Brief Life History of William
When William Stevens was born on 26 October 1724, in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Stevens, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Sherman, was 37. He married Sibbil Farnsworth on 13 December 1750, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 28 August 1758, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- William Stevens, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- William Stevens, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Stevens, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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