Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17888, for Isaac Steele, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Steel, Isaac or Steel,
W. 1788
Lavinia
CONTENTS

see letter to P. Ag c Aug. 20. 1839
Connecticut - 29 26
Lavinia Steel, also widow of Isaac Steel
Corr. who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 and who died on the 24 th Dec r 1835 of Philadelphia in the State of Connecticut who was a P.M. in the County commanded by Captain Barnard of the Reg t commanded by Major Thompson in the Conn.
line for 7 m. 9 291
Line for ... 29: July 1838
Inscribed on the Roll of honore at the rate of 24 Dollars 23 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. or vice versa 29 July 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of May 1839 and on behalf of H. L. Ellsworth Court of Patents
Arrears to the 29th of July 1828 - $ 58. 47 Semi-annual allowance ending
Certificate made payable to the bearer on demand
Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1-1 Page 209 .

Connecticut 22584
Isaac Steel
New Hartford in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Conn commanded by Captain Burnham of the Regt commanded by Col. Huntington in the Conn troops time for 7 mo 19 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 24 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of December '33 and sent Wm G. Williams New Hartford
Arrears to the 14th of Sept '33 $ 60.83 Semest. allowance ending 14th Mar '34 12.16 $ 72.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. Laurie Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 40

State of Connecticut, Probate District of New Hartford ss. On this 30 th day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before Isaac Kellogg Esq r , Judge of Probate for said District, Isaac Steel of the Town of New Hart- ford in the County of Litchfield in said state aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1775, about the first of June, for the term of six months & served out the term of his enlistment. That at the time of his enlistment he belonged to said Town of New Hartford, but was then at work at his trade of a Joiner in West Hartford & was enlisted by Lieut. Jonathan Gillet in Capt. Burnham's company Mary Gossman was the orderly sergeant *Col o . Huntington's Regiment, - was first marched to New London where we staid I should think nearly two months & thence to Stonington - we also went to Saybrook & again to New London - afterwards we were marched to Boston & several of us were em- ployed for sometime in erecting Barracks at Jamaica Plains, near Boston while there I recollect that Genl. Washington came once, but staid but a short time - I remained at Boston, Charleston & vicinity until the expiration of my time & then returned home - I was in no battle during the time, nor was there any by the troops with which I was connected, but once in a while a prisoner would be brought in - The battle of Bunker Hill was fought & Charlestown was burnt before I was there -
In 1776, I think in July I turned out as a volunteer in the State Troops on an expedition to New York in Capt. Thomas Bidwell's company & Col o . Jonathan Pellibone's Regiment - after about two months I was

permitted, on account of sickness, to return home, & I have now the permit or discharge which was given me signed W m Douglas Com d & dated Sept. 6. 1776.
I further declare that my memory is very much impaired, my health very feeble, & I know of no person living by whom I can prove the first mentioned term of service.
And I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & do declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
And I do further state in answer to interrogatories propounded by the said Judge of Probate that I was born in said Town of New Hartford in the year 1752 of which I have a record in a family Bible, & have always lived & now live in said Town of New Hartford. I do not now recollect the names of any other Officers than those I have mentioned. I never received any other discharge, or discharge hereto annexed to my recollection, than the permit, before mentioned . The persons who live in my neighborhood & can testify to my character for veracity, are Rev d . Cyrus Yale, Capt s W m Cook, Capt s Jonathan Marsh, Samuel Hotchkiss & Chandler Rositer.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.
Isaac Steele
Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate for the District of New Hartford

Camp, near New York, Sept. 6 th 1876 Permit Isaac Steel to pass the guards to Connecticut, as he is hereby discharged, being rendered unfit for service by Sickness, belonging to Col Pettibone's Regt
W m Douglas Com d

We Cyrus Yale, a clergyman & Pastor of the First Congregational Church & Society in New Hartford & Jonathan Marsh residing in said Town of New Hartford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Steel, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he sustains the character of a man of strict veracity, & is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day of year aforesaid - before me - Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate Cyrus Yale Jonathan Marsh
And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, as he states - And the Court further certifies that the said Cyrus Yale, who has signed the pending certificate is well known to this Court to be a clergyman resident in said Town of New Hartford & that Jonathan Marsh who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town & is a credible person , & that their statement is entitled, to credit that the said Isaac Steel is also well known to this Court as a man who sustains a fair & unblemished character for veracity - And I do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Isaac Steel for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, seal of office this 30 th day of July A. D. 1832 - Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate for the District of New Hartford

I Jonathan Marsh of New Hartford, County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged 75 years do certify that in the year 1776, I think about the first of August, Isaac Steel of said New Hartford turned out as a volunteer in the Connecticut State Troops on an expedition to New York in Capt. Thomas Bidwell's company & Col. Jonathan Pitkin's Regiment, that I also belonged to the same company & went on the same expedition with the said Steel, that the said Steel was discharged on account of sickness & left the army in the month of September following, sworn & subscribed the 30 th day of July 1832 - before me. Jonathan Marsh
Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate for the District of New Hartford
Isaac Steele No 4177
State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss. On the 10 th day of June 1833, personally appeared before me Wm. G. Williams Esq. a Justice of the Peace for said County Isaac Steele of said New Hartford in said County aged eighty years who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below viz the following periods: For six months For six months I served as a private in Capt. Burnham or Ham- ham's company & Col. Huntington's Regt. in 1775: and for five weeks I served as a private in Capt. Bidwell's Company, Col. Pitkin's Re- giment, in 1776. A period of two weeks afterwards confined by sickness. & for such service I claim a pension - sworn & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid. Wm. G. Williams Just. of the Peace
Isaac Steele
I Harvey B. Elmore Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New Hartford do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original & subsequent proceedings of the said Court &c. in the matter of the application of Isaac Steele for a pension. And I do also certify that the above named Wm. G. Williams is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Litchfield & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 10 th day of June A. 1833. Harvey B. Elmore Clerk of New Hartford Probate District

Steel Woodruff
Con -
out 7 July 38
Spouse after to
Sally Smith
Fanny Kellogg
Isaac I. Steel
Sally B. Woodruff
Children from 4 March 36 to 29 July '38 the day of her death
In 92, 93
adm 2
Tmo. 900 per
24:33/100
No deduction
A. L. Ellsworth
Com. Patent
the whole of the remainder of

I, Silah Woodruff of New Hartford in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged forty seven years do on oath de- pose and say that I and the son in law of M rs Sarah Maria Steel, late of New Hartford deceased, that I married her daughter Sally B. Steel - that M rs Sarah Maria Steel was the widow of Isaac Steel late of New Hartford deceased, that M rs Isaac Steel was a Revolutionary Reunioner of the United States, of the Connecticut Continental, and was placed on the Connecticut pension Roll Dec. 7 th 1833 and received a pension of $24.33 per annum - that I was then pres- ent at the death of M rs Isaac Steel which took place on the 24 th day of August A.D. 1835 - at New Hartford that M rs Sarah Maria Steel was the widow of M rs Isaac Steel, that she never married after the decease of her husband Isaac Steel but remained his widow till the 29 th day of July last past, when she died - that I was present at the time of her death - that I had procured a declaration , for her to sign, a short time before her de- cease, but which she was unable to execute - that the annexed leaf marked A. was taken from the family Bible of M rs Isaac & Sarah Maria Steel now in my possession by which it appears that they were married in Oct. 1792. that I am acquainted with the hand

writing of Isaac Steele & I know the second to be in his hand writing - that I have always resided in New Hartford & have always been acquainted with Isaac & Louisa Steele, that they have always lived together & reputed to be man & wife, that I have been married twice, my first wife was Louisa the daughter of Isaac & Louisa Steele - I further deponent saith not - Selah Woodruff
State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } Sept 25 th 1838 Then personally appeared Selah Woodruff, to me personally known & a man of good moral character and credit for truth and veracity and in my presence subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same - and I further certify that the annexed leaf from the Family Bible of Isaac & Louisa Steele was here attached by me, same before me Jenus Dixon Justice of the Peace

New Hartford
Isaac Steel Born October 14 1752
Isaac Steel & Dorothy Pitkin was married September 11 1777
Rodrick Steel was Born July 27 1778
Polly Steel was Born October 22 1780
Amanda Steel was Born April 7 1783
Antha Steel was Born December 22 1785
Anna Steel was Born October 1789
Dorothy Steel the wife of Isaac Steel Died March 1792
Levinia Goodwin was Born January 12 1765
Isaac Steel & Levinia Goodwin was married October 1792
Isaac Steel Jr was Born August 16 1793
Polly Steel was Born August 22 1794
Levinia Steel was Born March 27 1796
Hanna Steel was Born December 29 1797
Sally B Steel was Born & Isaac P Steel October 28 1799
A

I Royal R. Hinman, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Roger H. Mills Esq. is and for more than three months last past, has been a Judge of Probate, within & for the Probate District of New-Hartford in this State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears on record in this Office, with power to settle estates of deceased persons & to certify any official acts in said Probate Office by his seal of Office & signature, to which full credit is to be given in Court & Country - and that James Dixon Esq. is & for more than three months last past has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned & qualified, having full power & authority, by the laws of this State, to take acknowledgements of Deeds & to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses & to take Affidavits & depositions out of Court, & to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may & ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Dixon in Court & Country. and further certify that the signatures of the said Mills & Dixon hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State, at the city of Hartford in said State, the 12. day of Nov. 1838.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary of State
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3193

State of Connecticut & Litchfield County Probate District of New Britain. On this 27 th day of October A.D. 1838, personally appeared before Roger H. Mills, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of New Britain in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, Dolly Smith of Wymore in County wife of Miles Smith of Wymore Fanny Kellogg, wife of Norman Kellogg of said New Britain in County, Sarah P. Steele of New Britain, & Sally B. Woodruff wife of Selah Woodruff both of said New Britain only heirs at Law of Sarah Steele late of said New Britain deceased, who being first duly sworn according to law do on their oaths make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to cer- tain Widows. That they are the only surviving heirs at Law of Sarah Steele late of New Britain deceased who was the widow of Isaac Steele late of New Britain deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolution, & for proof of his services they would refer to the evidence on file at Washington under the Act of Congress of June 7. A.D. 1832, by which he was entitled to draw a pension. They further declare that their said Mother Sarah Steele was married as

they verily believe to said Isaac Steele sometime in the month of October in the Year 1792 - a record of which in the Family Bible, a leaf from which is hereto annexed is in the hand writing of their late Father Isaac Steele by which it appears that their Mother was married to said Isaac in Oct. 1792 - that their said Father, Isaac Steele died on the 24 th day of August A.D. 1835, & was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death and before stated, that their said Mother was not married to their said father prior to his leaving the service as they believe, but that the Marriage took place prior to the 1 st of January Seventeen Hundred Ninety four, viz, at the time above stated - that their Mother's maiden name was Sarah Goodwin as they verily believe - that their Mother Sarah Steele died at said New Hartford on the 29 th day of July A.D. 1838 - that she was never married after the death of her said husband Isaac Steele but continued his widow till the period of his death -
Wally Smith Fanna Kellogg Isaac P. Steele Sally B Woodruff

Sworn to and subscribed by Dolly Smith Fanny Kellogg, Isaac P. Steele & Sally B. Woodruff the day and year above written. before me - Roger H. Mills Judge pro tem
I Roger H. Mills clerk of the court of Probate, in & for the District of New Hartford in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matters of the application of the children of Lavinia Steele late of New Hartford deceased. And I further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to prove before me that the persons who have subscribed & made oaths to the foregoing declaration are the only surviving children of the Widow Lavinia Steele - and also evidence has been adduced to prove that the Lavinia Steele was the widow of Isaac Steele of the town of the N. States, & that all the matters stated in the declaration are true - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the court of Probate above subscribed my name this 27 th day of October A.D. 1838
Roger H. Mills Judge

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February 13, 1936
Mrs. Thomas D. Whyte 2503 Fourteenth St., N. W. Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 17888 it appears that Isaac Steel or Steele was born October 14, 1753 in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of New Hartford, Connecticut he enlisted July 10, 1775, served as a private in Captain Abijah Rowley's Sixth Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Eighth Connecticut Regiment and was discharged December 19, 1775.
He enlisted in 1776, served as a private in Captain Thomas Bidwell's Company, Colonel Jonathan Pettibone's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged September 6, 1776, having served five weeks.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1833 while living in New Hartford, Connecticut. He died August 24, 1835 in New Hartford, Connecticut.
Soldier married September 11, 1777, Dorothy Pitkin who
Miss Helen Earl rec Gumbert's pen

died in March 1793. He married in October 1792 Levinia or Lavinia Goodwin born January 8, 1765 and who died July 29, 1838 in New Hartford, Connecticut.
The following are the children of Isaac Steele and his wife Dorothy:
Rodrick born July 27, 1778. Polley " October 22, 1780. Amanda " April 7, 1783. Antha " December 22, 1785. Anna " October ., 1788.
The following are the children of Isaac Steele and his wife Levinia:
Isaac, Jr. born August 16, 1793. Dolly " August 22, 1794, married Miles Smith. Levinia " March 27, 1796, married Selah Woodruff born about 1791. Fanna " December 29, 1797, married Norman Kellogg. Sally B. " { October 28, 1799, married Selah Woodruff whose first wife was her sister Levinia. Isaac P. " { October 28, 1799.
Pension was allowed Dolly Smith, Fanna Kellogg, Isaac P. Steele and Sally B. Woodruff, the only surviving children of soldier's widow Levinia, on their application executed October 27, 1838, said Dolly Smith then of Plymouth, Connecticut and the others all of New Hartford, Connecticut. Sally B. Woodruff died prior to May 22, 1839, leaving no children.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Comptrollers Office No o 13 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that by an authenticated copy of the pay roll of the 6 th Co. 2 d Reg t , raised by order of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut July 1775, Isaac Steele enlisted into said company on the 10 th day of July 1775, and served therein as a private until 19 th day of December 1775, being five months and nine days. Of this company Abijah Root was captain, Hebediah Farnham 1 st Lieutenant, Jonathan Gillett 2 nd Lt. & Joseph Barber Ensign Moses Goodwin was Sergeant. The regiment was commanded by Col. Jedediah Huntington.
E. Phelps

Aug. 20.
Can.
Lavinia Skel
at 11 th 38
J. J. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington

Pension Agency Hartford Aug. 15 1839
Sir
On the 22 d May 1839 a pension certificate was issued to Savina Steel dec d under the Act of July 1838 payable to Polly Smith, Fanny Kellogg, Isaac P. Steel and Sally B. Woodruff children of the deceased.
Since the application but before the certificate was issued Sally B. Woodruff died leaving a husband but no children. Will you please inform me whether the share which would have been due her if living is payable to the other heirs named in the certificate or to her husband
I am very respectfully
Your Abt. Servt.
J. L. Titcomb. Agent.
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

11.77-
Return this
11.77 10 9 day pirate 26.33
✓
Wm G. Williams Esq New Hartford Co

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Steele which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no  restated. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no  now added.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 10 X Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
REQUIRE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
REQUIRE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
x The Judge of Probate has certified that Cyrus Yale is a clergyman &c. & that Jonathan Marsh the only other witness is a person of credibility.
The service in 1775 may be proved by Rolls in the office of Comptroller of Public Accounts. The three Regiments raised by recdve of June 75 were enlisted for 5 months only

NOV 5 1910
Commissioner Parsons Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me the military history of Isaac Heck who was born in 1754 and was furnished from Litchfield Co. Conn. This information will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours
Mary F. Martin Consulting Registrar
30 High St - Bristol Conn. Nov. 3-1910

Isaac Steele turned out at the Lexington Alarm under Capt. Seth Smyth and served in Lieut. Bidwell's Co. of Militia in the New York Campaign in 1776. His name found in Conn.
Pension Records
Think he was pensioned 1832 Litchfield Conn. as private in the Conn. Militia

Line.
I think he was a minute man. He was either from Hunford or Litchfield.
A personal request by Mrs. Thos. D. Whyte 2503 - 14 th St. N.W. Washington D.C.

Mrs. Thos D. Whyte 2503 14th St. N.W. (Apt. 3) Wash a D.C.
Dated 5th
Letter in S.L. 42788 W m King

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1910 Nov. 9. History to Mrs. Mary J. Martin — f 1914 Feb. 12. Hist. to Mrs. Thomas D. Whipple letter in S. 42788 William King. f 1936 Feb. 18. Hist. to Mrs. Thos. D. Hylton — MMW
File No. 17888 Laura Steel Widow of Isaac Steel Pre New War
Act: July 24 38 Index: — Vol. M , Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Isaac Steele or Steel a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. file 17888
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1, 1775 6 mos. Pvt. Abijah Rowley (21. Jarnham) Jedediah Huntington Conn.   July 1776 5 mos. Thomas Ridwell Jonathan Trumbull p. 473   discharged Feb 6, 76  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 30, 1832.  filed.
Residence at date of application, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, b. Oct 14, 1752 at New Hartford, Conn.
Remarks: He m. Sept 11, 1777 Dorothy Pitkin who d.
Feb - 1792 - He m. Oct. - 1792 Sarah Goodwin; he d.
Aug. 24, 1835 she d. July 27, 1838 and her pens. was all. for the benefit of the children: Polly wife of Miles Smith, + Fanny wife of Norman Tillezz - Polly B. wife of Solomon Woodruff
Very respectfully,
supplement - family record -

February 12, 1914.
Miss Thomas D. Whyte.
2503 - 14th Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of Isaac Steele or Steel, W. File No. 17.888. Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers on file.
Isaac Steele born October 14, 1752. married September 11, 1777, Dorothy Pitkin.
Rodrick Steel born July 27, 1778.
Polley Steel " October 22, 1780.
Amanda Steel " April 7, 1783.
Antha Steel " December 22, 1785.
Anna Steel " October --- 1788.
Dorothy wife of Isaac Steel. died March -- 1792.
Isaac Steel married October -- 1792. Lavinia Goodwin born January 8, 1765.
Isaac Steel Jr. born August 16, 1793.
Dally Polly Steel " August 22, 1794.
Levinia Steel " March 27, 1796.
Fanna Steel " December 29, 1797.
Sally B. Steel " } October 28, 1799. Isaac P. Steel " }

Isaac Steel died August 24, 1835. Lavinia Steel died July 29, 1838, at New Hartford, Connecticut.
Selah Woodruff aged forty-seven years in 1838, married first, Lavinia, the second daughter of Isaac and Lavinia Steel and married second, their fourth daughter Sally B. Steel who survived her mother but died before May 22, 1839.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber.
Commissioner.