Brief Life History of William
When William Stephen was born about 1724, in Duffus, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Stephen, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Grant, was 30. He married Grizel Findlay on 14 November 1749, in Duffus, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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- Will. Stephen in entry for Will. Stephen, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from the personal name Stephen, a vernacular form of Biblical Latin Stephanus, Greek Stephanos (from Greek stephanos ‘crown’). The modern English form is also spelled Steven ; the -ph- spelling is due to medieval clerks' knowledge of the Biblical Latin form.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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