Steele Family History Book

A Steele Family History
Planters of Old England, New England, and the American West
by Edward E. Steele

With a Foreword by Curt Witcher, President, National Genealogical Society

Notice:
After three printings,
A Steele Family History
is currently out of print.

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Named the “Best Family History” in the
Connecticut Society of Genealogists’ 2002 Literary Awards contest.

A new 600-page hardbound history of the Steele family in England and America
with over 100 illustrations, maps, and photographs.
Includes an every-name index, indexes of places and subjects, and an annotated bibliography.

Presents 15 generations of the Steele family from the 1400s to the present in England and America

Includes a history of each maternal line at every American generation, including: Talcott, Warner, Bradford, Webster, Seymour, Pitkin, Merrill, Barber, Annis, Winslow, Oakley, Wheeler, Osborne, Brownell, Lowe, Ebbets, Badarous, West, Wood, Terrell, Edelen and Seigneur families

Includes coverage of seven Mayflower lines: William Bradford, Peter Brown, Edward Fuller, Samuel Fuller, John Howland, George Soule, and John Tilley

Researched for over 25 years. Presents new information, never before published

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:
“Everyone should be so lucky to have a family history as well written as this one.”
Ann Carter Fleming, CG, Vice President, National Genealogical Society

“Mr. Steele has done a masterful job of weaving the events that occurred within the family
with the events that were taking place in the world around them.”
A. C. Dudley, Connecticut Society of Genealogists

“One of the finest examples of a family history I have seen.”
Ryan Taylor, Genealogy Department, Allen County Public Library

“What makes this book really interesing is all the little tidbits of local history….”
Jennifer Etheridge, The Honeoye Herald

This exciting new publication is available for purchase for $54.00 postpaid.
Send your check made payable to Edward E. Steele to:
Steele Family History
7421 Gannon Ave.
St. Louis, Mo. 63130

Details...

Foreword, Preface, and Introduction

Part I. The Steele Family in England
   1. The Tudor Era: 1485–1603
   2. Essex County, Fairstead, and Puritanism
   3. The Steeles of Fairstead
Part II. The Steele Family in America
   4. John Steele: Puritan Pioneer in a New World
   5. John Steele: The Young Ensign
   6. Samuel Steele: Puritan and Pilgrim
   7. Thomas Steele: Captain of the Trainband
   8. William Steele: The Steeles Leave Hartford
   9. Isaac Steele: The Minuteman
10. Roderick Steele: To the New York Frontier
11. Edwin Steele: Pioneer Planter in the Midwest
12. William Wilson Steele: The Forty-Niner
13. William Eugene Steele: A Young Attorney; A Lifelong Rascal
14. Donald Eugene Steele: An Iowan in Los Angeles
15. Edward Eugene Steele: A Return to the Midwest

Part III. The Steele Family Wives, including seven Mayflower families
16. The Talcott Family
17. The Warner Family
18. The Bradford Family
19. The Webster Family
20. The Seymour Family
21. The Pitkin Family
22. The Merrill Family
23. The Barber Family
24. The Annis Family, plus the Winslow and Oakley families
25. The Wheeler Family, plus the Osborne and Brownell families
26. The Lowe Family, plus the Ebbets, Badarous, and West families
27. The Wood Family, plus the Terrell, Edelen and Seigneur families

Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Places
Index of Subjects

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