| 1. Margaret STEEN, b. October 04, 1772 | See Daniel REEVES & Margaret STEEN |
| 2. Esther STEEN, b. June 11, 1775 | See Mr. WOOD & Esther STEEN |
| 3. Matthew Taylor STEEN, b. November 06, 1776 | See Matthew Taylor STEEN & Mary "Polly" MITCHELL |
| 4. John STEEN, b. December 30, 1778 | See John STEEN & Ann Cummins MCDOLE OR John STEEN & Catherine BARNES |
| 5. Joseph STEEN, b. March 01, 1781 | See Joseph STEEN & Elizabeth "Betsy" STEEN |
THE STEEN FAMILY in Europe and America, Volume II, Page 361: Matthew Ste
en was a descendant of a Scotch Covenanter minister, a refugee from religi
ous persecution, who came into Ireland with Oliver Cromwell and others abo
ut 1649, and located first in Killinsky, County Down, and afterward settl
ed in County Antrim, [Providence of Ulster], Ireland. He was born about 17
55, probably about eight Irish miles from Coleraine, near the bank of t
he River Bann, in County Antrim, Province of Ulster, Ireland, that for
ms a part of the tract called "The Vow".
Matthew came to America in his early years, and located first in Philadelp
hia, Pennsylvania where he lived several years. He was married there abo
ut 1774, to Jane Taylor, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. In 17
80, Matthew Steen moved with his family to Canonsburg, Washington Count
y, Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his life, and died at a
ge 80.
According to WFT, in 1784, a Matthew Steen owned land in South Strabane To
wnship, Washington County, Pennsylvania, that adjoined lands of Dorsey Pen
tecost, Samuel Workman, and Josiah Scott.