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Wow! Thank you so much - that is great information. I had found the marriage for Elias and Catherine and the 1850 census for Elias, but I did not have the census for Elizabeth Steen.
I know the people listed on the 1850 census with Elias (John Riggs married his daughter, Catherine, so I am going to guess that the Riggs children are theirs). Funny, I have a cousin who married a Riggs - wonder if they're related?
The John Steen (21 yrs) is probably Elias son, Jean Baptiste, who they apparently called John. I'm not sure who the 5-year old Thomas Singleton belongs to. Will have to look further.
Likewise, I'm not sure who the Augustin Steen is - I couldn't find him on Ancestry.com. It looks like his wife (?) may be Margerite, but not sure and I'm not sure of the last name on the list either.
Valery Martin is the man who represents the heirs of Eliza/Elaisa STEEN Jeansonne/Johnson Callis when they file suit against Sidney Singleton for payment of the plantation. I'm not sure of the exact date of the original lawsuit, but it would be after August 1, 1862 and before June 1871 when the case goes to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
I had found an Elizabeth Steen on the 1830 St. Martin Parish census who is listed below Elias Steen. She is listed as the head of household and the ages of the children listed as living with Elizabeth match up to some of the children listed with Elizabeth on an ancestry tree. I would guess that one or two of the children listed on the tree have married or died. The tree is at http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=8644240&pid=-916750245
I think Elizabeth may be the mother of the William Steen who married Lucinda Steen, who I believe is Elias' sister. William’s mother was an Elizabeth Clark based on a family tree on Ancestry which would make Elizabeth Lucinda's mother-in-law. I could not find Elizabeth on the 1840 census and I hadn't found her on an 1850 census, but I think you did. She is listed on the 1830 census as being between the ages of 40 - 50, so it makes sense that on the 1850 census, she would be 60 to 70; as her age is given as 62, this very well could be Elizabeth CLARK Steen - Lucinda's mother-in-law from her second marriage.
William Steen/Stine's father was John Stain/Stein/Steen who was born in Pennsylvania and died in 1829 in Louisiana. Interesting enough, the tree I mentioned above lists as one of the children of John and Elizabeth an Eliza Stine born in 1818 who married Thomas C. Johnson. I think this is wrong based on the court case I mentioned in my original posting.
It would be really great to find the original court case which took place in the St. Martin Third District courthouse. I’ve searched and searched online, but cannot find old court records online. Given all of this info, I would believe that Elias Steen and John Stain/Stine/Steen are related – brothers? Uncle and nephew? Cousins?
What is very interesting is the story you included at the end. I think this will help us pinpoint where Elias' plantation was that was sold in probate in September 1859 to Sidney and Wesley Singleton.
It is this plantation that the heirs of Eliza/Elaisa took the Singleton's to court over. This matches up with our oral family history - that Eliza's father had a large plantation in the New Iberia region.
Now we just have to find those court records and find Eliza's/Elaisa's first husband, Thomas C. Jeansonne (we have been looking for Johnson, but Thomas' name was probably spelled phonetically at some point and it got changed to Johnson). We did find a marriage for Thomas C. Jeansonne and Eliza Steen on Ancestry.com. I have found some other Jeansonne's in the area during the same time frame, but no Thomas Jeansonnne (other than an earlier marriage in 1828 to an Olive Perkins). Our family history indicates that Thomas was a doctor, but who knows.
Family members who have researched Eliza have indicated that she was of Creole or Cajun descent. I've spoken with a Steen family member in Louisiana in the past couple of weeks, and he said he wasn't aware of a Creole or Cajun ancestry.
However, it appears that Eliza's mother, Catherine/Chaterine Stelly, that Catherine's father was Jean Baptiste Stelly who may have been Acadian - I have to do a little more research on that, too. But if he was, that would explain the family story regarding her ancestry.
As you can see, we're just getting started on this line of the family but after searching for many years (one cousin for 35 years), we are very happy that we now have some information to go on.
All of the information you provided was very welcomed, but the story at the end ... that is just great!
Thank you!! for taking the time to do this for me. I sincerely appreciate your efforts. Wish us luck on finding that court case because I think that will have further info that will be helpful to us.
Toni
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