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/QAQBAEB/521 Message Board Post: I'm a Samuel Stowell descandant. My g-g-g grandfather, Elias Stowell, came to Paris, ME from Worcester MA in the early 1800's. There are a few hundred of us Stowells alive and kicking here in Maine. Good Luck on the Connecticut Stowells.