Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
MemoScotland?
MemoWill dated; 8 Jul 1766?
MemoWill probated
Occupationyeoman27254
FatherAlexander Stephenson (1650-)
MotherBessie Maxwell (<1652-)
Misc. Notes
Pg 78-79 James Stephenson Will dtd 28 Jul 1766 probated 5 Sep 176827188
Donegal Township, Lancaster Co PA, Yeoman
To my wife, Elizabeth her own Bed & Bed clothes, her chest and body close her maintenance of this place with the privilege of a horse to ride … 7 pounds current money yearly
To son John Stephenson 10 pounds currency
To my son John Gray & Hannah 5 pounds currency
To my grandson David Watson, 5 shillings currency
To my son James Kerr & his wife Susannah 5 pounds currency
To my son Nathaniel Stephenson the plantation
To my son Adam Rofs & his wife Sarah 5 pounds currency
My wife & son Nathaniel to be my executors
/s/ James (his mark) Stephenson
Witnesses: John Doughill, Arthur Taggart, James Black (his mark)
Lancaster Co, 5 Sep 1768 John Doughill presented Will to court
Lancaster Co, 2 Nov 1768 Arthur Taggart presented Will to court
5 Sep 1768 Letters of Testamentary granted to Elizabeth Stephenson & Nathaniel Stephenson
Donegal Township, Lancaster Co PA, Yeoman
To my wife, Elizabeth her own Bed & Bed clothes, her chest and body close her maintenance of this place with the privilege of a horse to ride … 7 pounds current money yearly
To son John Stephenson 10 pounds currency
To my son John Gray & Hannah 5 pounds currency
To my grandson David Watson, 5 shillings currency
To my son James Kerr & his wife Susannah 5 pounds currency
To my son Nathaniel Stephenson the plantation
To my son Adam Rofs & his wife Sarah 5 pounds currency
My wife & son Nathaniel to be my executors
/s/ James (his mark) Stephenson
Witnesses: John Doughill, Arthur Taggart, James Black (his mark)
Lancaster Co, 5 Sep 1768 John Doughill presented Will to court
Lancaster Co, 2 Nov 1768 Arthur Taggart presented Will to court
5 Sep 1768 Letters of Testamentary granted to Elizabeth Stephenson & Nathaniel Stephenson
Research
US & Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s1009 (Him? NC arrival? bef his birth?)
James Stevenson (sic); Arrival: 1680; 1830 (sic) NC; Source: 1639.21 Dobson, David. Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830. Vol 2. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 2004 Pg 145
James Stevenson (sic); Arrival: 1680; 1830 (sic) NC; Source: 1639.21 Dobson, David. Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830. Vol 2. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 2004 Pg 145
Spouses
Research
Elizabeth Simpson, Female, Christening: 21 Oct 1693 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish; Father: Robert Simpson; Mother: Elizabeth Simpson27258. (Her?)
Okladek/Bachy/ST Family Tree Ancestry Library Edition 7/16/2020 James Stephenson b: 1687 Donegal, Ireland d: Lancaster, PA Spouse: Elizabeth Simpson Stephenson Gray b: 19 Jul 1691 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland d: 28 Jul 1765 East Donegal, Lancaster, PA (Her surname? Another Marriage)
Okladek/Bachy/ST Family Tree Ancestry Library Edition 7/16/2020 James Stephenson b: 1687 Donegal, Ireland d: Lancaster, PA Spouse: Elizabeth Simpson Stephenson Gray b: 19 Jul 1691 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland d: 28 Jul 1765 East Donegal, Lancaster, PA (Her surname? Another Marriage)
Marriage1711, Ireland27249