James
Steele
Born in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Steele
and Elizabeth (Hollister) Steele
Brother of
Elizabeth Steele, Sarah Steele, Abigail (Steele) Booth, Samuel Steele, Anna (Steele) Root, Ebenezer Steele, Johnathan Steele, Elizur Steele and Lucy (Steele) Pitkin
Husband of
Mercy (Cowles) Steele
— married
1745 in Berlin, Hartford Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Mercy (Steele) Rhodes, James Steele, Joseph Steele, Elizabeth (Steele) Aspinwall, Thomas Steele, Elijah Steele, Jonathan Steele and Chloe Steele
Died
at age 56
in Hartford, Connecticut
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Biography
His grandparents were Ann (Welles) and Capt. James Steele. His parents were Elizabeth (Hollister) and Dr. Joseph Steele (1690-1740). [1]
James Steele was born on 18 May 1719 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut
James Steele married about 1745 in Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut to Mercy Cowles.
He passed away on 27 Jul 1775 in Hartford County, Connecticut and was buried at Kensington Ancient Burying Ground. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "Hollister Family of America" compiled by Lafayerre Wallace Case of MD in 1886; #113 p50 on Google Books
- ↑ "Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts" compiled by Nathaniel Goodwin of Hartford County, CT in 1856
- "Steele Family: A Geneaological History of John and George Steele (Settlers of Harford, Connecticut) 1635-1636 And There Descendants" by Daniel Steele Durrie in 1859 p15
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Brian Fitzgerald
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H11a, FTDNA kit #B394590, MitoYDNA ID T18248 [compare]
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~0.78%
David Aspinwall :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member davidaspinwall13
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Terrie Whittaker :
23andMe, GEDmatch XM4729453 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YV5278715 [compare], Ancestry member terrieprivette
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B1079081
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~0.39%
Homer Hopper :
23andMe, GEDmatch M129407 [compare]
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~0.39%
Cheryl (Booth) Rogers :
23andMe
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~0.39%
R. Becher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A060387 [compare], Ancestry member rmwilliamsjr85705
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N Gauthier
Steele-8952 and Steele-675 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same siblings and same wife and same daughter Elizabeth
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