Amelia (Penfield) Steele (1766 - 1814)

Born 26 May 1766 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Dickinson — married 16 Nov 1786 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Biography

Amelia was the d/o Nathaniel Penfield (1732-1777) and Lydia Barnes (1735-1791).

Amelia first married Samuel Dickinson marriage date 1786-11-16 New Haven New Haven CT. USA.

She then married Eben Thompson (1755-1848) marriage date 1804-01-23 Farmington CT. USA

As her third husband she married Ben Steele ( b: 1762) marriage date 1827-11-26 Farmington CT. USA^{[citation needed]}

Research notes

If Amelia died in 1814, before then husband Eben Thompson died, she could not have married Ben Steele in 1827. On the other hand, Humphreys mentions her in the context of her daughter's marriage thusly: "Eliza Azubah (dau. of Eben and Amelia Steele) Thompson, of Farmington, Ct." So there appears to be some connection with the Steele surname.

Sources

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPL-V22M : 7 January 2020), Amelia Penfield, 1766.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W7-VQP : 7 January 2020), Amelia Penfield, 1766.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NC-NM6 : 16 January 2020), Amelia Thompson,
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 September 2021), memorial page for Amelia Penfield Thompson (unknown–31 Jan 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #77294981, citing Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Gone But Not Forgotten (contributor 46869124). (includes photo of gravestone)
• Humphreys, Frederick. The Humphreys Family in America (Humphreys Print, New York, 1883) page 288