Catherine Marshfield (February 2, 1701 - June 7, 1788) was a resident of Springfield, Massachusetts and West Hartford, Connecticut.
Marshfield was born on February 2, 1701 in Springfield, Massachusetts as the daughter of Josiah Marshfield and Rachel Gilbert. She settled in the Hartford area after her marriage in 1722 and removed to West Hartford, Connecticut. After the death of her husband in 1773, she moved into the Noah Webster house - her daughter's home - where she lived for another 15 years. She was considered "Mother Steele" at the time.
Marshfield died in West Hartford, Connecticut on June 7, 1788.
Family[]
Marshfield married Eliphalet Steele on October 4, 1722.
- Rachel Steele - m. Benjamin Hopkins
- Catharine Steele - m. Elijah Ensign
- Eliphalet Steele - m. Hannah Steele
- Josiah Steele - m. Elizabeth Colton
- Mercy Steele - m. Noah Webster
- Elijah Steele - m. Esther Millard
- Theophilus Steele
- Eliphalet Steele
- Eliphaz Steele
- Ruth Steele
- Jerusha Steele