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Richard STEELE, II

Richard STEELE, II

Male 1549 - 1631  (81 years)


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  • Name Richard STEELE  [1
    Suffix II 
    Birth 12 Apr 1549  Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 21 Apr 1549  Saint Mary The Virgin, Fairstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation   [2
    Yeoman Farmer 
    _FSFTID LBP7-W58 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBP7-W58 
    _UID BF7188E4C9EC42C3A15FE2C8BB8610A8F9AD 
    Death 12 Jan 1631  Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Aft 12 Jan 1631  Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594767435  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

    Father Richard STEELE, Sr.,   b. Abt 1524, Fairstead, Essex, England, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1595, Fairstead, Essex, England, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Margaret,   b. 1524, Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1626, Fairstead, Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years) 
    Marriage 1540  Fairstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F536728924  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth GRAHAM,   b. 1565, Fairstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1626, Fairstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1585  Fairstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. James STEELE,   b. 1587, Fairstead, , Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Richard STEELE, III,   b. 4 Feb 1588, Fairstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1665 (Age 77 years)
     3. Rebecca STEELE,   b. Abt 1590, Essex, England, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1663, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
     4. John STEELE, I,   b. Bef 12 Dec 1591, Fairstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1665, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
    Family ID F536728922  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

  • Notes 
    • From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steele-51
      Richard Steele II
      Born 12 Apr 1549 in Fairstead, Essex, England
      ANCESTORS
      Son of Richard Steele and [mother unknown]
      [sibling(s) unknown]
      Husband of Elizabeth (Graham) Steele — married 10 Jan 1585 in Fairstead, Essex, England
      DESCENDANTS
      Father of George Steele, Richard Steele III, John Steele Sr, William Steele MP and George Steele
      Died 12 Jan 1631 in Fairstead, Essex, England

      Please see https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/897427/can-someone-take-look-https-www-wikitree-com-wiki-graham-172?show=897452#a897452

      Biography
      Richard Steele, son of Richard was baptized at Fairstead, Essex, 21 Apr 1549.[1][2]

      He was buried at Fairstead, 12 Jan 1631, aged 82.[1]

      Richard married Elizabeth ______ who was buried at Fairstead 4 Apr 1626.[1]

      Children:

      George Steele. George Steele called John Steele his brother in his will.[1]
      Ric[hard] Steele bpt Fairstead 4 Feb 1588, s/o Ric.[3]
      John Steele bpt Fairstead 12 Dec 1591. John Steele, son of Richard, married Rachel Talcott, at Fairstead 10 Oct 1622.[1][4]
      Sources
      ? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jacobus Donald Lines. George Steele of Hartford and his son James. The American Genealogist 36:186 (1960) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
      ? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWKS-9JF : 21 March 2020), Ric Steele, 1549.
      ? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7W4-7Y3 : 21 March 2020), Ric Steele, 1588.
      ? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRMQ-8ZW : 21 March 2020), John Steele, 1591.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for John Steele, person ID L1MX-2SB. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Richard Steele, person ID LBP7-W58. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Richard Steele, person ID KFRC-Q53. (Reliability: 3).