When Rachel Stevenson was born in 1790, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, her father, Samuel Stevenson Jr, was 48 and her mother, Sarah, was 36. She married Conrad Honness on 6 April 1816, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 19 November 1844, at the age of 54.
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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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