The son of John Scholey (1774-1834) a landed proprietor, by his spouse Mary née Gray (1778-1856), Stephen, with his brother and sister, inherited a Leeds estate from their father which included a major part of the township of Holbeck, now a suburb of Leeds [REF].
He married at Leeds Minster (St.Peter's, - where he had been baptised), Ann (1809-1888)[REF] daughter of William Spink, a Yeoman of Wintringham, East Riding of Yorkshire, by his spouse Mary Topham.