Steere Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of John Steere, who Settled in Providence, Rhode Island, about the Year 1660, with Some Account of the Steeres of EnglandPrinted at the Riverside Press, 1890 - 216 pages |
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... four of them very shall , Wygenton ( or Wickenden ) , Morie ( or Mowry ) , and Ster ( or Steere ) . John Coggeshall , William Wickenden , Roger Moorie , and John Steere were among the early settlers . century was the home of most of ...
... four of them very shall , Wygenton ( or Wickenden ) , Morie ( or Mowry ) , and Ster ( or Steere ) . John Coggeshall , William Wickenden , Roger Moorie , and John Steere were among the early settlers . century was the home of most of ...
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... four thousand families , came from old England to New England , in one hundred and ninety- eight ships , between the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the revolutionary period at the commencement of the civil strife in 1640 . The ...
... four thousand families , came from old England to New England , in one hundred and ninety- eight ships , between the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the revolutionary period at the commencement of the civil strife in 1640 . The ...
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... four . It is not improbable that these two coming in 1635 belonged to one family , the throng of persons starting in that period of exodus from English persecution rendering it impossible for this family to embark together in one vessel ...
... four . It is not improbable that these two coming in 1635 belonged to one family , the throng of persons starting in that period of exodus from English persecution rendering it impossible for this family to embark together in one vessel ...
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... four , and is entitled to the honor of having been the oldest patriarch of all the family . Stephen , son of Stephen , and grandson of Squire Richard , lived to be ninety - two . His residence was at Norwich , N. Y. Judge Samuel Steere ...
... four , and is entitled to the honor of having been the oldest patriarch of all the family . Stephen , son of Stephen , and grandson of Squire Richard , lived to be ninety - two . His residence was at Norwich , N. Y. Judge Samuel Steere ...
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... four hundred pounds . This trophy was taken to " Uncle " Jonah Steere's and there divided among the hunters . In early times a fox chase was sometimes in- dulged in , by the aid of a pack of hounds . A common amusement during the ...
... four hundred pounds . This trophy was taken to " Uncle " Jonah Steere's and there divided among the hunters . In early times a fox chase was sometimes in- dulged in , by the aid of a pack of hounds . A common amusement during the ...
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acres of land aged Aldrich April April 14 Arnold Asa Steere August August 17 Betsey brother Charles Children Colony County Daniel daughter December December 14 deed Edward Elisha Eliza Enoch executors farm father February February 20 George Glocester grandson of Jeremiah grandson of Samuel Hannah Harris Hartwick Henry homestead Hosea James January January 17 January 21 Jeremiah 28 John Steere John Whipple Jonah Steere Joseph Jron July June lived in Glocester Lydia March March 15 March 21 married Martha Mary Mowry Nicholas November November 25 October October 16 October 29 Olney Phebe Prov Providence Records resided Rhode Island Richard Steere Roger Williams Ruth Samuel Steere Sarah Sayles Scituate September September 22 Seven Mile Line Smith Smithfield Steere's Stephen Thomas Olney Thomas Steere Town Council unmarried unto VIII Waterman west side widow wife William Steere Winsor
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