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Birth26 Aug 1770, Croydon
Death27 Jan 1820, Denmark Hill
BurialCroydon (Friends grave)
FatherJonathan Steele (ca1720-1783)
MotherAnn Steele (1742-1805)
Notes for Anna Sophia Steele
m. (1) Thos Were (d. 1795), reported by Harold Waring Atkinson to have been a wine-maker of Sidmouth, Devon, but on her second marriage he was said to have been of Finsbury Square, City of London and on his burial note of 1795 he is clearly said to have been a wine merchant of London.
Notes for Thomas & Anna Sophia (Family)
Their marriage:

Piece Description Regster of Marriages belonging to the Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex from to 1794
TNA Reference RG6 / Piece 1614 / Folio 280
[Chapel/Registry]

Groom Name: Thomas Were

Bride Name: Anna Sophia Steele

Groom's Profession Wine Merchant
Date of Marriage 13 July 1791
Place of Marriage Wandsworth , Surrey
Registration Date 13 July 1791
Registration Town/County London & Middlesex
Ceremony Performed by Geo Harrison
Groom's Abode Pauls Church Yard London
Groom's Father Robert Were
Groom's Mother Elizabeth
Groom's Mother's Abode
Bride's Father Jonathan Steele
Bride's Father's Profession Merchant
Bride's Mother Ann
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Notes for John & Anna Sophia (Family)
Their marriage:

Piece Description Register of Marriages for the Monthly Meeting of Horsleydown, Southwark in the county of Surrey from 1794 to 1836
TNA Reference: RG6 / Piece 539 / Folio 10
[Chapel/Registry]
Groom Name:      John Dearman

Bride Name:          Anna Sophia Were

Groom's Profession Merchant
Date of Marriage 12 September 1799
Place of Marriage Kingston, Surrey
Registration Date 12 September 1799
Registration Town/County:  Southwark, Surrey
Ceremony Performed by ...
Groom's Abode: Freemans Court Cornhill, London
Bride's Abode:
Groom's Parents
Groom's Father John Dearman
Groom's Father's Profession
Groom's Father's Abode
Groom's Mother Deborah
Groom's Mother's Abode
Bride's Parents
Bride's late Husband Thomas Were

The original document adds that Anna Sophia’s first husband was Thomas Were of Finsbury Square, City of London.
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