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| Tracing the Stevensons | |||||
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| Introduction | Introduction | ||||
| The Stevenson ancestors of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson, who married Samuel Rouse in Stamford in 1782, can be traced back to her great-grandparents Thomas and Naomi Stevenson who had children in South Witham between 1692 and 1714. There seems to be no record of them in the South Witham record before that (IGI). | |||||
| They were tanners and curriers, and seem to have plied their trade at diverse locations such as Stamford, South Witham, and Lutterworth, at least. They were also involved politically in Stamford, providing aldermen and at least two mayors. | |||||
| Thomas Stevenson may be related to the Stevensons of South Croxton, Leicestershire, where there were Stevenson baptisms as far back as 1656, including some called Leonard. John and Naomi also had a son called Leonard. But there is no Thomas Stevenson baptised there around 1663. | |||||
| Naomi's family name is unknown | |||||
| Tracing | Tracing the Stevensons | ||||
| The search for the ancestors of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson was interesting for two reasons 1) the key was 'Naomi', the unusual name she gave to one of her daughters, and 2) I could identify all her Stevenson relatives including siblings, cousins, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. before being able to identify her mother's surname! | |||||
| As a starting point I had her marriage in Stamford in 1782 to Samuel Rouse, | M_1782 | ||||
| and the names of her children: John, -y (Mary?), Samuel, -beth (Elizabeth), Naomi, and Frances Elizabeth who died an infant, from the Stamford St. George parish register. | |||||
| Proving the birth of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson m. 1782 | |||||
| The only birth of a Frances Elizabeth Stevenson in the IGI was for the daughter of John Stevenson in Lutterworth (40 miles west-south-west of Stamford) in 1758, which would make her 24 at the time of her marriage, so a perfect fit. But how to prove it? | B_1758 | ||||
| Well, thinking about how the name 'Frances Elizabeth' had been passed down during several generations in the Otter family, I wondered whether 'Naomi' might have come from the Stevenson side of the family. | |||||
| And in fact, the IGI turned up several Naomi Stephensons in or near Stamford - a Naomi Rebecca in Stamford in 1775, a Naomi in South Witham in 1730, and another Naomi Rebecca in Thrapston in 1808. | |||||
| They proved all to be related, and I could build up a tree of the family using the name Naomi as the key clue. The family had been in South Witham, a small village, since at least 1692, so tracing back that far was just a matter of consulting the parish records. | Tree | ||||
| They are all descendants of John Stevenson and Elizabeth who had several children born in South Witham between 1731 and 1742. William in 1731, | B_1731 | ||||
| John in 1732, | B_1732 | ||||
| Naomi 1734, Leonard, Elizabeth, Leonard, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Tomothy, and finally Joseph in 1746. | B_1734 | ||||
| John Stevenson, the second son born in 1732, would be the right age to be the father of Frances Elizabeth in 1758. | B_1732 | ||||
| The first son, William born in 1731, left a will in 1793, where he mentions "my nephew John Stevenson and my four nieces the son and daughters of my late brother John Stevenson deceased". | W_1793 | ||||
| William's younger son, Nicholas Clarke Stevenson in turn left a will in 1843 mentioning "sisters of the said Elizabeth Hackforth". | W_1843 | ||||
| And in 1844 his elder brother, William Clarke Stevenson in turn left a will in 1843 mentioning "Mary Otter and Naomi Phillips, sisters of Elizabeth Hackforth", which conclusively proved that John Stevenson born in 1732 was his uncle, Frances Elizabeth Rouse his cousin, and Mary Otter his cousin's daughter.. | W_1844 | ||||
| Finding the name of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson's mother | |||||
| The parents of Naomi Rebecca Stevenson in Stamford in 1775 were John and Mary - so her mother could be Mary, especially as a John Stevenson, currier, was still alive then, but buried in Stamford St. George in 1777 - and could be father of Frances Elizabeth as well, who we know was deceased in 1793. | B_1775 | ||||
| John and Mary Stevenson had another daughter, Dinah Ann, in Stamford in 1776. | B_1776 | ||||
| And John Stevenson had a son William baptised in Lutterworth in 1760, so this would make a total of 3 daughters and one son - Frances Elizabeth in 1758, William in 1760, Naomi Rebecca in 1775, and Dinah Ann in 1776. This is not quite the nephew John and 4 nieces mentioned in William Stevenson's will of 1793, but it is getting close. | |||||
| A third-cousin of mine, Linda Panisset, pointed out some baptisms in Branston, Leicestershire, 40 miles north of Stamford - John in 1761, Mary in 1763, and Thomas in 1766, which would fill the gap - and provide the 4th niece. | B_1761 | ||||
| The final piece of the puzzle was also provided by Linda Panisset after she noticed that a John Stevenson of Lutterworth married a Mary Culcheth in St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London in 1757. | M_1757 | ||||
| Proofs | Proofs | ||||
| PP_75 | That Frances Elizabeth Stevenson (75) was the mother of Mary Rouse (37) | ||||
| PP_150 | That John Stevenson (150) was the father of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson (75) | ||||
| PP_300 | That John Stevenson (300) was the father of John Stevenson (150) | ||||
| PP_600 | That Thomas Stevenson (600) was the father of John Stevenson (300) | ||||
| Records | The Records | ||||
| B_1663 | 1663c Birth (Lincs to the Past) | D_1745 | Thomas (600) | ||
| Thomas Stevenson | |||||
| M_1690c | 1690c Marriage () | Thomas (600) | |||
| Thomas Stevenson and Naomi ? | Naomi (601) | ||||
| 1692-09-28 Baptism in South Witham, Lincoln (IGI, 2009; FMP, PR, 2023) | Thomas (600) | 1692 | |||
| Thomas the son of Thomas Stevenson & Naomi his wife baptized September 28 | Naomi (601) | ||||
| 1695-09-28 Burial in South Witham, Lincoln ( FMP, PR) | Thomas (600) | 1695 | |||
| William the son of Thomas Stevenson & Naomi his wife was buried September 28 | Naomi (601) | ||||
| 1696-09-14 Baptism in South Witham, Lincoln (IGI, 2009; FMP, PR, 2023) | Thomas (600) | 1696 | |||
| Leonard Stevenson son of Thomas Stevenson & Naomi September 14 | Naomi (601) | ||||
| B_1703 | 1703-02-18 Baptism in South Witham, Lincoln (IGI, 2009; FMP, PR, 2023) | Thomas (600) | 1703 | ||
| John the son of Thomas & Naomi Stevenson was baptized Feb 18 1702 | Naomi (601) | ||||
| John (300) | |||||
| B_1714 | 1714-09-10 Baptism in South Witham, Lincoln (IGI, 2009, FMP, PR, 2023) | Thomas (600) | 1714 | ||
| Ruth the daughter of Tho: Stephenson & Naomi his wife was baptized Sept 10 | Naomi (601) | ||||
| M_1727 | 1727-05-25 Marriage in Stamford All Saints, Lincoln (IGI, 2009) | Elizabeth (301) | |||
| Robert Lambert of South Witham & Elizabeth Moysey of Exton married | |||||
| W_1729 | 1729 Will in South Witham, Lincoln (Lincolnshire Archives 1729/ii/251, 2011) | Elizabeth (301) | |||
| Testator: Robert Lambert, South Witham, Lincolnshire | |||||
| Executrix: wife Elizabeth | |||||
| Trustees: John Moysey of Exton, Rutland yeoman & brother John Lambert of ?st Witham, Lincoln yeoman | |||||
| Date: 20 May 1729, proved ?1729 | |||||
| Witnesses: Thers Wimberley, Willm Bonidge, Mary Baily her mark | |||||
| Will: - £100 to trustees if wife with child | |||||
| - rest to dear wife Elizabeth | |||||
| M_1730 | 1730-02-02 Marriage in South Witham, Lincoln (Lincs to the Past) | John (300) | 1730 | ||
| John Stevenson Tanner & Elizabeth Lambert widow were marryed Feb 2 | Elizabeth (301) | ||||
| B_1731 | 1731-12-08 Baptism in South Witham, Lincoln (IGI, 2009) | John (300) | |||
| William Stevenson son of John Stevenson & Elizabeth | Elizabeth (301) | ||||
| B_1732 | 1732-01-12 Baptism in South Witham, Lincoln (Lincs to the Past) | John (300) | 1732 | ||
| John the son of John & Elizabeth Stevenson was baptized Jany 2 | Elizabeth (301) | ||||
| John (150) | |||||
| D_1734 | 1734-04-09 Burial in South Witham, Lincoln (Lincs to the Past) | Naomi (601) | 1734 | ||
| Naomi the wife of Tho; Stevenson senior of Gunby was buryed Aprl 9th | |||||
| B_1734 | 1734-04-17 Baptism in South Witham, Lincoln (IGI, 2009) | John (300) | |||
| Naomi Stevenson | Elizabeth (301) | ||||
| Other children: | |||||
| 1735-10-19 son | |||||
| 1736-09-13 Elizabeth | |||||
| 1738-01-11 Rebecca | |||||
| 1739-01-06 Elizabeth | |||||
| 1741-06-29 Timothy | |||||
| 1746-11-19 Joseph | |||||
| D_1745 | 1745-01-07 Burial in South Witham, Lincoln (Lincs to the Past) | Thomas (600) | 1745 | ||
| Thomas Stevenson aged 81 was buried Janry 7th | |||||
| CRW: meaning that he should have been born in 1663, or thereabouts. | |||||
| M_1757 | 1757-12-21 Marriage in London (Linda Panisset; Register of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, Vol. 2, p. 64, 2015) | John (150) | 1757 | ||
| John Stevenson of the parish of Lutterworth in the County of Leicester, Bachelor, and Mary Culcheth of this parish, Spinster; by Licence. Rd Wynne, A.M., Curate. Witnesses: Samp. Dunckley, Frans Poole | Mary (151) | ||||
| 1758-20-22 to 1759-10-21 Repair of Church in Lutterworth, Leicester (Lutterworth – The Story of John Wycliffe’s Town, 1913, A. H. Dyson, p. 188) | John (150) | ||||
| Thomas Stevenson & John Stevenson, gentlemen | |||||
| B_1758 | 1758-12-29 Baptism in Lutterworth, Leicester (IGI, 2009) | John (150) | |||
| Frances Eliz. Stevenson dau. John Stevenson | Frances (75) | ||||
| 1760-04-23 Baptism in Lutterworth, Leicester (FamilySearch, 2016) | John (150) | ||||
| William Stevenson s. John Stevenson | |||||
| D_1761 | 1761-07-21 Burial in South Witham, Lincoln (Lincs to the Past) | John (150) | 1761 | ||
| John Stevenson | Mary (151) | ||||
| B_1761 | 1761-10-04 Baptism in Branston, Leicester (L. Panisset; FamilySearch, 2017) | John (300) | |||
| John Stevenson s. John Stevenson & Mary | |||||
| 1763-12-29 Baptism in Branston, Leicester (L. Panisset; FamilySearch, 2017) | John (150) | ||||
| Mary Stevenson d. John Stevenson & Mary | Mary (151) | ||||
| 1766-10-05 Baptism in Branston, Leicester (L. Panisset; FamilySearch, 2017) | John (150) | ||||
| Thomas Stevenson s. John Stevenson & Mary | Mary (151) | ||||
| W_1772 | 1772-09-05 Will (TNA, PROB 11/980/308) | Mary (151) | |||
| Testator: John Culcheth the Elder, Daventry, County of Northampton, Innholder | |||||
| Executors: son James, friend Robert Andrew | |||||
| Date: 13 March 1771, proved 5 September 1772 | |||||
| Witnesses: Thomas Freeman, Richard Freeman, Andrew Meeres | |||||
| Will: - house in Daventry to wife Elizabeth, then to grandson James, son of eldest son James | |||||
| - all other property to be sold to pay bequests#NAME? | |||||
| - £100 to eldest son James the elder | |||||
| - £100 to wife Elizabeth | |||||
| - £10 to youngest son John | |||||
| - £5 each to brother Peter, sisters Judith Dawson & Ruth Hebbert | |||||
| - £20 to niece Ruth Major | |||||
| - yearly interest on £220 to daughter Mary Stevens, after her death £220 to the benefit of her children | |||||
| - resz equally to all children of sons James and John | |||||
| B_1775 | 1775-03-02 Baptism in St. George Stamford, Lincolnshire (FamilySearch, 2009) | John (150) | |||
| Naomi Rebecca Stevenson d. John & Mary | Mary (151) | ||||
| B_1776 | 1776-07-23 Baptism in St. George Stamford, Lincolnshire (FamilySearch, 2009) | John (150) | |||
| Dinah Ann Stevenson d. John & Mary | Mary (151) | ||||
| D_1777 | 1777 Burial in St. George Stamford, Lincolnshire (Lincs to the Past) | John (150) | 1777 | ||
| John Stevenson currier | |||||
| 1777 Militia List Men aged 18 to 45 (Northamptonshire Militia Lists) | |||||
| Daventry, Fawsey Hundred (16 miles south of Lutterworth) | |||||
| John Culcheth, currier | |||||
| James Culcheth, tanner | |||||
| M_1782L | 1782-11-16 Marriage Licence in St. George's, Stamford, Lincoln (LincRO, Copy, 2011) | Samuel (74) | 1782-1 | ||
| On the 16th day of November in the year of our Lord 1782 | Frances (75) | 1782-1 | |||
| Appeared personally Samuel Rouse of the parish of St. Georges Stamford in the county of Lincoln aged twenty five years and alledged that he intendeth to marry with Elizabeth Frances Stevenson of the parish of St. Georges aforesaid aged twenty four years | |||||
| And that he knoweth of no lawful Let or Impediment by reason of precontract, consanguinity, affinity, or any other lawful means whatsoever, but that they may be lawfully married together; and prayed Licence to solemnize such marriage in the parish church of Stamford St. George aforesaid, which parish of Stamford St. George hath been the place of abode of the said parties for the space of four weeks last past, of the truth of which he made oath. | |||||
| Samuel Rouse | |||||
| Sworn before me Rd N Knowles Surrogate | |||||
| M_1782 | 1782-11-16 Marriage in St. George's, Stamford, Lincoln (Mar. Index of Lincolnshire Vol 17A, Stamford Churches 1754-1812 LI/R71, 2001, Lincs to the Past) | Samuel (74) | 1782 | ||
| Samuel Rouse of this parish Tanner and Elizabeth Frances Stevenson of this parish Spinster were married in this church by Licence this sixteenth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two by me, Rd A Knowles Rect | Frances (75) | ||||
| This marriage was solemnized between us Samuel Rouse | |||||
| Frances Eliz Stevenson | |||||
| In the presence of John ?her | |||||
| Basil Jen? | |||||
| CRW: The bride was named Frances Elizabeth at her birth and on her death, and named Frances on her children's baptisms. She also signed as Frances Elizabeth, so 'Elizabeth Frances' here and on the marriage licence is no doubt a clerical error. | |||||
| D_1792 | 1792-02 Burial in St. George Stamford, Lincolnshire (PR) | Frances (75) | |||
| Frances Elizabeth wife of Samuel Rouse | Samuel (74) | ||||
| W_1793 | 1793 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2009) | John (150) | 1793 | ||
| Testator: William Stevenson, tanner | Family (75) | ||||
| signed 21 March 1792 | |||||
| wife Ann | |||||
| friends James Bellaers of Uffington, Lincs. esq., Able Walford Bellaers of Stamford, Banker, Patrick Hepburn of Chesham, Berks, gent. | |||||
| Property in ?, South Witham, Gidney, Dyke and ? Lincs | |||||
| Sons William and Nicholas Clarke Stevenson | |||||
| brother Joseph Stevenson | |||||
| John Thorpe, currier, illegitimate son of Catherine Thorpe late of – Somerby Leics spinster deceased | |||||
| the remaining fifth part of residue of personal estate I give and direct the same to be paid to and amongst my nephew John Stevenson and my four nieces the son and daughters of my late brother John Stevenson deceased | |||||
| 1800 Will (LCC 1800/167, 2002) | Family (600) | ||||
| Testator: John Stevenson, currier | |||||
| son of Leonard Stevenson d. 1800 | |||||
| 1800 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2009) | Family (600) | 1800-1 | |||
| Testator: Leonard Stevenson | 1800-2 | ||||
| 1800-3 | |||||
| 1808-10 Burial in St. George Stamford, Lincolnshire (Lincs to the Past) | Family (150) | ||||
| Mary Stevenson spinster aged 45 | |||||
| 1812 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2011) | Family (600) | 1812 | |||
| Testator: Thomas Stevenson | |||||
| CRW: no reference to our branch | |||||
| D_1813 | 1813-12-24 Burial in St. George Stamford, Lincolnshire (Lincs to the Past) | Mary (151) | 1813 | ||
| Mary Stevenson widow from Thrapston aged 77 | |||||
| CRW: born c. 1736 | |||||
| 1814 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2011) | Family (600) | 1814 | |||
| Testatrix: Ann Stevenson | |||||
| CRW: | |||||
| W_1821 | 1821 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2009) | Family (600) | 1821 | ||
| Testatrix: Ann Stevenson | |||||
| sons-in-law Nicholas Clarke Stevenson and William Stevenson | |||||
| niece Elizabeth Ann Fenwick | |||||
| niece Sarah Walker | |||||
| niece Mary Walker | |||||
| friend Reverend Robert Boon Clerk Rector of Ufford Northants | |||||
| friend William Boon of Gretton Northants Farmer, son of Robert Boon of the same place gentleman deceased | |||||
| CRW: She is the sister of Robert Walker of Stockerston Hall, and daughter of Ann Boon b. 1712 of Gretton and Thomas Walker. Her marriage to William Stevenson may have led to Charles Edward Otter and Mary Ann Boon meeting… | |||||
| 1829 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2009) | Family (300) | 1829 | |||
| Testator: John Joseph Stevenson | |||||
| W_1843 | 1843 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2009) | Family (600) | 1843 | ||
| Testator: Nicholas Stevenson | |||||
| the like other sum of five hundred pounds the yearly interest whereof is in like manner to be applied for the sisters of the said Elizabeth Hackforth for their life | |||||
| with respect to the said trust sums of five hundred pounds respectively bequeathed for the benefit of the said Mary Groom Naomi Clifton Susan Sturges and Elizabeth Hackforth | |||||
| W_1844 | 1844 Will (PRO PROB, Copy, 2009) | Family (600) | 1844-1 | ||
| Testator: William Stevenson | 1844-2 | ||||
| George Bellairs of Leicester esq. (second son of Abel Walford Bellairs deceased) | |||||
| Reverend Henry Bellairs Rector of Bed?worth Warwickshire | |||||
| James Bellairs of Haverfordwest (Hwiffordd) in Pembrokeshire esq. the eldest son of relation Abel Walford Bellairs deceased | |||||
| use the surname of Stevenson and bear the Arms of Stevenson | |||||
| late brother Nicholas Clarke Stevenson | |||||
| Henry Bellairs third son of Abel Walford Bellairs deceased | |||||
| William Bellairs fourth son of Abel Walford Bellairs deceased | |||||
| Reverend Plumpton Wilson & Margaretta his wife | |||||
| Benjamin Wilson & John Wilson brothers of Plumpton Wilson | |||||
| four daughters of Abel Waldord Bellairs | |||||
| Emily Susanna wife of Reverend John Wood of Swanwick Derbyshire | |||||
| Frances wife of James Higgon esq. | |||||
| Catherine wife of Reverend George Marlow and relict of Rev. James Young deceased late Vicar of Cockerham | |||||
| Anna Maria wife of - Harries | |||||
| Captain John Bellairs brother of Abel Walford Bellairs deceased, his 2 daughters | |||||
| 3 children of relation Mrs Ann Coleman (née Davie) lately deceased viz Dr. Coleman now in India etc. | |||||
| Elizabeth Stevenson widow of late cousin John Joseph Stevenson | |||||
| William Stevenson son of late cousin John Joseph Stevenson | |||||
| children of Maurice Tugle? (07.10.10: Ingle) of Colsterworth | |||||
| cousin Burbidge late of Buckingham | |||||
| Mary Groom | |||||
| Naomi the wife of John Clifton of Somersham | |||||
| Susan Sturges | |||||
| Elizabeth Hackforth wife of - Hackforth | |||||
| Mary Otter and Naomi Phillips, sisters of Elizabeth Hackforth | |||||
| foremen William Wilson & Thomas Scotney | |||||
| Sir John Trollope Baronet | |||||
| CRW: leaves money to Mary Otter, Naomi Phillips, and Elizabeth Hackforth - daughters of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson – confirming that the latter was his cousin | |||||
| © C. R. Watts 2020 created 05.12.2001, revised 16.01.2023 | |||||
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