STEVENSON ANNEX

 

Elizabeth (Stevenson) Hughes Pedigree

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Ann (Stevenson)(Pennington) Biles Pedigree

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Origin of the surname “Stevenson:”

 

 

Generation

 

5  

 

4   Thomas Stevenson

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 1615 (per New York Dutch Reformed Church records), perhaps in England or Scotland; perhaps a descendant of an officer in the forces of William the Conqueror, who was granted land at Steventon, south of Glasgow, Scotland.  Died .  Probably immigrated to Virginia from London, England about 1643, and by February 1644 had moved north to New Haven, Connecticut.  Shortly after moved from Connecticut to New York to help the Dutch fight the Indians.  Subsequently settled at Newtown, Long Long Island. 

 

2. Wife: Maria (Bullock) Bernard

 

Born .  Died .  Married (1st) William Bernard of Westchester County, New York (who likely died during the Indian attacks of 1643), on 1 June 1642 in the Reformed Dutch Church and had twin daughters:

 

a. Maria/Mary Bernard: Baptized 11 October 1643.

 

b. Elizabeth Bernard: Baptized 11 October 1643.

 

Maria (Bullock) Bernard married (2nd) Thomas Stevenson on 15 August 1645 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam.

 

3. Children: (five total; order uncertain)

 

a. John Stevenson: Will dated 13 December 1670.  Inherited his father's plantation at Newtown, Long Island.  No record of marriage.

 

b. Thomas Stevenson, II: See generation 3, below.

 

c. Edward Stevenson: Born about 1650 in New York.  Died 12 July 1700.  Married Charity Field (b. abt 1653, d. 1724); daughter of Robert and Susannah (?) Field of Newtown, Long Island.  Edward and Charity (Field) Stevenson had the following children:

 

(1. John Stevenson: Born about 1682.  Died ; will dated 7 February 1727 and probated 1728.  Married Abigail Perkins, daughter of (?) and Mary (?) Perkins of Flushing, New York.

 

(2. Elnathan Stevenson: (male) Born about 1685.  Married Sarah Cornell, daughter of Richard and Sarah (?) Cornell, about 1715.

 

(3. William Stevenson.

 

(4. Charity Stevenson: Died 1712.  Married, as his 2nd wife, Colonel Thomas Willett of Flushing, New York, who had married (1st) Helena Stoothoff, Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff, and had children.

 

(5. Susannah Stevenson: Married Abraham Willett (who subsequently joined the Society of Friends), son of Colonel Thomas and Helena (Stoothoff) Willett, on 1 May 1713 in Grace Church, Jamaica, Long Island.

 

d. Sarah Stevenson: Married Patrick Hires.

 

e. Child.

 

3   Thomas Stevenson, II

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born about 1648 on Long Island, Queens Borough, New York City, New York.  Died 6 February 1725 at Newtown, Long Island.  Inherited part of his father's homestead on Long Island.  Joined the Society of Friends (Quakers).

 

2. Wife #1: Elizabeth Lawrence

 

a. Biographical notes:

 

Born about 1652; daughter of Captain William Lawrence (b. abt 1623 in England) and his 1st wife.  Died about 1683.  Married Thomas Stevenson on 1 February 1672 at Newtown, Queens Borough, New York City, New York.

 

b. Children: (order uncertain)

 

(1. Thomas Stevenson, III: See generation 2, below.

 

(2. William Stevenson: Born 1676 at Newtown, Long Island.  Died 1724; will dated 24 April 1724 and probated 2 June 1724.  Moved to New Jersey.  Married, as her 1st husband, Ann Jennings (b. 25 Jun 1683), daughter of Governor Samuel Jennings of West Jersey on 16 November 1699 (per minutes of Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey Monthly Meeting of Friends (joint ceremony with her sister, Sarah (see gen 2, below) and Sarah's 1st husband, Edward Pennington.  William and Ann (Jennings) Stevenson had the following children: (order uncertain)

 

(a. Jennings Stevenson: Born about 1701.

 

(b. William Stevenson, Jr.: Died 1746.  Married, as her 1st husband, Sarah Kemble, daughter of Benjamin Kemble, on 23 April 1740 and had 2 sons.  Sarah (Kemble) Stevenson married (2nd) Joseph Antrim on 29 September 1749.

 

(c. Thomas Stevenson: Married Experience Cheshire, daughter of Benjamin Cheshire, about 17 September 1733.

 

(d. John Stevenson: Died 1748.  Married, as her 1st husband, Sarah Carter, daughter of John Carter of Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Sarah (Carter) Stevenson married (2nd) Jonas Cattell.

 

(e. Elizabeth Stevenson: Born about 1704.  Married (1st) (?) Osborne.  Married (2nd) William Prosser and had children.

 

(f. Mary Stevenson: Died ; will dated 8 February 1775 and probated 13 February 1777.  Never married.

 

(g. Ann Stevenson.

 

Ann (Jennings) Stevenson married (2nd), as his 4th wife, Thomas Lambert of Chesterfield, New Jersey on 5 February 1731.

 

(3. John Stevenson: Born about 1678 at Newtown, Long Island.  Died 1744.  Moved to New Jersey.  Married (1st) Mercy Jennings (b. 27 Jun 1687, d. 1720-1724) daughter of Governor Samuel Jennings of West Jersey, and had the following children:

 

(a. Thomas Stevenson: Born about 1707.  Married Sarah Whitehead, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Field) Whitehead, on 30 April 1697 in Grace Church, Jamaica, New York.

 

(b. John Stevenson, Jr.: Married Martha Walton, daughter of Martha (?) (Walton) Borden.

 

(c. Samuel Stevenson: Died ; will dated 27 April 1791 and proved 20 February 1793.  Married Elizabeth (?).

 

(d. Ann Stevenson: Born about 1711.  Married Daniel Doughty (b. 17 Oct 1703), son of Jacob Doughty, on 3 November 1729 at the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).

 

(e. Abigail Stevenson: Married Peter Schmuck about May 1742.

 

(f. Mercy Stevenson: Born about 1719.  Married Benjamin Williams (d. 1809) in 1744.

 

John Stevenson married (2nd) Margaret Wood (b. 26 Oct 1693), daughter of William and Mary (?) Wood of (originally) Leicestershire, England, and in America, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, in 1724 and had the following children:

 

(g. William Stevenson: Born 1 December 1730.  Died 30 August 1807.  Married Mary Bunting (b. 13 Feb 1730, d. 4 Apr 1788), daughter of John and Alice (?) Bunting.

 

(h. Susannah Stevenson: Born 1736.  Married William Newbold (b. 1726, d. 1794 in Mansfield Twp, Burlington Co., PA) in 1757.

 

(i. Mary Stevenson: Died 11 July 1818.  Never married.

 

(4. Elizabeth Stevenson: Died 27 Sep 1703.  Never married.

 

3. Wife #2: Ann (Field?)

 

a. Biographical notes:

 

Born .  Died .  Married Thomas Stevenson in 1684 at Newtown, Queens Borough, New York City, New York.

 

b. Children:

 

(1. Nathaniel Stevenson: Born about 1685 at Newtown, Long Island.  Died ; will dated 5 June 1736 and probated 30 Aug 1736)  Was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers).  Inherited a portion of his father's farm in Burlington County, New Jersey, bordering the approximately 1,000 acres owned by his half-brother, John's farm.  Married Mary Rockhill (b. 3 Sep 1688), daughter of Edward and Mary (?) Rockhill, about February 1709; no children.

 

(2. Daniel Stevenson: Born about 1692.  Died 1754 at Flushing, New York.  Married (outside the community of Friends, thus forfeiting his membership) Elizabeth Willett, daughter of Colonel Thomas and Helena (Stoothoff) Willett of Flushing, New York, on 29 May 1711 in Grace Church, Jamaica, Long Island and resided in New York.  They had at least the following children:

 

(a. William Stevenson: Oldest son.

 

(b. John Stevenson.

 

(3. Stephen Stevenson: Died; will dated 16 October 1731.  Resided at Newtown, Long Island until moving to Westchester County, New York.  Married Jane Clement, daughter of James and Sarah (Hinchman) Clement of Flushing, New York, and had the following children:

 

(a. James Stevenson: Born about 1727.  Died ; will dated 1736.  Eldest son.  Resided at Rye, Westchester County, New York.

 

(b. Nathaniel Stevenson.

 

(c. Abigail Stevenson: Died ; will dated 26 March 1763 and probated 21 August 1771.  Married Benjamin Cornell, son of Richard and Hannah (Thorne) Cornell.

 

(d. Anne Stevenson: Died 1753.  Never married.

 

(4. Susannah Stevenson: Born 12 May 1694.  Died 23 January 1723, less than 1 month after giving birth to twins.  Married, as his 1st wife, Thomas Betts (b. 22 May 1689, d. 31 Mar 1747 from complications of small pox) of Newtown, Long Island and had the following children:

 

(a. Anne Betts: Born 14 October 1714.

 

(b. Thomas Betts #1: Born 1 September 1716.  Died young.

 

(c. John Betts: Born 15 July 1718.

 

(d. Stephen Betts: Born 26 January 1720.

 

(e. Thomas Betts #2: Twin.  Born 18 December 1722.

 

(f. Susannah Betts: Twin.  Born 18 December 1722.

 

Thomas Betts married (2nd) Susanna Field, daughter of Nathaniel and Patience (Bull) Field and had the following children:

 

(g. Patience Betts.

 

(h. Richard Betts.

 

(i. Mercy Betts.

 

(j. Zachariah Betts: Born 1736.  Married (1st) Rachael Bye in 1764.  Married (2nd) Bathsheba Casey in 1770.  Married (3rd) Mary Lesey in 1779.

 

(k. Miriam Betts.

 

(l. William Betts.

 

(5. Ann Stevenson: Died 19 March 1724.  Married Samuel Thorne (b. 12 May 1696), son of Joseph and Martha (Bowne) Thorne of Flushing, New York, on 10 September 1715 and resided on Long Island.  Samuel and Ann (Stevenson) Thorne had the following children:

 

(a. Joseph Thorne: Born 19 February 1717.

 

(b. Thomas Thorne: Born 11 July 1719.

 

(c. Nathaniel Thorne: Born 14 November 1720-21.

 

(d. Samuel Thorne: Born 3 August 1723.

 

2   Thomas Stevenson, III

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born about 1674.  Died about 1719; will dated 8 November 1717; probated 9 October 1719.  Resided in Bensalem Township.  Was a large land in and around Neshaminy, Warrington Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. 

 

2. Wife: Sarah (Jennings) Pennington

“Sarah”

 

Born 12 August 1686; eldest daughter of Governor Samuel Jennings of West Jersey.  Died ; interred 12 June 1733 in the Friends [Quakers] burying ground, Middleton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  Married (1st) Edward Pennington, Sr. (b. 3 Sep 1669 in England, d. 11 Nov 1710 at Philadelphia, PA), son of Sir Isaac and (his 2nd wife) Mary (Proude) Pennington (who, of interest, had married (1st) William Springett and had a daughter, Gulielma Springett, who married William Penn), on 16 November 1699 and had two sons: Edward Pennington, Jr. and Isaac Pennington, the latter who married Ann Biles, daughter of William Biles, II.  Thus, the spouses of William Biles, III and his younger sister, Ann Biles, married half-siblings, Ann Stevenson and Isaac Pennington, respectively.  Also, Isaac's father, Edward Pennington, Sr. was the half-brother of the wife of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.

 

Widow Sarah (Jennings) Pennington married (2nd) Thomas Stevenson, III after 10 February 1700, the date Thomas applied to the Burlington, New Jersey Monthly Meeting of Friends for permission.

 

3. Children:

 

a. Ann Stevenson: See generation 1a, below.

 

b. Sarah Stevenson: Born 6 January 1706.  Married Benjamin Field (b. 1 Jan 1698-99, d. 12 Nov 1749), son of Benjamin and Experience (Allen) Field, on 29 August 1724 at the Neshaminy (Middletown) Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) and had the following children:

 

(1. Sarah Field: Born 29 February 1725.  Married William Stockdale on 12 February 1746.

 

(2. Susannah Field: Born 25 October 1726.  Married John Lloyd on 20 July 1750 in a double wedding with Susannah's sister, Ann.

 

(3. Benjamin Field: Born 1 November 1728.

 

(4. Ann Field: Born 21 August 1730.  Married John Brown on 20 July 1750 in a double wedding with Ann's sister, Susannah.

 

(5. Elizabeth Field: Born 1 September 1732.  Married George Brown.

 

(6. Thomas Field #1: Born 13 October 1734.  Apparently died young.

 

(7. Thomas Field #2: Born 3 May 1737.  Died 1782.

 

(8. Mary Field: Born 26 May 1739.

 

(9. Edward Field: Born 14 June 1740.

 

c. Samuel Stevenson: Born 25 June 1708.  Resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania until 1737, when he moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and later to Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Married Elizabeth Searle, daughter of Arthur and (?) (Naylor) Searle, on 3 August 1730 and had the following children:

 

(1. Rebecca Stevenson: Born 22 June 1731.

 

(2. Thomas Stevenson: Born 25 May 1733.

 

(3. Sarah Stevenson: Born 30 August 1735.

 

(4. Jane Stevenson: Born 29 January 1738.

 

(5. Elizabeth Stevenson: Born 20 June 1739.  Married Richard Mitchell (b. 18 Jun 1739, d. 16 Jan 1820, age 80), son of John and Margaret (Stackhouse) Mitchell; license issued 30 October 1765.

 

(6. Samuel Stevenson, Jr.

 

d. Edward Stevenson: Born about 1715.  Married Grace Stackhouse (b. 27 Jul 1720), daughter of John and Elizabeth (?) Stackhouse of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on 8 March 1745 at the Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).  Subsequently moved to New Jersey.  Edward and Grace had at least the following children:

 

(1. Elizabeth Stevenson.

 

(2. Sarah Stevenson.

 

(3. Rachel Stevenson: Married Joseph Croasdale on 11 September 1781 at the Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).

 

(4. Ann Stevenson: Born about 1752.  Died 1834.  Never married.

 

e. Elizabeth Sarah Stevenson: See generation 1b, below.

 

f. Abigail Stevenson: Died 7 August 1714.

 

g. Alice Stevenson: Died young.

 

1a  Ann Stevenson:

 

Born 6 December 1704 at Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  Died 8 March 1734 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  Married, as his 1st wife, William Biles, III, paragraph 4a.C.2.d. of the William Biles, I page on 5 March 1725.

 

See William Biles, I Page for More Info

 

1b  Elizabeth Sarah Stevenson:

 

Born abt 1712.  Died 17 January/July 1767.  Married Matthew Hughes, Jr., paragraph 4a.C.1.f. of the William Biles, I page on 17 March 1733.

 

See William Biles, I Page for More Info

 

 

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