Lydia SteeleAge: 32 years1633–1665
- Name
- Lydia Steele
- Given names
- Lydia
- Surname
- Steele
| Birth | about 1633 58 49 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Anne Skinner April 6, 1637 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Steele 1638 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Steele 1638 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Daniel Steele April 29, 1645 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | Daniel Steele 1646 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Bird 1647 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Thomas Bird 1647 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Hannah Bird 1647 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Lydia Bird 1647 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mehitabel Bird 1647 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Hannah Bird 1653 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lydia Bird 1653 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mehitabel Bird 1653 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Steele 1653 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rachel Talcott 1653 (Age 20 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Steele — Mercy Ruscoe — View this family November 25, 1655 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hannah Steele 1655 (Age 22 years) |
| Marriage | James Bird — View this family March 31, 1657 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Rebecca Bird about 1663 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | John Steele November 25, 1665 (Age 32 years) |
| Death | 1665 (Age 32 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Steele Birth: 1575 25 11 — Braintree, Essex, England Death: November 25, 1665 — Farmington, Hartford Co., CT |
| mother |
Rachel Talcott Birth: 1584 42 35 — Braintree, Essex, Eng. Death: 1653 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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Marriage: 1601 — Essex, Eng. |
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26 years elder brother |
Samuel Steele Birth: 1626 51 42 — Cambridgeshire, England Death: August 15, 1675 — Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT |
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-10 years elder sister |
Hannah Steele Birth: 1615 40 31 Death: 1655 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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11 years elder brother |
John Steele Birth: 1625 50 41 — Fairstead, Essex, Eng. Death: 1653 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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9 years herself |
Lydia Steele Birth: about 1633 58 49 — Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Death: 1665 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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6 years younger sister |
Sarah Steele Birth: 1638 63 54 — Hartford, Hartford, CT Death: May 22, 1695 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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1 year younger sister |
Mary Steele Birth: 1638 63 54 — Hartford, CT Death: October 2, 1718 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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7 years younger brother |
Daniel Steele Birth: April 29, 1645 70 61 — Hartford, Hartford, CT Death: 1646 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
| Father’s family with Mercy Ruscoe |
| father |
John Steele Birth: 1575 25 11 — Braintree, Essex, England Death: November 25, 1665 — Farmington, Hartford Co., CT |
| step-mother |
Mercy Ruscoe Birth: 1610 51 42 — Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England Death: 1637 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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Marriage: November 25, 1655 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
| Family with James Bird |
| husband |
James Bird Birth: about 1624 15 43 — Eng. Death: 1706 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
| herself |
Lydia Steele Birth: about 1633 58 49 — Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Death: 1665 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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Marriage: March 31, 1657 — Farmington, Hartford, CT |
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-9 years son |
James Bird Birth: 1647 23 14 Death: before 1708 |
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1 year son |
Thomas Bird Birth: 1647 23 14 Death: 1725 |
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1 year daughter |
Hannah Bird Birth: 1647 23 14 Death: 1653 |
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1 year daughter |
Lydia Bird Birth: 1647 23 14 Death: 1653 |
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1 year daughter |
Mehitabel Bird Birth: 1647 23 14 Death: 1653 |
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17 years daughter |
Rebecca Bird Birth: about 1663 39 30 — CT Death: 1714 — MA |
- Generation 1
Lydia Steele, daughter of John Steele and Rachel Talcott, was born about 1633 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA and died in 1665 in Farmington, Hartford, CT. She married James Bird, son of Thomas Bird and Ann …, on March 31, 1657 in Farmington, Hartford, CT. He was born about 1624 in Eng. and died in 1706 in Farmington, Hartford, CT.
Children of Lydia Steele and James Bird:
- James Bird (1647–1708)
- Thomas Bird (1647–1725)
- Hannah Bird (1647–1653)
- Lydia Bird (1647–1653)
- Mehitabel Bird (1647–1653)
- Rebecca Bird (1663–1714)
- Generation 2back to top
Rebecca Bird, daughter of James Bird and Lydia Steele, was born about 1663 in CT and died in 1714 in MA. She married Samuel Lamb, son of John Lamb and Joanna Chapin, on December 1, 1687 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. He was born on September 28, 1663 in Springfield, Hampshire, MA and died on December 5, 1729 in Springfield, Hampden, MA at the age of 66.
Children of Rebecca Bird and Samuel Lamb:
- Mary Lamb (1688–1729)
- … Lamb (1690–1690)
- … Lamb (1691–1691)
- Samuel Lamb (1693–1694)
- Joanna Lamb (1695–1696)
- Rebecca Lamb (1697–1698)
- Deborah Lamb (1699–1700)
- Thomas Lamb (1702–1703)
- Adam Lamb (1703–1703)
- Decline Lamb (1704–1704)
- Abigail Lamb (1707–1708)
- Huldah Lamb (1710–1755)
- Sarah Lamb (1712–1713)
- Generation 3back to top
Huldah Lamb, daughter of Samuel Lamb and Rebecca Bird, was born in 1710 in Springfield, Hampden, MA and died in 1755 in CT at the age of 45. She married Andrew Lord, son of Benjamin Lord and Elizabeth Pratt, on August 16, 1741 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. He was born on May 9, 1697 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT and died in December 1759 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT at the age of 62.
Children of Huldah Lamb and Andrew Lord:
- Martin Lord (1742–1821)
- Huldah Lord (1743–1817)
- William Lord (1747–1825)
- Richard Lord (1747–1748)
- Stephen Lord (1751–1751)
- Elizabeth Lord (1752–1844)
| Shared note | !Robert Chapman-David Thomson Allied Family Lines by Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D.pg. 235-236; !Connecticut Marriages before 1750 from Barbour Collection, published in Nutmegger, Vol 6, No. 1, June 1973; |