This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/541.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I know there were several Ninian Steeles and haven't tried to sort them out. My guess is that they were all cousins. There were two main Locke families in North Carolina, mine in Rowan County and the descendants of Leonard Lock in Bladen County. Both were fond of the name John. I don't recognize the wives of your John Lockes.