Harrower Family Tree » Abraham Steel (1690-1739)

Personal data Abraham Steel 

• He was baptized on September 14, 1690 in Liberton Parish, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 2

  Witness Jo: Jardon & Nicol Drober

• (Petition) in the year 1732 in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland: History of the Collier's Loft at Newton Parish Church..Sources 1, 3

  History of the Collier's Loft at Newton Parish Church. https://www.hoodfamily.info/docs/colliersloft/newtoncolliersloft.html
  In 1725 a group of colliers petitioned the Kirk Session of Newton Parish Church to have a loft or gallery built inside the church for them. It was not unusual for trade guilds in larger towns and cities to have their own lofts.
  The petition by the 'colhewers belonging to Mr Biggar' was presented in April 1725 by two of them, James Pentland and James Stinson [Stevinson]. The Kirk Session agreed to it but asked that the colliers get consent from the heritors (landowners in the parish with a heritable obligation for the upkeep of the church). In 1732 their request was granted and a paper by the heritors was read out to the Kirk Session on 16 April agreeing to the building of the loft.
  In 1742 a new church was built. This time the request for another loft may have been made directly to the heritors as there is nothing in the session minutes. From the panel on the colliers loft, it seems they were granted permission in 1747. Access to this new loft was by a staircase built on the outside the church.
  To celebrate these events, two boards, one dated 1732, and another for 1747 were put up in the church bearing the names of the petitioning colliers.
  Names of the colliers commemorated on the boards:
  1732 - John Pentland, Abraham Steel, Abraham Moffat, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bennet, John Boyd, James Bennet, William Bell, Thomas Pentland.
  1747 - Robert Archibald, Hugh Adam elder, Thomas Archibald, Hugh Adam younger, Henry Archibald, Henry Adam James Kinghorn, John Adam.
  

• He died on January 25, 1739 in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4

  1740 STEELL, ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM STEELL M 06/03/1740 696/40 431 Newton
  
  1739 STEEL, ABRAHAM, ----- M 25/01/1739 696/ 40 426 Newton

• A child of William Steel and Alison Robertson

Household of Abraham Steel

He is married to Margaret Boyd.

They got married on November 17, 1709 at Newton, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Abraham Steel  ± 1712-< 1796 
2. Alison Steel  ± 1710-????
3. William Steel  ± 1715-????
4. Margaret Steel  1720-????
5. Jean Steel  1717-????

Event (Proclamation of Marriage) on October 8, 1709 in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland .Source 1

Event (Witness at Marriage) on November 17, 1709 in Newton, Midlothian, Scotland : John Robertson, for man, John Boyd, for woman.Source 1

Notes about Abraham Steel

1. Ref Scottish Coalmining Ancestors by Lindsay S. Reeks.
ABRAHAM STEELL was bp. 14 Sep. 1690, Liberton p., res. Edmonston, son of Wm. Steel & Alison Robertson. Pr. of m., 8 Oct., m. 17 Nov. 1709, Newton p., Margrat Boyd as her second m. Witnesses were, John Robertson, for man, John Boyd, for woman [8]. It is believed this m. relates to the ancestor and that the witness, John Robertson, was likely his maternal uncle. Their first dau. was named Alison, and their second son, William.
His name [Abrm. Steil] is a on a plaque in Newton church honouring a miners' petition and dated 1732 (see illustration Pg. 12)
He was bu. 23 (25) Jan. 1739, as Abraham Steell, coalhewer in Hill, husband to Margaret. Boyd, Newton p. [6].

2. History of the Collier's Loft at Newton Parish Church. @ https://www.hoodfamily.info/docs/colliersloft/newtoncolliersloft.html
In 1725 a group of colliers petitioned the Kirk Session of Newton Parish Church to have a loft or gallery built inside the church for them. It was not unusual for trade guilds in larger towns and cities to have their own lofts.
The petition by the 'colhewers belonging to Mr Biggar' was presented in April 1725 by two of them, James Pentland and James Stinson [Stevinson]. The Kirk Session agreed to it but asked that the colliers get consent from the heritors (landowners in the parish with a heritable obligation for the upkeep of the church). In 1732 their request was granted and a paper by the heritors was read out to the Kirk Session on 16 April agreeing to the building of the loft.
In 1742 a new church was built. This time the request for another loft may have been made directly to the heritors as there is nothing in the session minutes. From the panel on the colliers loft, it seems they were granted permission in 1747. Access to this new loft was by a staircase built on the outside the church.
To celebrate these events, two boards, one dated 1732, and another for 1747 were put up in the church bearing the names of the petitioning colliers.

Names of the colliers commemorated on the boards:
1732 - John Pentland, Abraham Steel, Abraham Moffat, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bennet, John Boyd, James Bennet, William Bell, Thomas Pentland.
1747 - Robert Archibald, Hugh Adam elder, Thomas Archibald, Hugh Adam younger, Henry Archibald, Henry Adam James Kinghorn, John Adam.

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