Person:George Steele (1)

Facts and Events
Name George Steele
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Bef 1583 Fairstead, Essex, England
Marriage 12 Oct 1608 Fairstead, Essex, Englandto Margery Sorrell
Emigration[1] 1633
Residence[1] 1633 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence[1] 1636 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Unknown[1] 14 May 1634
Will[1] 24 May 1663 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1] Bef 21 Dec 1664 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States(inventory)
Estate Inventory[1] 21 Dec 1664 £136-06-10; £58 in real estate.
Probate[1] 2 Mar 1664/65

Granted land in Cambridge 1633-35, and held six parcels in the 5 Oct 1635 inventory at Cambridge.[3] He held 14 parcels in the Hartford land inventory in February 1639/40 (some acquired later).[4] His will names his brother John Steele, his daugther Elizabeth Wates, grandchild Martha Hanison.[5]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 George Steele, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    III:1754-1756.

    ORIGIN: Fairstead, Essex.
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship.
    FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:369].
    BIRTH: By abt 1683 based on date of marriage (1608).
    DEATH: Hartford bet 24 May 1663 (will) and 21 Dec 1664 (inventory).

  2. Place of birth not so stated by Anderson, but the fact that his brother John was baptized at Fairstead makes it a reasonable assumption.
  3. Great Migration, citing CaBOP 45-46
  4. Great Migration, citing HaBOP 355-57
  5. Great Migration, citing Hartford PD Case #5180; Manwaring 1:239