Mary (Nevitt) Steele (1769 - 1836)

Born 17 Jan 1769 in Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of James Steele — married 15 Jan 1789 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1836 at age 67 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

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Biography

At the age of 3, her father, John Rider Nevitt, drowned when his schooner capsized in the Choptank River. Her mother remarried within two years and they all moved to Annapolis where her step father, Dr James Murray, was a prominent physician. he cared for many notables including President Thomas Jefferson. At the age of 16, her step father opened a small boarding house called The Annapolis Inn. This is still operating today. This same year, she was painted by Robert Edge Pine who also did many other notables portraits during this time including President George Washington. this portrait has been displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in DC. After her marriage to James Steele, she moved back to Dorchester County. After her husband died, she went back to Annapolis again where lived out the rest of her life. I did find one reference that she accompanied the Marquis de Lafayette in 1824 as he visited the US.

She passed away about 1836.

Sources

• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Page 362, Maynadier Family
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 November 2020), memorial page for Mary Nevett Steele (1769–16 Sep 1836), Find A Grave: Memorial #64420661, citing Saint Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Tim McCabe (contributor 47385030) .
• Will of Mary Steele: "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTGB-9JQ8?cc=1803986&wc=SNYW-VZZ%3A146534401%2C147014701 : 20 May 2014), Anne Arundel > Wills 1828-1847 vol 40 > image 138 of 304; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
• The Dr James Murray House history, The Annapolis Inn