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Henry Stephenson 1698


 


1698 • Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 1740 • Ulster, Antrim, Ireland

02 Jun 1720 • Downpatrick,Down,Ireland to Ann Curlett
( Z. Mettam. Northern Ireland Marriages, Volume 1 (Manuscript found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City on microfilm 824282, item 2).
Marriages are taken from County Down: Boardmills 1st Presbyterian Church, 1782-1842; 1851-1870; Down/Downpatrick, 1700-1874; Dromara, 1817-1845; Dromore, 1784-1845; Drumbo, 1706-1721; Killinchy, 1812- 1845; Killyleagh, 1835-1872; Kilmore, 1833-1845; and Kircubbin, 1802- 1845.
Registration of marriages at the General Register Office in Dublin was compulsory for all Protestants after April 1845 in Ireland. They are the official record)

 


(son of William Stephenson Stinson b: 1649 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d: 1711 and Katherine Alison b: ) Grandson of Henry Stephenson Stinson & Mary Wilson 1582 - 1649 ...( "Stinson,"was the Scottish vernacular for Stephenson)

William Stephenson Stinson and Mary Wilson had 10 children:

Henry Stephenson B: 1698 D: 1745
William Stephenson B: 1744 • Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
Robert Stephenson B: 1752 • Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
John Stinson B: 1760 • Antrim, Antrim, Ireland (1760–1820)
Hugh W Stephenson B: 25 Jan 1765 • Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
William Stephenson B: 1769
Robert Stephenson B: 1770 • Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
James Stephenson B: 1772
Elizabeth Stephenson B: 1787• South Carolina, United States
Nancy Stephenson B: 1787• South Carolina, United States

Henry S. Stephenson  [In places also show as Stevenson] (son of   William Stevenson Stinson   and   Katherine Alison) was born 1698 in Ricalton, Parrish Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland , and died 1745 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland. He married (1)   Ann Curlett   on 02 Jun 1720 in Down, Ireland.

Henry Stephenson, the great grandfather of the famous George Stephenson, was born in 1698 in Ricalton, in the Parish of Oxnam, Roxburgh County, Scotland.

  • Birth: 1698 in Ricalton, Oxnam Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  • Death: 1748 in County Antrim, Ulster Province, Ireland Vashi Cem.Stephenson      Cem.,
  • WAS CONSIDERED SCOTCH-IRISH DUE TO HIS EMIGRATION FROM      SCOTLAND TO IRELAND
  • His father was William Stephenson Stinson ( born 1649 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland died in 1711 in Scotland) and his mother Katherine Alison. His grandfather was Henry Stephenson (1582-1649) and his paretrnal grandmother was Mary WIlson (1585 -)
  • Note: Henry was christened at age 9 on March 23, 1707 in Ricalton. After Henry's death, his widow and some of their children came to America. His widow Ann married a Mr. White in Ireland and they immigrated to Washington County, PA., where their household also included a James, John and William Stephenson. 

     

    • Henry S. Stephenson, Oxnam, 1698

    Henry Stephenson was born in 1698 in Oxnam in Roxburghshire. As a child his family moved to Ireland probably as a result of the severe famine in Scotland. Henry worked as shepherd.

    He married Ann Curlett in 1720 in Antrim in Ireland. Ann Curlett came from County Down in Ireland. He moved back to Oxnam soon after his marriage. Their residence was six miles from Jedburgh, Parish of Oxnam, Roxburgh County, Scotland. Children were; James STEPHENSON, born 1724 in County Antrim, Ire; died 1821 in Iredell NC; James married Sarah Kelly and had 9 children. He passed away on 1819 in Stephenson Cementery Vashhi. Robert STEPHENSON, born 1723 Ricalton, Parrish Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland; married Agnes McCelland.

    Ann Curlette died in 1725, in Ireland. Henry later married Isabella Oliver June 28 1735. Their children were: James, Ricalton, Parrish Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland June 16 1736; Janet, Ricalton, Parrish Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    June 5 1738; Richard, Bloody Laws, Oxnam Parrish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    May 16 1742; Henry, Bloody Laws, Oxnam Parrish, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Feb 27 1745; Isabella died in 1745.

    Note:The Stephenson's left Scotland ca 1715 when the Catholic Stuarts brought more armies tramping through the countryside, plundering farms, killing sheep, and readering peilous the practice of Presbyterian beliefs. Henry had died and his wife Ann remarried to a White. She might have been pregnant at the time as her son was named John White Stevenson. She moved to United States with all the children except William who was an apprentice at that time and did not join the family until 1748 in Pennsylvania.

    WILLIAM STEVENSON, born 1725 in Antrim, Ulster Ireland; died May 01, 1809 in Statesville, NC; married MARY MCCLELLAND Abt 1750.

    James Stephenson

    Scotch-Irish Migrations with Rev. William Martin, Names of Passengers from Ireland


     


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