Born about in Providence Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Steere
and Hannah (Wickenden) Steere
Sister of
John Steere Jr., Sarah (Steere) Place, Jane (Steere) Blanchard, Ruth Steere, William Steere, Samuel Steere, Thomas Steere and Anne (Steere) Lewis
Wife of
John Thornton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Dinah (Thornton) Arnold, John Thornton, Josiah Thornton, Stephen Thornton, Elihu Thornton and Ebenezer Thornton
Died about
at about age 46
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jan 2015
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Biography
1) Dinah Steere, dau. of John Steere Sen. (1), was married to John Thornton, son of John and Sarah Thornton of the number of early settlers of Providence*. (*John was first of Newport)
Children: John b. abt 1695; Josiah: Dinah; Stephen; Ruth; Daniel; Elihu; Ebenezer
Sources
1) Steere Genealogy: A Record Of The Descendants Of John Steere Who Settled In Providence, Rhode Island, About The Year 1660 (1890): James Pierce Root
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
- Philip Smith
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup K2a6, FTDNA kit #17604, MitoYDNA ID T10957 [compare] - Elaine (Smith) Rice :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, FTDNA kit #526423
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~0.78%
Doris (Flynn) Schneider :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A650625 [compare], Ancestry member Gerrie_Bartholomew
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~0.39%
Gerrie (Schneider) Bartholomew :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A219477 [compare], Ancestry member Gerrie_Bartholomew
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