Joseph Steele (1750 - 1816)

Born 6 Sep 1750 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Olive (Churchill) Steele — married 27 Oct 1774 in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1816 at age 65 in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Private Joseph Steele served with Connecticut Line during the American Revolution.

Joseph Steele is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A108242.

Joseph Steele served under command of Captain Hezekiel and Chester Wells, Charles Churchill and Colonels Wolcott of the 9th Militia and Colonel John Chester of the 6th Battalion in General Wadsorth's Connecticut Brigade, 1776. He obtained a pension for his service - Pension Number: W19105. ^[1]

The DAR lists spouse Olive Churchill and a son Solomon who m. Deborah Overton.

Sources

• "Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service compiled ca. 1800-ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775-ca. 1900," NARA publication M804, record group 15, pension no. W 19105, Joseph Steele; database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/19364777 : accessed 5 Feb 2024).

"Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," index, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7XK-G3G : accessed 16 May 2013), Joseph Steele, 16 Jan 1816; citing reference , FHL microfilm 3207.

"United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2H-ZHQ : accessed 16 May 2013), Joseph Steel, 1810.

"United States Census, 1800," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHR9-6R2 : accessed 16 May 2013), Joseph Steele, 1800.

"United States Census, 1790," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHKK-LKK : accessed 16 May 2013), Joseph Steele, 1790.

['Steele Family. A Genealogical History of John and George Steele, (Settlers of Hartford Conn) 1635-6, and their descendants" David Steele Durrie, Albany NY 1862]

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 Feb 2024), "Record of Joseph Steele", Ancestor # A108242.

== Acknowledgements ==* Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 11 cM segment on chromosome 9, consisting of David Aspinwall and Terrie Whittaker, his 6th cousin, and Caroline (Jenuine) Hopper, his 6th cousin. (Terrie and Caroline are 6th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are James Steele and Mercy Cowles, the 5x great grandparents of both David Aspinwall and Terrie Whittaker and 5x great grandparents of Caroline (Jenuine) Hopper.