Steele
Family Genealogy |
Steele |
| The
name "Steele" is English and Scottish: from the Middle English term
stele (steel), hence a nickname for someone considered as hard
and durable as steel, or occupational name for a foundry worker. The Coat of Arms
is English, featuring a silver shield with a bend divided chequey ermine and blacck
between two red lions heads, and three gold billets on a blue chief. The Crest
is a lion's head erased gules. The family was first found
in Cheshire, where they were seated from very early times, where they were Lords
of the manor of Giddy Hall near Sandbach, and were granted lands by Duke William
of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle
of Hastings in 1066 A.D. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its
variants were: Clement Steel settled in Virginia in 1651; followed by Isaac in
1683; Isaack Steel settled in the Barbados in 1683; James Steel settled in Boston
Mass. in 1766. Our lineage to this family can be traced
to BARRETT STEELE, born in 1676 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He died
on the fourth of December in 1713, in Springfield,Hampden,Massachusetts. He's
buried at Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He married MARY
BROOKS (b: 11 July 1677 in the same village) on the 30th of December, 1697,
in Springfield.
CHILDREN
OF BARRETT STEELE AND MARY BROOKS | Mary
STEELE b: 27 Oct 1698 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Marriage 1 John
HODGE. Married: 5 Apr 1717. | Hannah
STEELE b: 24 Feb 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
Hannah
STEELE b: 14 Mar 1701 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
Mercy
STEELE b: 6 Mar 1703 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Nathaniel OLD b:
2 MAR 1701/1702 in Suffield, Hartford, CT. Married: 18 July 1722 in Suffield,
Hartford, Connecticut. Children Mercy OLD b: 30 April 1724 in Suffield, Hartford,
Connecticut; Azuba OULD b: 22 OCT 1727 in Suffield, CT; Abiah OULD b: 26 Sep 1729
in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. | JOHN
STEELE b: 9 May 1707 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
Thankful
STEELE b: 28 Sep 1708 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
Abigail
STEELE b: 3 Nov 1710 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
Samuell
STEELE b: 21 Oct 1713 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
But
the Brooks saga does not end there. Barrett and Mary's son JOHN STEELE married
another BrooksABIGAIL
BROOKS (3 Dec 1706 - 12 Aug 1774) on the 7th of March in 1727 in Springfield.
Her relation to her mother-in-law, Mary Brooks, is unknown, though they're from
Springfield. Anyway, John and Abigail had a LOT of kids:
CHILDREN
OF JOHN STEELE AND ABIGAIL BROOKS | SOLOMON
STEELE. | ANNE
STEELE. | MARY
STEELE. | JOHN
STEELE b: 1729 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. | ABIGAIL
STEELE b: 4 Dec 1731 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. |
RHODA
STEEL b: 22 June 1735 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. | Aaron
STEELE b: 13 July 1739 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. |
Seth
STEELE b: 20 Dec 1741 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. |
Ruben
STEELE b: 14 Sep 1746 in Springfield, Hampden, Ma Longmeadow. |
Justus
STEELE b: 13 Aug 1749 in Springfield, Hampden, Ma Longmeadow. |
Squire
STEELE b: 26 Aug 1752 in Springfield, Hampden, Ma Longmeadow. m. Tryphena Wright
(b. ABT 1752 ). | Abigail
died on the 12th of August, 1774, in Springfield. John died almost 20 years later,
on the 21st of February, 1793, at Longmeadow, Hampden County, at the home
of Ezra Stebbins. Their daughter RHODA STEELE (christened on the 22nd of June
in 1735) married ROBERT SANDERSON (b. 13 Jul 1734)
on the eighth of March in 1754, in Springfield. They had a LOT of kids:
CHILDREN
OF RHODA STEELE AND ROBERT SANDERSON | SYLVANUS
SANDERSON, b: 4 Oct 1754 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts. He married CHARLOTTE
COOLEY on 13 Nov 1783, and they had: Moses (b: 26 Jun 1784), Calvin (b: 23 Feb
1787), Samuel (b: 13 Jul 1789), John (b: 9 Feb 1790), David (b: 19 Oct 1791),
Jonathan (b: ABT 1793), Harvey (b: ABT 1794), Mary Merrill (b: ABT 1795), Charlotte
(b: ABT 1797), Julia (b: ABT 1799), Sally (b: 1802), Chauncy (b: 1808). Sylvanus
died on 1 Mar 1834 in Chesterfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
ELNATHAN
SANDERSON, Christening: 8 Feb 1756 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
RHODA
SANDERSON, b: 14 Jun 1757 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She died in
October of 1830. | AZUBAH
SANDERSON, Christening: 25 Mar 1759 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
MARY
SANDERSON, b: 13 Feb 1761 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
TRYALL
SANDERSON, Christening: 29 Aug 1762 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
ACHSAH
SANDERSON, Christening: 26 Aug 1764 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She married
James Warner on 28 Apr 1789. | TIRZAH
SANDERSON, b: 29 Mar 1767 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She married
LEWIS HANCOCK on 2 Mar 1786. | SUBMIT
SANDERSON, b: 27 Jun 1769 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
ELIJAH
SANDERSON, Christening: 10 May 1772 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
THANKFULL
SANDERSON, Christening: 11 July 1773 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
ELNATHAN
SANDERSON, b: 29 Dec 1777 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Christening:
5 Jan 1778). | CHARITY
SANDERSON, Christening: 4 Apr 1779 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. |
Robert
and Rhoda finally quit after 13 kids, probably because they had run out of names
after "Submit," "Thankful" and "Charity." Literature
on the Steele Family "The
Steele Family in America," by Steele Barnett"The
Moody-Steele and Allied Families," by Ruby Moody Gamble"
Steele and Related Family Ancestry," by Lewis L. Neubacher"
The First Century of the Historyof Springfield, the Official Records from 1636
to 1736 Abbrev: 1st Century of Springfield Author: Henry M. Burt Publication:
Springfield, MA (Information taken from a family group record in possession of
Ernel L. Anderson. Source of information listed on the record reads, "The
First Century of Springfield, Massachusetts, Vol. 2 p. 640". Record submitted
by Lucy Burns, 776 East 33rd South, Salt Lake City, UT.) |