English: habitational name from a place on the Thames west of
London, apparently named with the plural of Old English stan
‘stone’. The reference may be to milestones on the Roman road that ran
through the town.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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