The English surname Stevens, also found in Ireland and Scotland is of patronymic origin meaning son of, or descendant of Steven. The personal name Steven is a a vernacular form of Latin Stephanus, Greek Stephanos meaning “ crown.” The firat written reference to the name is Alice Stevenes, who was registered in the "Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire" in 1279. One of the earliest colonists to New England was Robert Stevens aged 22, who embarked from London on the ship "Planter" in 1634.