 253, citing Farmington LR 1:43]); m. by 1652 Mary Boosey (eldest child b. Farmington 5 December 1652 [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:330]).
iii DANIEL, b. say 1628; living in 1636 (named in grandmother's will of January 1636/7 [Goodwin Anc 240]); apparently d. by 1645 (when a younger brother of the same name was born).
iv RACHEL, bp. Fairstead 29 June 1632; living in 1636 (named in grandmother's will of January 1636/7 [Goodwin Anc 240]); no further record.
v LYDIA, b. say 1635; m. Farmington 31 March 1657 James Bird [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:331].
vi MARY, b. say 1637; m. Farmington 31 March 1657 William Judd [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:331].
vii SARAH, b. about 1639 (d. 22 May 1695 "in the 57 year of her age" [Goodwin Anc 253, citing Waterbury LR 1:67]); m. by 1663 Thomas Judd (see father's will).
viii DANIEL, b. Hartford 29 April 1645 [HaVR 575]; d. [6?] November 1646 [HaVR 575].
ix HANNAH, d. 17 July 1655 [Farm VR Barbour 157, citing Farmington LR 2:320].
ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of GEORGE STEELE of Cambridge and Hartford.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The best account of the family of John Steele was prepared in 1915 by Frank Farnsworth Starr [Goodwin Anc 239-53].
(B) Data in "Steele Family," by Daniel Steele Durrie (Munsell & Rowland, Albany, NY, 1859) and in "Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut," By Frank Farnsworth Starr, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, Hartford, CT, 1915, Pages 239/253).
(1602-1653)
John Steele (Richard, Richard,Robert) immigrated to Cambridge in 1633 and removed to Hartford in 1635 and to Farmington in 1645. He was made a freeman in Cambridge 14 May 1634. He was appointed Massachusetts Bay commissioner for new settlements on the Connecticut River on 3 Mar 1635/6. He was deputy to the General Court for Cambridge on 4 Mar 1634/5, 6 May 1635, and 2 Sep 1635. He is reported to have been leader of a pioneer contingent from Cambridge who traveled in the autumn of 1635 to the new location on the Connecticut River, ahead of the group led by Rev. Hooker the next year to this new settlement eventually named Hartford. John Steele had moved to Farmington, CT, about nine
miles west of Hartford, by 1652 - even though he had served as recorder for Farmington starting in 1645. He was admitted to the church in Farmington "about the 30th day of January, 1652." He left a lengthy will, dated 30 Jan 1663/4 and proved 15 Jun 1665.
He was educated enough to be recorder at Hartford and Farmington. His estate inventory included two bibles and 14 other books.

John married Rachel TALCOTT on 10 Oct 1622 in Fairsted, Essex, England. Rachel (daughter of John TALCOTT and Anne SKINNER) was born on 10 Oct 1602 in Braintree, Essex, England; died on 24 Oct 1653 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in 1653 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John STEELE, II was born on 17 Jun 1624 in Fairstead, Braintree, Essex, England; was christened on 12 Feb 1625 in Fairstead, Essex, England; died on 8 Mar 1653 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
2. Lt. Samuel STEELE, Sr. was born in 1626 in Fairstead, Essex, England; died on 14 Aug 1685 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America; was buried in 1685 in Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
3. Daniel STEELE was born about 1628 in Fairstead, Essex, England; died before 1645.
4. Rachel STEELE was born on 29 Jun 1632 in Fairsted, Essex, England; was christened on 29 Jun 1632 in Fairstead, Essex, England; and died.
5. Mary STEELE was born on 20 Nov 1637 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 27 Oct 1718 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
6. Lydia STEELE was born on 20 Nov 1637 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; was christened in in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steele-51
Richard Steele II
Born 12 Apr 1549 in Fairstead, Essex, England
ANCESTORS
Son of Richard Steele and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Elizabeth (Graham) Steele ? married 10 Jan 1585 in Fairstead, Essex, England
DESCENDANTS
Father of George Steele, Richard Steele III, John Steele Sr, William Steele MP and George Steele
Died 12 Jan 1631 in Fairstead, Essex, England

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Biography
Richard Steele, son of Richard was baptized at Fairstead, Essex, 21 Apr 1549.[1][2]

He was buried at Fairstead, 12 Jan 1631, aged 82.[1]

Richard married Elizabeth ______ who was buried at Fairstead 4 Apr 1626.[1]

Children:

George Steele. George Steele called John Steele his brother in his will.[1]
Ric[hard] Steele bpt Fairstead 4 Feb 1588, s/o Ric.[3]
John Steele bpt Fairstead 12 Dec 1591. John Steele, son of Richard, married Rachel Talcott, at Fairstead 10 Oct 1622.[1][4]
Sources
? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jacobus Donald Lines. George Steele of Hartford and his son James. The American Genealogist 36:186 (1960) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWKS-9JF : 21 March 2020), Ric Steele, 1549.
? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7W4-7Y3 : 21 March 2020), Ric Steele, 1588.
? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRMQ-8ZW : 21 March 2020), John Steele, 1591.

Richard married Elizabeth GRAHAM on 10 Jan 1585 in Fairstead, Essex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard GRAHAM and Rosannah DOBBINS) was born in 1565 in Fairstead, Essex, England; died on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairstead, Essex, England; was buried on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairstead, Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth BARFLETE
• Name: Elizabeth TALCOTT

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Richard married Margaret in 1540 in Fairstead, Essex, England. Margaret was born in 1524 in Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England; died on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairstead, Braintree, Essex, England; was buried on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairsted, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard married Rosannah DOBBINS in 1564 in Essex, England. Rosannah (daughter of James DOBYNS and Elizabeth Ann SKILES) was born in 1551 in Fairstead, Essex, England; died in 1600 in Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert married Lady Ann HELLER. Lady was born on 1 Jan 1503 in Fairstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom; died on 13 Oct 1551 in Fairstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom; was buried on 13 Oct 1551 in Fairstead, Braintree, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cause of Death: ; At the Battle of Pinkie
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• MilitaryService: ; The Battle at Pinkie Cleugh
• Office: ; Member of the House of Lords
• TitleOfNobility: ; 4th Earl Of Bargany
• TitleOfNobility: ; Lord Chamberlain of Scotland
• TitleOfNobility: ; Sheriff of Dunbartonshire

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Graham was the eldest son and heir of William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose by Annabel, a daughter of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond. The Grahams were a long-established family of Norman origin, who first rose to prominence in the reign of David I.

Montrose succeeded to the earldom as a minor, following the death of his father at the Battle of Flodden. In 1525, he was one of a number of lords selected to attend personally on the King and in June 1535 he was appointed an ambassador to France in connection with the King's marriage. On 29 August 1536, he was named as one of the Commission of Regency during the King's absence in France until the King returned in 1537 with Madeleine of Valois.

Montrose supported the King in his struggles with the pro-English faction led by Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus and was rewarded on 29 May 1542 with a grant in feu of the King's lands of Rathernes and Blacksaugh, in Strathearn. (He afterwards also acquired the neighbouring lands of Orchill and Garvock.)
Following the King's death, Montrose was present at the Parliament held at Edinburgh on 15 March 1543 and voted for the election of the Earl of Arran as regent for the infant Mary, Queen of Scots. However, when differences arose between the Regent and Cardinal Beaton, Montrose supported the latter.[1]

Montrose remained a leading member of the Regent's Council and was rewarded on 11 January 1546, for his personal attendance on the Queen, with a charter of many of the lands forfeited by the Earl of Lennox (at least until Lennox's restoration to favour in 1564). In November 1547, Montrose took part with the Regent in the unsuccessful siege of Broughty Castle, following its surrender to the English after the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh.[1]

Montrose was not present at the Reformation Parliament of 1560 and was the only nobleman to attend the Queen's first mass on her return from France in 1561. In 1563, the Bishop of Dunblane identified Montrose to Pope Pius IV as remaining true to the Catholic faith.

Although Montrose was made a member of the Privy Council on 6 September 1561, he is not recorded as having attended any of the Queen's Parliaments after her return from France. He favoured the Queen's marriage to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, but steered a middle course during the tumultuous upheavals that followed. Thus, he dissented from the deposition of the Queen and her imprisonment at Loch Leven Castle between 1567 and 1568, and joined the Queen at Hamilton, following her escape; but he did not take the field in her support and his grandson and heir was on the other side.

Montrose died at Kincardine on 24 May 1571.

Family

In December 1515 Montrose married Janet Keith, daughter of William, 3rd Earl Marischal. She died between 27 August 1546 and 25 August 1547. They had numerous children:[1][2]

Robert Graham, Master of Graham, who was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh on 10 September 1547. By his wife, Margaret Fleming, daughter of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, he had a posthumous son, John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose, who succeeded to the earldom on Montrose's death.
Alexander Graham of Wallaceston, who married Marion, the daughter of George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton and widow of Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton.
William Graham, the Rector of Killearn, who died in about 1597
Mungo Graham of Rathernis, who married (contract 26 March 1571) Marjorie, daughter of Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath, was Master of the Household to James VI for many years and died before 15 May 1590
Margaret Graham, who married (contract 17 February 1535) Robert, Master of Erskine
Elizabeth Graham, who married George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness
Agnes Graham, who married (contract 15 April 1547) Sir William Murray of Tullibardine
Janet Graham, who married Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird, their children included David Murray, 1st Viscount of Stormont and Patrick Murray
Christian Graham, who married Robert Graham of Knockdolian

William married Lady Janet KEITH, Countess of Montrose on 21 Dec 1515 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom. Janet (daughter of Sir William KEITH, 2nd Lord Keith and Lady Elizabeth GORDON) was born in 1494 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland; died on 25 Aug 1547 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried after 25 Aug 1547 in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Elizabeth Ann SKILES. Elizabeth was born about 1531 in Woodford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; died after 1589 in Fairstead, Braintree district, Essex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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