Hi, The Steele line was connected to my Gray line...however all three families resided in Iredell Co., NC. Sincerely, Iva "G.J.Fox" wrote: > Dan & Iva Holder, > As seen below in your message, you have STEELE as another surname; > presumably a connection to your TEMPLETONs in some way. STEELE is not the > most common surname in the world and you may have noticed that 'my' > TEMPLETONs have used it as a middle name. This has been the case for > several of the family. There are Hester Steele TEMPLETON, Matthew Steele > TEMPLETON (3 of) and Daniel Steele TEMPLETON. The earliest was a Matthew > Steele TEMPLETON being born about 1766 to William TEMPLETON, so there was > probably a ? STEELE married to a TEMPLETON some time before this date. > Perhaps you have the source of this name STEELE. Are you able to give more > information about the STEELE and TEMPLETON connection? The above William > was married to a Margaret. Was she Margaret Steele? She would have been > born 1730-40. > > As for the religious affiliations of 'my' branch, since they lived in > Belfast and nearby places in Ulster, it is very probable that they were > protestant. This may be linked to Scottish protestants. > Gerald Johnson Fox > > At 20:54 02/03/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi, Just thought I'd throw in that my Templeton's were said to have been from > >Scotland, Ireland and then in PA around 1700's before moving southward to NC. > >They were among the first settlers of the western part of the state...John, > >James, David, George, Samuel, etc. were among many of the first names. I can > >trace them back to 1748 in NC but find nothing in PA except for references to > >them in a book called Carolina Cradle by Ramsey. I have hired researchers > in PA > >to do research on ANY Templeton surname and have a little on the group > there. My > >Templeton's were Presbyterian...Other surnames among my group were Steele, > >Gracey, Blackwelder, McLean, Gray. > > ==== TEMPLETON Mailing List ==== > This TEMPLETON list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptrequest.html > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/