Elisha STEEL

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Elisha Steel, the son of Rev. Stephen Steel, married Sarah Wolcott, of Windsor, April 26, 1758. He graduated at Yale College in 1750, was educated for the bar, located in the town of Tolland, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was chosen a representative in the General Assembly in 1761, and was reelected five times. He was one of the two Justices of the Peace from 1761 to 1766 inclusive. He was the first lawyer ever located in the town of Tolland, and the only one while he lived. he died August 17, 1773.

Elisha married Sarah WOLCOTT on 26 Apr 1758. Sarah (daughter of Roger WOLCOTT, Jr. and Marah NEWBERRY) was born on 7 Jun 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the foregoing documents and records it is apparent that the church of the Congregational Society in Tolland was organized between the month of May, 1722, and the month of June, 1723, but at what precise date, or who were its first officers or members can not now be accurately ascertained. The Rev. Stephen Steel, was ordained as pastor of the church and society in Tolland in 1723, but the precise date is not known. he continued to be the pastor of the church until the 21st day of December, 1758, when the connection between him and the church and society was amicably dissolved by the parties, on account of his ill health.

Stephen married Ruth PORTER on 2 May 1720. Ruth (daughter of Samuel PORTER, Jr. and Joannah COOKE) was born on 10 Nov 1701 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; died on 14 May 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]