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John STEVENSON

Male 1680 - 1744  (64 years)


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  • Name John STEVENSON 
    Born 1680  Newtown, Flushing, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Sep 1744  Bethlehem, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I480  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2018 

    Father Thomas STEVENSON, .2
              b. 1648, Newtown, Flushing, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Apr 1725, Newtown, Flushing, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .i
              b. 1650, Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1683, Queens Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1672  Queens Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alt Marr. date 1670
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . John Stevenson, son of Thomas married Elizabeth Lawrence was born in Newtown, Long Island, about 1678, & died in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, in 1744, about 1709 he removed to Nottingham township, Burlington county. New Jersey, where he remained till the death of his first wife.
      He then removed to a plantation in Hunterdon county, on the west side of the road from Ouakertown to Ringoes, 2 miles south of the former village. He became one of the founders of the first Friends' Meeting in New Jersey, north of the Falls of the Delaware, known as the Bethlehem, Kingwood, or Ouakertown. Monthly Meeting. John David Davis, Bucks County Pennsylvania Deed Records
      In December, 1739, he was appointed justice of the quorum for Hunterdon county.
      He married (first) in May, 17x6, Mercy Jennings, daughter of Governor Samuel Jennings & sister to the wives of his brothers William & Thomas.
      He married (second) in November, 1724. Margaret, daughter of William & Mary Wood, of Leischestershire, England, who emigrated to Burlington in 1677 in the "flie-boat' Paiartha. She was born in Burlington county, December 26, 1693.

      Six Children by first marriage:
      I. Thomas, born about 1707; married Sarah Whitehead.
      2. John, married. April, 1739, Martha Walton.
      3. Samuel, died about 1792: married Elizabeth.
      4. Ann. born about 171 1, died September 24, 1742: married Daniel, son of Jacob & Amy (Whitehead) Doughty:
      5. Abigail, married, June or July, 1742. Peter Smoak.
      6. Mercy, born about 1719 or 1720; married. 1744, Benjamin Williams.
      7. William, born February I, 1730: died August 30, 1807: married Mary Bunting.
      8. Susanna.
      9. Mary, died unmarried, July 11, 1818.
      John married married Mercy Jennings b. 1687 d. 1722.
      Ref: Genealogical & memorial history of the State of New Jersey, 1910. - - -