Samuel STEELE
FILED A LAND PATENT IN PA. 1720. HAD A BROTHER NINIAN WHO MARRIED HIS WIFES SISTER MARY FUTHEY. NINIAN ALSO GAVE MANY OF THE SAME NAMES TO HIS SONS. AND THE FAMILYS LIVED CLOSE TOGETHER IN PA. AND N.C.
FATHER ROBERT LEFT IRELAND 1720. HAD 7 0R 8 SONS AND 3 DAUS. ONE SON ROBERT M. ELIZABETH KIDD(AN ANCESTOR OF INEZ BIDWELL. SOME SONS WENT TO CRAVENS CO. S.C. 1737\54.
MIGRATED TO ROWAN CO. N.C. WENT TO BOURBAN CO. KY.1805,WITH BRO. SAMUELS WIDOW. SETTLED ADAIR CO. KY. 1813. ANC. OF MARTHA THOMPSON,ELDORADO ARIZ.letter to Inez Bidwell in1981 from Joy Hendrickson says he was born in 1727 d. in 1813 Statesville N.C.
MARRIED 1ST COUSIN SAMUEL FUTHEY
ALL SONS ACCOUNTED FOR, MOVED ON TO KY. AND INDIANA
THERE IS NO PROOF OF THIS RELATIONSHIP. INEZ FUTHEY BIDWELL SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE RESEARCHING THE STEELE AND FUTHEY FAMILY. I MET HER SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEATH AND SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE HER RESEARCH AND CONCLUSIONS WITH ME. SHE WAS SURE THAT JOSEPH SON OF SAMUEL STEELE M. TO ANN FUTHEY WAS THE FATHER OF MY JOSEPH WHO M. ELIZABETH CARSON AND WENT ON TO COOPER CO. MO. I AM INCLUDING THIS IN MY PED. UNTIL I CAN PROVE OTHERWISE. JOSEPH WAS A REV. CAP. IN THE PA. LINES. HE WAS A JUDGE IN LINCOLN CO. N.C. IN ROWAN CO. N.C. HE LIVED NEXT TO HIS BRO. ROBERT AND COUSIN JAMES AT ELK SHOALS,2ND CREEK,HE WENT TO BURKS CO.,ALEXANDER CO. AND THEN TO LINCOLN CO. N.C. THE SONS I HAVE LISTED ARE ONLY POSSIBLE. ALL WERE IN WASH.CO. AND GREENE CO. TENN.ORIGINALLY ROWAN CO. N.C.
WIFE ISABELLA READ DIED 1813
WIFE ELIZABETH CHAMBERS M. 1770,IN ROWAN CO N.C. LINES ARE TRACED,SON WM. M. MARY GAULT HAD 2 SONS JOHN AND JOSEPH HAD A GR. DAU. ELIZABETH HOLMAN LOVELACE WHO MOVED TO MO.
UNDER AGE 20 IN 1760 AT FATHERS DEATH
AGE UNDER 20 IN1760 AT FATHERS DEATH
NOT IN FATHERS WILL,IS EITHER SON OR NEPHEW.STAYED IN PA. WIFE ELIZABETH MC GEE, SON WILLIAM WHO HAD JOHN AND ISAAC. ISAAC M. ELIZAH GALLOWAY
He married Blocked .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Robert Steele
born 1717.
Ruth Steele
born 1717/19.
Blocked
Samuel Steele
Blocked
Joseph Steele, Unproven
born Abt 1720/30.
James Steele
Ninian Steele
born 1737.
Ann Steele
born 1740/60.
Elizabeth Steele
born 1740/60.
William Steele, Unproven
born 1741.
Samuel Steele died 23 Apr 1760 at Will, Westchester, Chester, Pennsylvania .