Stephen Steele (1696 - 1759)

Born 1696 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Porter) Steele — married 1720 in Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1759 at about age 63 in Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

Stephen was born in 1696. He was married to Ruth (Porter) Steel and they had twelve children.

Stephen was a graduate of Yale College (1718).

1st Settled minister of Tolland CT (£75 per Year)

Graduate of Yale in 1718. Ordained about 1723. He belonged to the Hartford North Association. Congregational. At first he was not enthusiastic of the revival movement. (the "Great Awakening" in the 1740's), but "later a a 'New Light' in theology" See Source p 196

He passed away in 1759.

• Fact: Burial South Yard Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25354017

See also:

• Perrin, Lavalette. The Records of the General Association of ye Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, 1888) Page 10: He was pastor of the church in Tolland from 1722 to 1758.

• Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence (subscription). CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol. Yale page 111

['Four American Ancestries' Compilation' pp 624-625 by Peter Haring Judd NY NY 2008]

• Source: Graduates of Yale College pp 196-197.

• Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.