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Captain John Steel 1650–1719 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Aug 1650

Birth Location: Skellyhill, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: Aug 1719

Death Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Steel

Mother: Elizabeth Pait

Spouse(s): Marion Lean

Children(s): Isobel Steel

In 1650, Captain John Steel entered the world in Skellyhill, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Robert Duncan Steel And Elizabeth Bessie Pait. Captain John Steel married Marion Katharine Lean, and had children including Isobel Steel. Captain John Steel passed away in 1719 in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1650, Captain John Steel entered the world in Skellyhill, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Robert Duncan Steel And Elizabeth Bessie Pait.
  • Captain John Steel married Marion Katharine Lean, and had children including Isobel Steel.
  • Captain John Steel passed away in 1719 in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Captain Steel's Ancestors

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Captain Steel
1650–1719
Birth Place: Skellyhill, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Duncan Steel
1612–1679
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Bessie) Pait
1620–1695
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Steill (Steel or) Steell)
1570–1635
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Catherine BLYTHE
1584–1630
, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
John Pait
1590–
Lanarkshire
Elizabeth Hamilton
1590–1630
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Steill
1514–1584
Catherine Martine
1540–1571
Rychert Blyth
1565–
✅Hon. Covenanter
1542–1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Blyth, *
1535–1582
Sarah *
1540–

Captain Steel's Descendants

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Captain (John) Steel (8 Aug 1650–Aug 1719) m. Marion (Katharine) Lean (1655–1724)
  1. 1. Isobel Steel 1684–1774 m. William Dykes 1681–1725
    1. 1. James Dykes 1723–1724 m. Margaret Muir 1728–
      1. 1. Margaret Dykes 1759–1851 m. Alexander Hay 1744–
        1. 1. Robert Hay 1797–1866 m. Catherine Ford 1805–1879

Captain Steel's Timeline

2 Records

1650
8 Aug 1650
Birth of Captain John Steel in Skellyhill, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Skellyhill, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1719
Aug 1719
Age 69
Death of Captain John Steel in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Aug 1650
    Event Place: Skellyhill, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scottish Covenanters Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1719
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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