Elizabeth (Boyd) Steen (abt. 1740)

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1740 to parents William Boyd and Elizabeth McTeer. It is unclear whether she was also a relatively recent immigrant to the American colonies or if she was born there.

Her husband Robert Steen was born about 1740, the son of Richard Steen of County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland. He was the younger brother of William Hays Steen, James Steen, and Matthew Steen. He immigrated to America about 1755 with his parents and siblings. He married Elizabeth Boyd by 1759 and their first child was born about 1760.

Biography of the Steen Family ^[1]

Details from this source include:

• Robert Steen was born about 1740 on Green Hill farm, 8 miles from Coleraine in County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, part of the tract called The Vow.
• He came to America with his parents and eventually settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
• He married Elizabeth Boyd and the couple lived in what is now called Chestnut Level.
• He was a devout Presbyterian, a successful farmer, and a patriotic citizen.
• He joined the military on 15 August 1776 as a private in the Pennsylvania Militia.

The children of Robert and Nancy Steen were:

• Samuel Steen (1760- )
• Robert Steen (1763- )
• Mary "Polly" Steen (1767- )
• Elizabeth Steen (1770-1838)
• Alexander Steen (1773-1837), who married Agnes Nancy Faris on 21 Feb 1803 in Berkely, Virginia.

The following census records confirm where the family lived.

1779 Pennsylvania Tax Records ^[2]

Name: Robert Steen

Residence Year: 1779

Residence Place: Martic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

1786 Pennsylvania Tax Record ^[3]

Name: Robert Steen

Residence Year: 1786

Residence Place: Martic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

1790 United States Federal Census ^[4]

Name: Robert Steen

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1790

Event Place: Drumore, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Page: 70

1800 United States Federal Census ^[5]

Name: Robert Steen

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1800

Event Place: Drumore, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Page: 162,163

Research Notes

Some Ancestry trees show Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of William Boyd and Elizabeth McTeer, to have married someone different from Robert Moses Steen. I am holding off on creating profiles for her parents until I can confirm them through other sources.

Additionally, some people show Elizabeth Boyd as the wife and/or consort of E. Luse.

Marriage Record for Elizabeth Boyd and Eleazer Luse ^[6]

Name: Elizabeth Boyd

Gender: Female

Birth Year: 1744

Spouse Name: Eleazer Luse

Spouse Birth Year: 1740

Marriage Year: 1760

Number Pages: 1

Since they would have been married at the same time as she and Robert Steen were married, these appear to be two different women. The parents of Luse's spouse/consort are said to be William Boyd and Elizabeth McTeer. This means the details about the parents of one of these women has been co-mingled with the other. The Find A Grave Link to the wife of Robert Steen goes to the following record. The birth and death dates of Eleazer Luse's wife have been attached to the wife of Robert Steen.

Find A Grave Burial Record ^[7]

Name Elizabeth Boyd Luse

Birth 1744, Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, USA

Death 15 Dec 1807 (aged 62–63), Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial Jefferson Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Show Map

Memorial ID 26961560

Notes "In Memory of Elizabeth Consort of Eleazer Luse who departed this life Dec 15th 1807 in the 63rd year of her age."

Sources

1. ↑ Steen, Moses Duncan Alexander, The Steen family in Europe and America : a genealogical, historical and biographical record of nearly three hundred years, extending from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Published 1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio, page 196, Robert Steen.
2. ↑ 1779 Pennsylvania Tax Records, Robert Steen, Martic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
3. ↑ 1786 Pennsylvania Tax Record, Robert Steen, 1786, Martic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-3DG : accessed 30 April 2020), Robert Steen, Drumore, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 70, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 568,148.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR6-87D : accessed 30 April 2020), Robert Steen, Drumore, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 162,163, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 363,342.
6. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Elizabeth Boyd married Eleazer Luse in 1760.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 April 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Boyd Luse (1744–15 Dec 1807), Find A Grave: Memorial #26961560, citing Jefferson Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Tom Luce (contributor 46955533).

See also:

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970