Ludwig Steeves (1760 - 1827)

Born 26 Feb 1760 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth S (Porter) Steeves — married 1786 in Hillsborough, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1827 at age 67 in Turtle Creek, New Brunswick

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Biography

Ludovic (or Lutrick) Stief was born ca. 1760 in Roxborough, PA.^[1] Later, he would use the English first name "Lewis."

Lewis was an entrepreneur, a mill owner at Hillsborough, and a farmer at Turtle Creek. He first married a woman with the last name of Jones (first name is unknown) in ca. 1785. Second, he married Elizabeth Porter ca. 1788.

He died 15 March, 1827 and is buried at Turtle Creek NB.^[2] His grave marker uses the alternate spelling of the last name: Steves.

Historical Documents

Land Grant petition for Steeves, Lodwick. 1786, Westmorland County. Petition of Synton, William. Other petitioners include:

• Steeves, Henry
• Steeves, Jacob
• Steeves, John
• Steeves, Lodwick
• Steeves, Matthias^[3]

Land Grant petition for Steeves, Lewis. 1797, Albert County. See petition of Dawson, Thomas. Other petitioners include:

• Steeves, Henry
• Steeves, Michael^[4]

Research Note

The original birth record of Lewis Steeves has been lost and his name has many variant spellings. If you look at the cadastral map photo attached to this profile, you will see the spelling "Ludwick" Steef (at the top of the big letter G). This is the strongest evidence we have to suggest that his German birth name was Ludwig (clearly the cartographer was writing the names phonetically in English as he heard them since Stieff was spelled Steef). The other variants - Ludovic and Lutrick - are on other documents, but it is clear that he eventually changed his first name to Lewis. As noted above, his grave uses the variant spelling "Steves" rather than "Steeves."

For the Last Name at Birth (LNAB), it is probably more consistent to use the earlier name Ludovic Stief. Mills-4919 20:10, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

The profile containing the most complete source of information about the Steeves / Stieff / Steif family is Johann Heinrich Stief.

Steeves Children

Margaret 1787-1827 m: John Murphy Milton

Miriam 1790-1815 m: Mr. Prince

Rhonda 1792-1867 m: John Woodworth

Frederick 1793-1859 m: Nancy Ann Smith

Susannah 1796-1821 m: Mr. Milton

Rachel 1797-1865 m: Isaac Dawson

Lewis 1799

Elisha 1802-1872 m: Delia Smith

John Enoch 1804-1826

Elizabeth 1806-1826

David 1809-1851

Abigail 1811-1931 m: William Ricker ( born abt 1805)

Henry 1812-1890

Erizena ( Arizena) 1815-1888

Samuel 1791-1868

Sources

1. ↑ See Steeves, p. 15,47
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2018), memorial page for Lewis Steves (1760–15 Mar 1827), Find A Grave Memorial no. 138458561, citing Turtle Creek Cemetery, Turtle Creek, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada ; Maintained by Michele (contributor 47380523) .
3. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108). Steeves, Lodwick. 1786, Westmorland County. Microfilm F1032 under petition of Synton, William.
4. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108). Name: Steeves, Henry. Year: 1797. Microfilm: F1040, under the petition of Dawson, Thomas.

Print Resources:

• Bowser, Les. The Settlers of Monckton Township. Omemee, ON: 2016.
• Steeves, Philip Earle. Heinrich and Regina: The Story of the First Steeves. Self published by Philip Earle Steeves and the Steeves House Museum, 2016.

(for references not included in this short list, please see Johann Heinrich Stief)

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138458561/lewis-steeves