Stephenson family researcher, Karen Campe Mateyka, provided information for the biographical sketch with the assistance of Stephenson descendant, Julie Arnheim: Maria "Mary" Reed married James Stephenson in 1763 in the Colony of Pennsylvania. Circa 1790 the couple moved from PA to Martinsburg, VA, where they lived until Mr. Stephenson's death in 1804. Known Stephenson children were William, James, Margaret, Benjamin, Sarah, Isabella, and Maria. After her husband's death, Mrs. Stephenson traveled with her daughter and son-in-law, Isabella and John Boyd, to Knoxville, Knox County, TN. Later joined in Knoxville by some of her other children and their families, Mrs. Stephenson would live there for almost a quarter of a century. She died in Knoxville at the age of 86 on 02 (or 12) April 1828.
Interpretation of material is by Jane Denny.
Parent links remain tenuous.
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An obituary, courtesy of Howard A. Sutherland, from Robert McGinnis' book "Historic Cemeteries of Old Knoxville" reads: Died on Thursday last, at the residence of Capt. John Boyd, Mrs. Mary Stephenson, at the advanced age of 85 years. Venerable for her virtues, as well as her age, she died as she lived, a sincere Christian.
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Mrs. Stephenson's husband, James, died in 1804. His will follows.
The will of James Stephenson, Will Book 3, Berkeley County, Virginia:
In the name of God Amen I James Stephenson of the County of Berkeley, & State of Virg. & being weak in body but sound mind and memory for which I … do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following towit; first that all my just debts and funeral charges be fully paid & satisfied by my Executor here in after named. Item I give and bequeath to my wife Mary, my sorrel mare one cow(?) three Hoggs all the Wheat in the barn, my household and kitchen furniture entire and one hundred and five pounds in cash----- Item. I give to my son James forty pounds as ass … for the Articles he bought at my … Item. I give to my son William ten schillings and my … apparel as he has more than his portion before. Item. I give to my daughter Margaret Sterrit ten shillings she having had her portion before. Item I give to my son Benjamin my wagon and gear and one hundred Dollars cash. Item I give to my bound girl Catherine McThomas five pounds in cash when of age … her time and her freedom dues. The Residue of my Estate shall be equally divided between my son Benjamin and my youngest daughters Sarah Kennedy, Isabelle Boyd, and Maria Boyd. Except the debts due me in the State of Pennsylvania now in the hands of William Miller of York County for collection. I will that these Debts be equally divided between my wife Mary and two daughters Isabella and Maria Boyd and I also will that they fifty five Dollars …. by James Kennedy for a ..his wife’s legacy or be added to the common Stock before the divide. And Lastly I cou … and appoint my wife Mary sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking and disannulling all others and former Wills be me made giver under my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of August one Thousand eight hundred and four 1804.
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
By the Testator in presence of us
Samuel Rippey, Wm Wilson
Sam S. Boyd James Stephenson
At a Court held in Berkeley County the 25th day of February 1805 this last Will and Testament of James Stephenson dec was proved by the oaths of Samuel Rippy and William Wilson two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded ----Mary Stephenson the Excecutor therein names … to take upon herself the burden of the Executor thereof which is ordered to be copied and on the motion of Samuel Boyd was made under oath according to Law Certificate is … him for obtaining Letters of Administration on the Estate of the said Decedent with the Will annexed on giving Security whereupon he together with Security entered into and Acknowleges a bond Conditions as the Law directs.
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The Stephenson son, Colonel Benjamin Stephenson, and his wife, Lucy, settled in Edwardsville, Madison County, IL, where they built a brick home in 1820. This 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House is presently owned by the City of Edwardsville, administered by the Friends of the Stephenson House, and appears on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is an important landmark in the establishment of Edwardsville -- the third oldest city in Illinois -- as a center of government and commerce. Benjamin Stephenson also played an important role in the emergence of Illinois from a "territory" into the nation's 21st state in 1818: http://www.stephensonhouse.org/
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Stephenson son, John (1764-1833): Find A Grave Memorial# 142357161
Interpretation of material is by Jane Denny.
Parent links remain tenuous.
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An obituary, courtesy of Howard A. Sutherland, from Robert McGinnis' book "Historic Cemeteries of Old Knoxville" reads: Died on Thursday last, at the residence of Capt. John Boyd, Mrs. Mary Stephenson, at the advanced age of 85 years. Venerable for her virtues, as well as her age, she died as she lived, a sincere Christian.
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Mrs. Stephenson's husband, James, died in 1804. His will follows.
The will of James Stephenson, Will Book 3, Berkeley County, Virginia:
In the name of God Amen I James Stephenson of the County of Berkeley, & State of Virg. & being weak in body but sound mind and memory for which I … do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following towit; first that all my just debts and funeral charges be fully paid & satisfied by my Executor here in after named. Item I give and bequeath to my wife Mary, my sorrel mare one cow(?) three Hoggs all the Wheat in the barn, my household and kitchen furniture entire and one hundred and five pounds in cash----- Item. I give to my son James forty pounds as ass … for the Articles he bought at my … Item. I give to my son William ten schillings and my … apparel as he has more than his portion before. Item. I give to my daughter Margaret Sterrit ten shillings she having had her portion before. Item I give to my son Benjamin my wagon and gear and one hundred Dollars cash. Item I give to my bound girl Catherine McThomas five pounds in cash when of age … her time and her freedom dues. The Residue of my Estate shall be equally divided between my son Benjamin and my youngest daughters Sarah Kennedy, Isabelle Boyd, and Maria Boyd. Except the debts due me in the State of Pennsylvania now in the hands of William Miller of York County for collection. I will that these Debts be equally divided between my wife Mary and two daughters Isabella and Maria Boyd and I also will that they fifty five Dollars …. by James Kennedy for a ..his wife’s legacy or be added to the common Stock before the divide. And Lastly I cou … and appoint my wife Mary sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking and disannulling all others and former Wills be me made giver under my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of August one Thousand eight hundred and four 1804.
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
By the Testator in presence of us
Samuel Rippey, Wm Wilson
Sam S. Boyd James Stephenson
At a Court held in Berkeley County the 25th day of February 1805 this last Will and Testament of James Stephenson dec was proved by the oaths of Samuel Rippy and William Wilson two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded ----Mary Stephenson the Excecutor therein names … to take upon herself the burden of the Executor thereof which is ordered to be copied and on the motion of Samuel Boyd was made under oath according to Law Certificate is … him for obtaining Letters of Administration on the Estate of the said Decedent with the Will annexed on giving Security whereupon he together with Security entered into and Acknowleges a bond Conditions as the Law directs.
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The Stephenson son, Colonel Benjamin Stephenson, and his wife, Lucy, settled in Edwardsville, Madison County, IL, where they built a brick home in 1820. This 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House is presently owned by the City of Edwardsville, administered by the Friends of the Stephenson House, and appears on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is an important landmark in the establishment of Edwardsville -- the third oldest city in Illinois -- as a center of government and commerce. Benjamin Stephenson also played an important role in the emergence of Illinois from a "territory" into the nation's 21st state in 1818: http://www.stephensonhouse.org/
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Stephenson son, John (1764-1833): Find A Grave Memorial# 142357161
Stephenson family researcher, Karen Campe Mateyka, provided information for the biographical sketch with the assistance of Stephenson descendant, Julie Arnheim: Maria "Mary" Reed married James Stephenson in 1763 in the Colony of Pennsylvania. Circa 1790 the couple moved from PA to Martinsburg, VA, where they lived until Mr. Stephenson's death in 1804. Known Stephenson children were William, James, Margaret, Benjamin, Sarah, Isabella, and Maria. After her husband's death, Mrs. Stephenson traveled with her daughter and son-in-law, Isabella and John Boyd, to Knoxville, Knox County, TN. Later joined in Knoxville by some of her other children and their families, Mrs. Stephenson would live there for almost a quarter of a century. She died in Knoxville at the age of 86 on 02 (or 12) April 1828.
Interpretation of material is by Jane Denny.
Parent links remain tenuous.
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An obituary, courtesy of Howard A. Sutherland, from Robert McGinnis' book "Historic Cemeteries of Old Knoxville" reads: Died on Thursday last, at the residence of Capt. John Boyd, Mrs. Mary Stephenson, at the advanced age of 85 years. Venerable for her virtues, as well as her age, she died as she lived, a sincere Christian.
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Mrs. Stephenson's husband, James, died in 1804. His will follows.
The will of James Stephenson, Will Book 3, Berkeley County, Virginia:
In the name of God Amen I James Stephenson of the County of Berkeley, & State of Virg. & being weak in body but sound mind and memory for which I … do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following towit; first that all my just debts and funeral charges be fully paid & satisfied by my Executor here in after named. Item I give and bequeath to my wife Mary, my sorrel mare one cow(?) three Hoggs all the Wheat in the barn, my household and kitchen furniture entire and one hundred and five pounds in cash----- Item. I give to my son James forty pounds as ass … for the Articles he bought at my … Item. I give to my son William ten schillings and my … apparel as he has more than his portion before. Item. I give to my daughter Margaret Sterrit ten shillings she having had her portion before. Item I give to my son Benjamin my wagon and gear and one hundred Dollars cash. Item I give to my bound girl Catherine McThomas five pounds in cash when of age … her time and her freedom dues. The Residue of my Estate shall be equally divided between my son Benjamin and my youngest daughters Sarah Kennedy, Isabelle Boyd, and Maria Boyd. Except the debts due me in the State of Pennsylvania now in the hands of William Miller of York County for collection. I will that these Debts be equally divided between my wife Mary and two daughters Isabella and Maria Boyd and I also will that they fifty five Dollars …. by James Kennedy for a ..his wife’s legacy or be added to the common Stock before the divide. And Lastly I cou … and appoint my wife Mary sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking and disannulling all others and former Wills be me made giver under my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of August one Thousand eight hundred and four 1804.
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
By the Testator in presence of us
Samuel Rippey, Wm Wilson
Sam S. Boyd James Stephenson
At a Court held in Berkeley County the 25th day of February 1805 this last Will and Testament of James Stephenson dec was proved by the oaths of Samuel Rippy and William Wilson two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded ----Mary Stephenson the Excecutor therein names … to take upon herself the burden of the Executor thereof which is ordered to be copied and on the motion of Samuel Boyd was made under oath according to Law Certificate is … him for obtaining Letters of Administration on the Estate of the said Decedent with the Will annexed on giving Security whereupon he together with Security entered into and Acknowleges a bond Conditions as the Law directs.
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The Stephenson son, Colonel Benjamin Stephenson, and his wife, Lucy, settled in Edwardsville, Madison County, IL, where they built a brick home in 1820. This 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House is presently owned by the City of Edwardsville, administered by the Friends of the Stephenson House, and appears on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is an important landmark in the establishment of Edwardsville -- the third oldest city in Illinois -- as a center of government and commerce. Benjamin Stephenson also played an important role in the emergence of Illinois from a "territory" into the nation's 21st state in 1818: http://www.stephensonhouse.org/
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Stephenson son, John (1764-1833): Find A Grave Memorial# 142357161
Interpretation of material is by Jane Denny.
Parent links remain tenuous.
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An obituary, courtesy of Howard A. Sutherland, from Robert McGinnis' book "Historic Cemeteries of Old Knoxville" reads: Died on Thursday last, at the residence of Capt. John Boyd, Mrs. Mary Stephenson, at the advanced age of 85 years. Venerable for her virtues, as well as her age, she died as she lived, a sincere Christian.
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Mrs. Stephenson's husband, James, died in 1804. His will follows.
The will of James Stephenson, Will Book 3, Berkeley County, Virginia:
In the name of God Amen I James Stephenson of the County of Berkeley, & State of Virg. & being weak in body but sound mind and memory for which I … do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following towit; first that all my just debts and funeral charges be fully paid & satisfied by my Executor here in after named. Item I give and bequeath to my wife Mary, my sorrel mare one cow(?) three Hoggs all the Wheat in the barn, my household and kitchen furniture entire and one hundred and five pounds in cash----- Item. I give to my son James forty pounds as ass … for the Articles he bought at my … Item. I give to my son William ten schillings and my … apparel as he has more than his portion before. Item. I give to my daughter Margaret Sterrit ten shillings she having had her portion before. Item I give to my son Benjamin my wagon and gear and one hundred Dollars cash. Item I give to my bound girl Catherine McThomas five pounds in cash when of age … her time and her freedom dues. The Residue of my Estate shall be equally divided between my son Benjamin and my youngest daughters Sarah Kennedy, Isabelle Boyd, and Maria Boyd. Except the debts due me in the State of Pennsylvania now in the hands of William Miller of York County for collection. I will that these Debts be equally divided between my wife Mary and two daughters Isabella and Maria Boyd and I also will that they fifty five Dollars …. by James Kennedy for a ..his wife’s legacy or be added to the common Stock before the divide. And Lastly I cou … and appoint my wife Mary sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking and disannulling all others and former Wills be me made giver under my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of August one Thousand eight hundred and four 1804.
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
By the Testator in presence of us
Samuel Rippey, Wm Wilson
Sam S. Boyd James Stephenson
At a Court held in Berkeley County the 25th day of February 1805 this last Will and Testament of James Stephenson dec was proved by the oaths of Samuel Rippy and William Wilson two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded ----Mary Stephenson the Excecutor therein names … to take upon herself the burden of the Executor thereof which is ordered to be copied and on the motion of Samuel Boyd was made under oath according to Law Certificate is … him for obtaining Letters of Administration on the Estate of the said Decedent with the Will annexed on giving Security whereupon he together with Security entered into and Acknowleges a bond Conditions as the Law directs.
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The Stephenson son, Colonel Benjamin Stephenson, and his wife, Lucy, settled in Edwardsville, Madison County, IL, where they built a brick home in 1820. This 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House is presently owned by the City of Edwardsville, administered by the Friends of the Stephenson House, and appears on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is an important landmark in the establishment of Edwardsville -- the third oldest city in Illinois -- as a center of government and commerce. Benjamin Stephenson also played an important role in the emergence of Illinois from a "territory" into the nation's 21st state in 1818: http://www.stephensonhouse.org/
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Stephenson son, John (1764-1833): Find A Grave Memorial# 142357161
Inscription
To the Memory of
MARY STEPHENSON
CONSORT OF
JAMES STEPHENSON Sen.
who died April 12 A.D. 1828
Aged 86 years and 1 mo.
Gravesite Details
Transcription is courtesy of Howard A. Sutherland.
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