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.   Notable bearers of the surname Stevens include the celebrated American poet Wallace Stevens who was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1879 and died in Hartford, Connecticut in 1955. Bertram Stevens was the 25th premier of New South Wales, Australia. Bertram was born in 1889 and died in 1973.

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