Mary BOOSEY

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• Fact: Dau. of James and Alice Boosey

Mary married Lieut. Samuel STEELE before Dec 1652. Samuel (son of John STEELE and Rachel TALCOTT) was born about 1626 in England; died on 14 Aug 1685 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary STEELE was born on 5 Dec 1652.
2. Rachel STEELE was born on 30 Oct 1654.
3. Sarah STEELE was christened on 29 Dec 1656; died on 23 Jan 1732/3.
4. Samuel STEELE was born on 20 Mar 1658; died in young.
5. John STEELE was christened on 10 Dec 1661; died in young.
6. Capt James STEELE was born in Aug 1662; died on 15 May 1713.
7. Hannah STEELE was born in Aug 1668; died in 1738.
8. Ebenezer STEELE was born in Apr 1671; died on 6 Oct 1722.

Notes:

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He was of Wethersfield, 1635; Representative from 1639 till his death; was chosen clerk of the Wethersfield Trainband in April, 1645 and is called "Lieutenant" in September, 1647, tho' the date of his appointment is unknown. He was a prominent citizen both in town and colonial affairs. By occupation, he was a joiner and wheelwright. Lands were recorded to him at Wethersfield, Mar. 10, 1641. In October, 1644, he was appointed by the General Court a committee with Governor Edward Hopkins, the Deputy Governor John Haynes, Captain John Mason, Mr. John Steele and Mr. William Gaylord, to treat with Mr. George Fenwick about the purchase of the fort and land at Saybrook. They made a bargain with Matthew Griffin. (h. 121) In his will of June 21, 1649, he appointed Mr. Welles, brother of Smith Senior and brother Dickinson overseers; Samuel Smith and nathaniel Dickinson, witnesses. In it, he mentions his daughter Mary "Item I give to my Daughter Mary fifty pounds at the age of on and Twenty years or at the Day of her maridge." He spelled his name Boosye. The best sketch of his life is in Mr. Starr's Goodwin and Morgan Ancestral Lines, I, pp. 263-271.

James married Alice ?. Alice died on 30 Aug 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]