William Steele (1757 - 1825)

Born 1757 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Died 28 Apr 1825 at about age 68 in New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Private William Steele served with 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

William was born in 1757. He is the son of Ebenezer Steele and Sarah Sage.

Private in the 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Line, 2nd Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, Connecticut. Pension Number: S*W22056 Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 168, 169, 178, 395, 39 ^[1]

m. 26 Oct 1780 Rebecca Rena Penfield

Sources

• "Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service compiled ca. 1800-ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775-ca. 1900," NARA publication M804, record group 15, roll 2278, pension no. R. 10,100, William Steele; database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/19817670/steele-william-page-1-us-revolutionary-war-pensions-1800-1900 : accessed 11 Feb 2024).

• Henry P. Johnston, A.M., editor, The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783, (Clearfield Printing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1889, reprint 2009), William Steele, p. 168-169, 178. 395-396.

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 12 Feb 2024), "Record of William Steele", Ancestor # A108300..

• Camp, David Nelson. History of New Britain, With Sketches of Farmington and Berlin, Connecticut. 1640-1889 (W.B. Thomson & Co., New Britain, 1889) Page 415.