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Origin of Stea Total Records: 6  Origin of Stea, Meaning of Stea Origin: STEADHAM is one of the many spelling variations of the surname STIDDEM. Timen STIDDEM (later anglicized to Timothy STIDHAM) was an immigrant from Sweden in the 17th century to New Sweden, now Wilmington, Delaware. All of Timen's children and grandchildren spelled their surname as STEDHAM. By the 4th generation, most of Timen's descendants began spelling their surname as STIDHAM, the same spelling that Timen had used to sign his surname in his will. The exception to this was the descendants of Timen's son Benedictus STEDHAM. His descendants had moved south and west and today are congregated mainly in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Texas. The letter 'A' in the first syllable 'STEAD' began to appear in documents relating to STEADHAMS during the mid 1800s. Surnames: Steadham, Stedham Submitted by: Richard L. Steadham Origin of Stea, Meaning of Stea Origin: I'm Looking For Daniel Perry Springstead Of Tioga New York Or Orange Cty New York In The Mid 1800's Surnames: Springstead Submitted by: P K Harris Origin of Stea, Meaning of Stea Origin: Halstead English origin means Healthy place Surnames: Halstead Submitted by: glitz Origin of Stea, Meaning of Stea Origin: What is the origin of the surname Halstead and does the name change when the Halsted name came from England to New York State. Surnames: Halsted- Halsted - Holstead Submitted by: John Halsted Origin of Stea, Meaning of Stea Origin: The name Halstead is derived from the Old English hald (refuge, shelter) and stede (site, place), meaning 'safe place' or 'place of refuge'. Surnames: Halstead Submitted by: Origin of Stea, Meaning of Stea Origin: Stairs, translated from Germanic; Steiger Surnames: Stairs/ Stears/ Steers/ Submitted by: Cleve V. Stairs 2/17/2012 10:56 PM Page 1 of 1

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