To Fran, My Steele ancestors were in County Antrim, Northern Ireland by the early 1700s. A cousin did quite a bit of research on them in the 60s. He traced them back to Berwickshire, Scotland in the 1600s. There is coat of arms for them in the Scots Amorial, 1624. It is the same coat of arms that is on tombstones in Corkermain, Cairncastle Parish, County Antrim. No one has located the names of ancestors in Scotland yet (I hope to start on that soon). The earliest Steele we know of, of this family is Archibald (his will is dated 1742). He had a son Hugh. Hugh had sons Hugh, James, John, and William. Hugh II born 17567, died 1810; had daughters, Martha, Jane James, born 1761. Married Jennet Smith. Had daughter, Mary before family emigrated to U.S. in 1787. Were in Fairfield County, S.C. until 1815; in Caldwell Co., KY until 1829; then to Perry County, ILL, where James died in 1836. Other children of James and Jennet: Samuel (died at sea), Jane, Catherine, Elenor, John, and Jennet John, will is dated 1803 in County Antrim. Had son, Hugh William, died 1835. Had Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane, Hugh Do not have any information on siblings of James. Efforts were made to find descendants of their children, but apparently no luck. There were other Steele in County Antrim, but have no idea if they were related. Beckey Turner

To Becky... Pleased to see the name Hugh Steele... My ancestor was Hugh Steele or Steel who lived first in Bourbon Co., Kentucky then moved to Jefferson Co., (Town of Madison) Indiana. He was married 12-13-1796 in Bourbon Co. to Catherine Dunn.... they had several children... daughters Jane, Mary and Sons Joseph, James, Thomas, Hugh, William, & Marshall. I found a Hugh born in Adams Co., PA in 1770, the son of a Joseph Steele. Another Steele family also living in same area at that time...We have no proof that the PA. Hugh is the same as the ancestor who married in Bourbon Co. Could this be some of the same family. Would be interested in hearing more from you. THere is also a ship's captain... Hugh Steele who keeps coming up in searches, have not been able to connect him to our family as yet. Jeanne V. At 10:05 AM 8/9/01 -0500, you wrote: >To Fran, > My Steele ancestors were in County Antrim, Northern Ireland by the >early 1700s. A cousin did quite a bit of research on them in the 60s. >He traced them back to Berwickshire, Scotland in the 1600s. There is >coat of arms for them in the Scots Amorial, 1624. It is the same coat >of arms that is on tombstones in Corkermain, Cairncastle Parish, County >Antrim. > No one has located the names of ancestors in Scotland yet (I hope to >start on that soon). The earliest Steele we know of, of this family is >Archibald (his will is dated 1742). He had a son Hugh. Hugh had sons >Hugh, James, John, and William. > Hugh II born 17567, died 1810; had daughters, Martha, Jane > James, born 1761. Married Jennet Smith. Had daughter, Mary before >family emigrated > to U.S. in 1787. Were in Fairfield County, S.C. until 1815; >in Caldwell Co., KY > until 1829; then to Perry County, ILL, where James died in >1836. > Other children of James and Jennet: Samuel (died at sea), >Jane, Catherine, Elenor, > John, and Jennet > John, will is dated 1803 in County Antrim. Had son, Hugh > William, died 1835. Had Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane, Hugh >Do not have any information on siblings of James. Efforts were made to >find descendants of their children, but apparently no luck. > >There were other Steele in County Antrim, but have no idea if they were >related. > >Beckey Turner > > >==== STEELE Mailing List ==== >STEELE-L Archives & Mailing List Search >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=STEELE >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/steele > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > >