Hi everyone...I just sent a letter to the list re: BETHIA STEELE.. I should of added Shepard Families of New England was compiled by Gerald Faulkner SHEPARD and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus.. I bought my copys from The New Haven Colony Historical Society of New Haven, printed 1972 by the Van Dyck Printing Company, North Haven, CT. Also on page 19 of Vol 2 in the footnotes it says, "The MAYFLOWER Index (2d ed., 1960) traces lines from Bethiah STEELE through sons John and James "SHEPHERD" and Stephen "SHEPARD." Not knowing when Bethiah (STEELE) SHEPARD died and when Samuel married Eunice BUTLER it makes it difficult to put all of Samuel's children (he was father of 9 ch) with the correct wife. We know that Bethiah was mother of 3 born Hartford, CT. John b 28 April 1710 by at 2nd church 30 April 1710 James b 27 Apr 1714 bp at 1st church 2 may 1714 Bethiah bp 1st church 23 Oct 1720 dy five children are unproven as far as which mother they belong to, Bethiah STEELE or Eunice BUTLER, all children born Hartford, CT. Hannah bp 22 Nov 1724 d 17 Jan 1756 unmd Sarah bp 7 Aug 1726, she may be the Sarah SHEPARD who was admitted to full communion in the first church 5 apr 1745. Samuel bp 26 May 1728 Stephen bp 24 May 1730 William bp 15 Oct 1732 Eunice BUTLER had one known for sure child at Hartford, CT. Amos bp 17 Sep 1738 Hope this helps, Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com > > What I have from Shepard Families of New England vol 2 p17-19 entry #19 > is that Samuel SHEPARD (my 6th gr granduncle).. wife was Bethia STEELE > the d/o John and Melitiah (BRADFORD) STEELE. > > "Samuel and his wife Bethiah were received into full communion at the first > church 20 July 1712." > > "John STEELE died 6 March 1697/8 leaving his widow Melatiah and three minor > children, Bethia, John and Ebenezer. When the son John STEELE jr died Samuel > Shepard in right of his wife Bethia, daughter of John STEELE, moved the > Court on 15 Dec 1715 for a distribution of the estate. (Hartford Probate: > Manwarning's Direst, 1: 587)" > > John and Hannah (PECK) SHEPARD were the parents of John SHEPARD. > > Wilma Fleming Haynes > gencon@harborside.com > > > > > > > > At 09:41 PM 6/13/1999 EDT, you wrote: > > >In a message dated 06/12/1999 7:19:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > >allen.mallory@ibm.net writes: > > > > > ><< Subj: [GenConnecticut-L] SAMUEL SHEPARD and BETHIA STEELE > > > Date: 06/12/1999 7:19:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time > > > From: allen.mallory@ibm.net (Allen John Mallory) > > > To: GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > Help with Samuel Shepard that married Bethia. Do you know his parents? > > > > > > Children of John1 Steele Sr. and Meletiah Bradford were as follows: > > > 2 i. Bethia2 Steele;2,2,2 married Samuel Shepard before > > >Dec 15, 1715. > > > 3 ii. John Steele Jr. > > > 4 iii. Ebenezer Steele; married Susanna Merrill. > > > > > > Allen John Mallory > > > Danbury, Fairfield county, Connecticut > > > allen.mallory@ibm.net > > > > >