STEVENSON FAMILY HISTORY

STEVENSON FAMILY HISTORY

From the Eastern Shore of Maryland (Old Somerset, renamed Worcester County) to Woodford County, Kentucky to Putnam County, Indiana

with allied families * Compiled by MARGARETTA STEVENSON

Privately Published New York 1966 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Latimer Trend & Co. Ltd., Whitstable, Kent TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD 7

SECTION I. 17th and 18th CENTURIES THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND 11 A. ~ackgi:oun.51 and earlr Steven~?n settlers 11 The Scotch Presbyterians in North Ireland - Siege of Londonderry - Presbyterianism in Old Somerset County (later renamed Worcester), Maryland - Early Stevenson settlers south of the Pocomoke River and their holdings - Samuel Stevenson, merchant, of Snow Hill - Joseph Stevenson of Goshen plantation - his will - Benjamin Stevenson of Peace and Plenty plantation - his Revolutionary War record - The "first Civil War" (1775-1783) as fought on the Eastern Shore - Genealogy of the Stevensons.

B. Anteceden~s of Mary (Pol~~ C!),x, wife of 33 Benjamin Stevenson - Allied names: Southey, Littleton, Bowman, Whittington, Fassitt Accounts of Colonel William Whittington - Genealogy and proof of descento

SECTION II. 18th CENTURY THE CAMPBELLS AND NELSONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 49 Revolutionary War record of Alexander Campbell - Will of Joanna Nels on Campbell - Genealogy of Campbells and Nelsons.

SECTION Ill. LATE 18th and EARLY 19th CENTURIES 55 THE STEVENSONS OF EASTERN SHORE, MARYLAND, IN WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY 1790-1826 with allied families.

SECTION IV. 19th and 20th CENTURIES 77 The move from WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY, to PUTNAM COUNTY, INDIANA, in 1826. - 5 - A. Descendants of Alexander Campbell Stevenson (1802-1889) and Jane Fisher Stevenson (1819-1848) and Rebecca Jane Foster Stevenson (1826-1907?) (with excerpts from her Journal). 83

B. Descendants of Elizabeth Harriet Stevenson Kinkead {1807-1871) and James Dunlap Kinkead (with his antecedents). 95 C. Descendants of Margaretta Stevenson Peck (1809-1891) and William Baker Peck (1801-1886). 99

D. Descendants of William Nelson Stevenson (1820- 1902) andEmmaNorris Stevenson (1836- 1908) (with her antecedents). 111

With some 20th Century biographical notes.

APPENDIX I. Summarized data. 135

APPENDIX II. Genealogies of the English families of Littleton and Whittington. The Argyll Campbells of Scotland. 141 FOREWORD

Three handwritten copies of family history were the beginning; that of Alexander Campbell Stevenson, William Nels on Stevenson and their sister Margaretta Stevenson Peck. All start with Benjamin Stevenson. All agree except in small details. When two dates disagree, both are given. Roy Stevenson King's book, 9'enealogi~~, was valuable in the North Ireland history and in helping to disentangle the other Stevensons in Woodford County, Kentucky. The following books, along with a variety of other reference material, helped to provide background:

Torrence's Old Somerset Schaarf's History of Maryland Andrew's History of Maryland Wilstach' s Tidewater Marylan,q Footner's Rivers of the Eastern Shore Hailey's !fistory of Woodford County Shewmaker' s Pisgah. and her People

We are indebted to Mrs. Irma Tilghman of Salisbury, Maryland, who worked with Torrence on his Old ~omerse~, for her research on the Stevensons earlier than Benjamin, on the Whittingtons and the L ittletons; to Mr. H. L. Benson of Baltimore for the location of Joseph and Benjamin Stevenson's Maryland farms, Goshen and Peace and Plenty. Also, various cousins have been more than diligent in supplying material, especially Margaret Peck McWilliams and Marjorie Helm Swigert in canvassing cousins, and Emma Buchtel Lennox for material from Kentucky including the location of Benjamin Stevenson's farm in Woodford County, Kentucky. The genealogical records from Joseph Stevenson of Goshen on down are thoroughly documented, as are those of the Littletons and Whittingtons, of Virginia and Maryland and other allied families of Mary {Polly) Cox's antecedents; the same is true of the Kentucky and Indiana records; and of the Campbell and Nels on records. The record of Samuel Stevenson was found at the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, in the Chart of Stevenson Family, Filing Case A; account 53298, signed by ·Rev. C.H. B. Turner. The Reverend Turner, an Episcopal rector of the area, was well-known as a careful researcher, but unaccountably in this case he does not state the source of his notation on Samuel Stevenson. That a well-to-do merchant of that name lived in Snow Hill at that time is well known, and that· he had a son Joseph. Our documented Joseph, father of Benjamin, suddenly appears in the land r·ecords with money to accumulate a large acreage, presumably by inheritanceo There is no other Joseph Stevenson in the tax records at that timeo These facts, with the support of the Reverend Turner's reputation as a researcher, make it reasonable to assume that our Joseph was that Samuel's son Joseph. It is hoped that Samuel's will or other documentation may yet turn up. The background history in Scotland and North Ireland would remain the same in any case, for the family is on record as devout Presbyterians, and these were the times they lived in. No family history is ever complete, and there is no such claim for this one. The attempt here has been to put together the information at hand; others may add to it. The following notations might be useful as starting points for further investigation of the Scotch-Irish Stevensons:

a) Bolton in his Scotch-Irish Pioneers states that the Pres­ byterian records of Ulster are good; mentions the Official Minutes of the Synod of Ulster. Also the Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland at Belfast.

b) Further research on Samuel Stevenson might be profitable in the early Presbyterian settlements of North Carolina~ such as New Berne. His first son was born in North Ireland in 1701; his second in North Carolina in 1703; he settled in Snow Hill, Maryland, in 1716. There is no willrecorded in Snow Hill; (possibly he went back to North Carolina?).

c) Further interesting data on the Campbells and Nelsons might turn up in the records of Lancaster County, Penn­ sylvania.

Margaretta Stevenson (Mrs Norman Taylor) Elmwood August 23, 1965 Princess Anne, Maryland SECTION I. 17th and 18th CENTURIES THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND

A. Background and early Stevenson settlers

The Scotch Presbyterians in North Ireland - Siege of Londonderry - Contemporaries in North Ireland - The Eastern Shore - Presbyterianism in Old Somerset County (later renamed Worcester), Maryland - Early Stevenson settlers south of the Pocomoke River and their holdings - Samuel Stevenson, (b. 1675) merchant of Snow Hill in 1716- Joseph Stevenson (b. 1705} of Goshen - his will - Benjamin Stevenson (b. 1746/49} of Peace and Plentz - His Revolu­ tionary War record - The "First Civil War" as fought on the Eastern Shore - Genealogy of the Stevensons.

B. Antecedents of Mary (Polly) Cox, wife of Benjamin Steven­ son -Alliednames: Southey, Littleton, Bowman, Whittington, Fassitt - Accounts of Colonel William Whittington - Genealogies and proof of descent.

SECTION I

A. BACKGROUND AND EARLY STEVENSON SETTLERS

The direct line is always marked with an*

Roy Stevenson in his book, genea~ogie~, has this to say about the origin of the family: "Genealogists in London, England, furnish strong evidence that the Stevensons were descended from the officer of that name in the army of William the Conqueror who for the services rendered in the Battle of Hastings was rewarded with a grant of land in Scotland south of Glasgow, the parish and town of which still bear the name of Stevenson. S'richal mo Dhream is the Gaelic motto of the Stevensons and means, ~ race is royal. It is the motto of the Clan Alpine, but more recently has been used only by the Clan MacGregor to whom the Stevensons claim allegiance. " Another source states: "The name of Stevenson or Stephenson is claimed by some authorities to have been of ancient Anglo­ Saxon origin and by others to have been of Nor man origin and to have gone into England at the time of William the Conqueror about the year 1066 A. D. It is found on ancient records in the various forms of Steevenson, Stephanson, Stevensoun, Steven­ sone, Stephensonne, Stevensonne, Stepheneson, Stephenson and Stevenson of which the last two are the forms most generally accepted today. Families of this name were to be found at early dates in Scotland, whence they spread to the English counties of York, Derby, Lincoln, Cumberland, London, Middlesex, Warwick, Durham, Chester and Northumberland, as well as to various parts of Ireland at a later date. These families were, for the most part, of the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britain. The Stevensons or Stephensons are said to have been a very ancient clan in Scotland, possibly related to the Mac­ Gregors. One of the earliest records of the family is that of one Stevenson of the county of Lanark in 1296 and another of Yorkshire in 1379, Sir Hugh Stevenson was a high constable of Scotland. " Stevensons, in general, come from south of Glasgow. The town of Stevenson (or Steventon) is in Ayrshire, Scotland, north of the city of Ayr. - 11 - Our Stevenson coat-of-arms is described in one of our family records as follows:

Arms. Argent, a chevron between three fleur-de-lis azure on a chief of the last as many mullets of the first.

Crest. A dexter hand issuing out of a clous holding a laurel gar land all proper.

Motto. Coelum no Solum (Heaven, not earth).

(Encyclopedia of American Biography Vol. 1.XXXI. p.175 Burke's General Amory p. 970).

The Scotch spelling of the name is almost always Stevenson; the English, Stephenson. There are many other variants in this country, including Stinson and Steveson. Our Stevensons are of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian descent. Those Scots who fled to the north of Ireland to live, and their descendants, were call~d Scotch-Irish; they are not a mixture of the Scotch and Irish races; they did not intermarry with the Irish, but remained a homogenous race. During the many early wars in Scotland, Englishmen were given Scotch estates for their services to the King, and the Scots moved into Ulster, the northern province of Ireland, mostly into the Counties of Antrim and Down. After 1632 when Archbishop Laud became dominant, condi­ tions worsened for the Protestants. of North Ireland. Because of the oppression suffered by the Ulster Scotch, they determined to seek religious liberty in the New World. The first expedition in September 1636 failed; the little ship ~aglo!ing was forced back by storms. The Battle of Bothwell Bridge in Lanarkshire Scotland occurred on June 22, 1679. Some of the Scotch taken prisoners by the English escaped and made their way to Ulster; among them were some of the antecedents of the early settlers of Woodford County, Kentucky, who intermarried with our Stevensons after their emigration there. It is possible that our own Stevenson family moved from Scotland to North Ireland at this time, though we have documented record. Samuel Stevenson was born in Scotland in 1675 and emigrated to North Ireland. His son, Samuel II., was born in North Ireland in 1701. A second son, James, was born in North Carolina in 1703, and the third son, - 12 - Joseph, in 1705. He settled in Snow Hill, Maryland, in 1716. (Chart of Stevenson Family, Filing Case A Acc't. No. 53298. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland). If the parents of Samuel I. (b. 1675) brought him as a child to North Ireland after the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (1679) with the many other refugees at this time, he may well have come through the Siege of Londonderry in 1689.

THE SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY

This famous siege has gone down as one of the most cele­ brated events in Scotch-Irish-Calvinist history. It had a profound effect on all the Scotch Presbyterians of that era and accele­ rated the move to the Ne·w World. Bancroft in his Histo2 says 'We shall find the first voice publically raised in America to dissolve all connections with Great Britain came not from the Puritans of New England, or the Dutch of New York, or the Planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians." In 1685 James II came to the throne and tightened the perse­ cutions against the Protestants. In the Irish war of the Revo­ lution, Londonderry threw itself earnestly into the cause of William of Orange. In 1688 "the Prentice Boys of Derry" seized the Keys of the town of Londonderry and locked the gates against the Ear1 of Antrim who was a partisan of James Ilo Thus the small town of Londonderry became the refuge of the Protestants of Ulster. 30,000 people crowded behind the bulwarks of Derry. The ordinary population of fighting men was 600; now there were 7,300. But they were outnumbered, the account goes, 15 to 1 by the King's men. Now, says Fronde in his History of Ireland, was again witnessed what Calvinism could do to make heroes of common men. Deserted by the English regiments, betrayed by their own commander, without stores and half armed, the shop-keepers and apprentices of a commercial town prepared to defend an unfortified city against a disciplined army, led by trained officers and amply provided with artillery. The defenders ·had 12 cannon and provisions for about 12 days. The siege lasted for 102 days~ Rats became delicies, and shoe leather and salted hides common fare. Londonderry is on the River Foyle at the head of a deep estuary. A clergyman by the name of Walker and a Major Baker took direction of the defence. The siege began on April - 13 - 20, 1689. General Hamilton, when he came into Command of the besiegers, turned the siege into a blockade. The besiegers captured two opposite Forts about two miles down the river from Londonderry and stretched a strong boom of fir trees at the narrowest part of the river so as to prevent relief ships from reaching the town. An English relief fleet arrived on June 15th under Col. Kirke, with troops, arms, ammunition and provisions, but no attempt was made to force the boom. Fever and cholera broke out in the town. The defenders saw their wives and children fade and die. Still they held on. The men themselves were scarcely able to stand and hold their guns. Their number was reduced to 3,000. By July 30th each man's allowance, a little tallow and salted hide, was reduced to the minimum, for only a 2-day supply of that scant fare remained. Among the merchantmen attached to Kirk's fleet (containing relief supplies) was the Montjoy commanded by a man named Browning who was a native of Derry. Browning volunteered to make the attempt to break the boom. Another frigate accom­ panied him. The two ships with all sails set, favored by a strong wind, were steered straight at the boom. The boom broke and on a rising tide, the ships rode into Derry on July 31st. The Siege was broken August 1st after 102 days. It was this event that had a profound effect on all Calvinists .of that period and sparked new waves of Scotch-Irish immigra­ tion in this country.

CONTEMPORARIES IN NORTH IRELAND

One of the families contemporaneous with Samuel Stevenson in North Ireland was that of John Stevenson whose sons Samuel, James, William and others lived to confuse the records of Woodford County, Kentucky. We have no evidence that they were related to us, but it is a not unlikely possibility. Certainly it is difficult when reading Railley's !fistory of Woodford County for the first time to straighten out the Stevensons. This other Stevenson family (according to Roy Stevenson's Genealogies) came to America by way of Pennsylvania after 1730, along with Campbells, McElroys, McDowells, Grahams, Gays, Kinkeads, Elliotts and others, some of whose names are identified with the Siege of Londonderry. Certain of the - 14 - families stopped for while in Pennsylvania; others i moved down the valley of the Shenandoah into western Virginia, Augusta County, known as the Calf Pasture Region. Among those who settled in Augusta County was the other Stevenson family. I mention this because the tradition in our family is that Benjamin on his move West to Kentucky in 1787 stopped awhile in western Virginia with relatives. Some of these other Stevensons had by this time already gone ahead into Kentucky, but a remnant of the family may have remained behind in Virginia. At any rate, there was a sizeable nucleus of Scotch Presbyterians in Augusta County, Virginia, at this time. Benjamin does not appear on the tax books in Maryland in 17 87; the deed to his land in Kentucky is dated 1790, so he evidently stopped along the way. But this is getting ahead of the story. Before concluding the account of conditions that brought our Stevensons to this country, it is enlightening to read what Macaulay had to say about the Scots themselves: ''In perseve­ rance, in self-command, in forethought, in all the virtues which conduce to success in -life, the Scots have never been surpassed. The Scotch were poor, but their intellectual level was high; while the country was the poorest in Christendom, the people vied in every branch of learning with the most favored peoples; Scots whose dwellings were as wretched as an Icelander, wrote Latin verse with more than the delicacy of a Vida, and made discoveries which would have added renown to a Galileo".

THE EASTERN SHORE AND THE AMERICAN PALATINATE

A word about this region. The Eastern Shore is that peninsula which lies between Chesapeake Bay on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east and now comprises the State of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of both Maryland and Virginia. Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay region and mapped it in 1608. The first white settler on the East•lrn Shore is said to have been Thomas Savage in 1619, whose descendants still inhabit the same neighborhood, Savage Neek. The climate of the Eastern Shore was gentle; the Indians for the most part were friendly, having exchanged hunting for farming and a settled life. Added to this was the tolerant, benevolent and wise administration of the Lords Baltimore. Lord Baltimore's Charter for Maryland was unique among - 15 - those of the other colonies in that it was imperial, aristo­ cratic and feudal in its terms, with the exception of the clause that admitted calling a colonial parliament. Lands were con­ ferred by patent containing a privilege, by the Proprietary Government. The Law of Primogeniture was in force until 1786. Large estates were laid out, essentially feudal, and patterned much like English country life. It was not unnatural that such a set-up attracted gentlemen, and Maryland's settle­ ment became primarily aristocratic. Country life predominated; holdings were large; and manor houses, both great and small, attested to the taste of the early settlers in their finely paneled rooms, graceful stairways and beautiful entrance doors. The earth was rich and easy to till; the climate equable. The deeply indented estuaries and tidal rivers made access easy. Travel by boat to and from other estates along the rivers, as well as to Baltimore and Annapolis, kept social life lively. Hospitality was generous. It was a land of romance; of honest shipping and private wharves; of secret landings and pirate coves; of large families that grew into virtual clans in which remote cousins were still a part of the family and were genially included, ''kissing cousins", so called. This warm and inclusive family feeling has been an affectionate trait of our own Stevenson family. George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, who received a charter from the Crown for the Palatine Colony of Maryland, was a highly intelligent, aristocratic, well-educated {Trinity College, Oxford) man. He was reared in the Church of England was converted to Catholicism. But he held to an ideal of reli­ gious tolerance, so that when the little vessels, the Ark and the Dove touched shore with their handful of young aristocrats- including two other Calvert brothers, and established the little settlementof St. Mary's in 1634, near the mouth of the Potomac on the Western Shore, it was with the explicit command of his Lordship that his newly created American Palatinate should harbor all religious sects with equal benevolence. Little wonder, then, that by the end of the 17th Century and early 18th, a strong nucleous of those hard-pressedScotch­ Irish Presbyterians, with the Siege of Londonderry so fresh in memory, had settled in Somerset County on the Eastern Shore, including a number of Stevensons. All these early Stevensons are said to have been more or less related. Note - 16 - belowthat many of their land holdings were in the same general area south of the Pocomoke River. Another strongly Scotch Presbyterian settlement was in eastern North Carolina (Samuel Stevenson landed here); another in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (to which our Campbells and Nelsons came), another in Western Virginia, Augusta Co.

PRESBYTERIANISM IN SOMERSET COUNTY

(from the account in Torrence's Old Somerset)

The founding of organized Presbyterianism in America is identified with the Reverend Francis Makemie and the church, Rehobeth, in Somerset County, Maryland. There were older churches than this (Ninian Beall in the Calvert County settle­ ment of Presbyterians in 1669 and 1679), but to the organizing genius of Makemie is credited the establishment of the system of church government that became Presbyterianism in America. Makemie was only 25 years old when he arrived in answer to an appeal by the Presbyterians of Somerset to the Presby­ tery of Laggan in North Ireland to send a minister. The appeal is dated Dec. 29, 1680; Makemie arrived in the Spring of 1683. He was followed in June by Reverend William Treile; by September 1684 the Reverend Samuel Davis was in the county, and by January 1685?6 Reverend Thomas Wilson had arrived. With Makemie as the guiding genius of the group, the con­ gregations of the Presbyterian Church in Somerset County were organized. Rehobeth was the first, with the Snow Hill Church and the Manokin Church (in the later town of Princess Anne), probably all established in the first year. Reverend Samuel Davis was identified with the Snow Hill Church from its beginning. He bought a plantation called Grove near Snow Hill, and lived there. Reverend Thomas Wilson was pastor of the Manokin Church from 1686 to 1701/2. Makemie retained the pastorate at Rehobeth, but later settled in Accomac, Virginia. He travelled up and down the coast from the Carolinas to New York organizing small church groups after the pattern esta­ blished in Scotland, finally effecting the organization of a Presbytery. Then can1e the eventful year of 1706 when the Presbyterian Church was organized in America through the formation of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, the crowning achievement of Makemie' s work. - 17 - EARLY SETTLER'S LIST

The earliest known settler among our forebears was not a Stevenson, but an antecedent of Benjamin Stevenson's wife, Mary (Polly) Cox Stevenson. He was Henry Southey who was granted 5000 acres near Jamestown, Virginia, in 1621. He and 5 children were killed in the Indian massacre of 1622. Only his wife and daughter Ann, escaped. Ann married Nathaniel Little­ ton who settled at Accomac, Virginia, about 1635. Captain William Whittington, also a forbear of Polly Cox, settled in Eastern Shore, Virginia, about 1635-40. For detailed genealogy see Section IB - Antecedents of Mary (Polly) Cox Stevenson. There is a John Stevenson listed in the original boatload that settled in Jamestown in 1607; but we have no record of his relationship, if any, to us. The EarlySettler's List in the Hall of Records atAnnapolis records the following Stevensons; if they are related we have no data on it.

STEVENSON,Danning, Liber 15, folio 317. Transported 1674 STEVENSON, Edward, " 13, " 394. " 1671 STEVENSON,Edward, " 15, " 563.Immigrated 1678 STEVENSON, Elizabeth, " 8, " 483. Trans.from Va.1665 STEVENSON,Katherine,. " 8, " 483. " " " 1665 STEVENSON,Mary " 8, " 483. " " " 1665 STEVENSON, Philip " 8, " 483. " " " 1665 STEVENSON, Sarah " 8, " 483. " " " 1665 STEVENSON, Thomas " 8, " 483. " " " 1665 STEVENSON, Henry, (son-in-law of Thos. Phillips) in 1679 STEVENSON, Thomas " " " " in 1679 STEVENSON, Percy, 15 - 418 Trans. 1677 STEVENSON, Oliver, 11 - 581 " 1668 STEVENSON, Mathias 12 - 217 " 1669

Other notes taken from the volume Old Somerset by Clayton Torrence, include: 1692 - William Stevenson appointed to assist in laying out and dividing Somerset County into Parishes. 1712 - Services held at the house of James Stevenson near Snow Hill. 1726 - Rev. Hugh Stevenson, Gentleman, called to the - 18 - pastorate of the Snow Hill congregation. He married Comfort, daughter of Capt. William Fassitt. Another daughter of Capt. Fassitt, Mary, married Southey Whittington, and their granddaughter, Mary (Polly) Cox married our Benjamin Stevenson.

Another random note of a later period: When Juliana Steven­ son of Baltimore came as the bride of Thomas King Carroll (later a governor of Maryland) to Kingston Hall, his home in Somerset County, the young couple were welcomed along the lane by 150 six-foot negro slaves in the green and gold livery of the house. The daughter of Thomas and Juliana, Anna Ella Carroll, who was educated like a son by her father, is credited as a pamphleteer with being instrumental in saving Maryland to the Northern Cause. She is said to have been an unofficial member of Lincoln's Cabinet who, unknown to the officers involved, furnished the battle plan that split the South and was responsible for turning the tide of the Civil War. This tradition persists in spite of the fact that she is not mentioned in the conventional histories, though hearings on her services are in the Congressional Record.

SAMUEL STEVENSON

Samuel Stevenson, who was born in Scotland in 1675 and emigrated to North Ireland, came to America sometime between 1701 and 1703. His first son, Samuel II; was born in North Ireland in 1701. His second son, James, was born in North Carolina in 1703 and son Joseph in 1705. Samuel settled with his family in Snow Hill, Somerset County (later re-named Worcester County), on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1716, and became a merchant there. (See FOREWORD for documen­ tation). That Samuel Stevenson prospered as a merchant in Snow Hill is evidenced by the fact that his sons James and Joseph became proprietors of large estates in what was then known as Old Somerset County. They had their lands patented to themselves, built houses of generous proportions and lived a tide-water country life of prosperity and comfort. The Stevenson family remained strongly Presbyterian, attested by the fact that Joseph Stevenson is recorded as a - 19 - member of the Sessions of the Snow Hill Presbyterian Church, 1751 to 1762. The Sessions is the governing body of the church. Recorded on May 9, 1755: The Session of Snow Hill and Pitts Creek met according to Adjournment; present at Pitts Creek Session, Robert Stephenson, Joseph Stephenson, Smith Mills, Moses Mills, and Elijah Brittingham. Other families recorded as members of the church at Snow Hill were: Erskines, Galbraiths, Rounds, Spences, Hopkinses, Croppers, Fassitts, Aydelotts, Martins, Wises, and others.

EARLY LAND TRANSACTIONS

The Land transactions of some of the early Stevensons of Old Somerset County (recorded in the Land Office at Annapolis, Maryland) make interesting reading. The following plantations all lay on the south side of the Pocomoke River not far from the Virginia border: CHRISTOPHER STEVENSON in 1685 took out a patent for 150 acres of land called "Stevenson" on the south side of the Poco­ moke River, which was later patented to Wm Smith of St. Mary's county. It is believed that Christopher never came to this country. HUGH STEVENSON bought from Dr. Samuel David and his wife Naomy from Accomac Co. Va. 107 acres of Grove and 127 acres of Castle Quarter. (Liber 018, folio 133). HUGH STEVENSON and his wife Jane of Sussex Co. Del. on May 15, 1714, sell to John Dreaden certain land called Rochester lying on the south side of the Pocomoke River. Hugh Stevenson purchased this in 1708 from Jon Godden. {Liber IKL folio 186; this record in Princess Anne, Md). JOHN STEVENSON bought 500 acres of Inch in 1735 on St. Martin's River from Wm. Fassitt and his wife Eliza. (Liber 018. folio 138). JAMES STEVENSON and his wife Sarah sold to Thos. Inglish in 1735 land called Londonderry lying on the south side of the Pocomoke River near land called Rochester. (Liber 018. folio 239). JOSEPH STEVENSON in 1733 bought from T. Parrimore 250 acres of land called Fookes Choice. Robert Stevenson witnessed this transaction. This is our Joseph. (Liber 019. folio 40). - 20 - ROBERT STEVENSON bought in 1733 from W. Bozman land called Leverton on the Pocomoke near the Maryland-Delaware line. {Liber 019. folio 44). JOSEPH STEVENSON bought on 18 Aug. 17 42 from Isaac Piper 187 acres of Fookes Choiceo (Liber 020, folio 313). This is our Joseph again. He is consolidating the Fookes Choice plantation; it had originally been 500 acres, but had been divided and sold offo It is near the Maryland-Virginia border about a mile or two east of the present Route 13.

The total land holdings of all the Stevensons on the south side of the Pocomoke River were agreeably large. And perhaps this is the place to say something about that most mysterious of riverso The Pocomoke, an Indian word meaning ''black water", is extraordinarily well namedo It is the only river of the Eastern Shore that is lined with cypress trees whose acids turn the water black. This is the northern limit of these beautiful trees, and the Pocomoke is the last .of the blackwater streams that abound further south (as in the Cypress Gardens at Charleston). It is said to be one of the deepest rivers in the country for its narrow width, a depth of 60 feet or more in places, tortuously winding among the brooding cypresses whose dark green boughs at high tide rise directly from the water, making canyons of verdure through which a boat would pass, interspersed with glistening, sweet-scented native magnolia, black gum trees hung with mistletoe and willow oaks hung, it has been reported, with the Spanish moss so well known further south. Sizeable ships can navigate the Pocomoke as far as the town of Snow Hillo This county seat, where Samuel Stevenson lived, is a quaint and charming town whose moss-grown churchyards are as much of a treasure-house as the archives of the courthouse.

JOSEPH STEVENSON

We have a marked map showing the location of Joseph Stevenson's plantation with a copy of the grant. 663 acres were surveyed 28 Sept. 1752 and patented to him 16 Oct. 1754 under the name he chose, Goshen. This included the land formerly known as Fookes Choice and a section called Timber Swamp. On 7 Jan. 1762 an Addition of 52½ acres was surveyed for him - 21 - making a total of 715 acres in his plantation, Goshen. The large brick house which he built, and which burned only about 30 years ago, stood in an arc made by the stream called in those days Unpassable Branc~1 in which stood masses of giant cypress trees forming a picturesque background. Only one end-wall with its huge chimney and fragments of other walls were left standing in 1948 in their setting of massive trees Cl But it was not too difficult to trace out from the found­ ations a typical plantation house of the 18th Century. The house at Goshen is mentioned in the McMasters' family history {in Princess Anne); this states that the plan was unique, being more like the houses in Eastern Shore Virginia than those of Maryland. Goshen eventually came into the possession of Elizabeth Stevenson and her husband, Dr. McMasters, who lived there many years. The plantation was within a mile or two of the Maryland-Virginia border. Joseph Stevenson was married twice. His first wife was Rebecca Gillett, a daughter of John Gillett. Joseph and Rebecca had a son Jon. Whether· this is Jon for Johnathan who is mentioned in his father's will is not clear. The Will of John Gillett is recorded in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md. It was made March 25, 1737, probated Nov. 22, 1737. Names two sons, Samuel and John, to be Exersv, leaves Samuel 350 acres unnamed; son John 200 acr~s, New Maker; mentions a grandson Airs {Ayres) Gillett and wife; mentions daughter, Rebecca, and gives 1 yearling to his grand­ son, Jon Stevenson. Test. Hugh Stevenson, Jas. Wilson, Samuel Stevenson. In Administration Accounts Liber 17, folio 274 - John Gillette - 1739: paid to Joseph Stevenson in behalf of his wife, Rebecca Gillette, in full appraise! of the moiety of the remain­ ing part of the estate agreeable to ye direction of the will • o • £16 - 0-4¾, other moiety to widoe £16 - 0 - 4¾, Aug. 23 1739 act. closed. Joseph Stevenson married a second time, Rachael-. Her last name is unknown, but the Coventry Parish record shows the birth of a son, James, on July 11, 1745. (Coventry Parish Records, original in Bank of Somerset, Princess Anne, Md. Copy in Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md, p. 44.) Furthermore, to attest this second marriage, in the Deeds

recorded in Snow Hill, Worcester Co. Md. ~iber A2 folio l'!!z. - 22 - March 6, 1743, Joseph Stevenson and Rachael his wife sold to William Stevenson 150 acres of Fookes Choice lying on the south side of the Pocomoke River about five miles back in the woods, for £ 80. In Liber D, folio 29~. June 7, 1758, Wm. Stevenson deeds the above land back to Joseph Stevenson. In the Land Office, Annapolis, Md. Joseph Stevenson is taxed from 1745 to 1774 with Addition, Fookes Choice, Goshen, Timber Swamp. And there appears but one Joseph Stevenson with taxable property. Other Worcester County Stevensons (formerly Somerset Co.) who were taxed at this time were: Adam Stevenson from 17 45-7 4, with Free Gift and Londonderry. Edward Stevenson, 1756-60, with Powells Lot, -Slipe, Winter Quarter, School Ri¾e. Hugh Stevenson's heirs, 1755-71, with !3urley, Castle Quarter, I~largement, M. Grove.

Hugh Stevenson of Samuel, 1745-74, with Castle Hill1 Conveniency. Hugh Stevenson of James, 1768, with Contented Bachelor. James Stevenson of Joseph, 1745-74, Stev~ns Lot, Henrys Lot. James Stevenson of Samuel, 1745-74, Conveniencr, Lot in Snow Hill. James Stevenson of James, 1768-69, Flat Land, Peru. James Stevenson, 1756-71, Londonderry. James Stevenson, 1761, Stevensons Desi@!. John Stevenson of Samuel, 1768-71 Brattens Choice. John Stevenson of Joseph, 1745-74, Tanners Hall, Brattons Chance. John Stevenson of Samuel, merchant,--- 17 45-7 4, Johns Industry, · Lots in Snow Hill.

Will of Joseph Stevenson recorded in Liber J. W. 4 folio 476. Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.: I give and bequeath to my son George Stevenson after the death of my wife, Rachael Stevenson, my dwelling plantation whereon I now live containing 205 acres to him and his heirs forever and likewise after the death of my wife I give to the aforesaid George Stevenson free liberty of logs, timber and firewood and hog range and an equal rite to get steaves timber of Joseph and Benjamin Stevenson, land called Goshen and if - 23 - my son George should die without issue than my will is that the said land and privileges fall to my son James and if James should die without issue the aforesaid land and privileges to go to my son Joseph Stevenson to him and his heirs and assigns foreever. Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Steven­ son after the death of my wife 181 acres in case the said Benjamin pays the said James £7 hard money; to son Benja­ min one case of bottles. Thirdly, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph 200 acres being part of a tract called Goshen to him and his heirs forever in case he should pay to my son James £ 7 hard money; also I give to my son Joseph 1 bed and furniture and all my wearing apperil. Fourthly, I give and bequeath to my son Jonathan 200 acres. to him and his heirs and assigns forever, he to pay to my son James £7. hard money; the aforesaid land joins Salemo Fifth, to my son James 1 negro called David and one walnut desk. Sixth, to my daughter Rebecca after the death of my wife negros Bosen» Rose and Dinah, 1 feather bed, 1 cedar desk, 1 walnut oval table. Seventh, to daughter Jemah negros Phillis and Suse. Eighth, to daughter Rachel negro Nan and her increase, negro Nice and one walnut case of drawers. Nineth, to son George my still. I do name my wife Rachel and my sons James and George Stevenson my Execrs. Test. James Tull, Ayres Gillett, Samuel Millso June 6, 1791 came James Stevenson and George Stevenson with the will and did make oath that is was the will of Joseph Stevenson.

BENJAMIN STEVENSON

This James Stevenson who appears in his father's will as the second child, was born according to the parish record in 1745. Our family records show Benjamin, the next-named son as having been born July 23 1746 or 49, our two family records differ on thiso He married Mary (Polly) Cox Feb 24, 1774; she was born Novo 9, 17500 Mary Cox came of two old and illus- - 24 - trious families, the Littletons and Whittingtons of Virginia and Maryland, and her genealogy follows in Section I B. Benjamin had located on his father's plantation an area of 8¾ acres which had never been surveyed. He had this surveyed Sept. 7, 1773 and applied for a patent which was granted; he built his house there and named the property Peace and Plenty. This was probably done the year of his marriage in 177 4. To this was added his portion of his father's estate, 181 acres of Goshen. The Tax Books of 1783 show that the tract Goshen was in possession of the following: Benjamin Stevenson 181 acres. George Stevenson 205 acres. Joseph Stevenson 185 acres. Jonathan Stevenson 185 acres. It is probable that Benjamin's 181 acres were located on the east side of the road and in the upper part where Peace and Plenty adjoins; also that Addition was included in his part. Benjamin's house at ~eace · and Plenty is still standing (in 1964), though Time and hurricanes have taken their toll in trees and neglect. It is a six-room frame house probably built in the year of his marriage, 1774. Good pre-Revolutionary building are betokened in the well-handled dentured moulding under the eaves, the dignified fan-lighted front door, and the unusually graceful staircase with three-storey well. The large stair-hall extends in characteristic Maryland fashion across the front of the house with outside doors at either end and center front, the latter with the fan-light. The sitting room, dining room, back-stair hall and kitchen, one behind the other_, is a typical Maryland floor plan. The moulding of woodwork and chair rails is characteristically 18th Century. Benjamin Stevenson served in the militia in the Revolutionary War. He was in the Snow Hill Battalion, an ensign in the 7th Class of Colonel Patterson's Company, Classed July 15, 1780. His record is filed in the Maryland Historical Society at Balti­ more (not at Washington D. C. where the regular army files are kept. ) As a militiaman he was not eligible for a bounty; hence He would have bought his own land in Woodford County, Kentucky. As noted previously, the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians were among the strongest supporters for the American Cause against - 25 - England. And since Benjamin came of this staunch stock it was natural for him to join the Revolutionary Army. But in Mary­ land generally and on the Eastern Shore in particular feeling was sharply divided. Some estimates run as high as 50% for those who as Loyalists or Tories wished the colonies to remain with England. Strong family ties with England, inborn loyalty, official connections, the strength of the Episcopal Church so closely allied to the Established Church of England (many clergymen were accused and arrested as Tories), and the personal popularity of the Governor of the State may have accounted for this ·Tory sentiment. (Robert Eden was the only Royal Governor whom the Patriots allowed to leave for England in peace.) The American Revolution is sometimes referred to in Mary­ land as the first civil war in America. Here the conflict, often overlooked, was of colonist against colonist, coupled with the insurrection of the colonies against the Mother Country. The configuration of Worcester and Somerset Counties made this area particularly dangerous for the Patriots. The innumer­ able swamps and marshes made ideal hide-outs for the Loyalists seeking refuge from the surrounding states. The abundance of rivers, bays and estuaries enabled Tories to contact the British fleets which expedited the running of supplies · and ammunition for the British; plundering and privateering acti­ vities were a plague to the commerce of Chesapeake Bay. Tories plundered the estates of Patriots, counterfeited currency, kidnapped Whigs and held them for ransom, acted as spies and guides for the English troops, and supplied the Redcoats with food. The Loyalists in Somerset and Worcester counties openly gave aid in 1776 to Lord Dunmore who was trying to win Virginia for England. Another insurrection which occurred in these two counties in 1777 was much more serious. It was precipitated by a visit from General Howe, a prominent British general, who rode through the area to recruit new troops. It was reported that the Tories in these two counties, aided by others. from Sussex County, Delaware, refused to take the Oath of Allegiance, erected the King's Standard, openly drank his health and success, and had cut down the Liberty Poles. The local Patriots appealed for aid to the Continental Congress. On Feb. 19, 1777, - 26 - General Small wood arrived with his force in Salisbury and pro­ ceeded to Princess Anne where he found that the Tories had already been subdued and a large number of them arrested and sent to jail in Cambridge. This was accomplished by the local militia commanded by Brigadier-general Hooper, aided by Colonel Southey Simpson, commander of the battalion from Accomac, Virginia. Another time, the Tories of Worcester county attempted to capture the members of the Safety Council and take them to Lord Dunmore where any fate might have awaited them; the plot failed. Such incidents multiplied a hundred-fold kept the militia constantly involved. Finally the Tories were overcomeo They suffered ostracism, loss of franchise, confiscation of property, discriminatory taxation, banishment, and even physical violence. Because the Loyalists had once been neighbors, relatives and close friends of the Patriots, they were doubly detested. And doubtless there were excesses of vengence. Matthew Andrews in his History of Maryland says: ''In addition to the fact that Maryland furnished troops for nearly every battlefield in the Revolution from Massachusetts to Georgia, it should also be remembered that the state furnished men and means beyond the contributions of sister common­ wealths for the seizure of enemy supplies and commerce on the seas. Furthermore, because of the expanse of water afforded by the Chesapeake, it is quite possible that there were more disconnected raids and attacks, with consequent reprisals and repulses of the enemy within her borders, than in any other state during the eight years of the war o" The New York Times in an editorial of recent times entitled ''De Esen Sho' " says, in part, 'This region, especially its lower counties, is almost a State within a State. It has its own traditions, character and way of life. Once its counties were almost as English as their nameso It was Anglican, sporting, manorialo If the aristocratic regime has long passed, the district, chiefly rural, and its inhabitants have a marrow and tang of their own. Irrespective of politics, it is ••. a country of Tories, past and present ••• " Following the War, Benjamin Stevenson, his wife and five children emigrated to Woodford County, Kentucky. Four more - 27 - children were born later. He last appears on the tax books in Maryland in the year 1787. The deed to his farm in Woodford County, Kentucky, is dated 1790. The lapse of three years gives cognizence to the family tradition that they stopped with rela­ tives in Western Virginia on the way. The family was doubtless accompanied by servants and possibly by relatives, for the name Whittington appears in early Woodford County, Kentucky, records. An account continues in Section m (Kentucky). * * * * Somerset, established as a County in 1666, originally embraced the present counties of Worcester, Wicomoco and Somerset. Worcester was made a separate county in 1742, Wicomoco in 1867.

- 28 - GENEALOGY OF THE STEVENSONS on the Eastern Shore of Maryland * marks the direct line of descent.

*Samuel Stevenson, born 167 5 in Scotland. Moved to North Ireland, thence to North Carolina (1701-1703), settled in Snow Hill, Maryland, in 1716 (Somerset County, later renamed Worcester), and became a merchant there.

Children of *SAMUEL STEVENSON: Samuel Stevenson, born 1701 in North Ireland. James Stevenson, born 1703 in North Carolina, came with father in 1716 to Maryland. Owned plantation Londonderry, near Rochester plantation on south --side of Pocomoke River. Married Sarah-. *Joseph Stevenson, born 1705 in North Carolina, came with father in 1716 to Maryland (Eastern Shore); owned plantation Goshen on south side of Poco­ moke River. Married 1st Rebecca Gillett, dau. of John Gillett of New Market plantation; one son Jon Stevenson. Married 2nd *Rachel - • Was a member of the Sessions, Snow Hill Pres­ byterian Church.

Children of *JOSEPH and *RACHEL STEVENSON: George Stevenson, inherited dwelling plantation, Goshen, and privilege. James Stevenson, born July 11, 1745. *Benjamin Stevenson, born July 23, 1746 or 49 at Goshen plantation on south side of Pocomoke River, Maryland. (Worcester Co). Owned Peace and Plenty plantation. Died Oct. 27, 1832 in Wood­ ford Co. Kentucky. Married Feb. 24, 1774 *Mary (Polly) Cox, dau. of John Cox and Hannah Whittington Cox of Waterford plantation. (see Antecedents of Mary Cox following). Born Nov. - 29 - 8, 1750. Died May 8, 1815 in Woodford Co. Kentucky. Joseph Stevenson Rebecca Stevenson J emah Stevenson Rachel Stevenson

Children of *BENJAMIN and *MARY COX STEVENSON: Isaac Stevenson, born Jan 3, 1775, at Peace and Plenty, Worcester County, Maryland. Married Mary -. Member of Sessions, Pisgah Church, Woodford Co., Ky. Died Sept 22, 1818. Children: William, Priscilla C., Benjamin, Jane, Samuel, Mileah (n. b. the name Mileah should probably be Miledh; see Webster's Unabridged Dictionary; error likely in faulty hand-writing of family record.) *James Stevenson, born Dec 26, 1776 at Peace and Plen!)r, Worcester Co. Maryland. Died Jan 27, 1828 in Putnam Co. Indiana. Married Nov 29, 1801 in Woodford Co., Kentucky to*Margaret Campbell, dau. of Alexander Campbell and Joanna Nelson Campbell of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (see f ampbell and Nelson genealogies in Sections II & Ill following). Born 1782; died Sept 5, 1834 in Putnam Co. Indiana. Samuel Stevenson, born Oct. 5, 1778 at Peace and Plenty, Worcester Co., Maryland. Married Jane -. in Woodford County, Ky. Children: Macy, Robert, Jane, William, Alexander. A daughter, born Oct. 5, 1780, died Oct. 9, 1780. A son, born Sept 5, 1781, died Sept. 9, 1781. Mary Whittington Stevenson, born Aug. 4, 1782 at Peace and Plenty, Worcester Co., Maryland.Married John Long in Woodford Co. Kentucky. Benjamin Stevenson, born Oct. 3, 1785 at Peace and Plenty, Worcester Co., Md. Married Elizabeth D. - 30 - (Dunlap?) in Woodford Co. Ky. Died Sept. 3, 1835 in Woodford Co., Ky. Buried in Pisgah Churchyard. 3 children. William Stevenson, born March 13, 1789, died March 15, 1879, Buried in Pisgah Churchyard, Woodford Co. Ky. Henry Stevenson, born Oct. 31, 1791, died Feb. 17, 1879. Sallie Stevenson, born Oct. 31, 1794, Woodford Co. Ky. Married Robert Elliott. Migrated to Missouri. John Stevenson, born Jan 4, 1799 in Woodford Co. Ky. Unmarried.

Genealogy continued in Kentucky Section m

-31 - SECTION I

B. ANTECEDENTS OF *MARY (POLLY) COX, born 1750, WIFE OF *BENJAMIN STEVENSON

Allied names: *Southey, *Littleton, *Bowman, *Whittington, *Fassitt.

Her genealogy, abridged: *Col.Nathaniel Littleton m. *Ann Southey, dau. of *Henry Southey son: *Col. Southey Littleton b. 1645 m. *Elizabeth Bowman dau: *Esther Littleton m. *Col. William Whittington b. 1650 son: *Southey Whittington b. 1687 m. *Mary Fassitt dau: *Hannah Whittington m. *John Cox dau: *Mary (Polly) Cox m. *Benjamin Stevenson b. 1746/49 ANTECEDENTSOF*MARY(POLLY)COX

* marks the line of direct descent

The connection of the Stevensons with the Littletons and Whittingtons is well documented. The spelling in America is usually Littleton. (See Appendix II for the English family.)

*NATHANIEL LITTLETON d. 1654. (see note 1), emigrated to m. Virginia in 1635. *ANN SOUTHEY d. 1656, dau. of Henry Southey, Esquire and his wife Eldy (see note 2). ·

Children of *COL. NATHANIEL and *ANN SOUTHEY LITTLETON Edward Littleton m. 1st Sarah Douglas, dau. of Lieut. Col. Wm. Douglas, 2nd Frances Robbins, dau. of Col. Obedience Robbins. Mary Littleton *Col. Southey Littleton, b. 1645. (see note 3). m. *Elizabeth Bowman, dau. of Major Edmund Bowman. Esther Littleton m. Col. John Robbins of Northampton, Co. Va.

Children of COL. *SOUTHEY and *ELIZABETH BOWMAN LITTLETON Nathaniel Littleton II, d. 1702, m. Susanna Waters. Children: Southey III, Sarah Custis, Esther (see note 4) m. Thomas Savage. *Esther Littleton m. *Col. Wm. Whittington, of Somerset Co. , Maryland. (see Whittington genealogy following. ) Southey Littleton II, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Brown. Bowman Littleton, unmarried. Sarah Littleton, m. 1st Adam Michael, 2nd John Custis. Elizabeth Littleton, m. Richard Waters of Somerset. Gertrude Littleton, m. Henry Harmanson of Northampton Co. - 33 - NOTES ON THE LITTLETONS

1. *COL. NATHANIEL LITTLETON {d. 1654) A gentleman of the Earl of Southampton's Company in the Low Countries 1625. Emigrated to Virginia in 1635. Settled Nadua Creek, now Accomac, Virginia. In 1640 made Commander and Chief Magistrate of Northampton County, Virginia. In 1641, appointed to the Council of State of Virginia. Made a Burgess in 1652. One of the foremost men of his time, distinguished in public service. He amassed a great fortune. {Virginia Hist. Mag. vol 18 {1910), pp 20-23. 2. *HENRY SOUTHEY, Esquire, of Rimpton in Somerset­ shire, England, at a meeting of the Virginia Company 16 January 1621 desired a patent for a plantation in Virginia to him and his associates undertaking to transport 100 persons thither. Patent for 5000 acres granted 21 Jan. He arrived on the good ship Southampton in 1622 with his wife E·1c1y, 6 children and 10 servants. He and 5 children were killed in the Indian massacre atJamestown in 1622. Mrs. Southey and Ann escaped and were living at James City {Jamestown) in 1623; they were in the census also in 1624-5. (Virginia Hist. Mag. v. 25. p. 341) "Squire", a title in England signifying high civil office. * ANN SOUTHEY, daughter of Henry Southey, was the widow of Charles Harmer of Accomac, brother of Dr. John Harmer, Greek professor at Oxford. She was married a 2nd time to Col. Nathaniel Littleton (see above). In 1643 the court of Accomac granted her a certificate for land in right of her father. Her will proved in 1656, made James Littleton Esq. of Shropshire, near Ludlow, heir to the real estate in case of the death of all her children. (Wm. and Mary College Quarterly Hist. Mag. April 1900. Vol. viii Ne. 4 pp 230 and 231. Note under Library of Col. Southey Littleton.) 3o *COL. SOUTHEY LITTLETON b. 1645 m. *Elizabeth Bowman, dau. of *Major Edmund Bowman. Became a Burgess from Accomac County, Va. He was sent by the Governor of Virginia with Col. Wm. Kendall to New York to confer on Indian affairs and died there, in Albany. Will proved in N. Y. 1679 and recorded in Accomac, Va. The Littleton family owned thousands of acres, mostly in Virginia, though Southey Littleton's grant of 736 acres Littleton's Delight in Somerset - ~4 - County, Maryland, April 6, 1666, qualifies him as a "First Settler" of Somerset County, which was created a county in 1666. In the volume: Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families, Tercentenary Edition, sponsored by Southern Maryland Society of Colonial Dames, under the heading, "Manor Grants of Colonial Maryland", there is the entry: Pharsalia. 1675. 2400 acres. Southey Littleton. Registrants: The Littleton descendants. Southey's Littleton's son, Nathaniel Littleton II, left 4000 acres on Mogaty Bay in Northampton County, Virginiao His son Southey Littleton II left a 2270 acre plantation at Nadua, Accomac County, Va. His son Bowman Littleton was given 2264 acres by his grandfather, Major Edmund Bowman; Bowman Littleton mentions his cousin, Southey Whittington in his will. *Esther Littleton, dau. of Southey Littleton I. , who married *Col. William Whittington received from her father a neck .of land at Jingoteague called King's Neck; also 266 acres of land eastward of the branch marked Machepungo, Beaverdam Branch. The Southey Whittington mentioned above was the son of this Esther Littleton and Col. William Whittington. (Virginia Hist. Mag. Vol 18 pp. 20-23; also Accomac County Land Causes 1727-1826 PPo 13-15.) 4. ESTHER LITTLETON SAVAGE, at the age of 62 made a Deposition confirming various Littleton marriages and relation­ ships including her aunt, Esther Littleton's marriage to Col. William Whittington of Somerset County, Maryland, from whom the Stevensons are descended. (Accomac County Land Causes 1727-1826 pp 13-15. New York Public Library. * * * * The name Southey is pronounced ~uthey.

- 35 - WHITTINGTON GENEALOGY (in America)

(from William Whittington's Diary, 1759-1824) as published in the Kentucky State Historical Society Registrar, with a few additions from Torrence's Old Somerset.)

* indicates direct line of descent to the Stevensons.

*WILLIAM WlilTTINGTON (Captain) 1616/21-1659, born in England, (See Appendix II). Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. (See Notes on m. Whittingtons below.) 1st MARY m. 2nd SUSANNE - Children: Ursula Whittington m. Col. Edmund Scarborough. m. 3rd *ELIZABETH WESTON

Children of *CAPT. WILLIAM and ELIZABETH WESTON WHITTINGTON *William Whittington (Colonel), 1650-1720. m. 1st Tabitha Smart - Children: Smart Whittington (died young) Tabitha Whittington m. Edmund Custis. m. 2nd *Esther Littleton, dau. of *Col. Southey Littleton and *Elizabeth Bowman Littleton. m. 3rd Atalanta Toft Osborn, dau. of Mistress Ann Toft and widow of John Osborn. Children: Atalanta Whittington m. Steven White. m. 4th Hannah Hopkins m. 5th Elizabeth, who survived him and married 2nd Rev. Samuel Davis, pastor of the Snow Hill Presbyterian Church.

Children cf *COL. WILLIAM and *ESTHER LITTLETON WHITTINGTON William Whittington III (1681-1765), a Burgess of Virginia - 36 - married Elizabeth Taylor. Children: 1. William m. Mary Henry 2. Esther m. - Gibbons 3. Southey m. Ann Wishart Children: a. Betsy m. John Nichols b. Littleton, died abroad c. Hannah m. Geo. Blake d. George, unmarried e. Gertrude m. Tho. Abbot f. Arthur 4. Betty m. - Draper 5. Joshua m. Betty Nairne Children: a. Esther b. William m. - Bowman c. Betty d. Mary Esther Whittington m. 1st Willi4m Skriven, 2nd Isaac Morris Hannah Whittington m. Edmond Hough *Southey Whittington (1687-1769) m. *Mary Fassitt, dau. of *Captain William Fassitt and his wife *Mary. (See note below.)

Children of *SOUTHEY WHITTINGTON and *MARY F ASSITT WHITTINGTON William Whittington (died young). Littleton Whittington, unmarried. Southey Whittington m. Esther Nairne Children: Mary m. Robert Marshall Jeanett Esther Southey m. 1st Mary Turpin 2nd M. Colbourne *Hannah Whittington m. May 9, 1748 *John Cox, son of Wm. and Mary Cox of Somerset Co. Md. Children: William Cox b. Feb 25, 1749 - 37 - *Mary (Polly) Cox, b. Nov. 8, 1750 married *Benjamin Stevenson, son of Joseph and Rachel Stevenson of Somerset Co. Emigrated to Woodford Co. Ky. about 1790. Sarah Cox b. Nov. 3, 1752 Stevenson Whittington Mary Whittington m. - Brinkley Esther Whittington m. A. Stirling Isaac Whittington m. Elizabeth Wishart Children: Hannah b. 1756 m. Henry Handy, 10 children. Ann m. William Cox William (1759-1824) the writer of the diary; emigrated to Kentucky about 1790; appointed trustee of Versailles, Ky. 1795. m. Lucy Long, one of the Bryant Station heroines. 15 children. Lived at Clifton on the Kentucky River. (See Kentucky Section IV. ) * * * * A William Whittington was with George Washington at Valley Forge. * * The genealogy of the English family believed to be the ante­ cedents of these American Whittingtons, is found in APPENDIX II. * * * *

- 38 - NOTES ON THE WIIlTTINGTONS

*WILLIAM WHITTINGTON I. (Captain, Virginia.) *WILLIAM WHITTINGTON II. (Colonel, Maryland.) Material for these biographies is taken chiefly from Clayton Torrence's Old Somerset in which he states: "We are greatly indebted in compiling this note on William Whittington to the scholarly study of the Whittington Family by Mrs. Milnor Ljunsted, published in her County Court Note Book VII. pp 43- 44 and VIII pp 1-2 and 9-11.

*WILLIAM WHITTINGTON I was born in England about 16000 Other accounts give the date 1616 or 1621. He died in 1659 or 600 His name first appears in the records of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in January 16400 His Certificate of Head Rights for a patent of land was dated 164 7 and contained the names of himself and wife Susanna. He took the Oath of Fealty to Cromwell, March 11, 1651. He was appointed a Captain of Militia, June 28, 16_54 and Justice of the Orphans" Court of Northampton County, December 27, 16550 He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In a deposition made May 4, 1658 he swore that he was "thirty-seven years old, or thereabouts". An interesting item in the life of William Whittington I records him as a member of the Committee that drew up, signed and presented to the Virginia authorities the celebrated "Northampton Protest" of March 20, 1652; a protest in fact against "taxation without representation". This grew out of the failure of the Governor of Virginia to call for Burgesses from Northampton County, Virginia, while at the same time enforcing the Navigation Act with its hardships to the tobacco trade. The ..other members of the Committee, besides William Whittington, Stephen Charlton, Devyne Denwood, John Nuthall, John Ellis and Stephen Horsey. Other interesting items: In 1659 William Whittington offered the Court 100 acres of land if a courthouse should be built there at public expense. It appears from his will that he was interested in the furtherance of education in his county as he devised "unto ye use of a free School if it go forward" the amount of 2000 pounds of tobacco. He names his son William - 39 - in his will. He appointed his daughter Ursula, executrix, and his friends William Waters and John Penniwell, guardians. Ursula Whittington married Edmund Scarborough. Torrence states that "Captain Whittington was married at least three times, though we are unable to state positively which wife was the mother of his son, William Whittington''o However, the will of Thomas Shepherd of Virginia, proved Jan. 8, 1648-49 bequeathed to his cousin, Captain William Whittington, all his property in Virginia and all property in England to his uncle Weston. The said will sets forth that William Whittington was the said Shepherd's cousin by reason of his marriage to Elizabeth Weston, a cousin of the testator. *WILLIAM WHITTINGTON II. Torrence continues, "Scion of a distinguished family, William Whittington Il, was born in Northampton County, Virginia, about the year 1650 and died in Somerset County, Maryland, his will being probated in 1719-20. The exact time of the younger William's removal to Somerset County, Maryland, is not known, though in September 1684 he is found described in a document as "of Somerset County, Merchant". Certainly by the Summer of 1689 he was well established in the county, for at that time we find him occupy­ ing the office of High Sheriff (the highest office bestowed at that time). His career as Sheriff, his clash with the authorities of the Provisional Government of the Associators and his removal from office have been reviewed at length. That Whittington was a stormy petrel in office is quite evident; but his ability, trustworthiness and popularity are equally manifest. William Whittington's sympathy with Lord Baltimore's cause was no doubt the reason for his appointment in 1691 as collector, on behalf of his Lordship, of the tobacco export tax in Somerset County. With the establishment of the royal government in Mary land William Whittington was elected a representative from Somerset County to the first General Assembly under that regime, which met in May 1692. He continued a member of the Lower House of Assembly until 1695 when he again became High Sheriff of Somerset. In 1695 he appears as treasurer for the Eastern Shore of the province, and as a member of the court of Somerset County 1693 and 1694. The office of High Sheriff of Somerset seems to have been - 40 - a center of attraction for William Whittington and we find him again in that capacity from 1695-1698. In June 1697, George Layfield and Thomas Dixon, members of the Somerset Court, complained to the Governor and Council against Whittington, asking for his removal because of 'misfeasance of his office'. The specific charges do not appear in the Council record. However, this complaint was strongly offset by 'a certain representation sent from the Grand Jury of that county court concerning the good behavior of said Whittington in the manage­ ment of his office during his Shrivalry and wherin they pray he may be continued in said off ice'. There was much ado about this matter with reference back and forth from Council to court, and court to Council, with the final vindication of Whittington, whom we find continuing to hold the office of High Sheriff of Somerset in July 1698. In 1699 William Whittington was again returned from Somerset as member of the Lower House of Assembly in succession to Francis J enckins, who had been advanced to the Governor's Council. Whittington. continued as a representative from Somerset in the Lower House for several years. In 1709 he was advanced to the Council, taking the seat vacated by Francis Jenckins. Whittington continued as a member of the Council certainly until May 31, 1 717, when the Governor informed that body (sitting as the Upper House of Assembly) that he had received a letter from Colonel Whittington telling of his 'indisposition and desiring to be excused from his attendance of this Assembly'. The Council minutes do not record Whittington as again in attendance between this date and time of his death in the early Spring of 1720. In addition to the various civil offices of responsibility and honor held by him we find Whittington from time to time occupying the militia offices of captain, major and colonel. William Whittington lived in the southern section of Somer­ s et County below the Pocomoke River. He became an extensive landholder and owner of a large and valuable personal estate. His will, dated Feb 28, 1719, with codicil March 13, 1719 and probated April 11, 1720, is an interesting document. Among its many items are two which show the charitable disposition of the man: 1. he gave part of his Cedar Neck and Sandy Wharf - 41 - tracts of land to certain trustees for maintainance and teaching of six poor children at a time 'to reade and learn the funda­ mentals of the Christian Religion'; 2. he directed his sons and daughters 'to make a payment to the Justices (of the Court) for the use of the poor'. Colonel William Whittington died one of the wealthiest men of his day in Old Somerset and he held offices of the highest distinction. Besides his wealth and distinction he was highly public-spirited and a great benefactor.

* * * * Sketch of *WILLIAM WHITTINGTON II. (1650-1720) Maryland) from Clayton Torrence's book, Qld Somerset.

His Defiance of the Associators.

In spite of the fact that the Protestants in Maryland owed their very presence there to the tolerance of the Lords Baltimore, a group of restive Protestants of strongly anti-Roman Catholic spirit were able to put over a successful provincial revolution in Maryland which was in spirit (on the religious side) an extension of the Revolution in England in 1689 and has been called the Protestant Revolution in Maryland. In 1689 The "Associators" seized the government from Charles, Lord Baltimore, and an address of loyalty was sent to King William and Queen Mary. In each of the counties new appointments of men well disposed toward the Associators were made. Clayton Torrence in his careful history, Old Somerset, continues thus: "Students and lovers of Maryland's colonial history cherish the story of the indomitable resistance offered by Michael Taney, the Protestant, who was high sheriff of Calvert County, to the Associators' Government in September 1689. Taney, though evidently not opposed to the establishment of the Pro­ testant succession to the English throne, nor to the sovereign power of William and Mary, was not in the least satisfied with the authority assumed by the Associators in the government of the province. For his defiance of their mandates he was arrested and brought before the Assembly. The thrilling story of Taney's defiance of the Associators' - 42 - Government is well known. But we find no reference made by historians to the refusal of William Whittington, the Protestant, and high sheriff of Somerset, to deny Lord Baltimore's authority {by which he, like Taney, held his commission) and to summon the court of Somerset County in the name of the Associators' Government. The sheriff of Somerset, like the sheriff of Calvert, wished a more valid assurance than he had received that their Majesties in England had deprived Lord Baltimore of his governing power in Mary land and had duly constituted the Provisional Government of the Associators. Whittington, of Somerset, and Taney, of Calvert, Protestants - Church of England men - were of the same mind in regard to the Associator's Government. There are Protestants who are not reeds shaken by the winds of religious prejudiceo Such men were Whittington and Taney, and both of them were staunch in their loyalty to the authority under which they held their commission. Taney, arrested for his defiance and carried before the Assembly, fared unpleasantly. Why Whittington, of Somerset, was not seized by tqe provisional authority is not revealed, though his views and his open expression of them were well known at the seat of government in St. Mary's .•• The records of Somerset Court lay bare the whole of the pro­ ceedings in regard to Whittington •. They are far too interesting and important not to be allowed to speak for themselves." Follows then the letters between John Goode of the Associators' Government and the officers of Somerset County, with William Whittington's sturdy reply to the Somerset Court. The result of which was William Whittington's removal from office. Then Torrence continues: ''These letters and orders, long buried in an ancient court· record book of Somerset County, bring to light a very interest­ ing page in Somerset's history. William Whittington was one of the most distinguished of Somerset's worthies of all times; while the offices held by him, both under the Proprietary and Royal Governments, make up a roll of honorable achievement: magistrate, high sheriff, collector of tobacco export tax in Somerset for Lord Baltimore, assemblyman, treasurer of the Eastern Shore, militia officer and finally a member of the Council of State. Whittington, Protestant though he truly was (a Church of England man), seems to have been strongly pro- - 43 - Lord Baltimore and anti-Associator, and though he apparently worked well in harness with the Royal Government of William and Mary, there is from the pen of a contemporary the crystalization of the opinion of his time: 'Major William Whittington was always accounted a Jacobite. ' " * * * *CAPTAIN WILLIAM FASSITT (from Torrence: Old Somerset)

Captain William Fassitt {1662-1735} was a distinguished official of Somerset County and a wealthy merchant of his day who resided on a plantation inSinepuxentNeck about four miles east of the location of the Buckingham Meeting House, near the present village of Ironshire and near the town of Snow Hill. Captain Fassitt was a Presbyterian and presumably a member of the Buckingham congregation. The name of Fassitt (which is the correct spelling} is variously given in the records as Fassitt, Fossett, Fosett. This Captain William Fassitt is easily identified with one William Fosett who appears as a commissioner to the Presby­ tery of Philadelphia in 1709. It is likely that he represented both the Buckingham and Snow Hill congregations, both ministered by the same pastor and represented together in Presbytery. Captain Fassitt made the following bequest in his will: ''I give and bequeath to the dissenting minister of the Congregation and meeting of Buckingham five pounds current money to be paid at my death." Captain Fassitt was one of the earliest identified Presby­ terians in Somerset County. The earliest person to be posi­ tively identified as a Presbyterian was David Brown in the year 1670. The name Fassitt appears in the records, along with others, something over a decade later. Thus he was a settler of Somerset County before 17000

William Fassitt married Mary -o Their children: Comfort m. Rev. Hugh Stevensonj Katherine m. Stevens White, *Mary m. *Southey Whittington, whose granddau. *Mary (Polly) Cox m. *Benjamin Stevenson. The house of Captain Fassitt and his wife Mary is still - 44 - standing on Sinepuxent Neck, Worcester County, Maryland, between Snow Hill and Berlin. It is mentioned for its unusual brick work in Forman: Early Manor and PlantationHouses of Maryland.

PROOF OF DESCENT of *Mary Cox Stevenson, wife of *Benjamin Stevenson, from *Col. William Whittington and *Esther Littleton Whittington In a deposition recorded in Accomac, Virginia, County Land Causes 1727-1826, pp. 13-15, Esther Littleton Savage, aged 62, confirmed the marriage of her aunt, Esther Littleton's marriage to Colonel William Whittington, Somerset County, Maryland. The record of *Colonel William Whittington's will is to be found in Snow Hill, Maryland, Worcester Co. (Old Somerset), Maryland. M. H. 3, folio 172. Made Feb. 28, 1719-20. Probated April 11, 1720. Only a small part of the will is mentioned here to prove that Soµ.they Whittington was his son. He gives to his two sons, William and Southey and their heirs, land and beach, 1000 acres, Baltimore's Gift and 1300 acres (not named) taken up with Charles Carroll at Cape Henelopen, mouth of Delaware Bay, said sons to pay to Justices of Northampton County, Va., £12. 10 shillings for distribution among the poor of said county. To son Southey and heirs, his dwelling plantation of 1200 acres, Choice, with 325 acres, Refuge, adjacent and personality. Codical; 13 Mar. 1719-20, sons William and Southey named as Execrs. In the ~arch Court 1725, a deposition of Southey Whittington who under oath stated that he was a surveyor and that he was· about 38 years old (page 90). *Southey Whittington married *Mary Fassitt, a daughter of *Captain William Fassitt and his wife *Mary. In Wills, Worcester Co. Md. Liber J. W. 2, folio 12. The

will of Mary Fassitt1 widow of William Fassitt, made June 30, 1743, probated May 23, 1744, names her daughter, Mari_ Whittington. In the Will of Southey Whittington of Somerset County, made Feb. 20, 1770, probated March 17, 1773. Volume V. folio 13 of Macgruder 's Maryland Colonial Abstracts, he names his - 45 - wife Mary, his sons, Stevenson, Isaac, SoutheJ and a grand­ daughter, *Mary Coxo The daughter of Southey and Mary Fassitt Whittington was *Hannah Whittington. In the Coventry Parish Records, collected by Mary Turner Layton, page 13, Hannah Whittington's marriage and children are recorded: *John Cox and *Hannah Whittington - marryed May ye 9th 17 48. William Cox son of John Cox and Hannah his wife born Feb. 25, 1749. *Mary Cox daughter of John Cox and Hannah his wife born Nov. 18, 1750. Sarah Cox daughter of John Cox and Hannah his wife born Nov. 3, 1752. *John Cox who married *Hannah Whittington was the son of *William Cox as attested by his Will: Anapolis, Mdo Will of Wm.----- Cox of Somerset Co. filed in Liber E. B. 9, folio 278, made Jan 19, 1745, probated March 17, 1747-48. To his wife Mary Cox he leaves his land called Waterford; names sons John and Samuel and three daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary. Test: Wm Taylor, Chas. Dickson and Sam'l Adams. *Mary Cox, the daughter of John Cox and Hannah Whittington Cox, born Nov. 18, 1750, married *Benjamin Stevenson Feb 24, 177 4. She was a great-granddaughter of Colonel William Whittington.

See genealogical tables of Littleton, {above) Whittington(above) and Stevenson (Section I A.) o * * *

Colonel William Whittington received a patent of 3600 acres on WilsoniaNeckand other land; also another patent of 2850 acres; and in 1671 all of "Jengoteag Island", 5800 acres was patented to him. (From Whitelaw: Virginia's Eastern Shore).

- 46 - SECTION Il. 18th CENTURY THE CAMPBELLS AND NELSONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Revolutionary War record of Alexander Campbell - Will of Joanna Nelson Campbell - Genealogy of Campbell and.Nelson­ For Account of the Argyll Campbells of lnverary in Scotland see Appendix II.

SECTION II.

THE CAMPBEL LS AND NELSONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. LATER OF WOODFORD COUNTY, KENrUCKY

William Nelson was one of the early settlers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvaniao This branch of the family came from England. The following account of Joanna Nelson, wife of William Nelson, was contained in a hand-written document, later destroyed by fire, in the possession of Ida Peck Durham, granddaughter of Margaretta Stevenson Peck, whose grand­ mother was Joanna n. Some years after the written document was burned, Ida Durham told the story to her niece, Margaret Peck Mc Williams who passed it along to the editor of this book. According to the story, Joanna I. was the daughter of Lord Cornwall in England who embarrassed her family by marrying the family coachman, a Mr. James. The young couple were removed from sight and scene by being sent to the New World where they settled in Philadelphia. Mr. James died without progeny. Joanna then married William Nelson, an early settler of Lancaster County, and lived with him in or near Phila­ delphia. Her family in England approved of this marriage, and her sisters came to visit her in this country and came to her funeral. The children of William and Joanna Nels on were Frank Nelson who became an early Congressman from Pennsylvania, Margaretta Nels on and Joanna Il Nels on. The extant hand-written record of the family begins with the marriage of Joanna I with William Nelson and goes on to the marriage of Joanna II with Alexander Campbell. It states that Alexander Campbell was born in Scotland in 17 44 and emigrated with his family when quite a boy. Another family record says that he was born in Lancaster Co. Pennsylvaniao The family at any rate were settlers of Lancaster County. Alexander Campbell married Joanna Nels on II who was born in Pennsylvania about the year 1755. Alexander Campbell was of the Argyll Campbells, one of the ancient clans in Scotland whose seat is Inverary Castle on Loch Fyneo The present occupant of the castle is Ian Douglas Campbell, tenth Duke of Argyll and head of the Clan Campbell. - 49 - Alexander Campbell served in the Revolutionary War. The records of the War Department show that he served as a private in Captain Mayo Carrington's Company of the 5th and 11th Virginia regiment, commanded by Colonel William Russell. He enlisted November 16, 1777 to serve three years. His name appears on the rolls for the period from January to May 177 8 of Captain James Harris's Company of the 15th Virginia Regiment of foot, commanded by Major Gustavus Wallace; on the muster rolls, for the period from June to November 1778, of Lieutenant Colonel John Cropper's Company of the 11th and 15th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan, of General Woodford's brigade; on the muster and pay rolls, for the period from December 1778 to April 1779 of Captain David Mason's Company of the 11th Virginia Regiment of foot, commanded by Colonel Abraham Buford, and on the rolls, for the period from December 177 8 to April 1779 of Captain Mayo Carrington's Company 5th and 11th Virginia Regiment of foot commanded by Colonel William Russell, Revolutionary War. He is reported on various dates as "sick"; on the roll for September 1779 as in "Hospital, June; joined Aug 6:" andon the roll for November 1779, dated at Morristown, December 9, 1779 as "on guard". Alexander Campbell had several brothers, all in the Revo­ lutionary War. One account says 5, who died from poisoned food, believed to be ground glass, while in camp in North Carolina. Another account says 3 brothers, who were captured by the British and held prisoners. Alexander Campbell survived the War. The following account is from the hand-written record of Dr. Alexander Campbell Stevenson: "After the marriage of Alexander Campbell and Joanna Nelson they moved to Green­ brier Co., Virginia {now West Virginia) in 1779. Then to East Tennessee and remained 5 or 6 years. Then moved to Crab Orchard, Jackson County, Kentucky {170 miles by horseback) and from there 'for safety from U:..\;; depredations of the savages of this wild and new country' they took protection in Morrison's Station, arriving just before Christmas. The next spring, Alexander Campbell returned to Tennessee to settle his busi­ ness and died on the way. This was about 1786 or 87. The other portion of the Campbell family remained in Tennessee." - 50 - (N. B. Who these "other Campbells" were is unknown to this editor.) Joanna Campbell and her children stayed on at Morrison's Station for a few years and then moved to Woodford County, Kentucky, about 1790 and settled two miles from Pisgah Pres­ byterian Church and about the same distance from the present county seat, Versailles. (See deed to her farm, Kentucky Section m.) She died on her farm in 1827 probably in the fall of that year since her will was probated at the October term of court in Woodford County that year, the will being dated May 24, 1827. The will reads as follows:

'1n the name of God amen I, Joanna Campbell, of the county of Woodford and state of Kentucky, being very weak in body but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament ••• It is my will and desire that all my slaves, one negro man called Tom, one negro man called Scott and one negro woman called Febe at my decease ~hall be emancipated agree­ ably to the Laws of this State. To my granddaughter, Elizabeth Stevenson, I give one sword calt. and I do hereby appoint my son Alexander Campbell my executor to this my last will and Testament, witness my hand and seal this 21st day of May 1827 done in presence of us, James Stevenson John Moreland

This Elizabeth Stevenson who inherited the sword was a daughter of our James Stevenson and Margaret Campbell Stevenson; she married James Dunlop Kinkead and settled in Brown Co., Ohioo It would be interesting to know if the sword was passed on to any of her children (listed with her in the Indiana Stevenson (Section IV). The witness, James Stevenson, was probably of the other Stevenson family, the County Clerk, as our James and his family moved to Indiana in 1826.

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- 51 - GENEALOGY OF NELSON AND CAMPBELL of Lancaster County Pennsylvania

Direct line of descent marked with an *

*JOANNA I. b. in England, dau. of Lord Cornwall m. 1st Mr. James; emigrated to Philadelphia, no progeny. *2nd WILLIAM NELSON of Lancaster Co. Children: Frank Nelson, an early Congressman Margaretta Nelson *Joanna Il Nelson (1755-1827) m. *Alexander Campbell (1744-1786/7)

Children of *ALEXANDER CAMPBELL and *JOANNA NELSON CAMPBELL Alexander Campbell, (1779-1857), b. in Greenbrier Co. Virginia. Became U.S. Senator from Ohio, m. Agnes (Nancy) Dunlap b. 1777 in Woodford Co. Ky. *Margaret Campbell (17 82-1834) b. probably in East Tennessee, m. *James Stevenson {1776-1828), son of Benjamin Stevenson of Woodford Co, Kentucky. Sarah Campbell (1786-1866) b. in Jackson Co. Kentucky, m. Dr. Daniel Walker of Mt. Sterling, Ky. William Campbell m. Polly Hudson in Woodford Co., Ky. James - unmarried John - unmarried Robert - unmarried Elizabeth "Betsy" m. James Ward in Woodford Co., Ky.

The later children were born in Woodford County, Kentucky.

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- 52 - SECTION ill LATE 18th and EARLY 19th CENTURIES THE STEVENSONS OF EASTERN SHORE MARYLAND IN WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY

Life of the early pioneers in Western Virginia and Kentucky - The settlement of Woodford County, Kentucky, Pisgah Church and Academy, second institution of higher learning west of the Alleghenies - Deed to Benjamin Stevenson's farm dated 1790 - intermarriages with other early settlers - List of early Stevenson and Campbell members of Pisgah Church - Genealogy of Stevenson andCampbells -deed to Joanna Campbell's farm.

SECTION ill

THE STEVENSONS IN WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY

As mentioned ear lier, there 1s a family tradition that Benjamin and Mary Stevenson and their family stopped for awhile with relatives in western Virginia, on their way to Kentucky. In his Genealogies, Roy Stevenson King records another Stevenson family from North Ireland who emigrated in the 1730' s through Pennsylvania, hence down through the Shenan­ doah Valley, and became one of the earliest settlers in Augusta County, Virginia, known as the Calf Pasture Region. The John Stevenson of this family would have been a contemporary in North Ireland of the Samuel Stevenson of our record. Whether they were related is not known. But it is possible that the descendants of this family were the ones visited by the Benja­ min Stevensons on their way to Kentucky. This other Stevenson family, with the Dunlaps and Mclllvains were the first settlers of Woodford County and established Pisgah Church in 1784. Benjamin Stevenson left Maryland in 1787; his deed in Wood­ ford County, Kentucky, is dated 1790. One child, William Stevenson, was born on the way, in 178911 Other Scotch-Irish Presbyterians from North Ireland who came on the same great wave of immigration in the l 730's and 40's through Pennsylvania and down the Shenandoah included the family names of Campbell, Crocket, Dunlap, Elliott, Gay, Graham, Kinkead, Lockridge, McDowell, Mclllvain, and others. Many of these settled in Augusta County, Virginia, and are 1nentioned here because they later moved to Woodford County, Kentucky, and some of them intermarried with our_ family o Alexander and Joanna Campbell remained in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, until 1779, then moved to Greenbrier County, Virginia, (later renamed West Virginia). Forbears of the Dun laps, Gays and the other Stevensons were in the Siege of Londonderry, as our Samuel Stevenson may also have been. Western Virginia was wild country in the mid-18th Centurr_, very different from the settled life of Tidewater Maryland. The families lived in forts, and Indian raids were frequent. Roy Stevenson King's book gives vivid descriptions and incidents of the life. {Mr. King belongs to the other Stevenson family.) - 55 - Col. James Dunlap while he was still a lad in Virginia was sent, during one of the Indian forays, with a message from the "Clover Lick" fort of the Dunlaps to Warwick's fort to bring assistance. Since, to do this, he had to go through Indian lines, he was mounted on a black stallion whose back had been tarred to enable him the better to stick on his steed. The message was delivered. His sister, Agnes (Nancy) Dunlap married our Alexander Campbell II. Eleanor Gay Kinkead, wife of Captain William Kinkead was kidnapped with her three children by the Indians in 1764 from their home in Augusta County, Va. She was six months pregnant and was forced to walk for many days carrying her two-year­ old child with the four-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl walking beside her. They tried to leave a trial by breaking branches, but were discovered and stopped. After two days the little boy gave out and the Indians killed him. They travelled on through mountainous country and after climbing a particularly steep mountain, the mother dropped from exhaustion. When she was unable to rise» one of the Indians cut a switch and whipped her severely with it. She later reported she did not even feel it. She got up and struggled on. They eventually took to canoes and finally reached an Indian village near Zanesville, Ohio, where she was adopted into the family of King Beaver and treated as one of them. She delivered her baby attended by the squaws. She and the children were rescued after about six months. The grandson of this lady, James Kinkead, married our Elizabeth Stevenson, sister of William Nelson Stevenson I. The account of the Siege of Bryan's Station in Kentucky in 1782 has been written many times. It involves a brave and clever ruse successfully ventured with beating hearts by the women and girls of this beleagured station whose 43 men inside the fort were trying to outwit 600 Indians surrounding themo They had sent to Lexington for help, but meanwhile the fort ran out of water, a serious handicap to fighting men. The girls offered to go to the spring about 50 feet outside the fort. The guess was that the Indians would not risk the escape of the whole garrison by attacking a few women on one side of it. So laughing and chattering to appear assured, with pails in hand and deadly fear in heart, they went down the narrow path to the spring with Indians so close in ambush they could almost hear - 56 - them breathe. The trick was successful, help came and the fort was saved. This was one of the last battles of the Revolu­ tion in Kentucky. The British has used the Indians for this planned siege. Though only seven years old, Lucy Long was one of the maidens at the spring. She later married William Whittington, a relative of Benjamin Stevenson's wife, Mary Cox. Also, Lucy's brother, John Long, Jr., married Mary (Polly) Whittington Stevenson, Benjamin's daughter. When Banj amin Stevenson and family migrated about 17 87, the region was called Kentucky County, Virginia. It was not admitted as a state to the Union until 1791. There were a number of exploring parties in Kentucky around 1776 who sent back fuller and more glowing accounts of its richness and beauty than of other regions. There were no Indians living there, as it was used by them for a common hunting ground, and as the scene of their inter-tribal warfare; hence its name ''Kain-tuck-ee", meaning "the dark and bloody ground". The severe depression which followed the Revolution helped to emphasize the uncertainty as to the fate of the new federation of states and to spark the migration with the hope for better opportunities in the new land. Also, Virginia was offering the land cheaply and on liberal terms in its county of Kentucky. This was the first of the large western colonization projects. The route travelled from the South was usually by the Wilderness Road or Trail which had been laid out by Daniel Boone, from Virginia and the Carolinas to Kentucky. Cumber­ land Gap was the point of passage over the Cumberland moun­ tains. This Pass was found on April 13, 1770 by Thomas Walker of Albermarle County, Virginia. Into Kentucky through the Gap, the Trial went through Middleboro, Pineville, Flat Rock and Hazel Patch to Crab Orchard, on to Harrodsboro, Booneville and Louisville. "Until the Trial was broken and cleared of undergrowth and boulders, in which each new traveller did his bit, the passage could only be made on foot. Then saddle and pack-horse, ox and horse-drawn wagons, with cows and hogs and chickens could be taken through. It was a region of heavy rainfallo The streams were bridgeless. There was heavy snow and extreme cold in the winter. Frequently the road was a slough of mud or a quarry of rocks and ice. The intense forest solitude was - 57 - broken only by the songs of birds and the bark of squirrels in the daytime, and the howl of wolves, the snarl of bears, the shriek of panthers and the whoop of marauding Indians by night. Yet the call of the West was overpowering and people braved this wilderness." The Gap was 167 5 feet in elevation and about half a mile wide from crest to crest on either side. Samuel Stevenson, of the other family, James Gay, Benjamin Blackburn and William Elliott, were one of the numerous ex­ ploring parties in Kentucky about 1776. Samuel's father was Major John Stevenson who emigrated from North Ireland through Pennsylvania; his mother was Martha Warwick who was killed by Indians in Virginia on her way home from church; they had settled with other Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in Augusta County (the "Calf Pasture") , Virginia. Samuel's brothers were John Jr. , William, Thomas, James, and Robert, all famous Indian fighters, some of them serving with George Rogers Clark who was said to be a relative. John Jro is credited with introducing the first race horses into Kentucky in 1779. This Samuel Stevenson married Jane Gay whose sister, Agnes, married Colonel Alexander Dunlop, all of the Calf Pasture region of Virginia. These Stevensons, the Gays and Dunlops are generally credited with being the first settlers of Woodford County, Kentucky, in the fall of 1784, though some sources name John Craig as the first. Be that as it may, other neighbors from the Calf Pasture soon followed: The Mclllvains, Kinkaids, Armstrongs, Elliotts, Clarks, Hamiltons, Carlyles, Hicklins and Lockridges, all Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. Our Benjamin Stevenson came soon after. The deed of his farm is dated 1790. With him were his wife, Mary Cox Steven­ son, his children and probably some slaveso It seems likely, toothatsome of his wife's relatives may have come with them, for three Whittingtons appear as pioneer settlers, William, Littleton and Joshua. They were descendants of Colonel William Whittington and Esther Littleton Whittington (see Whittington in Maryland Section I. B.) and were cousins of Mary Cox Stevenson. William Whittington (17 59-1824) left a diary which includes a genealogy that is published in the Kentucky State Historical - 58 - Society Register (Wm Whittington's Book, by Mrs. M. C. Darnell). He was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Wishart Whittington and grandson of Southey and Mary Fassitt Whitting­ ton. He married Lucy Long, one of the heroines of the Bryant's Station siege, and they had fifteen children. Of these Littleton was born in 1792, Southey in 1793, Atalanta in 1806 or 07, and Isaac Stevenson Whittington in 1808, the latter well remembered for his hospitality. In 1806 William Whittington and his wife rode horseback back to the Eastern Shore for a visit and re­ turned with Atalanta. In 1795 he was appointed a trustee of Versailles, the county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky. The family, livedatCliftonon the KentuckyRiver. (See complete Whittington genealogy in Maryland Section I. B.) Joanna Nelson Campbell, the widow of Alexander Campbell arrived with her children in Woodford County about 1790. (See Campbell in Pennsylvania Section Il.) Railey in his History of Woodford Coun!z says there were three separate families of Stevensons in Woodford County at this time. He does not attempt to disentangle them. As there are Samuels, James, Johns, Williams, Janes and Marys in all of them, this is of little wonder. Samuel and Jane Gay Stevenson, the first settlers of Woodford County, were one family; Benjamin and Mary Cox Stevenson, our forbears, were another. The third family were James Stevensons, not to be confused with Benjamin's son, James. A speculation: might this James Stevenson be a nephew of Benjamin's, a son of his brother, James, who emigrated with Benjamin and family as the Whittington cousins did? The first concern of the early settlers was the founding of a church and a school, Samuel Stevenson (the other family) gave the land for these, while Alexander Dunlap is credited with the actual founding of the church. The first church building was erected in the spring of 1785 with the ReverendAdam Rankin as the first preacher, dividing his time with the church at Lexington. Such was the beginning of Pisgah Church on the quiet waters of Shannon's Run. Woodford County, Kentucky, has become one of the more fabulous counties of this country, containing at present the Calumet Farms and other famous racing stables on its rolling acres of fabled blue-grass. When Benjamin Stevenson and the - 59 - the other early settlers came, they found forests of unsurpassed grandeur, the trees of huge diameter with canopies so thick that no underbrush grew underneath. The country was like a vast park. Those experienced planters of Maryland and Vir­ ginia must have recognised the fertility of the soil and the potential wealth there. Incidentally, Norman Taylor, botanist, says that the famous blue grass was introduced into Kentucky .. It was not native there, but came originally from Europe. The Pisgah neighborhood was a peaceful settlement. It never had a fort; none was necessary. And this was doubtless one of its attractions, aside from the pleasing prospect and fine land. The earliest houses were log cabins, of course, but it was not long until the settlers were building houses of brick and frame of the kind they had left behind them in Virginia and Maryland. Much has been written about the Pisgah settlement and the people who stemmed from there. Railey in his History of ~oodford Count1: speaks of the early settlers of Pisgah as being "of the best blood of the South". These sturdy, high­ principled Scotch-Irish Presbyterians not only had the stamina to conquer a wilderness, but they treasured the delights of a cultivated mind. By 1795 the grammer school which ha~ been established at about the same time as the church, was enlarged to become ''Kentucky Academy". This was the second institute of higher learning established west of the Alleghenies, Tran­ sylvania College now at Lexington being the first. Rev. James Blythe was sent east to solicit funds for the school. He came back with a remarkable list of donors - George Washington, John Adams, John Jay, five Signers of the Declaration of Independence, many members of the United States Senate- 119 names in all. Thus the little Academy was in a sense placed before the whole American public. The school books used might alarm the great-grandsons and daughters of these early teen-agers: In Latin: Erasmus, Cornelius' Nepos, Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, Horace and others. In Greek: Screvelius' Lexicon, Greek testament with a Latin translation, Lucian's Dialogues, Xenaphon' s Cyropaedia, Longinus upon the Sublime, and others. General: Holmes' Rhetoric, Watt's Logic, Stone's Euclid, - 60 - Patoun's Navigation, Ferguson's Lectures on Natural Philo ... sophy and Astronomy, Moral Philosophy, English Grammar. The schoolmasters were thorough students themselves - Wm. Steele and later Dr. Louis Marshall who at the age of 90 was asked the secret of his success as a teacher and his reply was, ''I made scholars of my pupils". The results seem to have borne out the statement. For fifty years the school's influence on students produced an extended and remarkable list of names: Robert Trimble, Justice of the Supreme Court; Dr. Alexander Campbell, U.S. Senator from Ohio; John C. Breckenridge, Vice-President of the United States; James Clark and Allen Trimble, both Governors of Ohio, and many others. In his notes on Pisgah, Senator Alexander Campbell says: "Many lawyers, doctors and non-professionals who passed through this institution have become eminent in their profes­ sions and citizenship in the several states of the Union". Among these Dr. Alexander Campbell Stevenson should be named, eminent in Indiana as a doctor, a legislator, an educational leader and an agriculturalist. . Added to the list of notable men who themselves went to the Kentucky Academy are others descended from them, father to son passing along the concept of personal responsibility for achievement as a measure of civilization. In 1798 the Academy was merged with Transylvania Univer­ sity at Lexington, and by 1799 courses in Law and Medicine were offered. But the lower school at Pisgah continued. Anyone descended from any of the Pisgah neighborhood families owes it to himself to go back and visit the beautiful little church and churchyard still so devotedly maintained. It has the tranquility, the still beauty of old places rich in simplicity,­ in service and tradition. The little county seat town of Versailles is undisturbed and picturesque, the courthouse a treasury of records. The people of Woodford deserve great credit for keeping it that way. Pisgah Church, founded in 17 84, is situated in a fine grove of trees beside the little stream called Shannon's Run. It has been a haven in many times of crisis. One of the interesting events connected with Pisgah was the assembling of the picked men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition there for a blessing before starting on their perilous journey westward. - 61 - Pisgah Church has never had a bell, even to this day. The only time recognized was sun time. In the early days there was no organ or any other musical instrument; only singing by the people. Every Sunday, along toward the middle of the morn­ ing, little groups would assemble under the big shade trees on the church lawn. In quiet and dignified fashion, with the influ­ ence of the Sabbath and the sanctuary on them they would exchange the neighborhood news. They were prone to linger. Then one of the good voices of the men of the congregation would start a hymn or "raise the tune" as it was called. Other voices would take it up, the treble of the women joined gradually by the deeper voices of the men as the leader would "sing them in" to the church, the women sitting on one side, the men on the other. There were always negro members of the church. In like liberality the Kentucky Academy was coeducational. The first Book of Sessions of Pisgah appeared in 1808. This was the first systemic recording of the membership of the church. In this first record the name of Isaac Stevenson appears as a ruling Elder or member of the Sessions. This word Sessions comes from the Scotch, Kirk Sessions, which was a local governing bodyin the Presbyterian Church. In the absence of other authorized body in a community, it served as a tem­ poral as well as an ecclesiastical governing body. Members of the Sessions were elected for life. This Isaac Stevenson was the ~on of our Benjamin Stevenson. Other Stevensons who appear on this first membership list of Pisgah were: Samuel Stevenson, Jane Stevenson and Mary Stevenson in a group together (could be our Benjamin's son, Samuel who married a Jane and had a daughter Mary; it could also be Samuel, the original settler at Pisgah who also had a wife Jane and a daughter Mary). In another group, Benjamin Stevenson, Mary Stevenson (doubtless his wife, Mary Cox), Mary Long (sure to be his daughter, Mary Whittington Steven­ son, wife of John Long): then Joanna Campbell (wife of Alexander Campbell I), Margaret Stevenson (her daughter who m. our James Stevenson). Elizabeth Elliott is named next and is probably a family connection, as Benjamin's daughter Sallie married Robert Elliott. The next names, James Stevenson Sr. and his wife, are, I think, not our family. Joshua Whittington - 62 - was related to Mary Cox Stevenson; and the next name, Mary Stevenson, - Isaac Stevenson's wife? William Stevenson is probably Benjamin's son, for he is buried in Pisgah churchyard and Susanna Stevenson was probably his wife. Railey says there are omissions in this list. It seems likely that Benjamin's son, Benjamin Jr. would have been a member at this time, for he and his wife and family are buried in the Pisgah church­ yard. The first national census was taken in 1790 before statehood was declared; the second in 1800. Both were destroyed by fire when the British sacked Washington D. C. in the war of 1812. The census of 1810 lists Benjamin Stevenson as 7 in family With 8 slaves; Isaac Stevenson with 9 in family and 3 slaves; James Stevenson Sr. 6 in family and 2 slaves; John Stevenson 6 in family and 1 slave; Margaret Stevenson 5 in family and 1 slave; James Stephenson Jr. 5 in family and 9 slaves. In the list possessing no slaves were John Stevenson Sr. and William Stevenson Jr. In many of these early re~ords James Stevenson Sr. and James Stevenson Jr. are often referred to as clerk of the court. I think these were not of our family, or possibly cousins. A visit to the churchyard at Pisgah reveals many Stevenson graves, but I was able to identify only the following as posi­ tively of our line of Stevensons, though the Pisgah records show that others of our Stevensons belonged to the church. I could find no Campbell graves, though Joanna Campbell be­ longed to the church. Her husband, Alexander Campbell, died away from home before she moved with her children to the Pisgah neighborhood. The Benjamin whose family graves are listed here was a son of the Eastern Shore Benjamin of peace and Plenty. The dates on the tombstone correspond to our family record. B. Stevenson born Oct. 3, 1785 died Sept. 2, 1835 Elizabeth D. Stevenson born July 5, 1795 died Dec. 20, 1857 J. H. Stevenson, son of B. S. and E. D. Stevenson born Nov. 5, 1820 died Sept. 7, 1835 - 63 - E. D. Stevenson, daughter of B. S. and E. D. Stevenson born Mar. 26, 1827 died Feb. 16, 1849

H. L. Stevenson, daughter of B. S. and E. D. Sevenson born July 13, 1831 (stone-cutter's died Jan. 29, 1851 error)

The William Stevenson buried at Pisgah is also Benjamin's son, I think. Though I am missing the month and day of his birth from the tombstone, the years 1789-1879 correspond to our family record. As mentioned earlier, Joanna Nelson Campbell, widow of Alexander Campbell settled in Woodford County with her children about 1790. There was another Alexander Campbell in Kentucky at this time, a preacher who founded the Camp­ bellite church; but so far as is known he was not related to our Campbells. · Joanna's son, Dr. Alexander Campbell ll; married Agnes (Nancy) Dunlap, daughter of Col. Alexander Dunlap who founded Pisgah, and his wife Agnes Gay Dunlap. Railey in his History of Woodford County has the following to say about Alexander and Nancy Dunlap Campbell: "Agnes (Nancy) Dunlap and Dr. Alexander Campbell were very pro­ minent socially and politically .•. he was given a classical education under William Steele (n. b. one of the exceptional early schoolmasters of the Kentucky Academy). He afterward studied medicine under Drs. Ridgley and Brown at Lexington. In 1800 he went to Cynthiana and was elected to the State Legislature from Harrison County. In 1804 he moved to Brown County, Ohio, and was elected to the Legislature of that state in 1807, and repeatedly elected to that body, being elected Speaker in 1808-9; was defeated for the United States Senate by Senator Meigs; was afterward Postmaster General; United States Senator 1810-13; Presidential elector in 1820, and again in 1836; was defeated as an anti-canal party for Governor of Ohio by Col. Allen Trimble, a pioneer of Woodford County. " The family records of both William N. and Dr. Alexander C. Stevenson say this: "In a sketch of himself written by Dr. - 64 - Campbell about 1852, he gives a very detailed account of the removal from Tennessee to Kentucky and the early pioneer life of the family there. He was then old enough to recollect the trip and had a vivid recollection of the stirring times, in­ cluding the attack of the Indians on the party at the ford of the Cumberland and their repulse by armed escorting party of Kentuckians under command of Benjamin Logan".

The lands on which Dr o Campbell and his wife settled in Brown County, Ohio, had been explored in 1795 by Col. Alexander Dunlap, Nancy's father, the founder of Pisgah, Major Samuel Stevenson (the other family) and Col. Allen

Trimble who later defeated Dr o Campbell for governor of Ohio. All bought land in southern Ohio, the Dunlaps in Brown County, large estates. Several Dunlap children moved to this land at about the same time, early in the 19th Century; among them, Anna, who married William Kinkead. He was the son of Captain William Kinkead and Eleanor Gay Kinkead who was captured by the Indians. The son of William anQ Anna Dunlap Kinkead, James Dunlap Kinkead, married Elizabeth Stevenson, daughter of our James Stevenson and Margaret Campbell Stevenson. (see Stevenson genealogy in Indiana. Section IV. B). This Kinkead family, besides being pioneer settlers of Lancaster County, Pa., Augusta County, Va. , and Woodford County, Ky. , were an old and distinguished family in Scotland, the family seat being Stirlingshire, the Laird honored for gallant service to the King of Scotland. The grandfather of the pioneer to America renounced his Lairdship during the Revolution of 1688 in Scot­ land, because of his religious convictions and moved to North Ireland; this would have been in the time of our Samuel Steven-· son there. (The Scotch spelling of the name is Kincaid.) Another one of Col. Alexander Dunlap's children who moved to Brown County, Ohio, was William Dunlap and his wife, Mary Shephard Dunlap. They became the great-grandparents of the Reverend Samuel McChord Crother, well-known as an essayist of quiet humor and philosophy, ordained as a Presbyterian minister, but later became a Uniterian and held the parish for many years in Cambridge, Mass. It was he who married William Nelson Stevenson and Anna Loring Jackson Stevenson in Cambridge in 1924. - 65 - DEED to Benjamin Stevenson's land in Woodford County, Kentucky. Crittenden to Stevenson This indenture made this 31st day of May in the year of our Lord 1803 (in consequence of a deed made the 5th day of Jan, in the year 1790 made by the same parties being lately des­ troyed with the record of said deed by the burning of the Clerk's office of Fayette Co.) between John Crittenden and Judith Crittenden his wife of the County of Woodford and State of Ken­ tucky, of the one part and Benjamin Stevenson of the same place of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds current money of Kentucky the said John Crittenden and Judith his wife doth hereby ack­ nowledge and every part and parcel thereof doth exonerate acquit and discharge the said Benjamin Stevenson his heirs and assigns and every of them by these presents they the said John Crittenden and Judith his wife hath given granted, bar­ gained, sold, released, conveyed and confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell release convey and con­ firm unto the aforesaid Benjamin Stevenson his heirs assigns for ever all that part of a tract or parcel of land whereon the said Benjamin Stevenson now dwells being part of a preemption of one thousand acres granted to the aforesaid John Crittenden situate lying and being in the county and state aforesaid begin­ ning at a white ash and buckeye northeast corner to said 1000 acre survey running thence S 45 W 304¼ poles to a small white ash and small hickory thence N 45 W 105 poles to a white hickory and hackberry thence N 45 E 135; poles to a honey locust and two small hickories thence N 45 W 52~ poles to a white ash and ironwood thence N 45 E 169 poles to said thousand acres preemptions northeast line a small hickory and stake thence S 45 E 157 ¾poles to the beginning containing and now laid out for two hundred fifty acres and the same more or less to have and to hold the aforesaid 250 acres of land being in part of the preemption aforesaid together with all and singular the appurtenances unto the same belonging and all other the premises hereby granted bargained and sold or mentioned or intended to be granted bargained and sold and every part and parcel there of their appurtenances unto the aforesaid Benjamin Stevenson his heirs and assigns forever to the only proper use - 66 - and bihoof him the said Benjamin Stevenson his heirs and assigns for ever and for no other use or purpose whatsoever and the said John Crittenden and his wife for themselves their heirs and with the said Benjamin Stevenson his heirs and assigns forever that they will warrant and forever defend the aforesaid granted bargained premises with the appurtenances unto the same belonging unto the said Benjamin Stevenson his heirs and assigns forever against the claim right title and in­ terest of them the said John Crittenden and Judith his wife and their heirs forever and all other persons claiming or that shall claim any right and title to the same. In witness whereof the said John Crittenden and Judith his wife to these their hands hath set seals affixed the day and year above written. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Wm. McCoy. It is clearly ,mderstood and declared by the parties that this deed is to convey the land heretobefore conveyed the deed for which has been burned. John Crittenden Judith Crittenden

Woodford Co. Sit. Mrs John Crittenden personally relinquished her right of Dower to the within mentioned land agreeable to law before us two of the Commonwealth Justices forsaid County. Given under our hands and seals this 31st day of May 18030 S. Young S. L. Elisha Woodridge S. L.

Woodford Co. to wit. This Indenture was this day acknowledge by the saidJ ohn Critten­ den to be his act and deed before me as Clerk of the Circuit Court for the said Co. in my office and with the certificate of the relinquishment of dower thereon endorsed duly recorded. Given under my hand this 31st day of May 1803. * * * DEED to Joanna Campbell's land in Woodford County, Kentucky Crittenden to Joanna Campbell, 150 acres, Witness James Stevenson, 31st May 1803. - 67 - 25th day of Jan, 1790, Crittenden, James S. Beginning at a marked mulberry tree and to a small white ash being the southwestward-most corner of Benjamin Stevenson's land on the Southwest corner of the aforementioned preemption. Signed, James BearleyMoses, Moses Williams, James Steven- son, William Elliott, J. W. Stevenson.

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- 68 - KENTUCKY GENEALOGIES OF STEVENSONS AND CAMPBELLS partly a recapitulation of genealogies in Sections ! and II. direct line of descent marked with *

*BENJAMIN STEVENSON, born July 23, 1746-49 at Goshen plantation south of Pocomoke River, Worcester County, (Old Somerset), Maryland; son of *JOSEPH and *RACHEL STEVENSON; owned Peace and Plenty, house probably built the year m. of his marriage; emigrated to Woodford County, Feb 24, 1774 Kentucky, 1787-90; died Oct. 27, 1832 in Wood­ ford County, Kentucky. *MARY (Polly) COX, dau. of*JOHNand *HANNAH WHITTING­ TON COX of Waterford plantation, Old Somerset County, Maryland; died May 8, 1815 in Wood­ ford County, Kentucky. (see her antecedents in in Section I. B .. Children of *BENJAMIN and *MARY COX STEVENSON

Isaac Stevenson, born Jan 3, 1775, at peace and Plent~1 Worcester Co. , Md. married Mary - member of Sessions, Pisgah Church, Woodford Coo Ky. died Sept 22, 1818. Children: William, PriscillaC., Benjamin, Jane, Samuel, Mileah (n. b. the name Mileah should probably be Miledh; see Web­ ster's Unabridged Dictionary; error likely in faulty handwriting of fami~y record.) *James Stevenson, born Dec. 26, 1776 at Peace and Plenty, Worcester Co. Md. died Jan 27, 1828 in Putnam Co., Indiana, married Nov. 29, 1801 in Wood­ ford County, Ky. *Margaret Campbell, dau. of Alexander and Joanna Nelson Campbell (see Section II); born 1782; died Sept. 5, 1834 in

Putnam Co. j Indiana. Samuel Stevenson, born Oct. 5, 1778 at Peace and Plenty, Worcester Co. Mdo married Jane - in Woodford Co., Kentucky. - 69 - Children: Mary, Robert, Jane, William, Alex- ander. A daughter, born Oct. 5, 1780; died Oct. 9, 1780. A son, born Sept 5, 1781; died Sept. 9, 1781. Mary Whittington Stevenson, born Aug. 4, 1782 at Peace and Plenty, Worcester Co. , Md. ; married John Long in Woodford County, Ky. Benjamin Stevenson, born Oct. 3, 1785 at Peace and Plentx, Worcester Co. Md. married Elizabeth D. {ed. Dunlap?) in Woodford Co. Ky. died Sept. 3, 1835 in Woodford Co. Ky. buried at Pisgah.· William Stevenson, born March 13, 1789 (probably born enroute to Ky.) died March 15, 1879, buried at Pisgah. Henry Stevenson, born Mar. 29, 1791 in Woodford Co·. , Ky. died Feb. 17, 1879. Sallie Stevenson, born Oct. 31, 1794 in Woodford Co. , Ky. married Robert Elliott; moved to Missouri. John Stevenson, born Jan. 4, 1799 in Woodford Co., Ky. unmarried. * * * * THE CAMPBELL GENEALOGY

*ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, born 1744, In Scotland? or in Lancaster Co.~ Pa. ? died 1786-7 enroute be- m. tween Ky. and Tenn. (see account in Section II.) *JOANNA NELSON II, born 1755 Lancaster County, Pa. {or Philadelphia?) died May 21, 1827 Woodford Co. Ky. (for antecedents see Section II.) Children of ALEXANDER and JOANNA NELSON CAMPBELL Hon. Alexander Campbell, U.S. Senator from Ohio, born 1779 Greenbrier Co. West Virginia; died Nov. 5, 1857, Ripley, Brown County, Ohio; married Agnes {Nancy) Dunlap, summer of 1801 Woodford Co. Ky; born 1777 Augusta Co. Virginia. Her sister Anna married William Kinkead (see Section IV. B. ) . - 70 - *Margaret Campbell, born 1782, died Sept 5, 1834 Green­ castle, Indiana, married 29, Nov. 1801, James Stevenson, Woodford Co. Ky. (see Stevenson line for children.) Sarah Campbell, born 1786, died Nov. 5, 1866 buried at Spring­ field church cemetery, Montgomery County, Ky. married Dr. Daniel Walker and settled not far from Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Post Office of descendents: E·wington, Ky. William Campbell married Polly Hudson Mar. 26, 1812 Wood­ ford Co. Ky. James - unmarried - said to have gone to sea and never heard from. John - unmarried Robert - unmarried Elizabeth "Betsy" married James Ward, Woodford County, Ky.

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THE STEVENSON GENEALOGY continued

*JAMES STEVENSON, born Dec. 26, 1776atPeace and Plenty, Worcester County, Maryland (Eastern Shore) migrated to Woodford County, Kentucky 17 87 - 90 (with his father Benjamin S.) died Jan. 27, m. 1828, Putnam County, Indiana. *MARGARET CAMPBELL, born 1782, daughter of Alexander Campbell and his wife Joanna Nelson Campbell of Lancaster County, Pa. died Sept. 5, 1834, Putnam County, Indiana.

Children of *JAMES and *MARGARET CAMPBELL STEVENSON All were born in Woodford County, Kentucky Alexander Campbell Stevenson, born Nov. 21, 1802, eminent as a doctor, a legislator, an educational leader and an agriculturalist, died 1889, Greencastle, Indiana, married: 1st Jane Foster 2nd Rebecca Jane Fisher - 71 - Benjamin Cox Stevenson, born Dec. 21, 1804, became a minister, died Nov. 20, 1831 in Madison, Indiana. Elizabeth Harriet Stevenson, born Feb 14, 1807, died July 6, 1871, Moscow, Brown Co. Ohio, married Sept 18, 1827, James Dunlap Kinkead in Woodford Co. Ky. {see Section IV. B.) Margaretta Stevenson, born July 2, 1809, died Dec •. 1891, Greencastle, Indiana, married July 26, 1827, William Baker Peck, 12 children. (see Peck, Indiana Section IV.) James Ward Stevenson, born Aug. 28, 1811, died young in Woodford Co. Ky. Joanna Nelson Stevenson, born Sept 8, 1813, married Henry Ewing Cowgill and moved with him to Burlington, Kansas, (see Section IV) died 1891 in Kansas. Mary Long Stevenson, born Aug. 1, 1816, died Feb. 21, 1912 Greencastle, Indiana, founded and endowed the Mary Allison Orphans' Home at Greencastle, Indiana (see Section IV) married: 1st Alexander Wiley. 2nd Charles L. Allison. one daughter who died young. William Nelson Stevenson, born March 1, 1820, died Sept. 2, 1902, Rockville Indiana, buried at Greencastle, Indo, married Emma Norris, May 23, 1850 New Albany, Ind. (See Section IV D

SEE SECTION IV FOR DESCENDENTS OF THE ABOVE. * * * MEMBERS OF PISGAH CHURCH (Facts verified on p. 195 Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Adams.) Benjamin Stevenson and wife, Mary, were communicants Jan. 1, 1801. James Stevenson and wife, Peggy, were communicants Jan. 1, 1801. Peggy, wife of James Stevenson was baptised there. - 72 - Isaac Stevenson and wife, Mary, their children were baptised there: William, Miledh, Priscilla C., Benjamin, Jane and Samuel. Samuel and Jane Stevenson. William, Henry, Sarah and Joanna Campbell.

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The slaves of James and Margaret Campbell Stevenson in Woodford County, Kentucky were: Samer, purchased 1806 {should this be Tamer?) see "Aunt Tamer" account in Section IV. Durham, given by Benjamin Stevenson (James' father). Milly, raised.. Born Febo 19, 1819. Willson, bought Feb. 7, 1825, age 15. Gibson, bought Feb. 7, 1825, age 7. George, raiseda Alexander, raised. Born Nov. 5, 1832. Priscilla, raised. Born Nov. 4; 1830. Mary, raised. Born Nov. 1832. As noted in the record of Dr. Alexander Campbell Stevenson, it was the slavery issue that motivated the family's move to Indiana in 1826. They took their slaves · with them and gave them their freedom, but the negros stayed with the family (note the last three would have been born in Putnam County, Indiana). After the Compromise of 1850, which the family thought unfair to the negros, they financed those who wanted to go back to Liberia; others to Canada.

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SECTION IV - 19th and 20th CENTURIES WOODFORDCOUNTY,KENTUCKY, TO PUTNAM COUNTY, INDIANA, 1826

*JAMES STEVENSON and *MARGARET CAMPBELL STEVENSON their children and descendents

A. Descendents of Alexander Campbell Stevenson (1802-1889) and Jane Fisher Stevenson (1819-1848) and Rebecca Jane Foster Stevenson (1826-1907?) (with excerpts from her Journal) B. Descendents of Elizabeth Ha:rriet Stevenson Kinkead (1807- 1871) and James Dunlap Kinkead (with his antecedents) C. Descendents of Margaretta Stevenson Peck (1809-1891) and William Baker Peck (1801-1886) D. Descendents of William Nelson Stevenson (1820-1902) and Emma Norris Stevenson (1836-1908) (with her antecedents)

With some 20th Century biographical notes.

SECTION lV

WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY TO PUTNAM COUNTY, INDIANA, 1826

The Stevenson family early felt the justice of the Abolitionists' stand on the question of slavery. Though as southern planters they had always owned slaves, they began early in the 19th Century to make plans for a drastic change in their lives. The father, James Stevenson, wounded in the War of 1812, was an invalid for the rest of his life. So the eldest son, Alexander Campbell Stevenson at 19 years of age was sent in 1821 on a scouting trip into Indiana to find a location for the family in a free state. He returned, reporting that Parke County was his choice. The lad was then induced to study medicine with his Uncle, Dro Daniel Walker (his mother's sister, Sarah Campbell's husband), in Montgomery County,

Kentucky. After completing his course with Dr. Walker j Alexander entered Transylvania Medical College at Lexington, Kentucky, graduated, and for a 'short time practised medicine in Kentucky. Alexander returned to Indiana in 1826. Finding some ''blue­ grass lands" in north and central Putnam county, a nostalgic reminder of his Kentucky home, he determined to settle there rather than in Parke County and he entered the practice of medicine at Greencastle, Indiana. The story that has come down in the family is that Alexander, having little money at that time, arranged with his landlady to give her half the pro­ ceeds of his medical practise for a year in return for his room and board and that it was probably the most profitable year the. old lady ever had: The rest of the family followed Alexander in the fall of 1826, bringing their slaves with them where they would be given their freedom. These negros remained in Putnam County. After the Constitution of 1850 was adopted, which the family felt restrained the negros of liberty, they provided the means for those who wished to return to Liberia; others to go to Canada. The older members of the family remember letters that Grandfather Stevenson (William Nels on Stevenson) used to get from "Pearl" who had gone back to Liberia, asking him to - 77 - send shoes. The request was always for a Size 3, but he, knowing her pride and the size of her foot always obliged with a size 9: The family settled on a farm west of Greencastle, Indiana. The youngest child, William Nelson Stevenson, was six years old; Alexander and four sisters completed the family at this time. One son, James Ward, had died as a child in Woodford County, while the other son, Benjamin Cox Stevenson, who became a minister, stopped in Madison, Indiana, on the way north and died there at the age of 26. The parents did not long survive this move into Indiana; the father, James Stevenson, died in 1828 and his wife, Margaret Campbell Stevenson, in 1831. This must have been a time of grave responsibility for the young people left in a new country; Alexander aged 29, Elizabeth 24, Margaretta 22, Joanna 18, Mary 15 and William Nels on 11 - with their negros for whom they felt such particular responsibility. They prospered, however, and married well. Alexander continued his medical practice, but took an energetic interest in other activities. He helped to secure old Asbury Academy as a College, and served as President of the first board of trustees of the College. (Asbury later became DePauw University). He was active in securing free schools in Indiana, doing much to bring Putnam County into line on this much debated issue; his public addresses show him in advance of his time in educational theory. He served both in the State House of Representatives and in the Senate, and ran for Lieutenant Governor.. He helped to frame the Constitution of Indiana of 1851. But he could not reconcile himself to the Compromise measures of 1850 and thereafter withd~ew from politics. He returned to his farm east of Greencastle, limited his medical practice, and sought to promote better methods of agriculture - by practice, public address and by editing a newspaper column. He introduced the first thoroughbred short­ horn cattle into Indiana, going to England and importing his own stock. He became President of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture. He organized and built the first gravel road in Putnam County, 19 miles, considered by many at the time a very doubtful project~ He was married thrice, had 12 children and died at the age of 87 in 1889. He is in the Hall of Fame at - 78 - Purdue University o (See Section IV. A. following.) His sister Elizabeth Harriet Stevenson (1807-1871) married James Dunlap Kincaid and moved to Moscow, Ohio, where she died at the age of 640 (See Section IV. B. following.) Margaretta Stevenson (1809-1891) married William Baker Pecko They lived on a large farm near Greencastle and reared a family of 12 children. She was spoken of by other members of the family as a tall handsome woman, and their farm as a joyous place to visit. She died at the age of 82. (See Section IV C. following.) Joanna Nelson Stevenson (1813-1891) married Henry Ewing Cowgill of Greencastle and died in Kansas at 78 years. An account of Henry Cowgill in a Burlington, Kansas, newspaper at the time of his death speaks of him as a pioneer druggist in the town for 56 years and a mayor of the town for four terms. The newspaper clipping says he was reared in Greencastle, Indiana, attended Asbury College one year, then entered the service during the Civil War o He was captured at Richmond, Kentucky, and when paroled retl\rned to college where he spent his sophomore year as a prisoner of war. He came through Burlington, Kansas, in 1869 after buying cattle in the Verdigris valley, liked the prospects, brought his family, and started a drug store. Children surviving, mentioned in the clipping are one daughter, Mrso O. L. Cox of Iola, Kansas, and two grand­ children: L. E. Crandall of Crandall and Mrs. T. E. Wright of St. Louis; a sister, Martha, and Brothers James and John Cowgill are also mentioned, all of Baldwin, Kansas. Mary Long Stevenson (1816-1912) married 1st Alexander Wiley and 2nd Charles L. Allison of Greencastle. She was known in the family for her rugged individualism. She was· widowed early; her daughter died young; and as she was left well off by her husband, late in life she decided to found an orphans' home. This she did in the big old brick house on her her farm south of Greencastle (almost opposite the old cemetery where so many of the family are buried). She ran the orphan's home herself for many years, active up to her death at the age of 96. And her death at that time was an accident. She was playing on a see-saw with one of the children. The child on the end opposite her jumped off without warning and the old lady fell to the ground breaking her hip. She was well known for - 79 - her skill in raising and knowledge in administering medicinal herbs. William . Nelson Stevenson (1820-1902) entered Asbury College in 1838, the first year that the school was elevated from an Academy to a Collegeo Later he became a Dry Goods merchant, getting his early experience for this in Terre Haute and New Albany, Indiana. It was in New Albany that he met his future wife, Emma Norris. After various successful partner­ ships there, he determined to return to Greencastle. He closed out his affairs in New Albany, went to Philadelphia, bought a stock of goods and started the new firm of Stevenson & Peck in Greencastle. This later became W. N. Stevenson and Sons. In the 1870's he moved his family to Rockville, Parke County, Indiana and the firm continued under the same name there. (See Section IV. D. 1 and 2 following).

* * Of the descendents of James Stevenson and Margaret Campbell Stevenson, 59 of them attended Old Asbury College, or as it was later known, DePauw University. * * *

- 80 - SECTION IV. A.

DESCENDENTS OF ALEXANDER CAMPBELL STEVENSON (1802-1889) and MARY JANE FISHER STEVENSON (1819-1848) and REBECCA JANE FOSTER STEVENSON {1826-1907?) with excerpts from her Journal

SECTION IV. Ao

Alexander Campbell Stevenson, born in Woodford County, Kentucky, Nov. 21, 1802, died in Greencastle, Indiana, Jan. 2, 1889, oldest child of James and Margaret Campbell Stevenson see sketch of his life, preceding pages; married 1st Julia H. V. (1817-1839), one daughter: Margaret E. (1836-1837) 2nd Mary Jane Fisher (1819-1848) children: Sara Stevenson m. John Robe Mary Stevenson m. James Bridges children: Sara Bridges (unmarried) Harriet Bridges m. H. Askew, 2 sons 3rd in 1849, Rebecca Jane Foster (1826-1907?} see Journal and antecedents belowo 10 children: James Stevenson son: Homer Stevenson Joanna Campbell Stevenson (1851-1937) m. Dr. Lewis Curran Cline (see note below) children: Francis Campbell Cline (1880-1947) mo Mary Esther Mustard. For children see below. Elmer Lewis Cline (1884 - ) m. Caroline Frenzel (1885-) For children see below. Frances Campbell Stevenson m. Howard A. Benton (no children) Elizabeth Stevenson (unmarried) Campbell Stevenson, married, no children Henry Stevenson, married, no children Margaret Stevenson (UJ1married) Harriet Stevenson m. Edward Pinney 4 children: EdwardStevenson Pinney Alexander Pinney Janet Pinney m. John Archer - 83 - Benjamin Pinney Benjamin Cox Stevenson m. Earla Bowers (no children) Susan Stevenson (unmarried)

The children of Alexander C. and Rebecca Stevenson were all born at the old A. C. Stevenson farm, called Appleyard, two miles east of Greencastle, Indiana, but they lived their adult lives in lndianapoliso Benjamin Cox Stevenson is mentioned in the Indianapolis papers at the time of his death as a short story writer and a real estate broker. He attended Old Asbury, the University of Illinois and Harvard. He was a friend of Booth Tarkington, Meredith Nicholson and other Indiana writers of his day. He married Ear la Bowers who writes with sadness that the Stevenson name in this line has died out; her letter says, "they were a fine and lovely family and I miss them very much. '' Janet Pinney became a curator in the Museum of the City of New York. Dr. Lewis C. Cline who married Joanna Stevenson began as a physician in Bainbridge, Indiana, moved his practicetoindian­ apolis and became the first eye, ear, nose and throat specialist in that city. Elmer Cline established his own advertising agency in New York City. He married Caroline Frenzel of the banking family in Indianapolis; her father, Otto N. Frenzel (1856-1925); her mother, Caroline Goepper (1859-1940).

Children of Elmer Lewis Cline and Caroline Frenzel Cline

Caroline Cline {b. July 9, 1913; d. same day). Elsa Elizabeth Cline b. 1914 m. 1942 to William Webb Miller children: William Cline Miller b. 1943 Elizabeth Caroline Miller b. 1946 John Frenzel Cline b. 191 7 m. Persis Jane Peeples in 1947 children: Margaret Peeples Cline b. 1954 Edward Stevenson Cline b. 1958 - 84 - Margaret Jane Cline b. 1921 m. Eric F. Bessels in 1958 children: Charles Louis Bessels b. 1964

Children of Francis Campbell Cline and Mary Ethel Mustard Cline, daughter of Daniel and Adelaide Mustard, founders of the Citizens National Bank in Anderson, Indiana. Adelaide Joanna Cline m. Myron Whitney children: Constance Cline Whitney m. Daniel Rowls of Chicago, one son Frances Ann Cline Whitney mo 1st. E. L. Butler, 2nd Ernest Schwanted, dau. Karen Frank Myron Whitney m. Barbara Smith, two children Frances Cline

- 85 - ANTECEDENTS OF REBECCA JANE FOSTER (1826-1907?} wife of Alexander Campbell Stevenson

Kithrrah (or Kathrina ?) Fairchild Hathaway moved in the 18th Century with her 7 children from the eastern coast of New Jersey to Kentucky; she was the great-grandmother of Rebecca Jane Foster. Her children: David Phillip m. Miss Miller Jonathan mo Miss Miller Abba (Abigail) m. Mro Craven Roda (Rhoda?) m. Mr o Booth Hannah m. Mr. Clemens Mary m. Mr. Badger {"not a happy union"; ·he went South and was never heard from.) children: Oliver David mo 2nd Mr. Tailor (who died young) children: Sally m. Abel Pickerel Nancy m. Mr. Tailor Betsy m. Alexander Farrow m. 3rd in 1790 William Nelson {see note be­ low) grandparents of Rebecca Jane Foster. children: James mo Polly Yates William mo Sally Hunt Peggy m. Daniel Harrar, a farmer and a cabinet maker. Inez b. 1803 m. Henry Foster (see notes below) parents of Rebecca Jane Foster. children: Sally Ann bg 1824 RebeccaJaneb. 1826 Mary FFances b.1828 (these 3 born in Ken- tucky) Nancy William S Elizabeth James Nelson Susan Caroline - 86 - Evaline Mildred (these 6 born in Indiana)

NOTE: William Nels on was the son of Daniel Nels on who came from northern Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania. William and several of his brothers came west and settled in various parts of Kentucky. Whether these Nelsons were related to the Nelsons recorded in Section II. of this book is not known to the editor.

Antecedents of Henry Foster, father of Rebecca Jane Foster Henry Foster was the son of Henry Foster and Rebecca Darnell Foster. The father was of English descent and left 6 brothers and other relatives in Woodyard, Prince George County, Mary­ land, to emigrate with the Darnell family to Kentucky. Henry Foster Il who married Inez Nels on in 1823 became a cabinet maker, apprenticed first to Daniel Harrar (soon to become his brother-in-law); later in a shop in Lexington, Kentucky. About the Darnells. Henry and.John Darnell in 1765 emigrated from London, England, and settled at Woodyard, Prince George County, Maryland. Henry Darnell married, died and was buried there. John Darnell married Miss McDonal of Baltimore and later moved to Montgomery County, Kentucky. There were 16

children; Rebecca was grown when they came to Kentucky o Henry Foster I made the move to Kentucky with this Darnell family and married Rebecca Darnell. The genealogy: John Darnell emigrated in 1765 from London, England married Miss McDougal of Baltimore, later moved to Montgomery Co. Ky. 16 children: Cornelius, William, Henry, Rebecca, Thomas, Ezekial, Druzella, Reuben, Susanne, Sarah, John, Amos, Anna, George, Zenal, Elizabeth. Rebecca Darnell m. in 1796 Henry Foster of English descent. 5 children: Henry Foster II became a cabinet maker, m. Inez Nelson in 1823. Peggy m. Asa Caywood - 87 - Ezekial Gener m. Miss Hamilton Betsy mo Isaac Tout

Henry Foster II and Inez Nelson Foster, after their marriage, went to live with her parents, William and Mary Hathaway Nelson, near Grassy Lick (which was near Mt. Sterling), Kentucky o He built a shop on the farm and made furniture. They were the parents of Rebecca Jane Foster. * * * Excerpts from the JOURNAL of REBECCA JANE FOSTER STEVENSON {1826-1907?)

Rebecca J~e Foster» wife of Alexander Campbell Stevenson left behind her a lively 10,000 word Journal, presently in the hands of her grandson, Elmer Cline. Besides giving her ante­ cedents, it is full of information about the family life of pioneers in both Kentucky and Indiana. In the 18th Century, the Widow Hathaway, Rebecca's great­ grandmother, and her 7 children emigrated from the eastern coast of New Jersey to what is now Kentucky. "The land was rich, the water was plentiful, the forests beautiful; poplar, oak, chestnut, walnut, hickory in abundance. The cattle could live two-thirds of the year in the woods. They selected a large tract. of landj built a large log house with stone chimneys; the best limestone was a-plenty. The Indians were a nuisance at times; would come to the houses to beg; preferred tobacco or sugar o If the men should be away j the women in their fear would get out in the cane brakes (tall thick grasses) and hide till the men came; meantime the Indians would take what they wished. But they raised enough and a surplus. They soon became well to do; afterwards became rich." The exact time of the emigration of this Hathaway family from New Jersey is not giveno But some idea can be gained from the fact that the youngest child, Mary Hathaway, grand­ mother of Rebecca Jane Foster, had been married twice in Kentucky and had five children when she was married for the third time in 1790 to William Nelson. The Nelson farm was in Montgomery County at Grassy Lick near Mt. Sterling. William Nelson, son of Daniel Nelson who came from North Ireland to settle in Pennsylvania, had emigrated to Kentucky with several - 88 - of his brothers. From the Journal: (before his marriage) "William seemed to enjoy his bachelor life; spent a good deal of his time hunting; after giving his slaves orders for the day he would mount his saddle horse which stood hitched to a post in front of the house; as he mounted, the brown mare, Selem, would champ her bit, anxious to be off, as she was fond of the sport and would stop short at the sight of game and wait for the crack of the gun .. o But his bachelor life was becoming monotonous. He began to visit the Widow Tailor not far away ••• in a few months they were married." This was in 1790. He took her and her 5 children to his home near Grassy Lick. The warm relation of these grandparents with their colored people is touched on in the Journal: "Grandfather Nelson was a very kind man, never known to whip a slave. The slaves worked much as they pleased; most generally pleased to work; often were seen taking material to make baskets to the fields with them; they said, to have something to do while the horses rested; the baskets were sold for their own pocket money. Grandmother looked after them in sickness and made them comfortable as possible. Poor Ike came in one evening when the cholora was raging in thirty-two and said, Missus I'm sick, I've got the cholery. She looked at him and saw it was so. Gave orders to Betty to make a pallet in front of the large fireplace out of her own comfort and pillow. He lay down never to rise again; in several hours he was dead. She closed his eyes and ordered a grave dug near his master's (whohaddiedbefore) in the orchard. When the grave was ready, he was carried out wrapped in the comforter on which he lay. There was no time for making coffins. Everybody was much frightened as there was death in every house. This old fire­ place where the negroes all came when they needed help and comfort and never went away voido They were free to go where they pleased as they were all freed at Grandfather's death, but they stayed on at the farm; most of the old ones died there. " The Journal continues with the courtship of her parents, Henry Foster II and Inez Nelson Foster. Henry met Inez who was visiting her sister Peggy where Henry was an apprentice learning.the cabinet trade with Peggy's husband, Daniel Harrar, who was a manufacturer as well as a farmer. From the Journal: - 89 - "He would see Inez at the table or in the yard playing with the children, twining long shavings in their hair or around their necks. She was young and fair and still child-like ••• later they became betrothed notwithstanding her sister Peggy found fault with the young man for skimming so much cream in her absence .•• Henry went into a cabinet shop in Lexington for several years, then took a wild notion to go West and look for a location .•• he went on foot as there was no public conveyance, passed through St. Louis then a small French town; from there went to the Flat country, southern Missouri and Kansas .•• He got very tired of his wandering • • • There was no mail carried West ••• and his mother and friends became very uneasy about him, feared he was dead, perhaps scalped by Indians. The mother, like all mothers, the last to lose hope, often grasping at a straw. " Follows the description of the mother consulting a "conjurer". Henry comes home. "His fair young lady was still waiting for him even if Henry's favorite cousin whom he had left to look after her and escort her to the Merry Makings in Henry's absence, proposed marriage to her ••• when he did so she gave him such a look of earnestness and surprise and said, Did not Henry tell you we are engaged?" They returned to the Nelson farm at Grassy Lick to live, where Henry built a shop in the garden and made furniture. The slavery issue was the reason behind the move to Indiana. The family had joined the Methodist Church across Grassy Lick where there was also a camp ground, "little log huts all built around a square in which were seats and a preacher's stand where the good people came and stayed a week and had a good happy social time." There were negro members of the church also there. ''The Methodist Church had always been against slavery. At these gatherings the question of freeing the slaves was discussed. The Grassy Lick Church became divided, but was strong enough and did turn out one of its prominent members for buying a slave. The good man still attended regular and joined on pro­ bation and was taken in full membership in six months. These things stirred people much. My father and others thought the situation serious. They did not want to raise their families, either» in a slave state, or worse, where the country would be full of uneducated blacks. - 90 - • "About this time Indiana and Illinois were applying for admission to the Union, or had been admitted before, under free constitutions. Father, Uncle Jimmy Nelson, Uncle Daniel Harrow and others felt the free state was what they wanted ••• In twenty-nine they started for an investigation a-horse back ••• when they came near the centre of Indiana they were satis­ fied that was the country they wished. " (It will be remembered the Nels on slaves were freed when the Grandfather died, but that they stayed on with the family ) The preparations for the move took about a year o The Journal gives many details: "In the Nelson home all was astir; sugar-making first in the season; the trees were tapped at the first thaw; enough sugar stowed away to last a year in the new home • • • Sheep shearing came next • o • the wool washed, colored, carded and spun into yarn, then woven into cloth, enough to last for several years .• o Flax and hemp made into cloth. Each kind of fruit as it came into season was dried and stowed in sacks. Geese were picked each month for pillows and feather beds to take to the ne'\\7 home • • • trunks and chests packed .•• cooking and baking going on in the kitchen to last for the journey, as only coffee and bacon could be cooked on the road. The day before starting the wagon was hauled into the back yard, looking much like a boat with hind and front ends in the air and holding as much as a freight car Cl "All was ready that bright September morning, six horses hitched to the wagon and the driver in his saddle on the near left horse with reins in hands, waiting for the farewells." Follows a description of the farewells. "When the last farewell was given, Mother with baby Mary in her lap mounted one of Uncle Billy Nelson's nice riding horses of which he kept a numbero Father on his own horse moved off in front of the wagon which had two little heads peeping out above the high end boards (one of them being Rebecca Jane's). We were to meet the rest of the party a few miles away. "After the first day the roads were bad; the men would often have to repair them. We were two weeks on the way from Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, to Greencastle, Indiana, where father's purchase was 8 miles north of the town (160 acres)." The account goes on with details and incidents of the life in the new home; the look of the new country, the building of the - 91 - log cabin, the children's life in the great forest, games, schooling, the gradual clearing of the land - only 5 acres the first year, "log-rolling" when neighbors came to help roll the trunks of the huge trees into piles for burning - a word which has come down to us with, currently, only political meaning, Her rather austere courtship with Dr. Stevenson, twice a widower with two little girls, and twice her ageo And so on to the building some years later of their own fine 11-room house which took 4 years in the buildingj at Appleyard farm a mile or two east of Greencastle, which was Dr o Stevenson's property, later the home of his daughter, Mary Stevenson Bridges and her husband, James Bridges, and their daughterso Her joy in her flower gardeno Comments on raising children.

- 92 - SECTION IV B

DESCENDENTS OF ELIZABETH HARRIET STEVENSON KINKEAD (1807-1871) and JAMES DUNLAP KINKEAD (with his antecedents}

SECTION IV B

Elizabeth Harriet Stevenson (1807-1871)

married

James Dunlap Kinkead (born 1803) (for antecedents see below)

Children of JAMES DUNLAP KINKEAD and ELIZABETH STEVENSON KINKEAD Clarinda A. Kinkead, born July 27, 1828 Margaret D. Kinkead, born Feb 28, 1830 James H. Kinkead, born Dec. 1, 1836 William B. Kinkeadi born April 24, 1837 Nelson B. Kinkead, born May 7, 1841 Leoander S. Kinkead, born May 26, 1843 Car S. Kinkead, born March 6, 1845 Granville N. Kinkead, born Nov. 7, 1847 Robert K. Kinkead, born Dec. 19, 1850 All the children born in Brown County, Ohio.

Elizabeth Stevenson Kinkead (daughter of James Stevenson and Margaret Campbell Stevenson) was the granddaughter of Joanna Campbelltowhomsheleftin her will the sword of her husband, Alexander Campbell. (See Section II. The Campbells.)

ANTECEDENTS OF JAMES DUNLAP KINKEAD (b. Sept. 16, 1803) who married Elizabeth Harriet Stevenson (1807-1871), dau. of James Stevenson and Margaret Campbell Stevenson.

KINKEAD (Scotch spelling KINCAID) Kincaid, Laird of Kincaid, Stirlingshire, Scotland 1280 A. D. For gallant service in rescuing the castle of Edinburgh from the English in the time of Edward I was made constable of the castle, an office passed on to posterity. The castle is carried in their armorial bearings. Descendent, renounced his Lairdship during Revolution of 1688 in Scotland, because of his religious convictions, and moved to North Ireland. - 95 - First Kinkead in America settled at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1707. His son, Thomas, emigrated to Augusta County, Virginia, in 1747. son William Kinkead, born Carlisle, Pa. 1736, lived in Augusta Co. Va. served in the Revolution as Capt. in Virginia Militia, 1777 and 1781, an early settler of Woodford County, Ky., died 1820, Woodford Co., Ky. married Eleanor Gay, daughter of John Gay, one of the original settlers at Pisgah; her capture by Indians in Augusta Co. , Va. , a famous story (see Woodford Co. Section III.) son William Kinkead, born in Augusta Co. , Virginia, moved with parents to Woodford County, Ky. married Anna Dunlap (born 177 0), daughter of Col. Alexander Dunlapj the founder of Pisgah Church. Railly (Hist. of Woodford Coo) states that the Dun laps are ''one of the most distinguished families of the South, numbering many prominent people among their descendents. " moved to Brown County, Ohio, about 1800. son James Dunlap Kinkead, born Sept. 16, 1803, Brown Co., Ohio married Sept 18, 1827 in Woodford Co., Ky. Elizabeth Harriet Stevenson, dau. of James and Margaret C. Stevenson, born Feb. 14, 1807 in Woodford Coo, Ky. died 1871 Brown Co., Ohio.

- 96 - SECTION IV. C.

DESCENDENTS OF MARGARETTA STEVENSON PECK {1809-1891) and WILLIAM BAKER PECK {1801-1886)

SECTION IV. C.

WILLIAM BAKER PECK, born in Kentucky Feb. 10, 1801 died in Greencastle, Indiana, July 16, 1886 m. son of Daniel Peck (1753-1826) and Susana July 26, 1827 Eckert Peck (1758-1839), a Kentucky family o MARGARETTA STEVENSON, born July 2, 1809 in Woodford Co. Kentucky, died Dec. 12, 1891 in Green­ castle, Indiana, daughter of James Stevenson (1776-1828) and Margaret Campbell Stevenson (1782-1834).

The story is that William Peck came as a young man to Indiana from Kentucky, with $26 and a horse; when he died he had over 2000 acres of land, in Putnam County, a fine house, and a family of 12 children~ The couple were celebrated for their hospitality, and their big farm south of Greencastle, Indiana, was a favorite resort for young and oldo The ''boys" of the family, cousins, never forgot their good times there and for the rest of their lives, even as old men, loved to recount stories of their visits. The couple lived to celebrate their 50th anniversary. "Aunt Tamer", affectionately called that by the entire family relationship, hadbeena slave girl in Kentucky with the Steven­ sons and came north with them. She was a free woman in Indiana, but she preferred to stay with the family and when Margaretta married went with her to her new home, where she spent her entire life. Aunt Tamer married and had two sons who were educated in the public schools of Greencastle, Indiana. These men honored their mother by becoming distin­ guished governmental officials in Liberia, Africa. (Mention is made in the account of Alexander Campbell Stevenson of how the family helped those of the negros attached to them, who Wished, to return to their native land.) * * * * SHOD TURKEYS The pioneer of Greencastle, Indiana, drove flocks of turkeys through the forest to the Ohio River, over 100 miles away, loaded them on a river raft, and took them to the market at - 99 - New Or leans, Lao To get turkeys ready for this trip, they were first driven through a pen which had tar spread over the ground or floor o Then the turkeys were driven across sand. This made a hard covering on the turkeys' feetj and they were called "shod turkeys". The turkeys are said to have gained weight in spite of the long walk, for the trip was leisurely and they ate plenti­ fully of insects, seeds and small nuts along the wayo Very early in the evening these flocks of turkeys went to roost in the tops of the forest trees; but with the first ray of morning light when the herdsman called kyouck, the turkeys along with the herders were on their way again walking toward the Ohio River and thence to the New Or leans market. * * * Children of WILLIAM BAKER PECK and MARGARETTA STEVENSON PECK (all born in Greencastle, Indiana) Joanna Eliza Peck, born July 12, 1828~ died Oct. 26, 1828 Margaret Katherine Peck» born July 12, 1829, died 1910 married William L. Farrow (1825-1887). Saidto have been a Colonel in the Civil War, north. Benjamin Stevenson Peck, born Novo 4, 1831, died Jan 1, 1913 married Margaret Lockridge Black (1837-1911} 4 children (see page 102} Thomas Virgil Peck, born Deco 16, 1833, died April 4, 1908 married Mary Osborne 4 children (see page 101} Susan Ellen Peck, born Jan. 19, 1836, died Aug. 17 » 1858 unmarried John Campbell Peck, born July 23, 1837, died Nov. 26, 1919 unmarried

James Granville Peckj born April 4, 1839, died March 16 11 1911 unmarried

Sarah Nelson Peck, born Novo 19 11 1841 or 42, died May 22, 1923 married James J. Nutt, a lawyer, son of the twin of distinguished Cyrus Nutt (see notes page 105} 3 children (see page 104) Mary Elizabeth Peckj born Nov. 19, 1841 or 42j died July 28, - 100- 1916, buried in Terre Haute married Isaac Newton Pierce, a Judge in Terre Haute, no children Harriet Long Peck, born March 8, 1844, died Jan. 25, 1930 or 33, unmarried William Henry Peck, born March 16, 1848, died Jano 6, 1935 married Ella Catherwood (1848-1917) 2 children (see this page, below and 102) Leonard S. Peck, born April 16, 1852, died Jan. 28j 1881 married Lucretia Allee (1862-1932) 1 child, W. Ross Peck, a professor in the Uni­ versity of Minnesota, who has a son William and a daughter.

Children of THOMAS VIRGIL PECK (1833-1908} and MARY OSBORNE PECK Thaddeus Peck (1868-1919) married Stella Perkins, born 1872 Frank Peck Emma Peck (1871-1947} married Edo Bicknell (1864-1922} children: Ruth Louise Bicknell (1896-1944} Edna Bicknell (1899-1931} Mary Bicknell Sturgess William Peck, (1877-1949}, married Della Overstreetj b.1881 children: Margaret F. Peck (1914-1925) Mary Elizabeth Pack (1904-1957)

Children of WILLIAM HENRY PECK (1848-1935} and ELLA CATHERWOOD PECK (1848-1917) Kenneth Peck married Stella - children: Eugene Peck Miriam Peck Ella Peck married Curtis Hughes children: Curtis Kyle Hughes b. Apr. 4, 1911 m. Olive Elizabeth Swintler children: Russell Kyle Hughes b. 8-16-31 m. Judy C. Ahring Stephanie Lynn Hughes - 101 - Gilbert Farrel Hughes m. Ruby - dau. Cynthia Hughes Elizabeth Hughes m. Fondren Willis children: Hugh Willis, Eleanor and Martha Willis

Children of BENJAMIN STEVENSON PECK (1831-1913) and MARGARET LOCKRIDGE BLACK PECK (1837-1911) William Edwin Peck, born Oct. 31, 1859, died July 28, 1936 married Lura Blanche Fraley, born Febo 20, 1872, died July 28, 1958 5 children (see below) Andrew Granville Peck (1861-1865) Ida Mary Peck (1862-1950) married William Durham (1858- 1924), son: William Edwin Durham, a captain in World War I. Rettie S. Peck (1866-1869)

Children of WILLIAM EDWIN PECK (1859-1936) and LURA BLANCHE FRALEY PECK (1872-1958)

Margaret Catherine Peck, born Dec. 27, 1896, (see note 1) married Richard Leland Mc Williams on Dec. 22, 1922. A private in World War I. no children Lura Blanche Peck, 1898-1900 Mary Gertrude Peck, born Dec. 14, 1900. (see note 2.) Andrew Edwin Peck (born Jan. 1903; died April 1903) William Fraley Peck, born Oct. 15, 1908, died Aug. 28, 1944 in World War II, married Nov. 30, 1935 Mary Elizabeth Lydick children: Lura Ellen Peck, born May 11, 1938 Sara Louise Peck, born Aug. 23, 1939 (see notes 3 & 4)

- 102 - NOTES ON THE WILLIAM EDWIN PECK FAMILY lo MARGARET CATHERINE PECK, teacher, b. Dec. 27,1896. A. B. degree at DePauw University. M. S. from the Univer­ sity of Indiana. Other graduate work at Butler and Purdue Universities. Teacher at George Washington High School in Indianapolis and other state schoolso Retired June 1964.

2. MARY GERTRUDE PECK, teacher, b. Dec. 14, 1900. Undergraduate at DePauw University. A. B. degree at Indiana University. Graduate work at Indiana and Columbia Universities. Teacher of English in Iowa schools and Indiana­ polis Public Schools.

3. LUR~ ELLEN PECK, b. May 11, 1938. A. B. degree at the University of Washington (Seattle). Graduate of Tobe-Coburn School of Fashion Design in New York City. Married Neil Willard Elverson of Collingswood, New Jersey, Aug. 26, 1961 and moved to California where she became a teacher in San Francisco.

4. SARA LOUISE PECK, b. Aug. 23, 1939. A. B. degree at the College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. She married James Evan Langton of Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 30, 1961, and has one son, Scott William Langton, born Nov. 19, 1963.

- 103 - Children of SARAH NELSON PECK NUTT {1842-1925) and JAMES Jo NUTT (1839-1891) cont'd from Po 1000 ~ee notes followin~

Mary Amanda Nutt (1869-1950) Ao B. DePauw 1890. married Paul Morgan Miller children: Harold Nelson Miller, bo 1893, Journalist, Detroito children: (live near San Francisco) Marilyn Miller Foskett. 4 children Georgia Miller Johnson. 3 children Henry Stevenson Miller d. 1961/62 m. Aurelia Botfield children:

Donald Nelson Miller o 2 dau. Mary Ann Miller Westoff. 2 dau. Paul Morgan Miller b. Dec. 1, 1908 mo Marie Hermione Bischoff children: Sarah Cresop Miller b. 3-10-41. B.S. Bryn Mawr. mo Mr o Bouquet (both college teachers) Daniel Morgan Miller b. 11-8-43 John Standiford Miller b. 12-19-46 Paul Alexander Miller b. 3-29-51 William Peck Nutt bo 1871?; changed his name to McNutt; 2 wives; 3 children Margaretta Stevenson Nutt b. Aug. 9, 188lj do Aug. 9, 1961 married Nov. 7, 1903, Wilber Helm b. Aug. 7, Wilber Helm b. Aug. 7, 1879 children: Virginia Stevenson Helm b. May 8, 1906<> A. B. Smith College Standiford Coggeshall Helm b. Octo 27, 1909 mo Margaret Ann Myers b. Feb 21, 1915 children: James Myers Helm b. Dec. 25, 1937 Margaretta Nutt Helm bo Octo 23, 1943 - 104 - Isabel Ann Helm b. Novo 14, 1946 Standiford Helm b. Dec. 14, 1950 Marjorie Helm b. Deco 14, 1915 m. Dr. Verne Swigert b. Novo 14, 1907 children: (all born in Evanston, lllo) Charles Justin Swigert b. Sept. 18, 1937 Stevenson Helm Swigert ho July 15, 1941 Thomas Cresop Swigert b. Apr. 17, 1948 Margaretta Helm Swigert b. Sept.10,1949

NOTES ON THE NUTT FAMILY lo CYRUS NUTT graduated from Allegheny College in Mead­ ville, Pa. and was sent to Greencastle, Indiana, in 1827 to start a college. He rented rooms for classrooms over stores and worked for farmers week-ends to pay the rent. This was the beginning of Indiana Asbury, later to become De­ Pauw University. The account of Dr. Alexander Campbell Stevenson on p. 7 8 relates 1'is interest and efforts in the same project, he serving as President of the first board of trustees while Cyrus Nutt was the first professor at the new Indiana Asbury. Dr. Nutt - he was a minister as well as a professor - continued on the faculty until 1855 when he was summoned to be the 5th President of Indiana University at Bloomington where he served until his death in 1870. His wife, AmandaStandifordNutt, was a graduate of the old Tevis School in Shelbyville, Kentucky, later known as Science Hill. Their son ~ames Jo Nutt, a lawyer, married Sarah Nelson ~eek, daughter of William and Margaretta Stevenson Peck.

2. HENRY STEVENSON MILLER d. 1961/62. Commissioner of Streets, City of St. Louiso Pres. Engineers Club.

3. DONALD NELSON MILLER. B. S., Masters degree and Doctorate in Chemical Engineering; now with DuPont in Wilmington, Del.

4. PAUL MORGAN MILLER b. 1908. B. S. 1n Chemical Engineering at Washington Univ. L. L.B. Benton College of Law, St. Louis. Army service 1942-45, 2nd Lieut. with with disability retiremento Pres. Public Question Club. St. - 105 - Louis; on Mayor's Committee» Webster Grove, on Inter­ racial Relations.

5. MARIE HERMIONE BISCHOFF MILLER. Graduate of Bryn Mawr 19380 Graduate in Occupational Therapy, Washington Univ. St. Louis, teaching there in Medical SchooL Active in State O. T. Assoco

60 MARGARETTA STEVENSON NUTT (1881-1961), daughter of James J. and Sarah Nelson Peck Nutt» took a pre-medical course at DePauw University and graduated in 1902. She wanted to go on to medical school, but her mother thought this unlady-like, so from her graduation in 1902 till her marriage in Novo 1903 she illustrated a biology text book from slides, for one of her professors. She married Wilber Helm. They went on their wedding trip to Japan where they intended to stay and teach in the University of Tokio (Dr. and Mrs. Reischauer » cousins of Katherine Rice Stevenson were also teaching at this University), but this plan was cut short by Margaretta's illness. They returned to the U oS. and located at Exeter, N. Ho where Wilber Helm became a member of the Academy faculty. Their later life was spent in Evanston» Illa where she was active in many civic affairs. After her death three organizations set up memorials to her.

7. WILBER HELM b. 1879, sonofBenjaminAbbot and Millicent Coggeshall Helm. A. B. DePauw 1899, M.A. 1900; M.A. Princeton 1901. He served on the faculty of Philips Exeter Academy from 1904 until 1909 when he became Principal of Evanston {Illinois) Academy until 1915. He resigned to go into business in Chicago. He is listed in the 1963 edition of Who's Who in America and is a Phi Beta Kappa.

8. STANDIFORD COGGESHALL HELM (1909- ), son of Wilber and Margaretta Nutt Helm, graduated from Philips Exeter Academy in 1927 where he tied for first place scholastically; graduated from Princeton in 1931 where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; graduated from Northwestern Medical School in 1935, Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary); spent three years on a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic; was a Major in the Medical Corp. in World War II., Pacific. Since 1945 he has practised medicine in Evanston» Illo - 106 - His wife, Margaret, Ann Myer H~~~' (1915- ) is a

daughter of Dr o Burton Dow Myers, Dean of the Medical School of Indiana University, and Mrs. Myers. A coinci­ dence: Margaret Ann Myers' grandparents were married by Dr. Cyrus Nutt when he was President of Indiana University. Their son, James Myers Helm, (b. 1937- ) graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology in Civil Engineering in 1961. Their daughter, Margaretta Helm (b. 1943- ) graduated from Washington University in 1964 with her junior year at

the University of Frankfurt in Germany o She was awarded a Ford Foundation grant for graduate study in languages.

9. MARJORIE HELM (b. 1915- ) , daughter of Wilber and Margaretta Stevenson Nutt Helm, graduated from North­ western University in 1937, Phi Beta Kappao She married Oro Verne Swigerto Verne s,'Y1-g,ert (b. 1907-) graduatedfrom the University of Iowa in 1931 and from North:western Medical School in 1935; took an M. S. in Pathology in 1945; spent one year each at Wesley Hospital, Sto Luke's and Cook County Hospitals in Chicago; and two years on a Medical Fellowship at Mass. Memorial Hospital in Bostono He was a Major in the Medical Corpg in World War II at the Evacuation Hospital for General Patten's 3rd Army. He has practised medicine in Evanston since 1945, and for three years before the War. Their son, Charles Justin Swigert, {b. 1939) graduated from Princeton University in 1961, cum laude, in Electrical Engineering, took an M. S. at the University of Michigan in 1963, and is now studying at the University of California at Berkeley for his Ph. Do in Electrical Engineering. Their son, Stevenson Helm Swigert, {b. 1941- ) grad­ uated from Harvard in 1963, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, in Anthropology. He was awarded a Carnegie Grant to make a field trip to Ecuador in the summer of 1963; Fulbright Fellowship took him to the University of Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. He was also awarded the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for graduate study. Now teaching and taking an advanced degree at the University of Illinois.

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SECTION IV D

DESCENDENTS OF WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON (1820-1902) and EMMA NORRIS STEVENSON (1832-1907) (with her Antecedents)

SECTION IV D

DESCENDENTS OF WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON (1820-1902) and EMMA NORRIS STEVENSON (1832-1907)

William Nelson Stevenson, born March 1, 1820 in Woodford Co., Kentucky, died Septo 2, 1902 in Rockville, Indiana, buried at Greencastle, Indianao m. May 23, 1850 in New Albany, Indiana. (see note 1). Emma C. Norris, born Jano 2, 1832 in New Albany, Indiana, died Dec. 26, 1907 in Rockville, Indiana. Buried in Greencastle, Indiana.

Children of WILLIAM NELSON and EMMA NORRIS STEVENSON

Jefferson Connor Stevenson, born March 24, 1851 in New Albany, Indiana, died Nov. 14, 1914, married Margaret Ann Albin, 5 children. Mary Nelson Stevenson, born Augo 7, 1853 in New Albany, Indiana, died Oct. 13, 1948 in Pasadena, Cal.; buried in Denver, Coloo, married Dro Henry Augustus Buchtel, 4 children (see Buchtel p. 122) Margaret Ellen Stevenson, born Deco 18, 1855 in Greencastle, Ind, died March 19, 1869 in Greencastle, Ind. Charles Norris Stevenson, born June 23~ 1858 in Greencastle, Indiana, died about 1920 in Albion, Mich. married Nancy Caroline Sidwell of a banking family in Frankfurt, Indiana, no childreno Frank Elmer Stevenson, born July 26, 1862 in Greencastle, Ind. died July 26, 1947 and buried in Rockville, Indo married Katherine Moxley Rice, dauo of Dr. Harrison and Nancy Moxley Rice, bo 1863; d. July 12, 1946; buried Rockville, Indiana, no childreno (see notes 1 and 2.) William Daniel Stevenson, born Jan. 6, 1865 in Greencastle, Indiana, died May 13, 1939 in Rockville, Indiana, buried at Greencastle, Indiana, (see note 1) married Sept 9, 1896 Marion Jo Tobin b.Augo 23 1865; d. Sept. 28, 1915 buried at Greencastle, Indiana, (see notes 1 and 3) 3 children. - 111 - married 2nd Edna Gilligan 1924, 1 son, John Stevenson, married J aen Day, both graduates of Purdue Univ. She is dau. of Mr. & Mrs. C. Day of Aurora, Ill. sons: William Allen and Charles Daniel. Albert Allen Stevenson, born March 9, 1873 in Greencastle, Indiana, died Jan. 6, 1958 in Rockville, Indiana; buried in Rockville, Indiana, married Mary Catherine Montgomery of Delphi, Ind., no children.

Children of JEFFERSON CONNER STEVENSON (1851-1914) and MARGARET ALBIN STEVENSON (1852-1938)

Mary Buchtel Stevenson, born Jan. -29~ 1873 near Greencastle, Indiana, died June 1, 1964; buried in Rockville, Indiana, {see note 4), married Tad L. Johnson of Rockville, Indiana. children: Melville m. Annabel - ; 1 daughter. Margaret Johnson, born March 1900 mo Robert Hancock, son of Judge Hancock of Rockville, Indiana. son: Robert Hancock, Jr. (note 5) b. Dec. 6, 1920. m. 2nd Robert Kenley of Terre Haute son: John Kenley Jr. b. Aug. 26, 1931, A. B. at Indiana Univ. 4 years with U.S. Air Force. Paul Albin Stevenson, born March 1876 in Vermillion County, Indiana, married Miriam Boswell, moved to San Antonio, Texas, and died there. children: Pauline and Richard Stevenson. Florence Stevenson, born March 29, 1880 in Rockville, Indiana, (note 4), married August Schneider. no children. Frost Stevenson, born March 21, 1890, died July 1890. Jefferson Carroll Stevenson, born Nov. 6, 1893, married Louise Smoll, moved to San Antonio, Texas and died there. 1 son: James Stevenson. - 112 - Children of WILLIAM DANIEL STEVENSON (1865-1939) and MARION TOBIN STEVENSON (1865-1915)

Margaretta Stevenson, born May 5, 1899 in Rockville, Indiana. (married Norman Taylor, botanist and writer, son of James Durham Taylor and Mary Ann Preece Taylor of Hereford, England.(see note 6) William Nelson Stevenson II., born Jan. 8, 1901 in Rockville, Indiana, married Anna Loring Jackson, dau. of P. T. Jackson and Anne Smoot Jackson. (see notes 7 and 8) children: William Daniel II, b. Jan. 22, 1926 Anne, b. May 24, 1931 Allan Buchtel Stevenson, born Dec. 18, 1906 at Rockville, Indiana, married Nancy Richardson {see notes 9 and 10) children: Rondi Jean, born May 30, 1943 Allan Campbell, born Dec. 29, 1946 William Glen, born Dec. 31, 1948 all born at Attleboro, Mass.

Children of WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON II and ANNA JACKSON STEVENSON

William Daniel Stevenson II, born Jan. 22, 1926 in Cambridge, Mass. married Dale Amy Juengst of Providence, R. I. 1 son: William Nelson Stevenson III. Anne Stevenson, born May 24, 1931, B. S. in physics from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, married Vivien Harold Cullen of Montreal, Canada, July 2, 19510 children: Sarah Stevenson Cullen born 11-20-53 Christopher Patrick Campbell Cullen, born 3.15. 55 in Montreal, Canada.

NOTES ON THE WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON FAMILY

1. WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON AND SONS The mercantile business which William Nelson Stevenson esta­ blished first in Greencastle, Indiana, then moved in 187 8 to - 113 - Rockville, Indiana, carried on for nearly a century o The firm's name in Rockville was William N. Stevenson & Sons. In a Historical Sketch of Parke County, the centennial edition (1816-1916), William N. Stevenson is cited as "a merchant of the old school whose courtesy» unquestioned morality and strict integrity singled him out, a Christian gentlemano " After his death the business succeeded to two sons, the dry goods store to Frank Eo Stevenson; the shoes, harness and buggies in two stores to William D. Stevensono The latter became the second largest dealer in carriages and buggies in the state of lndianao

Frank E o Stevenson» as a young man took an unusual interest in military training and under his leadership Battery "C" in Parke County was organized; he served as captain, was later commissioned as major in the Indiana militia. He was an extremely efficient officer and under his training the Rockville battery became one of the crack drill teams in the state, serving as honor guard to the governor o William Nelson Stevenson was a member of the first class (1838) of Asbury College, Greencastle {later DePauw Univer­ sity); three of his sons were students there. Jefferson C. entered the class of 1868, Charles N. 1874 and Frank E. 1877; their sister» Mary, entered the second class to admit women in 1871. All the brothers are remembered for their wonderfully witty telling of stories of old times and personalities.

2o KATHERINE MOXLEY RICE STEVENSON (1863-1946) Wife of Frank E. Stevenson, was the daughter of Dr. Harrison Rice and his wife Nancy Moxley Rice of well-known families in Louisville and Shelbyville, Kentucky, and prominent in Rock­ ville» Indiana, in the practice of medicine. Katherine Rice was an honor student in the Louisville Female Seminary in the 1880's. She was active all her life in Rockville in the social, civic and church (Presbyterian) affairs of the town. She is remembered as a skilful horsewomano Though of extremely slight build she managed without difficulty her mount, a spirited black stallion. She was a cousin of Nancy Caroline Sidwell Stevenson, wife of Charles Norris Stevenson.

3. MARION TOBIN STEVENSON (1865-1915) Wife of William Daniel Stevenson was born on the English - 114 - Channel. Her father was Irish; her mother, Mary Frances Cullinam Tobin, was English of Hugenot descento The name Tobin was originally Aubyn in France. The Tobin family came into Ireland after the Norman Invasion, settled the counties Tipperary, Kilkenny, Waterford and Cork. In Tipperary the Baron of Coursey was a Tobin. The place !3allytobin took its name from them. There were one or two minor poets among the Tobins. Her mother, Mary Frances Cullinan Tobin was a poet of some local distinction, a friend of Adelaide Proctor, minor English poet, with whom she planned a joint volume of poetry, but the family's emigration to America about 1867 interfered. They settled in Chicago; the father died soon after of a sunstroke, Marion went to Denver, Colorado, for her health when she was about 19 and there met the Buchtels while she was studying at the University of Denver. Through them she met her future husband who was a brother of Mrs. Buchtel.

4. MARY (1873-1964) and FLORENCE (1880- ) STEVENSON Daughters of Jefferson Conner_ Stevenson and Margaret Albin Stevenson, should be mentioned because of their beauty, of the kind that the fine portrait painters of an earlier era would have loved to painto

5. ROBERT HANCOCK Born Dec. 6, 19200 Attended Wabash College. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point 1943, taking 4 years in 3 and graduating 73 in a class of 517; was in the first group of cadets taking flying training at West Point. Married April 9, 1944 Barbara Jane Hover, dauo of Wo Clair Hover and Mrs. Elsie Orr Silva of Sarasota, Floridao Children: William Howard Hancock, b. Feb. 8, 1950 in Washington D.C. and Robert John Hancock, b. Jan. 17, 1953 at Sarasota, Flordia. Volunteered for duty with the Chinese American Composite Wing of the Chinese Air Force and was assigned to the 13th Fighter Squad­ ron, 5th Fighter Group in Dec. 1944. Promoted to Captain in 1945. Due to plane failure, bailed out and landed 350 miles from base in the interior of China, but returned after 3 weeks receiving great assistance from Chinese guerillas along the way. Flew 72 missions in China. Received Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross. Back in U.S. in 1945; in 1946 - 115 - assigned to Indiana University Law School, graduating in 1949, with degree of Doctor of Jurisprudenceo Assigned to Washington as legislative counsel in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. Promoted to Major in 1951. Assigned in 1951 to the faculty of the U OS. Military Academy at West Point as instructor in Lawo Went to England in 1953 as Deputy Commander of the 79th Fighter Bomber Squadron and Chief of Plans Division of the 81st. Returned to U .. S. in 1958 to various military assign­ ments including the Directorate of Legislative Laison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, and as special assistant to General Sweeney at Langley Air Base, Virginia, and Chief of the Study Group. Army Commendation Ribbon 1944. Air Force Commendation Ribbon 1962 for work in Con .. gressional Investigations. Present Rank, Lieutenant-Colonel ..

60 MARGARETTA STEVENSON TAYLOR Born May 5, 1899, dau. of William Daniel and Marion Tobin Stevenson. A. B. degree at DePauw University. Graduate work at Columbia Univ. Advertising copywriter and executive in

New York City. Married Norman Taylor 51 an eminent botanist

and horticultural writer 1 born in Hereford, England, May 18, 1883, son of James Durham Taylor and Mary Ann Preece Taylor, who came with his parents as a child to America and livedatYonkers, N.Y. He was a student at Cornell Univ.; was on the staffofboththeNewYorkand BrooklynBotanical Gardens. He is the author of many scientific papers and popular books, including Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening; (See Who's Who in America 1940's, 50's, 60's).

7. WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON II Born Jan 8, 1901, at Rockville, Indiana, graduate of Purdue University in Electrical Engineeringo He has distinguished himself in three careers" First, as an engineer with the Western Union Cable Coo where he helped develop and installed at various cable stations around the Atlantic automatic signal relays which improved speed and accuracy of cable messages; then with Stone & Webster of Boston in power plant design; then with The Commercial Cable Co. of New York, designing and building small power plants at various cable stations and instal­ ling signal relays. - 116 - His second career was in manufacturing and finance. With his father-in-law, P. T. Jackson, and later his brother, Allan B. Stevenson, also an engineer, he helped develop and build up a process for reinforcing and waterproofing paper for indus­ trial uses. The Company, American Sisalkraft Corp11 of Attle­ boro, Mass., grew from a rickety machine in a hired garage to a large corporation with subsidiary plants in Illinois, Cali­ fornia, Australia, New Zealand and England. He was Trea­ surer, then President, then Chairman of the Board of the Com­ pany (since merged with Sto Regis Paper Coci) His third career was in the Naval Reserve of the U. S~ which he joined as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in 19340 His duties were in intelligence. Just prior to and during the Second World War, he served as Intelligence Officer at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, then in North Africa and finally for two years in the Third Amphibious Group, Pacific Fleet, under RAdm. Richard L. Conolly as his Intelligence Officer. After a few months on occupation duty in Japan at the end of the war, he was returned to inactive duty with the rank of Commander, was subsequently promoted to Captain» and eventually retired with the rank of Rear Admiral.

811 ANNA LORING JACKSON STEVENSON Born, Octo 5, 1904, daughter of Patrick Tracy Jackson and Anne Smoot Jackson and wife of William Nelson Stevenson II, is descended- from a distinguished old family of Cambridge, Mass. that has intermarried with many of the families whose names are elequent of early New England history-the Cabots, Quinceys, Lees, Tracys, Lorings, Grey (the distinguished botanist Asa Grey), and others. Oxford and Cambridge dons are mentioned in the English roots of the family. On her mother's side, the descent is from the manorial plantations established by Lord Calvert on the western shore of the Chesa­ peake Bay in colonial Maryland. A skeleton genealogyis given here. For complete genealogy, see _P. T. Jackson Ancestry by Wmo Eden Stone.

Antecedents of ANNA LORING JACKSON STEVENSON Christopher Jackson of Mile End, London, England Buried at St. Dunstan Church m. Susan Johnson of Mile End, London - 117 - son: Edward Jackson (1604-1681) Buried at Newton, Mass. m. Elizabeth Newdegate son: Jonathan Jackson (1641-1693) Buried at Boston, Mass. m. Elizabeth Baker b. 1641 son: Edward Jackson {1687-1757) Buried at Boston, Masso m. Dorothy Quincey (1709-1762) son: Hon. Jonathan Jackson (1743-1810) Buried at Newburyport, Masso m. Hannah (1755-1797) dauo of Patrick Tracy of Ireland son: Patrick Tracy Jackson (1780-1847) Buried at Cambridge, Mass. m. Lydia Cabot (1787-1869) dau. of Andrew Cabot son: Patrick Tracy Jackson {1818-1891) Buried Cambridge, Masso m. Susan Mary Loring (1823-1905) dau. of Chas. Loring son: Patrick Tracy Jackson (1844-1918) Buried at Cambridge, Masso m. Eleanor Baker Grey (b. 1847) dau. of Revo Frederick Grey son: Patrick Tracy Jackson (1871-1959) Buried at Cambridge, Masso m. Anne Smoot {1871-1957) dau. of Sydney and Mary Bangs Head Smoot dauo Anna Loring Jackson (bo 1904- ) m. William Nelson Stevenson Ilo (b. 1901- ) children: William Daniel Stevenson n. Anne Stevenson

9. ALLAN BUCHTEL STEVENSON Born Deco 18, 1906, son of William Daniel and Marion Tobin Stevensono Graduate of Purdue University in 1928 in Mechanical Engineeringo After experience in the Southwest with an Oil Company, he joined the American Reinforced Paper Coo in

Attleboro7 Mass. in 19300 In 1937 he was sent by the Company to England to oversee the building of a factory there. In 1939 returnedtotheU.S. andbecameVice-President of the Company - 118 - in charge of Production and Engineering. Another trip was made to Keyna Colony, Africa, for experimental testing of the Company's chief product, Sisalkraft, in the curing of coffe; a widening program for the development of new uses for the product followed. He is the holder of many patents for machinery designed for Reinforced Paper products. In 1950 he enrolled in the Advanced Management Program at Harvard.

10. NANCY ALICE RICHARDSON STEVENSON Born Aug. 30, 1916, daughter of Harold King Richardson ~d Alice May Easterbrooks Richardson. Married Allan B. Steven­ son June 24, 1938. She helped to organize a cooperative nursery school and kindergarten in Attleboroj Mass. , when the public school gave up the program. Helped to establish the Mental Health Association in the Attleboro area; on the Board of the Mass. Association of Mental Health, a past Vice-President; and a delegate to the National Assoc. representing Mass. Head of the Women's Division of the United Fund in Attleboroj Mass. Active in the Second Congregational Church. Teacher in the Hamilton Country Day School.

Antecedents of NANCY ALICE RICHARDSON STEVENSON

On her father's side: the family have lived in Attleboro, Mass. since the late 1600's, always extremely active in community, and particularly school, affairs'°" Several ministers, Harvard graduates, and manufacturers of jewelry are included in the line. The Richardson genealogy, skeletonized here, is taken from The Richardson Memorial, by John Adams Vinton.

Samuel Richardson b. about 1610 settled in Woburn Mass. 1635/36 m. Joanna - son: Stephen Richardson b. 1649 m. Abigail Wyman son: William Richardson b. 1678 m. Rebecca Vinton b. 1683 son: William Richardson b. 1712 m. Mary Coy of Beverly - 119 - son: Abiather Richardson b. 1749 m. Martha Faulkner b. 1750 son: Col. Edward Richardson b. 1785 m. Louisa Pratt left money for a school fund; Richardson School named for him. son: Orville Pratt Richardson m. Eliza Johnson son: Orville Pratt Richardson m. Bertha King Smith son: Harold King Richardson mo Alice Easterbrooks daughter: Nancy Alice Richardson mo Allan Buchtel Stevenson

On her mother's sidep the family descends from Joseph Peck, son of Robert Pe~k, being the 21st generation from John Peck of Belton, Yorkshire. Joseph Peck settled in Hingham, Norfolk County, England. In 1638 he and other Puritans with his brother, Robert, their pastor, sailed on the Ship Dilig~nt of Ipswich and settled at Hingham, Mass. The Hingham, Masso records state: ''Mr o Joseph Peck and his wife and three sons and daughter and two men servants and three maidservants came~·-.umOld Hingham and settled in NewHingham. He seems to have belonged to that class in England known as gentleman or the gentry entitled to coat-amor, etco who ranked next to Baronets." Joseph Peck became a principal purchaser of land known as Seekondsi Rehobah and Barrington, and was a repre­ sentative to the General Court 1639-42 (the State Congress). Descendents were active in community and church affairs; occupations include cabinet maker, ministers and cotton manu­ facturers. The following genealogy, skeletonizedp is taken from ~ G,enealogical H!s~ory_ of the Descendents _of Joseph E,eck.i by Ira B. Pecka

Joseph Peck, son of Robert Peck, being 21st generation from John Peck of Belton, Yorkshire; lived at Hingham, Norfolk County, England; settled Hingham, Masso in 1638.

son: Nicholas Peck, b. in England 1630 - 120 - son: Jonathan Peck son: Deacon Thomas Peck son: Capto Peleg Peck b. 1736 son: Deacon Benjamin Peck b. 1790 dau: Mary L. Peck bo 1822 mo William A. King (went to State Legislature) dau: Mary H. King m. Mr. Easterbrooks dau: Alice May Easterbrooks mo Harold King Richardson dau: Nancy Alice Richardson mo Allan Bo Stevenson

- 121 - Descendents of WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON and EMMA NORRIS STEVENSON continued from Po 111

BUCHTEL

Children of MARY NELSON STEVENSON (1853-1948) and HENRY AUGUSTUS BUCHTEL (1847-1924) (see note 1)

Frost Craft Buchtel, born Aug. 4, 1875 at Greencastle, Indiana became a prominent surgeon in Denver, Colorado, died May 30, 1932; buried in Denver~ Colorado, married Margaret Waugh, 4 children. Emma Stevenson Buchtel, born May 11, 1882 at LaFayette, Indiana, married Dr. William Gordon Lennox (see note 4), died Dec. 27, 1957, 2 children. aenry Augustus Buchtel n., born Jan. 13, 1895, died Feb. 13, 1901. Mary Stevenson Buchtel, born May 5, 1898 at East Orange, N.J. (see note 2)o

Children of FROST CRAFT BUCHTEL (1875-1932) and MARGARET WAUGH BUCHTEL Henry Augustus Buchtel m. (see note 3.) born Oct. 2, 1906 at Monte Vista, Colorado., married Caroline Seeckts 1931 of Lincoln, Mass. (divorced). son: Robert Albert Buchtel (1935-1954) married 2nd Kathrina Van Wagenen Milton 1939 at Denver. children: Barbara Buchtel b. Sept 16, 1940 Henry Augustus Buchtel IV. b. Nov 29, 1942. William Waugh Buchtel, born Nov. 16, 1908 at Denver, Colo­ rado, died Mar. 13, 1949 at Redding, Califo married Silvia Louise Baine Oct. 29, 1932, dau. of Howard Baine and Louise Merserve Baine. daughter: Margery Buchtel, born Deco 7., 1936 married Marvin Carlisle Becker, son of Marvin Elmo Becker and Anna Eliz­ abeth Carlisle Becker. - 122 - children: Thomas Weston Becker, bo July 2, 1958 Silvia Stevenson Becker, b. 1962. Barbara Buchtel, born April 27, 1910 at Denver, Colo. married George Kramer Hayden, Feb. 2, 1931, son of Lewis Andrews Hayden and grandson of Thomas Scott Hayden • .children: Patricia Hayden b. March 31, 1932 at Denver, Colo. m. William Petriken Gregory. children: George Hayden Gregory b. June 4, 1954 Cynthia Gregory, twin of Andrew Sanford Gregory, b. March 20, 1956 Peter Scott Gregory, b. April 18, 1958 -All born at Denver, Coloradoo Cynthia Hayden, bo Jan 30, 1934 at Denver, Colo. married Henry Norbert Mulvihill. children: Henry Norbert Mulvihill 3rd, b. April 13, 1954 Barbara Mulvihill, b. June 14, 1955 Kathleen Mulvihill, b. March 22, 1957 Patrick McBride Mulvihill, b. Sept. 30, 1959 Michael Campion Hayden, b. Oct. 25, 1963 Thomas Scott Hayden 4th, b. May 10, 1940. John Rawlins Buchtel, born Jan. 1, 1913 married Margaret Hagan, 1955, in New Mexico.

- 123 - Children of EMMA STEVENSON BUCHTEL LENNOX (1882- 1957) and WILLIAM GORDON LENNOX (see note 4)

Mary Belle Lennox, born April 17, 1912 at Denver, Colo., graduate of Radcliffe College. married Holger Janssen, June 25, 1937 at Newton Center, Masso children: Gordon Lennox Jansson b. Nov. 13, 1938, Ao B. at Univ. of Pennsylvania. Erik Torvald Jansson b. July 26, 1940 A. B •. at Oberlin College, advanced work at Yale in City Planningo Bruce Stevenson Jansson b. Deco 2, 1941,A. B. atOberlinCollege;advanced work at Columbia and Harvard. Douglas Meade Jansson» bo Sept. 26» 1944, an undergraduate at Oberlin College. Margaret Agnes Lennox (see note 5), born Dec. 28, 1913 at Denver Coloo married 1st Dr. Gerald Klatskin, Febo 2, 1940 at Newton Center, Mass. daughter: Jane Klatskin b. June 3, 1943 at New Haven, Conn. married 2nd Dr. Fritz Buchthal of Copenhagen, Denmarko

NOTES ON THE BUCHTEL and LENNOX FAMILIES

1. HENRY AUGUSTUS BUCHTEL (1847-1924) Minister, educator, governor o Letters, diaries, and personal recollections affectionately compiled in the volume1 Life of Henry Augustus Buchtel, by T. R. Garth, are here summarized: Henry Augustus Buchtel was descended from John Buchtel who left his home in Wurtemberg, Germany (Bohemia), in 1753 and settled in Pennsylvania. He is said to have been an astronomer of some local distinction. Henry's grandparents were Solomon and Mary M. Buchtel; his father, a physician, was Jonathan B. Buchtel and his mother Eliza Newcomer Buchtel. Henry was born in East Liberty, near Akron, Ohioj - 124 - Sept 30, 1847. The name Buchtel is preserved in Akron in an Avenue, a Hotel and in Buchtel College (now the University of Akron), founded by John Richards Buchtel, a cousin. Dr. Buchtel, the physician, moved his family of three sons, William, Henry Augustus, and John to Elkhart, Indiana in 1848. Henry attended private school and was graduated in 1872 from Asbury College (now DePauwUniversity), Greencastle, Indiana, where he met Mary Nels on Stevenson (daughter of William Nels on Stevenson) who had entered the second class to admit women in 1871 at the age of 16. Henry and Mary were married Feb 4, 1873 and almost immediately went to Bulgaria as missionaries. Mary was granted her diploma, though she left college in her last semester o The letters and diaries of this experience, their travels to New York, Paris» and across Europe to Bulgaria and their life there in the early 1870's make fascinating readingo Mary's health broke down, and they were recalled within a year o Followed the years as a popular and dynamic minister in the Methodist Church. His energizing influence raised the money to build the Locust Street Church at Greencastle, Indianao He was then called to Knightown, Indiana, to Grace Church in Richmond, Indiana, to Trinity Church in Lafayette, Indiana where his vigorous preaching wiped out a debt of long standingo Later to Denver, Colorado, where he built the beautiful Trinity Church in 1887 at a cost of $145,000, a hand­ some sum in those days. Later, he was called to Central Ave. Church in Indianapolis, to Mount Vernon, N. Y. and to East Orange, N. J. His sermons were vivid and intense and never dull. His vigorous personality drew people and he knew every parishioner intimately; whatever he did had flavor (his child­ ren's class learned the Lord's Prayer in Greek as well as in English~) He had an astounding memory for names and faces. In 1899 Henry Buchtel became Chancellor of the University of Denver where he did an outstanding job in razing the debt, establishing an endowment and broadening the educational facilities. Henry Buchtel was elected Governor of Colorado in Nov. 1906, and after a hard-working term of two years returned to the University and to public lecturing. He knew personally many of the outstanding public figures of his day including - 125 - Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft. He died Oct. 29, 1924. In his family life as well as in his public life he had tremen­ dous zest and high spirits. His brother William, a physician in Denver, had married Helen Barnum, a daughter of P. T. Barnum and much like her father in looks and personality. The families were always close, and at family parties Henry and Helen would engage in such high jinks as to keep the family in peals of laughter. His wife, Mary Stevenson Buchtel is remembered also for quick and ready wit.

2. MARY STEVENSON BUCHTEL, social worker Born East Orange, N.J. May 5, 1898; dau. Henry Augustus and Mary {Stevenson) Buchtel; A. B. Univ. of Denver. B. S. Simons College 1921; summer study Harvard and U. of Cal. Case worker American Red Cross, Denver 1921-23; with YWCA, 1923-62; educational diro Denver 1923-25, Los Angeles 1925-36, dir. business and industrial dept., 1925-30, assoc. dir. 1930-36, executive dir. Pasadena, 1936-46, member Nato Board, as dir. A~ilomar Conference Grounds, 1946-49, exec. dir. San Francisco, 1949-60, execo diro Richmond, Califo 1960. 61. Consultant in Administration, National Board, Washington region 1961-62. Member Am. Assno Social Workers, Cal. Conf. Social Work, Adult Education Assn. P League Women Voters. Recipient alumni awardfor distinguished service, Univ. of Denver; Distinguished Citizens Award, Denver, Colo; Honorary Degree: Phi Beta Kappa. Pres. Women's City Club of Pasadena, 1953-540 Club: Zontz. Con­ gregational Church. Home address: 924 So. Oakland Ave. Pasadena, Calif. 3o HENRY AUGUSTUS BUCHTEL III., physician Born Monte Vista, Coloo Oct 2, 1906; moved to Denver when very young; attended Denver Public Schools, graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College and the Harvard Medical School (1931); internship and urologic training at the Mayo Clinic and the New York Postgraduate Hospital; entered private practice in urology in Denver in July 1938 where, except for army service in World War II, he has remained since. Member: Denver County, Colorado State and American Medical Assoc., the South Central Section of the American Urological Assoc, American Urological Assoc., the GU - 126 - Surgeong,; Phi Beta Kappa, University Club, the Denver Country Club, the American Alpine Club and Colorado Mountain Club, and the Rotary Club.

4. WILLIAM GORDON LENNOXj physician Born Colorado Springs, Colorado July 18, 1884, son of William and Annabelle Cowgill Lennox, A. B. Colorado College 1909, Sc. D. 1929; MoD. Harvard 1913; A.M. Univo of Denver 1921; student Peking Union Language School 1916-17. In Dept. of Medicine Peking Union Medical College 1917-20; engaged in research in epilepsy and migrain since 1921, Boston, Mass.; assiso profo neurology Harvard Medical School 1935-38, assoco prof. 1948-540 Pres. International League against Epilepsy since 19350 Founder of American Epilepsy Leagueo Author: 240 medical articles and 4 books: Epilepsy from the Standpoint of Physiology and Treatment 1928; Science and Seizures; New Light on Epilepsy and Migraine 1941; and a definitive 2-volo work, Epilepsy and Related Disorders, 1960, on which he was helped by his daughter Dr o Margaret Lennoxo When Dr. Lennox returned frem China he found that epilepsy was cloaked in fear, superstition and secrecy. For 10 years he worked alone studying the intricacies of brain cells; later with Dr. F. A. Gibbs traced the disease in thousands of families to question inheritability. The two physicians were among the first in this country to use the electroencephalogramj a device that records brain waves. Dro Lennox was the country's fore­ most exponent of bringing epilepsy into the open. A confrere of his at Harvard once remarked that he had made the greatest contribution toward the cure of epilepsy that had been made in a century. He ranks among the greatest of clinical investi­ gators.

5. MARGARET AGNES LENNOX, physician Born Denver, 1913; dau. William G. and Emma (Buch~l) Lennox; B. A. Vassar College 1934; student Radcliffe College 1934-35; M. D., Yalej 1939; married Go Klatskin, physician, 1941, divorced 1947; 1 dau. Jane; married F. Buchthal, physician, 1958. Intern pediatrica Strong Memorial Hosp. Rochester, N.Y. 1939-40; asst. resident N.Y. Hospo,1941- 42; instructor neurology Yale Univo 1942-45, assis. prof. - 127 - 1945-52; instructor neurophysiology j Copenhagen, 1952- Fellow U.S. Public Health Service 1951-54, fellow American Assoc. Univo Womenj USPHSj 1952-54, Member Amer. Electro-encephalographers Soc. , Assoc. Research Nervous and Mental Disturbances, League Against Epilepsy, Danish NeuroL Soc. Signa Xi. Home: 24 Sobredden. Office: 36 Juliane Mariesvej, Copenhagen, Denmark.

- 128 - Antecedents of EMMA NORRIS STEVENSON 1836-1908), wife of WILLIAM NELSON STEVENSON (1820-1902) Collateral names: Daniel, Vaughn (direct descent to STEVENSON line marked*)

DANIEL

*John Daniel, born Dec. 25, 1726, died Augo 21, 1810 m. *Elizabeth Danielj born Feb 26, 1736, died Feb. 11, 1825

Children of JOHN and ELIZABETH DANIEL Grace Daniel, born Jan. 26j 1759, died Septo 10, 1798 John Daniel, born Oct. 1, 1760, died Febo 28, 1819 George Daniel, born Oct. 1, 1760, died Oct. 1760 Sarah Daniel, born Aug. 2, 1762, died ? Samuel Daniel, born Oct. 9, 1764:i died Jan. 18j 1822 Martha Deniel, born Oct. 6, 1766, died? Elizabeth Daniel, born Deco 16, · 1768, died 1785 Catrena Daniel, born Septa 8, 1770, died 1772 Catrena Daniel, born June 16, 1772, died in Pittsburgh Dec. 3, 1811 Hannah Daniel, born July 16, 1776, married- Houston, son: William Houston, b. Deco 27, 1807 *Aaron Daniel, born Feb. 5, 1778, died Sept. 8, 1822 married *Sarah Vaughn, died Dec. 6, 1847 in New Albany, Ind. (n. b. Sugar tongs made from the silver knee buckles of Sarah Vaugh's father are in the possession of Mary Stevenson Buchtel of Pasadenaj C aliforniao)

Children of *AARON and *SARAH VAUGHN DANIEL William Vaughn Daniel, born Aug. 17, 1801, became a minister; married Caroline Wicks on Novo 15, 1821 14 children (see below) Elizabeth Daniel.? born June 12, 1804, died in New Albany, Indiana, married Jesse Reed of New Albany.

2 children: Aaron D. Reed, b. Augo 17 j 1825 - 129 - Sarah A. Reed, b. Dec. 18, 1828, both born in New Albany, Indiana. John Daniel, born May 17, 1807, married Hulda West on Jan. 26, 1830, New Albany, Ind. children: John S. Daniel (b. 1831; d. 1833) Flora I. Daniel b. July 2, 1843 Mary Emma Daniel b. March 26, 1846 Jane Vaughn Daniel, born July 28, 1809, married Jefferson Conner of New Albany on Aug. 11, 1829 7 children (see below) *Mary W. Daniel, born April 17, 1814, died May 1, 1842 married *Daniel William Norris, b. March 31, 1808, son of Mrs. Anna Abrams of Wilmington, Delaware. He became a builder in Sto Louis, Missouri.

Children of WILLIAM VAUGHN DANIEL (b. 1801) and CAROLINE WICKS DANIEL Sarah Daniel born Aug. 29, 1822, died Aug. 31, 1823 Aaron Daniel born March 17, 1824 Susan Daniel born Oct. 7, 1825 George Daniel born April 7, 1827, died Deco 29, 1828 Sarah D~iel born March 11, 1829 William H. Daniel born Dec. 13, 1830 John Daniel born Sept 4, 1833, died April 12, 1834 Edward Daniel born Jan. 20, 1835, died Jan. 20, 1835 Caroline Daniel born April 16, 1836, died Octo 2, 1845 Jacob G. Daniel, born Jan. 15, 1838 Mary H. Daniel, born June 15, 1840, died Aug. 14, 1841 Mary H. Daniel, born Feb. 24, 1842, died March 2, 1842 Charles W. Daniel, born March 22, 1843 Francis Daniel, born Feb. 4, 1846, died Feb. 5j 1846

Children of JANE VAUGHN DANIEL CONNER (b. 1809) and JEFFERSON CONNER (see note below) All born in New Albany, Indiana Aaron D. Cor,ner, born Sept. 8, 1830 - 130 - John S. Conner, born Dec. 5, 1833, died, New Albany, Ind. James H. Conner, born March 23, 1836 William H. Conner, born March 6, 1839 Mary H. Conner, born Oct. 11, 1841 Harriet L. Conner, born Feb. 26, 1846 Jeffe S. Conner, born July 26, 1850

{n. b. When Emma Norris Stevenson's mother Mary Daniel Norris, died, and her father married again, she came as a child of 10 to live with this aunt, her mother's sister, in New Albany and was welcomed with great warmth into this family circle; she was included as a sister and was often known as Emma Conner, rather than Emma Norriso Aunt Jane's and Uncle Jeff's house was a popular place for her children to visit.)

Children of *MARY DANIEL NORRIS (181~-1842) and *DANIEL WILLIAM NORRIS (b. 1808) William D. Norris, d. Sept. 7, 1830 in New Albany, Indiana *Emma Norris, born Jan. 2; 1832 in New Albany, Indiana baptised by her uncle William Daniel at 9 years, died Dec. 26, 1907 in Rockville, Indiana, buried in Greencastle, Indiana. married *William Nelson Stevenson (1820-1902} of Greencastle, son of *James and *Margaret Campbell Stevenson (see STEVENSON descent). Elizabeth Norris, born Oct. 5, 1836 in New Albany, Indiana, died Aug. 22, 1907 in Greencastle, Indiana. married - Albin. Indiana Norris, born May 3, 1839 in New Albany, Indiana, died Nov. 16, 1847 'in St. Louis, Mo. After his wife Mary's death, Daniel William Norris married: 2nd Mrs. Harriet Parker (d. Dec. 7, 1848) children: William H. Norris, b. 1845 in New Albany, Indiana. Harriet A. Norris, b. 1847 in St. Louis, Missouri. 3rd Mrs. Matilda Scott on Nov. 26, 1852 in Carlyle, Illinoiso There were children from this marriage. - 131 -

APPENDIX I

Summaries of various data

APPENDIX I

DffiECT ANTECEDENTS OF STEVENSON F AIVIIL Y who settled in America or were born here BEFORE 1700:

Henry Southey, his wife and daughter, Ann Southey (Littleton), settled 5000 acres near Jamestown, Virginia, 16220 Nathaniel Littleton, settled a large acreage in Northampton Coo, Virginia near Accomac, 16350 His wife was Ann Southey. Southey Littleton, their son, born 1645 Elizabeth Bowman, wife of Southey Littletono Major Edmund Bowman and his wife, parents of Elizabeth Bowman Littleton. Esther Littleton, dau. of Southey and Elizabeth Bowman Littleton, and wife of William Whittington II. William Whittington I and wife Elizabeth Weston, settled 1640j Eastern Shore, ·virginia. William Whittington II born in Eastern Shore, Virginia 1650, moved to Eastern Shore, Maryland before 1700. Captain William Fassitt and wife Mary, settled Somerset Co., Mary land about 1680. Southey Whittington, born 1687, son of William Whittington II and wife Esther Littleton Whittington. n. b. There is a John Stevenson listed with the boatload who came to Jamestown, Va. in 1607, but this editor does not know whether he is of our line.

INFORMATION FOR D. A. Ro MEMBERSHIP Benjamin Stevenson (see text) born July 23, 17 46 or 49 near Snow Hill, Maryland, Worcester Co. (formerly Somerset) son of Joseph Stevenson (born 1705); died Oct. 27, 1832 in Woodford County, Ky .. , served in the Maryland militia in the Revolu­ tionary War, in the Snow Hill Battalion, an ensign in the 7th Class of Colonel Patterson's Company.. Classed July 15, 1780. Record filed in the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland. - 135 - Alexander Campbell (see text Section II) 1744-1787 on whom the following References for Lineage are based: 2nd gen - Family records Putnam Co .. , Greencastle, Indiana; grave markers. 3rd gen - Mary Nelson Stevenson Buchtel .. D.,A.R. 76914 Joanna Campbell Stevenson Cline. D.A. R. 69835 Susan E. Stevenson. D .. A.R. 70944 4th gen - Elinor Cowgill Preisol., D.A.R. 74774{?) Marjorie Helm Swigert. D. A. R. 34951 Ky. State Historical Society, Frankfort, Ky. Pisgah 76589, 77823, 52046 5th gen - Chap., data 8 mi. west of Lexington, Ky., Woodford Co. Record Book pp., 387-8, Versailles Court Housej Woodford Co. :i Ky. 6th gen - Shelby Co., Marriages, Frankfort, Ky, Hist. Soc. Deed Book, p., 455, Shelby Co .. , Ky. Mary Gertrude Peck D. A. R. 1768 Margaret C. Peck McWilliams D.A.R. 1406

DESCENT FROM THE WlUTTINGTONS I Captain William Whittington married Elizabeth Weston II Colonel William Whittington married Esther Littleton III Southey Whittington married Mary Fassitt IV Hannah Whittington married John Cox V Mary (Polly) Cox married Benjamin Stevenson VI James Stevenson married Margaret Campbell VII Alexander Campbell Stevenson married 2ndJane Fisherj 3rd Rebecca Jane Foster William Nelson Stevenson married Emma Norris Elizabeth Stevenson married James Dunlap Kinkaid Margaretta Stevenson married William Peck Joanna Nels on Stevenson married Henry Ewing Cowgill Mary Long Stevenson married 1st Alexander Wiley, 2nd Charles L. Allison.,

- 136 - DESCENT FROM THE LITTLETONS I Nathaniel Littleton married Ann Southey, dauo of Henry Southey. II Southey Littleton mar:ried Elizabeth Bowman m Esther Littleton married William Whittington IV Southey Whittington married Mary Fassitt V Hannah Whittington married John Cox VI Mary (Polly) Cox married Benjamin Stevenson VII James Stevenson married Margaret Campbell vm Alexander Campbell Stevenson married 2nd Jane Fisher, 3rd Rebecca Jane Foster William Nelson Stevenson married Emma Norris ·Elizabeth Stevenson married James Dunlap Kinkaid Margaretta Stevenson married William Peck Joanna Nelson Stevenson married Henry Ewing Cowgill Mary Long Stevenson married 1st Alexander Wiley, 2nd Charles Lo Allisono

DESCENT FROM CAMPBELLS AND NELSONS I William Nels on married Joanna - II Joanna Nelson II imrried Alexander Campbell III Margaret Campbell married James Stevenson

DESCENT OF THE STEVENSONS I Samuel Stevenson married - II Joseph Stevenson married Rachael - m Benjamin Stevenson married Mary (Polly) Cox IV James Stevenson married Margaret Campbell V Alexander Campbell Stevenson married 2nd Jane Fisher, 3rd Rebecca Jane Foster William Nelson Stevenson married Emma Norris Elizabeth Stevenson married James Dunlap Kinkaid Margaretta Stevenson married William Peck Joanna Nels on Stevenson married Henry Ewing Cowgill Mary Long Stevenson married 1st Alexander Wiley, 2nd Charles L. Allison.

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APPENDIX II

Genealogies of the English families of Littleton and Whittington

The Argyll Campbells of Scotland

APPENDIX Il

GENEALOGIES OF THE ENGLISH FAMILIES OF LITTLETON AND WHITTINGTON

Many descendents of the Littletons and Whittingtons of Virginia and Maryland accept the evidence as unassailable of the con­ nection between these two families with those in England noted below. This editor prefers to state candidly, however, that precise genealogists would like documentation at one point in each family. The truth remains, though~ that they were the same kind of people, wealthy aristocrats of undoubted ability and leadership. And in the case of the Littletons other interest­ ing evidence exists (see Note 3 below on Nathaniel Littleton and his wife Ann) o

SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE LITTLETON (LYTTLETON) FAMILY includes: lo Extract from the family pedigree book at the house of the present (year 1900) Lord Hatherton which was furnished by Henry Steward Littleton, his younger brother, to Major John Cropper of Washington and from him to the editor of t~e William and Mary College Quarterly Historic~! Magazine where it was published April 1900. Vol. viiio No. 4o P. 230-2310 New York Public Libraryo 2o Littleton genealogy also published in Virginia Historical Magazine Volo 18 (1910) Po 20-230 NewYork Public Libraryo 3o Esther Littleton Savage's Deposition in Accomac County, Virginiaj Land Causes 1727-1826. pp 13-15. New York Public Library. 4. Shropshire Archeological and National Historical Society Series 4, 1913 for account of Edmund Walter de Ludlow which includes his drawing of Ludlow Castle and estate in 1578. New York Public Libraryo 5o J eayes: Descriptive catalog of the Charters and Muniments of Lyttletono New York Public Library. 60 Virkus: Abridged Compendiurn of American Genealogy. New York Public Library. - 141 - 7. Lineage Book Daughters of American Colonists Volo 1 Noo 1-1000 1929 p. 263. 8. Encyclopedia Britannicao 9. A genealogical Table of the Noble Family of Lyttleton, Baron Lyttleton of Frankley, by Joseph Edmondson, Mobray Herald to the Crown, App't by King George m. Work done 1764-1784. 10. The Research Library in Birmingham, England. 11. New England Hist. and Geneal. Register Vol XLI pp.364-369. GENEALOOY OF THE ENGLISH LITTLETONS The following genealogy is taken from a calf-bound, rag­ paper volume elegantly printed in the 18th Century, one of a set of genealogical tables of the Noble Families of England by Joseph Edmondson, Mobray Herald to the Crown. App't by King George m. The work was done 1764-1784. This was verified by other genealogies of the Littleton family in the Reference Library at Birmingham, England, where ample records of the family and other pertinent accounts are avail­ able. The holdings of the Lyttletons, located in that corner of England where the three counties of Worcestershire, Shrop­ shire andStaffordshire meet, extended into all three; the manor of Frankley being in Worcestershire, while the church where many of the family are buried, Hales Owen, is in Shropshire. Henley, the seat where Nathaniel Littleton's father, Sir Edward, lived is in southern Shropshire, near Ludlow, a beautiful manor house still with a fine gardeno The family of Lyttleton had been of long standing in the County of Worcester and had consider­ able possessions in the Vale of Evesham particularly at South Luttleton (whence the name has probably been assumed) in the beginning of the 13th Century. The manor of Frankley belonged before the Conquest to a certain Wulfwine, but in 1086 was held by Baldwin of William Fitz Ansculf. It followed the same descent as the barony of

Dudley to Joan de Botetourt, younger sister of John de Somery o In the reign of Richard II it came into the possession of Philip de Frankley, thence to his son Simon and thence to his daughter, Emma, the first wife of Thomas de Luttelton or Lyttleton. It - 142 - remained in her family after her death 7 but was recovered two generations later by Thomas Luttelton on failure of issue of Thomas· de Tattingtono The parish of Frankley lies 3 miles southeast of Hales Owen. The church was formerly a chapelry annexed to the church of Hales Oweno The site of the old manor house lies to the west

of the church .. During the Civil War, the house1 Frankley Hall, was occupied by Prince Rupert who, on leaving it, burnt it to the ground to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy. The tower of the present church was built out of the ruins of Frankley Hall. The present head (1963) of the Lyttleton family in England, Sir Charles John Lyttelton, G. C. M. T. D, the 10th Viscount Cobham, Baron Cobham, Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley Coo Worcester in Great Britain; Baron Westcote of Balley­ more in Ireland; and a Baronet of England, was born 8 August 1909; served in World War II. 1939-45; was Governor General of New Zealand from 1957 to 1962. (Burke's Peerage). His father, the 9th Viscount, was ½Ord Lieutenant for the city and county of Worcester. The old documents used the old Roman names for the counties, which are retained hereo County Wigorn means Worcestershire; County Salop is Shropshire. A man's time is identified by the reign of the King" (The Royal Geographical Society in London will translate old place names.) The varia­ tions in the spelling of Littleton have been preserved here.

*THOMAS DE LUTTELTON, seated at South Luttelton~ Co" Wigorn, Henry III. (1216-1272) benefactor to mo the Abby of Pershore" 1st EMMA, dau. and sole heir of Simon de Frankley, Lord of Frankley, Co. Wigorno 2nd *ANSELM (variously spelled Asselm, Ancelina, sole dau. of Wmo Fitz-Warin of Uptonj Co. Wigorn, grandson of Fulkes Fitz-Warin, Lord Marcher of Wales. Henry L (1100-1135).

Children of *THOMAS and *ANSELM FITZ-WARIN LUTTELTON Edmond, 1st son - 143 - *Thomas 7 2nd son, Knight of the Shire for Coo Wigorn. m. Edward II. (1307-1377) *Julianj dau. of Robto de Somery, brother to Baron of Dudley. John, 3rd son.

Children of *THOMAS and *JULIAN DE SOMERY LUTTELTON *Thomas Luttelton, recovered Manor of Frankley on failure of Thomas de Tattington; Esquire of the Body to Richard Ilo (r.1377-1399), Henry IV. (r.1399- mo 1412), and Henry Vo (r.1412-1422). *Maud, dau. of Richard Quartermain of Ricote, Co. Oxon, by Catherinej dau. and heir of Guy de Breton by Joan, dau. of Thomas Grey of Rotherfield. John, 2nd son.

Children of *THOMAS and *MAUD QUARTERMAIN LUTTELTON *Elizabeth, dauo and sole heir. Her father conditioned with her husband before ~er marriage that her inheritable issue should take the name of Lutteltono She died at the age of 79 and is buried mo at Hales Oweno *Thomas de Westcote of Westcote in Marwood, Coo Devon? on his marriage seated at Frankley; was Escheator of Worcestershire.

Children of *ELIZABETH LUTTELTON and *THOMAS DE WESTCOTE *Thomas? of the Tenures {see note 1 below); died 14 Augo 1481. mo *Joan, dau. of Wmo Burley of Bomscroft Castle, Co. Salop and widow of Sir Philip Chetroyne of Ingerstrie in Staffordshireo (see note 1 below.) Edmund Guy Westcote Nicholas Westcote Anne 3 other children

- 144 - Children of *SIR THOMAS and *JOAN LITTELTON Wm. Lyttelton, of Frankley. Knighted at the Battle of Stoke, from whom springs Lord Lyttelton 's line in direct descento d. 1507. bo at Hales Oweno m. Mary, clau. of Wmo Whittington of Pauntley, Co. Gloucester, by Elizabeth, dauo of Renifred Arundel of Lanherne. Richard, went to the Bar; appears in the year books of reign of Henry VII. m. Alice Wynnsbury of Pillaton. Issue: Lord Hatherton' s family of Pillaton and Tedderley. *Thomas, seated at Spetchley (near Worcester), Co. Wigorn. m. *Anne, dau. and heir of John Batreaux of Salford Abbots, Coo Wigorn.

Children of *THOMAS and *ANNE BATREAUX LITTLETON *John m. * Alice Thomas 3 other children

Children of *JOHN and *ALICE THOMAS LITTLETON Thomas of Stoke in Shropshire m. Frances Southey Christopher William m. Mary Hopton *Edward of Henley, Shropshire, Chief Justice of North Wales. m. do 16220 *Mary Walter de Ludlow, dau. of Sir Edward de Ludlow. (see note 2o)

Children of *SIR EDWARD and *MARY WALTER DE LUDLOW LITTLETON Sir Edward, Bart. (see Ency. Brit.) Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Keeper of the Seal, created Baron Lyttelton of Munslow in 1640. (1589-1645). William, sergeant at law. James, fellow of All So?l's College, Oxfordo William John, fellow All Souls' College, Oxford. Master of the Temple. *Nathaniel (see note 3.) - 145 - Sir Timothy Ann Mary Martha Priscilla Samuel

NOTES ON THE LITTLETONS lo *SIR THOMAS DE LITTLETON {1407-148l)ct One of the great figures in the history of English law. (See Encyclopedia Britannica). English judge and legal author. Born at Frankley Manor House, Worcestershire, England. Mentioned in the Paston letters as a well-known counsel. Received a grant of the manor of Sherriff Hales, Shropshire, from Sir Thomas Trussel as a reward for servicesct A recorder of Coventry 1450, a judge of Common Pleas 1466, a knight of the Bath 1475. His reputation rests on his Treatise on Tenures printed in London in 1481 or 82, one of the 10 earliest books published ,in London and the e,arliest treatise on English law ever published; the first attempt-at scientific classification of rights I over land. He pursues the method which gave to Roman law its breadth and consistency of principleo He is constantly stating and solving by reference to principles of law cases which may or may not have occurred in actual practice. Called in the Ency ct Brit. entry on English law "an excellent statement of law in exquisitely simple language". Dame Joan)' wife of Sir Thomas, survived him 24 years and died at the age of 800 She owned these Manors; Moseley and Coulesdon in Co. Worcester; Areley and Tixhale and 12 houses in Litchfield in Co. Stafford; Crefredgej Bromcroft, Baldcote!' Merktown, Mounslowe,• Henley, Tugford, Brocton, Aldon, Thongeland, Aldecote, Bodenhope in Coo Shropshirect 2o *SIR EDWARD WALTER DE LUDLOW, Chief Justice of South Wales. A man of wealth and great possessions. He was admitted to the Inner Temple 27 October 1552. Became a recorder of Ludlow 15630 Died 29 Jan. 1594. Buried in Ludlow Church. 3a NATHANIEL LITTLETON. This is presumably the same - 146 - Nathaniel Littleton who settled in Northampton County, Virginia, in 1635. Precise genealogists would like to see a court or church document which states that. Other researchers point out the following: The extract from the family pedigree book of Lord Hatherton (in 1900) which was furnished by Henry Steward Littleton, his yotlnger brother, to Major John Cropper of Washington and from him to the editor of the :William and Marx College Quarterly Historical Magazine where it was published 1~00-1901. Volume IX, p. 62. This stated: ''Nathaniel emigrated to Virginia in 1635, a gentleman of the Earl of Southampton's Company in the Low Countries 1625a "Published also in the Virginia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, Po 20. Both in New York Public Library. Nathaniel Littleton died in Virginia in 1654. His widow, Ann Southey Littleton, left a will, proved in 1656, which made James Littleton, Esq. of Shropshire, near Ludlow, heir to the real estate in case of the death of all her children. (Wm. and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Vol. VIII. p. 230-231. Note under the Library of Colo Southey Littleton.) The genealogy abqve shows that Nathaniel had a brother, James; both were sons of Sir Edward Littleton whose estate, Henley, was near Ludlow in Shropshire. Nathaniel Littleton of Virginia named his first son, Edward. * * * It is interesting to note that Sir Edward Littleton of Henley, father of Nathaniel and James, had a brother Thomas of Stoke in Shropshire, who married Frances Southey. Nathaniel's wife, Ann Southey, was a daughter of Henry Southey of Rimpton, Somersetshire, later of Jamestown, Virginia. Also note that Wmo Lyttelton of Frankley who died in 1507 married Elizabeth, daughter of Wmo Whittington of Pauntley. Littleton, Southey, and Whittington intermarriages both in England and in Virginia. Walters(Nathaniel 'smother' s name)were also Accomac settlers. * * * LYTTLETON COAT OF ARMS: Argent, a chevron, between three escallops sableo SOUTHEY COAT OF ARMS: Gules, a chevron, between three cross-crosslets argent.

* * - 147 - * GENEALOGY OF THE ENGLISH WHITTINGTONS *William Whittington1616/21 in England, settled in Northamp­ ton County, Virginia, about 1640, is believed to have come from an ancient family whose seat was Pauntley an estate in .Gloucestershire, England. The following accounts of Pauntley were found in the library at Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. In A New History of Glo~cestershir~ (Cirencester: Printed by Samuel Rudder 1779): Pauntlei. This parish lies in the hundred of Botloe in the Forest division 4 miles distant north of Newent and 10 miles north-west of Gloucester. It is bounded by Upleden and Oxenhall on the south; by Kempley and Dinmock on the west; the river Leyden on the north and east separates it from Worcestershire. The face of the country is full of swells and slopes and little valleys whence it takes its name

Pantelie from Pant2 British for a valley. (This would place Pauntley at the borders of Herefordshirej Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.) Continuing in the same volume: In Doomsday Book, Anssrid de Cornelies held Fauntley and other estates of Walter de Laci. Walter de Pauntley left ,Pauntley to his daughter Margery who married John de Solers. Walter de Solers, son of Margery became heir to Pauntley in 32 H 3 (Henry III.) Maud de Solers dau. and heir of John de Solers-Hope in Herefordshire married William de Witinton or de Vyteinton (d. 12 E 1) and brought this estate into his family where it remained until the 16th Century when the son to whom it was left daughtered out and pauntley left the family. In The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire compiled from the ms. of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttleton and others, by Rev. Stebbing Shaw, fellow of Queens College, Cambridge, London. Vol 2 MDCCCI pp 262-267: "Whittington, I suppose, was a member of Kinfare at the time of the Conquest. The first mention I find of it in 1 Edward II. that Sir William de Whitenton was the owner of it. Kenvare, Kinfare in Dooms­ day Book written Chenevare derives from the British words Keun and Vaur meaning----- a high mountain; or from Saxon words meaning road, which could mean an old Roman road. It was a section of land. 'Yhittington was a village or estate; Whittington Hall had the arms in the parlour window. " - 148 ... In The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire by Sir Robert Athyns. London MDCCCXII: Pauntleyo 7 miles north­ west of Gloucester. The manor soon after the Norman Conquest belonged to a family of the same name who held it of the honour of Clifford Castle. Passed from Walter de Pauntley to his daughter Margery who married John de Solers. Passed to son, Walter de Solers. To son, Thomas de Solers. To son, John de Solers. To daughter, Maud, who married William de Whittington descended from an ancient family of de Vyteinton or Witinton. The estates of the Whittingtons and the Littletons in England were relatively close together; i.e. across a corner of county Worcestero The Whittingtons were nw. of Gloucester at the Worcesterj Gloucester, Hereford border. The Littletons were w. of Birmingham at the Worcester, Stafford, Shropshire borders. In the late 15th or early 16th Century William Lyttleton of Frankley married Mary, daughter of William Whittington of Pauntley by Elizabeth, daughter of Renifred (or Humphrey) Arundel. In the 17th Century in America William Whittington married Esther Littleton, daughter of Southey Littleton. In America the holdings of the Whittingtons and the Littletons again were relatively near each other in Northamp­ ton County, Virginia. Captain William Whittington and Nathaniel Littleton emigrated at about the same timeo

WHITTINGTON GENEALOGY (in England) * marks the line of direct descent

*WALTER DE PAUNTLEY left Pauntley Manor in Gloucester- shire, England, to his daughter. *MARGERY m. *JOHN DE SOLERS Son and Heir: *WALTER DE SOLERS, heir to Pauntley 32 H 3 Son and Heir: *THOMAS DE SOLERS Son and Heir: *JOHN DE SOLERS-HOPE in Herefordshire Daughter and Heir: *MAUD m. *WILLIAM DE WHITTINGTON

(died 12 El) j descended from an ancient family of Vyteinson or Witinton. Son and Heir: *Sffi WILLIAM WHITTINGTON m. *JOAN, dau. of Wm. Mansel, Sir William declared by the Inquisition of 4E2 to be the son of Wm. and Maud Whittington and the next heir of John, son of - 149 - Thomas de Solers; and in him the manor of Pauntley and estate was united. Son and Heir: lo William m. Catherine, sister and heir of John de Staunton, died, and his brother Robert inherited. 2. *ROBERT, was High Sheriff of Gloucester­ shire 3 & 8 H 4o 3. Richard (1359-1423), was thrice Mayor of London, the storied "Dick Whittington", mo Alice, dau. of Sir Ivo Fitzwarren. (see note below.) Son and Heir of Robert: *SIR GUY DE WHITTINGTON m. *CICELY, sister and heir to Richard Browning, by which he and his heirs became lords of Notgrove, Lye and Rodborow. He was heir to Pauntley from his father. Was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire 6 & 12 H6. Son and Heir: *ROBERT m. *ELIZABETH, dau. of Baldwyn Rouse. Son and Heir: *WILLIAM mo *ELIZABETH, dauo of Humphry Arundel and co-heiress of Edmund Arundel. (see note below.) Son and Heir: *JOHN m. 1st.. dau. of Richard de Croft. 2nd. *ELIZABETH, dau. and co-heiress of Simon Melbourneo Was High Sheriff in 1517. Children of *JOHN and *ELIZABETH WIDTTINGTON: John of Pauntley Alexander of Notgrove Christopher

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It is interesting to note that at least three generations of Whittingtons held the office of High Sheriff in Gloucestershire. The second William Whittington in America held the office of High Sheriff several times in Somerset County, Maryland. Both the English and American families have a tradition of public spirit and philanthropy o * * * • RICHARD ("DICK") WHITTINGTON, from the account in the Encyclopedia Britannica, was third son of Sir William Whittington of Pauntley and Joan, daughter of William Mansel. He married Alice, daughter of Sir Ivo Fitzwarren, a Dorset knight of considerable property. He was a mercer by trade and acquired great wealth and much commercial importance. He was elected mayor of London in 1398, again in 1406-7, and in 1419-200 He made frequent loans to Henry IV and Henry V and according to legend gave a banquet to Henry V and his queen when for entertainment he burned bonds for £ 60, 000 which he had taken up and discharged. Henry V employed him to supervise the expenses for completing Westminster Abbey. He died in 1423 and bequeathed a large fortune to charitable and public purposeso He bore nearly all the cost of building

Greyfriars Library o In his last year as mayor he had been shocked by the foul state of Newgate Prison, and his estate financed its rebuilding. Other benefactions included work on the new Guildhall and half the expenses of building the library there; repairs on St. Batholomew's Hospital, bosses for water at Billingsgate and Cripplegate. His chief foundation was his college at St. Michael, Paternoster Church and the adjoining hospital. He was buried in St. Michael's Church. The legend of Dick Whittington and his cat stems from a play published in 16050 The cat story has been traced to Persian, Danish and Italian folklore and was superimposed on the local public figureo His brother, Robert, is in the line of direct descent to the William Whittingtons of Virginia and Maryland.

* * * - 151 - William Lilye (1468-1522), English scholar, directed a verse, Antibo~sicon ad Gulielmun Hormannum, (1521) against a rival schoolmaster, and grammarian, Robert Whittington, who had "under the feigned name of Bossus much provoked Lilye with scoffs and biting verses. "

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MARY WHITTINGTON, a daughter of Wmo Whittington and Elizabeth Arundel Whittington, married WM. LYTTELTON of Frankley (who died in 1507). See Littleton genealogy.

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A William Whittington was 17 years old in 1623, descended from Guy de Whittington and a daughter of the heir of Malemore. 1623 was the year in which the Visitation of the County of Gloucester was taken.

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Arms: Gules a fesse cheque or and azure. In the dexter chief an annul et Or. These were the arms of the Lord Mayor Whittington of London (thrice mayor, 1397, 1406 and 1419).

Crest: A Dove and olive branch all ppr o

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These arms were also used by the Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, Rt. Rev. William Whittington, prior to the Civil War, and are used by other Somerset (Maryland) families of Whittington descent. * * * *

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Condensed from The _Clan Campbel,11 a record of service by a race of statesmen (published 1953 by W & AK Johnston Limited, Edinburgh and London), by Andrew McKerrall. The author states, ''The striking success of the Campbells has few, if any parallels among the great families of Scotland. It can be ascribed to various causes; to their fortunate but risky decision to support King Robert the Bruce; to their consistent loyalty to the reigning monarchs; to the Protestant cause at and after the Reformation of 1560; and to carefully arranged marriages with the most influential families in the land. There can be no doubt that the long line of Campbell chiefs exhibited a business acumen and shrewdness which have all appearance of having been hereditary. " The genalogy of the Campbellsj which began to be compiled about the middle of the 17th Century j stated that the original name of the clan was O'Duibhne and that the chief claimed to be descended from an ancestor named Diarmido The eighth Duke of Argyll, a man of literary taste, an author himself and friend of Macaulay, Tennyson and Carlyle, wrote of "the purely Celtic family from which I am descended - a family of Scots - that is to say belonging to the Celtic colony from Ireland which founded the Dalriadic kingdom and to whom the name of Scots originally and exclusively belonged." The earliest public records in Scotland that mention a Campbell (or Cambelj as then used) was in 1266. The family owed its first rise to power and importance to Sir Neil Camp­ bell who chose to support Robert Bruce whose chances at the time were slim and the nature of his enterprise perilous. Sir Neil was awarded with grants of land, the keeping of castles on forfeited estates and the hand of the king's sister, Mary. In 1315, King Robert I bestowed on Sir Duncan Campbell all the lands of London and Stevenston in Ayrshire in one whole barony. Sir Duncan married Suzanne the heiress of London. A later Sir Duncan~ said to have been one of the wealthiest barons in Scotlandj a benefactor of the Church, is known to have visited France on some public mission and while there performed some remarkable feat in the slaying of a wild boar, which is said to account for the boar's crest in the Argyll arms. - 153 - The Earldom of Argyll was created by King James II in 1457 and lasted until 1701 when it was elevated into a Dukedom. The Genealogie describes the first Duke as "a man eminent for his·- quickness~ of apprehension, justice and of undaunted courage, remarkable for his liberality, popularity and magni­ ficence, one of the great props of the Protestant religion in the days of King James VII." Of the third Duke of Argyll, Archibald, in the mid-18th Century it is recorded that he both counselled and practised leniency toward the vanquished and in new charters made out to some of his vassals he struck out the elaborate formal pre­ amble prepared by his man of business and put in its place the words» "and seeing I wish to do to others as I would be done by, therefore, etco •• " To the third Duke belongs the credit for first raising the highland regiments of the British Army. In 1730 they formed the six independent companies of local militia which, from the contrast between their dark tartan uniform and that of the regular redcoats became known as the Black Watch. They numbered 510 men and the rank and file were recruited from all Highlanders who cared to serve. The fourth Duke, John, (1761) is described as "a sound clear-headed solider and a shrewd, conscientious and kindly man. " The fifth Duke, George, and his successors played a prominent part in the development of agriculture. During the great agricultural revolution in Scotland, George issued end­ less orders for the betterment of his tenantry, improving buildings and methods. And so on, down to the present Duke, a good example of eminent ability continuing for generations - through good marriagesj dedication in each case of a man's brain to con­ structive usesj and careful attention to the instruction of the young to insure the same pattern. Any member of the family who goes to the British Isles would be delighted by a visit to Inverary Castle, part of which is open to the publico The Duke still lives there and is said to be much interested in his American connections, asking anyone descended from the Campbells to register in a special book. The picturesque natural setting of castle, village, mountains and lake is a delight to remember. The village church has one of the finest sets of bells in the British Isles, presented by the - 154 - late Duke, and it is the pleasure of notable bell ringers to come there to try them. It is a lucky day to encounter such a visit when the bells ring intermittently throughout the day~ in the most intricate and fascinating patterns of sound. The castle itself is not overpoweringly large but gives the impression of great elegance in its furnishings. The men enjoy the Great Hall with its roaring fires in two great fireplaces and the dis­ play of Campbell arms dating.from early times. The book used here for the above historical sketch was purchased at the castle and is evidently the official history of the family. * * * * CAMPBELL COAT OF ARMS

Arms: Quarterly first and fourth gyronny of eight, or and sable, second and third, argent. A Lymphad, her sails furled an~ oars in actionj all sable, flag and pennants flying gules. Crest: A.boar's head couped, or. Supporters: Two lions guardant gules. Mattos: Vix eanostra voco (meaning» I can sca~ce call these

deeds of our ancestors ours o )

Encyclopedia of American Biography Vol XI p.170 Burk's General Armory, Po 162

Description: First and fourth quarters are of black and gold, second and thirdj silver. A ship, her sails furled, oars in action, all black, flags red. Crest: A boar's head, gold.

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INDEX

INDEX Page Antecedents of Emma Norris Stevenson {Vaughn and Daniel) 129-131 Antecedents of James Dunlop Kinkaid 95-96 Antecedents of Rebecca Jane Foster 86-88 Appleyard Farm, Putnam Co. Indiana 92 Battle of Bothwell Bridge, Scotland 12,13 Biographical notes, 18th Century 34-35,39-44 19th Century 64,78:i79,80 20th Century 102-103,105-107,113-119,124-128 Buchtel family 122-128 Buchtel, Gov. Henry Augustus 126 Campbell:i Alexander I. his Revolutionary War record 50 Alexander II U. So Senator from Ohio married Agnes (Nancy) Dunlap 64 Joanna, her will 51 Campbell genealogy, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 52 in Woodford County, Kentucky 70,71 Descendents of Alexander Campbell Stevenson {1802-1889) and Jane Fisher Stevenson and Rebecca Jane Foster Stevenson 83-85 Descendents of Elizabeth Stevenson Kinkead (1807-1871) and James Dunlap Kinkead 95-96 Descendents of Margaretta Stevenson Peck (1809-1891) and William Baker Peck 100-107 Descendents of William Nelson Stevenson (1820-1902) and Emma Norris Stevenson 111-128 Eastern Shore, Maryland 15 Virginia 15 Fassitt, Colonel William 37,44 Genealogies: Buchtel 122-124 Campbell 52,70-71 Cline 83-85 Cowgill 79 Daniel 129-131 Foster 86-88 Helm 104-107 - 159 - Page Genealogies: Jackson 117-118 cont. Kinkead 95-96 Lennox 124 Littleton, American 32-33 English 141-147 Nelson 52,70 Norris 130-131 Nutt 104-105 Peck 100-104,120-121 Richardson 119-120 Stevenson, 18th Century 29-31, 69, 70 19th Century 72, 83, 95,100,111,112,122 20th Century 84,112,113 Vaughn 129-130 Whittington, American 36-38 English 149-150 18th Century, Sections I and II 29-31, 33, 36-38, 52 19th Century, Sections III and IV 69-72,83,86--87,95,100,111 20th Century, Section IV 84,85,101-102,104-105,112-113 122-124 Gillet, John 22 Goshen 22,29 Helm 104-107 Indian stories 56-57 Journal of Rebecca Jane Foster 88-92 Kentucky Academy, 1795, schoolmasters 60 books used 60 some famous graduates of 61 Lennox family 124-127 Lennox, Dr. William Gordon 127 Nutt family 104-107 Littleton Genealogy, in America 33 in England~ Appendix II 141-146 Littleton, notes on Nathaniel, Ann, Southey, Esther 34-35

notes on English Littletons1 Appendix II 147 Londonderry, Siege of 13 Mary land, early government 15-17 - 160 - Page Nels on, Frank 49 Joanna I 49 Joanna II 49 Margaretta 49 William 49 Nutt, Cyrus 105 Peace and Plenty 25 Peck family 99-107 Pisgah Church, founding 59,61 early membership 58,62,63,72 services in 62 Lewis & Clarke Expedo service 61 churchyard graves 63-64 Stevenson members of 62,63,72 Pocomoke River 21 Presbyterianism in Somerset County 17 Proof of descent, from Littleton ahd Whittington 45-46 Revolutionary War, Benjamin Stevenson's record 25 Alexander Campbell's record 50 As fought on the Eastern Shore of Maryland 25-27 Scotch Irish, definition of term 12 Scotch Irish Presbyterians, some family names 14,20,58 Snow Hill, Marylandj town 19,20 Snow Hill Battalion, Amo Rev. . 25 Somerset County, Maryland 19,20,29 Stevenson, Dr. Alexander Campbell, b. 1802 43,77-79 Stevenson, Benjamin I b. 1746-49 24-28 his Eastern Shore farm, Peace and Plenty 25 his Revolutionary War record 25

his move to Woodford County 1 Kentucky 27,55 deed to his Woodford County farm 66-67 Benjamin II b. 1785 63 Stevenson, contemporaries in North Ireland 14 - 161 - Page Stevenson, early land transactions 20 Stevenson, early settlers list 18 Stevenson Genealogy, Eastern Shore, Maryland 29-31 Woodford County, Kentucky 69-72 Putnam County, Indiana 83-85,95-96,100-101, 2oth Century 111, 112, 113 111-112 Stevenson, James b. 1703 12, 20 b. 1745 24,29 b. 1776 30, 77 Stevenson, Joseph b. 1705 19,20,21 will of 23 Stevenson, Mary (Polly) Cox b. 1750, Antecedents of 32-46 Stevenson, Samuel b. 1675 29 b. 1701 29 bo 1778 30 Stevenson, source of name 11 Stevenson, William b. 1789 31,64 " Nb. 1820 72,80,111,122 Useful summaries, Appendix I 135-137 Versailles, Kentucky 38,51,61 Whittington, Mary Fassitt 37,44 Southey 37 Stevenson 38 Whittingtonj Captain William (Virginia) b. 1616-21 18,36,39 Colonel William (Maryland) b. 1650 36,40-44 William (Burgess, Virginia) b. 1681 36 William (Kentucky) his diary b. 1759 38,58 Woodford County, Kentucky, exploration of 57,58 early settlers 58-60 early National Census 1810 63 Worcester County, Maryland 27,28 Whittington genealogy, in America 36-38 in England Appendix II 148-150

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