List: Could it be that the Steele's came with William to Britian from Germany? Rose John Steele Gordon wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Adams" <rosebud@cctrap.com> To: <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [STEELE-L] Nationality > List: > Could it be that the Steele's came with William to Britian from Germany? Highly unlikely. Surnames were just in the process of being invented in the middle of the 11th century and most people didn't have last names at that time. The first appearance of the name in Scotland, according to The Surnames of Scotland (Nathan Black, author) was in 1259--200 years after the conquest--when, in the old parish of Stiell, now Ladykirk, one Henry Stel served as a juror that year. JSG