Richard Steer

M, d. 22 June 1721
     Richard married Bethia Terry, daughter of Richard Terry and Abigail Lines, in March 1715 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.1 Richard departed this life on Sunday, 22 June 1721 in the Town of Southold. He was buried there in the First Presbyterian Church burying ground in the village of Southold. The inscription on his tombstone reads: HERE LYES BURIED ye BODY OF MR RICHARD STEER CITIZEN OF LONDON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE ye 20 1721 IN ye 78th YEAR OF HIS AGE.2

Family

Bethia Terry b. 13 Sep 1672, d. 11 Oct 1739

Citations

  1. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., page 76 - Rich'd Steer & Wid Bethiah Mapes married March 1715.
  2. [S1275] Find a grave.