Thomas Young Steen

Male1785–16 August 1828

Brief Life History of Thomas Young

Thomas Young Steen was born in 1785, in Union, South Carolina, United States as the son of William Steen. He died on 16 August 1828, in Newton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 43.

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William Steen
1738–1810
Thomas Young Steen
1785–1828
Mary "Polly" Steen
1794–1848

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    World Events (3)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 1

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

    Age 2

    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

    1821

    Age 36

    Historical Boundaries: 1821: Newton, Georgia, United States

    Name Meaning

    North German, Norwegian, and Danish; Swedish (also Steén and Stéen); Dutch and Flemish (also Van der Steen): from Middle Low German stēn, Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten) ‘stone’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with stone (quarryman, stonecutter, or stonemason). As a Swedish name it is mainly habitational name from a placename, such as Stenby, containing the word sten ‘stone’; it can also be from the personal name Sten, with the same meaning. Compare Sten .

    English: from the Middle English personal name Steyne (Old Norse Steinn, Sten, meaning ‘stone’).

    English: habitational name from any of various minor places in northern England and Scotland named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ (northern Middle English stayn), or in the rest of England with Old English stǣne ‘stony place’ (Middle English stane, stayne, stene), including Steane (Northamptonshire), Stein Farm in East Dean (Sussex), Stains in Funtington (Sussex), what is now Old Steine in Brighton (Sussex), and Steyne in Chale (Isle of Wight). Compare Staines .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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