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Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Rev. William Steer

Clergyman (Vicar of Ecclesfield and Prebendary of York)
Male 1681 - 1745  (63 years)

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  • Name William Steer 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 13 Dec 1681 
    • Based on FMG, which says his baptism was on the 13th, but I think they mean birth.
    Baptism 15 Dec 1681  St Peter & St Paul (Sheffield Cathedral), Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Familiae Minorum Gentium has the date as the 13th not the 15th.
    Occupation Clergyman (Vicar of Ecclesfield and Prebendary of York)  [2] 
    Death 2 Jan 1745  [2] 
    Burial 4 Jan 1745  St Mary, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 

    Father William Steer, of Darnal
              b. Abt 1652  
              d. Aug 1726 (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Sara Ludlam
              b. Cal Jul 1656  
              d. Jul 1729 (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage [J] 13 Mar 1674  Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 

    Wife Ann Banks
              b. Abt 1684  
              d. Abt May 1759 (Age ~ 75 years)  [6] 
    Marriage Aft 30 May 1709  [7] 
    • The only record I've found is a Marriage Licence, dated 31st May 1709. The date of the actual wedding is not given.
    Age at Marriage William was 27 years old - Ann was ~ 25 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Steer
              b. 28 May 1718  
              d. 1 Jan 1795 (Age 76 years)
     2. Charles Steer, of Painthorpe
              b. 1724  
              d. 6 Oct 1786, Painthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      William Steer was born on the 13th of December 1681, the son of William Steer of Darnal in Yorkshire, and his wife Sara Ludlam.
      William had a brother called Charles who was the Rector of Hanworth. Charles died 2nd Feb 1752, aged 54.

      Career
      William was the Vicar of Ecclesfield from 23rd July 1708. His predecessor was Thomas Bosvile, presumably connected to our Bosvile family somehow.

      The Cambridge Alumni Database has the following entry:
      William Steer
      Adm. sizar (age 18) at St John's 14 Apr., 1701.
      S. and h. of William, cutler. B. at Darnall [ West Riding of Yorkshire ], near Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire . Bapt. 13 Dec., 1681.
      School, Sheffield [ West Riding of Yorkshire ] (Mr Drake).
      Matric. 1701; B.A. 1704/5; M.A. (da>1708.
      Incorp. at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1708.
      Ord. deacon (York) Jun., 1705; priest, 1706 .
      V. of Ecclesfield, West Riding of Yorkshire , 1708-45. Preb. of York [ Yorkshire ], 1713-46 .
      Married Ann, dau. of Rev. Robert Bankes, V. of Hull [ East Riding of Yorkshire ].
      Died 02 Jan., 1745/6; buried at Ecclesfield [ East Riding of Yorkshire ].
      Brother of Charles (1718) and father of the next.
      ( F.M.G., 817; N. and Q., 2nd S., IV. 219.)


      Family Life
      William married Ann Banks, the daughter of the Rev. Robert Banks, Vicar of Holy Trinity in Hull and his wife Margaret Thornton, around 1709 (their marriage licence is dated 30th May 1709). They had at least two children:

      1. Charles, born 1718, later of Painthorpe and who married Elizabeth Fretwell and secondly Sarah Allott
      2. Elizabeth, born 1724, and who married Robert Fretwell, brother of Elizabeth just mentioned


      Death
      Apparently there is a monumental inscription about William at Ecclesfield church:
      There is an epitaph to Vicar Steer inscribed on a tablet of marble affixed to the south wall with the communion rails. This monument has recently been restored by Mr Steer, of Sheffield; at the top is a shield of arms, Or, a mullet sable, pierced of the field, for Steer; impaling Banks, sable, a cross, or, between four fleur-de-lis, argent. He is buried with his wife and daughter next to the east wall of the church [behind the altar] - flat slabs for the Vicar and his daughter and his wife's raised about 6 inches. Here lies the body of the Rev Mr William Steer, Vicar of Ecclesfield who departed this life 2nd day of January 1745 aged 64.

      (courtesy google cache).

      Footnotes
      [1] Notes & Queries, 2nd Series, Volume IV, page 219 has a few words on the Steer family

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 15 Dec 1681 - St Peter & St Paul (Sheffield Cathedral), Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 4 Jan 1745 - St Mary, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S0322] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Baptisms, (findmypast.co.uk), 15 Dec 1681, William Steer; Yorkshire West Riding, Sheffield Archives & Local Studies; PR-138-1-3.

    2. [S0331] Joseph Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium, (London, 1895), 1895, Steer; Volume 2, pages 817-820.

    3. [S0332] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Burials, (findmypast.co.uk), 4 Jan 1745, Revd William Steer; Sheffield, St Mary, Ecclesfield; Sheffield Archives & Local Studies; PR-54-1-6.

    4. [S0330] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Marriages, (findmypast.co.uk), 13 Mar 1764, Steer/Ludlum; Sheffield Cathedral; Yorkshire West Riding; PR-138-1-3.

    5. [S0246] FindMyPast, England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850, (findmypast.co.uk), 1674, Steer/Ludlam; Sheffield St Peter & St Paul; Yorkshire.

    6. [S0337] John Burke, Esq and John Bernard Burke, Esq, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Scotland & Ireland, The (2nd Edition), (London, 1841), 1841, Banks of Revesby Abbey; Page 34.

    7. [S0318] FindMyPast, Yorkshire, Archbishop Of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839, (findmypast.co.uk), 31 May 1709, Steer / Banks; Record 24; Page 268.