The Royalty of Spain were of Maud Muller Estep's line.
There was a Marquis De Estepa, the last line of which died in 1898.
The Marquis De Estepa also held the title of Duke. He was an author and
university professor. His 81-page biography is in the San Francisco library.

The name Estep (minus the A) first came into use at Estepona
a few years before Christ. It was then pronounced Es TA PA. In a few
years the family moved north near the French border. There the name was
pronounced ISS TEP, with the accent on the second syllable. In a few
hundred years they moved into South France and became ES TEP.
They lived there many hundreds of years.

From France they went to England about 1066, according to America's best
authority of the origin of names, a professor in an Eastern university.
In England they were called EAST EP. They were also found in Wales.
They lived in England and Wales for about 600 years and sailed from
Wales to America in the latter 1600's.

The first ESTEP that has been located in America, Richard Estep,
who was some sort of official for either the British government or for
Lord Baltimore himself. Richard Estep lived at St. Marys, Maryland, a
small town near the mouth of St. Marys River. He bought a pew in the
church of All Faiths on June 3, 1722. His sons John and Joseph were
very religious and John was Church Warden many years there.

John married Lucy Brooke, who was a daughter of an English army officer
(Colonel) sent there by England. All were related to Lord Baltimore -- the
Estep's cousins to the Calvert's - the others second and third cousins.
Issue of John was another Richard (Ensign in the Revolution, in George
Washington's Army). Also Lt. Alexander Estep of the American Revolution
and Mary Estep. Joseph's Issue were James, Samuel, Joshua, Zacharian
and several others. About the time of the Revolution the family scattered.
Some went to Tennessee, some to Pennsylvania, one to Ohio
and one to North Carolina.

The early Estep people were said to be far above the average intelligence
(by Prof. Jones, in a book about Maryland) and they were of English and
Welsh origin. They had lived in Britain hundred's of years before coming
over to help Lord Baltimore (Calvert) settle and colonise Maryland.
The first ones in America were referred to as Welsh. The first in
England were referred to as being French. Of course any family changes
its blood every generation or so thus, there is probably little remaining
after seven or eight generations in this country to resemble the first
Estep's to come here. However, some characteristics that tend to remain
are: penetrating eyes, rather large nose, very strong blue eyes. But the
name still remains pronounced just as at first - ESTEP. It has been found
in Early Maryland spelled both as ESTEP and EASTEP in the same household.

The Encyclopedia of American Biography choose the most
outstanding individuals of our name and you may find
the items interesting in your library,
see Vol 7, page 447.

~Corbett Estep

Dr. Sasser graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of Maryland;
holds two Master's degrees and the Ph.D. from the University of Southern
California. Dr. Sasser is the author of five books and fourteen published
articles. His publications include two Training Programs for the Kentucky
Department of Education under the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA),
as professional development for in-service teachers and administrators.
During the past ten years (1986-1996) Professor Sasser has given more than
thirty presentations at the State, Regional, National and International
levels: In July, 1986, he gave a presentation at the University of
Heidelberg, Germany; in July, 1987, he conducted a workshop at the
University of Haifa, Israel; in November, 1995, he gave a presentation at
the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Annual General Assembly
and Conference, Minsk, Belarus and in 1996 he gave a presentation at
The Institute For Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.

In 1991 Dr. Sasser received the Outstanding Achievement Award to Kentucky
Education from the State Commissioner of Education and in 1992 was
commissioned as a member of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Federal
Funding by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In 1995,
Professor Sasser received recognition from the President of the
Ohio-Section of the Mathematical Association of America, for "the valuable
assistance rendered the Mathematical Association of America during the
years 1991-1995 as a member of the Executive Board, Chair of the
Committee on Curriculum and Co-Chair of the Joint Task Force on Standards."

Professor Sasser is a member of the Association of Computers in
Mathematics and Science Teaching (ACMST); The Mathematical Association of
America (MAA) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). As a member of
Mathematical Association of America, he served on the Executive Committee
of the MAA, Ohio Section, from 1991-1995. In 1986 he was elected President
of the American/Department of Defense (DODDS-Germany) Council of Teachers
of Mathematics.

On November 10, 1995, in Minsk, Belarus, Dr. Sasser was inducted into
the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences.

Most recently, Professor Sasser was selected to attend the Institute for
Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ during the summer of 1996. The research
topic was probability. While there Dr. Sasser solved the problem of
determining the number of objects in a set containing two different types
in order to obtain all possible solutions for a given probability when
randomly selecting two like objects. This problem led to the theory of
equations which has not been perfected. Professor Sasser presented his
findings at the Institute For Advanced Study in July, 1996.

On November 6, 1996, Dr. Sasser was presented the
University of Cincinnati 1996 Faculty Achievement Award.

His website is:
http://www2.eos.net/jsasser/index.html