When Jane Stevenson was born on 17 January 1799, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Stevenson, was 46 and her mother, Jane Barr, was 26. She had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with John Crofts. She lived in Madison Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 November 1860, in East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, at the age of 61.
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English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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