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Elizabeth (Steele) Watts (1628 - 1685)

Elizabeth Watts formerly Steele
Born in Fairstead, Essex, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 1 May 1645 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticutmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 56 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1628. She was the daughter of George Steele and Margery Sorrell. She passed away in 1685.

Elizabeth Steele married Thomas Watts on May 1, 1645 at Hartford.[1][2]

Sources

  1. Connecticut Historical Society, "Early Hartford Vital Records," Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (Hartford, Conn. : Published for the Society, 1860), Vol. 14(1912):606. Archive.org
  2. Hartford. First Church of Christ, Historical catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885 ([Hartford] Pub. by the Church, 1885) p. 235, "List of Marriages taken from the Town Records". Archive.org, GoogleBooks
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Inventory of her estate taken March 4, 1684/5 by Joseph Wadsworth, Philip David & John Merrells. Her will dated Feb. 14, 1684 as follows:

"I Elizabeth Watts, being week in body but sound in mind and memory, doo account it my duty to mak a settlement and dispose of that which is under my Care. Whereas my late dere husband by his Last Will Left an Estate in my hand to dispose of as God should derect me, as may more fully apeer by the sd. will of my sd deer husband, I doe therefore dispos of the sd. Estate as hereafter followeth: Impr. I will and bequeath to my brother James Steele (clothes & personal Estate). 2ly, I will and bequeath to my brother Steele's fower daughters, viz, Elizabeth Steele, Mary Hall, Sarah Steele and Rachell Steele, thre score pounds; and to my litel cousen James Hall my bigest wine Cups. 3ly, I will and bequeath to my littel Cousen Thomas Steele the best beed in the Chamber, my husband's bibell, and the great Silver Cup, and my husband's platt buttons, and his Raper and beelt, to be kept till he com of age. 4ly, I will and bequeath to my Cousen Samuel Hubart the beed and furnitur to it, in the paller. I will and bequeath to my Cousen Benony Browne my husband's Cloake and raper that was my brother Brown's. I will and bequeath to my Cousen Martha Henderson the beed that is in the garret Chamber, the rug that is on Cousen Steel's beed; also I give her the third bigest platter and one of the best of the platters that goe about the hous, and two porengers that are used about the hous, and a quart skellett, and a great skellett without a frame; also I give her my Cloth sarg sutt and my sarg Coatt I usaly were, and my seniston peeticoatt and mow hare pety coatt and six napkins, also my saf gard and riding hood when my Cousen beety brings them hom. I will & bequeath to my Cousen Elizabeth Steele a dosen of Napkins marked M. S. I will and bequeath to my Sister Willett a pece of new Sarg bought for a peetyCoatt, and a Sutt of my best Wering lining, and a holon arpen with a pece down the sid, a paire of Cotten Gloves that ware my huspan, and two of his bands. I will and bequeath to my litle Cousen Samuel hubert my little Silver dram Cup and two Silver Spoons. I give to my Cousin James Steele's wife a sutt of wearing lining. I will and bequeath to my cousen Lanes daughter Beety a yard of new holan of that which is in the Chest, my wearing Linen to my Cousen Marcy Steele, Samuel Hubarts wife, Martha Henderson, Elizabeth Steele & Betty Steele. I appoint My Cousens Samuel Steele and Samuel Hubert to be Soule Executors, and my brother James Steele & Nathaniel Stanly to be Overseers. Witness: Richard Hakes, William Davenport. Elizabeth Watts."

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