Descendants of [John Stephenson, Sr.] Jenk Stephenson 24720 Airville Ave Newhall, CA 91321 Table of Contents .Descendants . .of . .John . Stephenson. Sr.. 1. .First . .Generation . 1. .Second . .Generation . 7. .Third . Generation. 17. .Fourth . .Generation . 33. .Fifth . .Generation . 59. .Sixth . Generation. 87. .Seventh . Generation. .123 . .Eighth . .Generation . .161 . .Ninth . Generation. .195 . .Tenth . .Generation . .239 . .11th . Generation. .309 . .12th . Generation. .371 . .13th . Generation. .403 . .14th . Generation. .417 . .Name . .and . .Location . .Indexes . .419 . Produced by Legacy Descendants of John Stephenson Sr. First Generation 1. John Stephenson Sr. was born before _____-_____-1634 in __________, __________, __________, __________, died before _____-_____-1677 in __________, __________, __________, __________, and was buried _____-_____-_____ in __________, __________, __________, __________. General Notes: The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010: Deeds and Land Grants: 1. Land grant dated to Epaphroditus Lawson dated September 3, 1649, of 700 acres on Rappahanock River lying about 12 miles up the north side to the mouth of Slaughters Creek separating the land of John Carter, for the importation of 14 persons whos names are maintained in the records under this patent. PB 2:180. 2. William Clapham Jr. of Rapa. in Lancaster County to John Stephenson dated July 12, 1654, 700 acres in Rapa. about 12 miles up, as may appear in a patent dated Sept. 3, 1649, a neck of land on Slaughters Creek parting the land of Major John Carter; signed with a mark; witnessed by Thomas Madestard and John Goldsborough; recorded [illegible], 1654. Lancaster DB 1:139. Court Records: 1. Recorded by Mr. Fox: Mr. Stevens 4 tithables. Lancaster County Court Orders, 1652-1656, p. 238. ___________________________________________________________________________ Dear Gary Julian, 6 Feb 2014 My name is Mark Valsame, and I live in Raleigh, NC. I'm an archivist at the North Carolina State Archives, and have been doing genealogical research on my ancestral lines for more than 35 years. I am a leading researcher of the Stephenson family in Johnston County, North Carolina. My distant cousin Gary Mack Stephenson (Kit # 181909) forwarded to me your e-mail concerning the I1 haplogroups at FTDNA and WorldFamilies.net. Gary took a 37 marker y-dna test in 2010 at my urging. I see that you are the contact person for Jan-Michael Stevenson (Kit # 225148), who is descended from Thomas C. ("Kit") Stevenson. The late archivist George Stevenson, who was a colleague of mine at the State Archives, was descended from this line. All of the matches in Group II of the Stephenson/Stevenson DNA project appear to share common ancestry through John Stephenson (1656-1727; md. Elizabeth Edwards) of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In spite of what appears repeatedly online on such sites like Ancestry.com, John Stephenson of Isle of Wight County, Virginia was NOT the son of John Stevenson and his wife Elizabeth Boyd of Glasgow, Scotland. That couple's son John Stevenson married Janet Jack, and the christenings of his children are recorded in Glasgow parish registers long after the appearance of our ancestor John Stephenson/Stevenson in Virginia. In short, there is NO connection to the family in Glasgow. In recent years, we have made some progress in establishing our Stephenson lineage one generation further back to John Stephenson of Lancaster County, Virginia and his wife Christian. The elder John Stephenson acquired 700 acres of land on Slaughter's Creek in Lancaster County, Virginia from William Clapham in July, 1654. In October, 1677, his widow Christian Stephenson appointed her 21 year old son John Stephenson (b. May 12, 1656) to sell the land of his father in Lancaster County, Virginia, relinquishing her right of dower and thirds to Thomas Paynes. It appears that the younger John Stephenson had arrived in Lancaster County, Virginia by May, 1678 as indicated by a headrights list, and soon thereafter became a servant. By September of that year, he was brought before the court for running away from his master Col. 1 Produced by Legacy Descendants of John Stephenson Sr. John Carter. His servitude was extended as punishment for running away. On February 12, 1678/79, John Steventon, by then a servant of court official Robert Griggs, was ordered to serve a seven years indenture. Two days previous to that date on February 10, 1678/79, John Stephenson of "Isle of Wight County, Virginia" conveyed his father's 700 acres on Slaughter's Creek in Lancaster County, VA to Robert Griggs and Thomas Paynes. It appears that Stephenson may have included Griggs in the land conveyance to partially satisfy his indentured servitude, and had already migrated to Isle of Wight County to avoid serving his remaining indenture. John Stephenson acquired his first land in Isle of Wight County, VA by April, 1680 from John and Sarah Wakefield. John Stephenson subsequently married Elizabeth Edwards, the daughter of Charles Edwards of Isle of Wight County. John Stephenson, along with another of John Carter's servants who had run away named Titus Turner, were both named as headrights by Rowland Bulkly in a 1682 land patent in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. While I have not firmly established it, it appears possible that the elder John Stephenson may have been identical with John Stephens/Stevens of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. John Stephens acquired a patent for 1000 acres of land on the Rappahannock River in Old Rappahannock County in March, 1657. He also obtained a patent for 653 acres in October, 1660. He subsequently sold the 1660 patent land to two mariners from Bristol in February, 1661/62. John Stephens also acquired 500 acres from Walter Granger in April, 1661. John Stephens devised a will on March 5, 1661/62 indicating his impending return to England, and left 500 acres each from his 1000 acre 1657 patent to John Fulcher (son-in-law of Richard Webley) and Alexander Dudley (son of Richard Dudley). He left Richard Webley the 500 acres bought from Granger in 1661. Richard Webley and Richard Dudley were left his livestock and remainder of his estate in Virginia. No family members are mentioned, nor is any land in Lancaster County. The will was not submitted for probate in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia court until almost 16 years later on February 5, 1677/78, roughly about the same time that the younger John Stephenson would have arrived in Virginia to sell his father's 700 acres in Lancaster County, Virginia. According to Coldham's "Complete Book of Emmigrants," a John Steventon sailed on the ship "Ann" from London to Virginia sometime between October 14th and December 6, 1677. This might be the younger John Stephenson. This is why I believe that John Stephenson of Lancaster County, Virginia and John Stephens of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia may be the same man. I am also investigating a Captain John Stephens of the Chestnut Pinck/Pinnance, who sailed about April, 1662 with a fleet of ships on behalf of the British East India Company to Swally, India. Captain John Stephens evidently died in India a few years later. It is a possibility that he could be identical with John Stephens of Old Rappahannock County, VA/John Stephenson of Lancaster County, Virginia. Captain John Stephens/Stevens' widow Christian Stephens filed petitions with the British Treasury for claims made on behalf of her late husband's service with the fleet in India. There are various entries concerning payments made to her in the Treasury Books between 1680 and 1688. Whether this Captain John Stephens of the Chestnut Pinck is identical with our ancestor in Virginia has yet to be determined. There are also parish register entries in the parish of St. Dunstan and All Saints Church in Stepney Parish in London for the baptisms or burials of several children of a John and Christian Stephenson/Stephens between 1642 and 1648. John Stephenson was listed as a shipwright. The burial of a widow Christian Stevens of Ratcliffe in Stepney Parish is also recorded in April, 1685. Whether this family is identical with John and Christian Stephenson of Virginia is also unknown at this time. Here is a summary of most of the information above in a posting I made on GenForum in 2011. http://genforum.genealogy.com/stevenson/messages/3160.html I can supply original documentation for this information, if you desire. Sincerely, Mark Valsame Raleigh, NC 2 Produced by Legacy Descendants of John Stephenson Sr. ___________________________________________________________________ John Stephenson (1656-1726/27) of Isle of Wight County, VA By James M. Valsame April 12, 2011 at 02:09:05 In reply to: James H. Stevenson (Stevensone) - 1601- Edinburgh,Scotland Don Stephenson 1/09/11 If the ancestry you are referring to pertains to that of John Stephenson/Stevenson (b. May 12, 1656; Isle of Wight County, VA will devised November 23, 1726, proven February 27, 1726/27), then you should know that much of what is being perpetuated on the internet through Ancestry and other sites has little basis in fact.John Stephenson of Isle of Wight County, VA was not the son of John Stevenson and Elizabeth Boyd of Glasgow, Scotland, nor the grandson of James Stevenson and Janet Hunter. Recent research has revealed that John Stephenson/Stevenson was in Lancaster County, VA prior to his appearance in Isle of Wight County, VA.On October 27, 1677, Christian Stephenson, widow,granted consent to her son John Stephenson to sell the land of his late father John Stephenson located on Slaughters Creek in Lancaster County, VA.She relinquished her right of dower and thirds to Thomas Paynes, and appointed John and Rowland Lawson as attorneys to acknowledge the consent in court.She further certified on the same date that her son John was 21years of age on May 12th last, indicating that he had been born on May 12, 1656.Christian's consent does not state that she was a "of Lancaster County" nor where she resided, and the fact that she appointed attorneys to acknowledge her consent in court suggests that she may have lived elsewhere or abroad.