Hi Sherry, Thanks so much for the reply. After I'd sent the msg., realized I meant MA instead of CT. I don't think I ever expected to get "this far back East", and still get my geography confused. Yale is in MA, right? The bio about Timothy Dwight definitely connected him to Yale.. It was just a thought, since Mary [1777-1837] did write about the man in a relatively "personal" way. Long shots. Trying to capture a ghost is harder than chasing rainbows... Thanks for your thoughtfulness. Kathryn Steel75642@aol.com wrote: > > Two interesting things I've come across: 1.) I talked with a man who is a > Steele, who said his family came from Sweden, and that his family name > derived from "Rosensteel" (spelling uncertain). He said they had come from a > town in Sweden where steel was processed. 2.) I am a Steel(e), but my > half-brother (on my mother's side) is a Dwight. He claims that all Dwights > are related, having come from Dedham, Massachusetts. I have always figured > Dwight was a fairly common name, having heard it so often, but when it comes > right down to it, I really don't come across it nearly as often as I expected > I would! Sherry (Seattle) > > ==== STEELE Mailing List ==== > GenConnect ~ Biographies, have one? Post it at ~ > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/s/t/STEELE/biographies > List Manager's address STEELE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!