Rachel Steele Cossett

Rachel Steele Cossett (Cossitt) (1781-1850) was born 17 Sep. 1781 in Connecticut. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Steele and Rachel Seymour. She married Asa Cossett, Jr., a distant relative of Azuba Hart, Wilford Woodruff’s step-mother, on 19 Mar. 1811 in West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and they had five children. She died 5 Oct. 1850 in New Brighton, Richmond Co., New York. Her proxy temple ordinance work was initiated by Wilford Woodruff on 1 Jun. 1870.

Rachel Seymour Steele (K2NV-P8G), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 29 Mar. 2022). Rachel Steele Cossett, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/rachel-steele-cossett, accessed 29 Mar. 2022). “Rachel S. Cossitt” (1781-1850), memorial no. 151415014; Find A Grave (https://findagrave.com, accessed 29 Mar. 2022). 1850 U.S. Census, Castleton, Richmond Co., New York, p. 113, Rachel S. Cossitt; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 26 Apr. 2022). "Early Connecticut Marriages," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 29 Mar. 2022); Ebenezer Steal and Rachel Seymour, 1 Jul. 1778, West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, p. 78; citing "Bailey, Frederic W., Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997." "Church Records, 1713-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 5 Apr. 2022); Asa Cosset and Rachel Steele, marriage, 19 Mar. 1811, West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, vol. 1, p. 195; citing Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut State Library, “West Hartford Congregational Church Records vol. 1, 1713-1841,” image 104/684; DGS 7834254. "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 26 Apr. 2022); Mrs. Rachel S. Cossitt, death, 5 Oct. 1850, New Brighton, Richmond Co., New York, p. 652; citing “Newspapers and Periodicals, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts."
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