Eleanor Steen

Thomas Vance married Eleanor Bogan, widow of James Steen. She was the daughter of William Bogan and Eleanor Graham.

Disambiguation

According to DAR records: Ancestor # A108334

• 1) EL - THIS MAN'S SON WILLIAM MARR JEAN YOUNG, NOT SARAH VANCE. DATACF 4/2007”
• 2) EL - GIDEON STEEN OF UNION DIST SC WAS NOT A CHILD OF WILLIAM STEEN A108338

(EL = error in lineage)

https://www.chesterfield.scgen.org/Families/Steen.html

James Steen was born in (County Antim) Ireland about 1734, came to America with his brothers, other relatives and perhaps his father's family about 1755. After a temporary residence in Pennsylvania he removed to the South, and located permanently in Union District, SC. He was a man of great energy, a staunch Presbyterian in faith, and an enthusiastic patriot. At the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he joined the Colonial Army as a soldier.' (The Steen Family in Europe and America by Rev. Moses D.A. Steen, D.D. 1900) He led a company during the Snow Campaign, a company against the Cherokee, was commander of Prince's Fort in 1777, in 1779 served in Georgia at Stono Ferry and at the Seige of Savannah, served in Charleston until 1780, at which by this time was a Lieutenant Colonel; was in the Battles of Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Musgrove's Mill, Kings Mountain, and probably Cowpens. He died in Rowan County, NC being stabbed to death while attempting to arrest a Tory. (South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmer Moss, 1983.)

Family

James Steen married in Union County to Elenor Boggan (or Bogard) and they were the parents of Richard Steen, married Nancy McDonald, Sarah Steen, James Steen, married Jane Graham, and William Steen, married Sarah Vance. James Steen, son of James and Elenor Boggan Steen, relocated from Union County, SC to Chesterfield County, SC, where he died in 1820. He is the ancestor of the Chesterfield and many of the surrounding counties Steen families.

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/t/e/Aaron-D-Steen/GENE1-0002.html

2.LT. COL. JAMES F.2 STEEN (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1736 in Antrim Co., Province of Ulster "The Vow", Ireland, and died October 07, 1780 in Kings Mountain, S.C.He married ELEANOR BOGARD Abt. 1762 in S.C..She was born Abt. 1740.

More About LT. COL. JAMES F. STEEN: Immigration: 1775, Came into the British Colonies in Amercia
Military service: Patriot in the American Revolution
Nationality: Scotch-Irish descent
Religion: Staunch Presbyterian

Children of LT. STEEN and ELEANOR BOGARD are:

• 4. i. JOHN3 STEEN, b. Bet. 1756 - 1765.
• ii. JANE STEEN, b. Abt. 1763; m. GIDEON SMITH.
• iii. MARTHA STEEN, b. Abt. 1765.
• 5. iv. WILLIAM STEEN, b. 1767, Union District, SC; d. December 1820, Union District, SC.
• 6. v. JAMES F. STEEN, b. Abt. 1769, Union District, S.C.; d. Aft. 1820.
• vi. ELEANOR NELLIE STEEN, b. Abt. 1770; d. Abt. 1791; m. SAMUEL MONTGOMERY, Abt. 1784; b. Abt. 1764; d. Abt. 1825.
• 7. vii. RICHARD M. STEEN, b. June 02, 1772, Union District, SC; d. November 17, 1859, Wheatland, Knox Co. IN.
• viii. SARAH STEEN, b. Abt. 1773; d. December 31, 1851.
• ix. NANCY STEEN, b. Aft. 1779.

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Vance Children:

1. George Campbell Vance
2. Peggy Vance
3. ?Sarah Vance

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Steen_(planter)_ Lt. Col. James Steen (1734–1780) was a successful planter who, at the time of the American revolution, resided in the Thicketty Creek area of what was once the northern part of Union County (formed in 1785) and is now part of Cherokee County, South Carolina (formed 1897). Steen, a stanch Presbyterian, was born, according to some sources, in County Antrim, Ireland about 1734, emigrating to Pennsylvania about 1760 with his family; other sources indicate he was born in Pennsylvania. The Steen family did reside in Pennsylvania for a time prior to migrating to South Carolina in the 1760s. John and James Steen both had recorded land deeds on Thicketty Creek 1766 & 1767.[1]. He was married to Eleanor Bogan about 1762, probably in South Carolina.
• https://www.famgen.net/vance/fam05539.htm