The Justice James McKean Family

Justice James McKean

Descendants of James McKeen

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES3 MCKEEN (JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 1665 in Ballymoney, Ireland, and died 09 November 1756 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He married (1) ANNIS CARGILL, daughter of DAVID CARGILL and JANET SMITH. He married (2) JANET COCHRAN, daughter of JOHN COCHRAN.

Notes for JAMES MCKEEN:
From History of Windham NH, Pages 638-39
"Justice James McKeen was in business with William (his brother) at Ballymony and was quite successful. He emigrated to America in 1718, and with others, appeared in Londonderry in 1719. He was the first magistrate commissioned in Londonderry, was a man of honesty, intelligence, and ability, and one of the leading and wealthy men in the young colony. He was in the very prime of manhood, although 53 years of age when he came to Londonderry. He was b. in 1665; d. 9 Nov 1756. His first wife was Janet Cochran, by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth who married, in Ireland, James Nesmith, who settled in Londonderry, and was ancestor of the Nesmiths of Windham and Londonderry. Another daughter married her cousin John Cochran, of Windham, ancestor of the Windham family, and they lived where their great-grandson, William D. Cochran now resides. The second wife of Justice Mckeen was Annis Cargil, who died in Londonderry in her 94th year, 8 August 1782. By both wives he had twenty-one children. (There is a facsimile of his signature in the History of Windham, NH.)

Deacon John, his son was b. in Ballymony, County Antrim Ireland, April 13, 1714 and lived in Londonderry (now Derry) near the Head place, was an elder in the church and representative of the town. He married his cousin Mary McKeen and had ten children."

The McKeens' armorial bearings were those of the Cadets of Island Kings as Macdonald's of the Isles, now belonging to the Prince of Wales. Justice McKeen brought, with his won money, a colongy of seventeen families, including Pastor McGregor from Scotland, to found a colony in New Hampshire, where they could have religious freedom.

Notes for JANET COCHRAN:
This information was taken from a Biographical/genealogical Dictionary on the internet, and unfortunately the reference was not recorded on the printout. "Janet Cochran, daughter of John, was a descendant of the first Earl of Dundonald. The McKeen's armorial bearings were those of the Cadets of Island Kings as Macdonald's of the Isles, now belonging to the Prince of Wales. "

(There seems to be some confusion about Justice James McKean. Perhaps this will help.
Submitted by Barbara Boell.)
Justice James McKean was born circa 1665 in Balleymoney, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland. He died Nov 9, 1756 in Londonderry NH at age 91 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry NH.

James married (1) Janet Cochran in Ireland. She died 1712 in Balleymoney, N. Ireland. James and Janet had 12 children born in Balleymoney, of which two came to America:
Elizabeth McKean bc 1696 Ireland and died Apr 29, 1763 in Londonderry NH. She married in Ireland James Nesmith.
Janet McKean bc 1708 Ireland and died Apr 16, 1790 Windham NH. She married John Cochran in NH.

James married (2) Annis Cargill, born 1688 Ireland and died Aug 8, 1782 at age 94 in Londonderry NH. She was the daughter of David Cargill and Janet Smith, emigrants to NH. They had 9 children:
     John McKean bc 1714 Ireland and m. Mary McKeen
     Mary McKean bc 1715 Ireland and m. Robert Boyd
     David McKean bc 1718 Ireland
     James McKean b Sep 9, 1719 NH and m. Elizabeth Dinsmore
     Janet McKean b Dec 28, 1721 NH and m. William Orr
     Martha McKean b Dec 14, 1723 NH and m. John Dinsmore
     Samuel McKean bc 1725 NH
     Margaret McKean b Mar 30, 1726 NH
     Annis McKean bc 1727 NH

I would like to submit the following information regarding the children of Elisabeth McKeen and James Nesmith.
Sincerely, Bernard Schroeder
From: History of the Town of Antrim New Hampshire, from its Earliest Settlement, to June 27, 1877, with a brief Genealogical Record of all the Antrim Families by Rev. W. R. Cochrane, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, 1880. Pp. 613-617 JAMES NESMITH, one of the signers of the memorial to Gov. Shute March 26, 1718, and one of the proprietors of Londonderry, was also one of the original sixteen that first struck for settlement on the soil of that ancient town April 22, 1719. He was a strong man, worthy of respect, and honored by his associates. Was appointed elder of the West Parish Presbyterian Church, at its formation in 1739. The date of his death was 1767, and his age seventy-five. He married, in Ireland, in 1714, Elisabeth, daughter of James McKeen and Janet Cochran. This Elisabeth McKeen was sister of Janet McKeen, Dea. Isaac Cochran’s mother. She died in 1763, aged sixty-seven. The Nesmiths lived in the valley of the Bann in Ireland, and emigrated to that place from Scotland in 1690. Dea. James Nesmith had two children in Ireland and seems to have buried the eldest child there. Seven children were born to them in America. The names of all were: Arthur, buried in infancy in Ireland; James, born in Ireland in 1718; Arthur, born in Londonderry April 3, 1721; Jean, born March 12, 1723; Mary, born Jan. 24, 1726; John, born Feb. 11, 1728; Elisabeth, born Jan. 8, 1730; Thomas, born March 26, 1732; Benjamin, born Sept. 14, 1734.

Also to clear up another misconceeption about the McKeens in CT. John McKeen and Martha Cargill's first child (1) Martha was born 1742 in NH. Then John moved his family to the mouth of the Connecticut River just across from Long Island NY so he could be closer to his shipping and supply company which had routes to Boston, Portsmouth and Nova Scotia. He settled in the Old Lyme District, about 12 miles west Of New London CT. There the next 4 children were born: (2) William b 1745 CT and who m. Ann Archibald in NS, (3) John b Feb 4, 1746/7 CT and who m. first Rachel Johnson in NS and m. secondly widow Rachel (Duncan) Archibald in NS, (4) Margaret b Oct 4, 1748 CT and who m. James Fisher in NS. and (5) David born 1749 CT and who m. Janet Taylor in NS.
John and Martha and family moved to Truro NS in 1760 and was a grantee of the township.

I hope helps clear up a few things. Sincerely, Barbara Boell

Children of JAMES MCKEEN and ANNIS CARGILL are:
2. i. JOHN4 MCKEEN, b. 13 April 1714, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland; d. 09 October 1793, Derry, Rockinham Co., NH.
ii. MARY MCKEEN.
iii. DAVID MCKEEN.
3. iv. JAMES MCKEEN, b. Abt. 1719, Londonderry, NH; d. 03 April 1794, Corinth, VT.
v. JANET MCKEEN, b. 28 December 1721.
vi. MARTHA MCKEEN.
vii. MARGARET MCKEEN.
viii. ANNIS MCKEEN.
ix. SAMUEL MCKEEN.

Children of JAMES MCKEEN and JANET COCHRAN are:
4. x. ELIZABETH4 MCKEEN.
xi. JANET MCKEEN, m. JOHN COCHRAN.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN4 MCKEEN (JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 13 April 1714 in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, and died 09 October 1793 in Derry, Rockinham Co., NH. He married MARY MCKEEN May 1735.

Notes for JOHN MCKEEN:
From History of Windham NH, page 639:

"Deacon John McKeen, son of Justice James McKeen, was b. in Ballymony, County Antrim Ireland, April 13, 1714 and lived in Londonderry (now Derry) near the Head place, was an elder in the church and representative of the town. He married his cousin Mary McKeen and had ten children."

John McKeen is recorded under Rockingham County, Londonderry, in the 1790 census page 71 with 2 males and three females in his household, including himself and probably his wife. The next entry was Daniel McKeen, with one male, himself, and one female, (Jennet Wilson McKeen) his wife.

Death date recorded from Mormon "Ancestral File."

Notes for MARY MCKEEN:
Mary McKeen is described as the cousin of Deacon John McKeen in both the History of Windham, NH and in a family tree of Broderbund's Family Tree CD.

Children of JOHN MCKEEN and MARY MCKEEN are:
5. i. JAMES5 MCKEEN, b. 15 June 1739.
6. ii. JOHN MCKEEN, b. 04 February 1745/46; d. 1807.
7. iii. ROBERT MCKEEN, b. 12 August 1749.
8. iv. WILLIAM MCKEEN, b. 20 January 1750/51; d. December 1824, Windham, NH.
v. ANNIS MCKEEN, b. Abt. 1755.
vi. JOSEPH MCKEEN, b. 15 October 1757; d. 15 July 1807, Brunswick Maine.

Notes for JOSEPH MCKEEN:
Notes from Pam Lawniczak via e-mail state that "Joseph went to Dartmouth at 13 years of age. He was a classical scholar and teacher."

9. vii. DANIEL MCKEEN, b. Abt. 1761, NH.
viii. JANET MCKEEN, b. Abt. 1761; m. JOHN TAYLOR , JR..

Notes for JANET MCKEEN:
One source showed Janet as having been born on 4 Oct 1741, however Pam Lawniczak, in her e-mail message of 24 Jan 1998 states that Janet was born 7th in the birth order, after Joseph born 1757. Another unknown source, quoted by a correspondent, indicated that Janet McKean and Daniel McKean were twins. Searching for verification of this info will be of interest. Ms. Lawniczak states that Janet Married John Taylor, Jr. and had 5 children. Pam gives her source as "The History of Maine" and the "History of New Hampshire".

ix. SAMUEL MCKEEN, b. Aft. 1761; m. (1) ELIZABETH TAYLOR; m. (2) MARY CLARK.

Notes for SAMUEL MCKEEN:
Samuel m. first Elizabeth Taylor and second Mary Clark

3. JAMES4 MCKEEN (JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1719 in Londonderry, NH, and died 03 April 1794 in Corinth, VT. He married (1) ELIZABETH DINSMORE, daughter of JOHN DINSMORE. He married (2) LYDIA INGALLS.

Notes for JAMES MCKEEN:
Silas McKeen, son of David & Margaret (McPherson) McKeen, studied theology and was settled in Belfast, Maine for nine years. Subsequently he settled in Bradford, Vt of which town he prepared a history for the press.

In a letter dated Jan 5, 1876, he writes:

My grandfather James McKeen, died at Corinth, VT at the house of my father, Apr 3, 1794 in the seventy fifth year of his age.

Child of JAMES MCKEEN and ELIZABETH DINSMORE is:
10. i. DAVID5 MCKEEN, b. 12 June 1750.

4. ELIZABETH4 MCKEEN (JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1). She married JAMES NESMITH 1714, son of JAMES NESMITH.

Child of ELIZABETH MCKEEN and JAMES NESMITH is:
i. ISAAC5 NESMITH, m. MARY N. MCCLURE.

Generation No. 3

5. JAMES5 MCKEEN (JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 15 June 1739. He married ? CUNNINGHAM.

Notes for JAMES MCKEEN:
Birth date from "Ancestral file" of Mormon family history center.

Child of JAMES MCKEEN and ? CUNNINGHAM is:
i. LEVI6 MCKEEN.

Notes for LEVI MCKEEN:
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James Stevenson, This is for you:

The info you had on daniel is correct and it would seem your a direct
descendant of Justice James and Deacon John. Daniel resided in
Londonderry NH

The info I had for you was found in the books called: The History of
Maine and The History of New Hampshire

6. JOHN5 MCKEEN (JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 February 1745/46, and died 1807. He married JANET TAYLOR.

Notes for JOHN MCKEEN:
Birth date from Mormon "Ancestral File".

Child of JOHN MCKEEN and JANET TAYLOR is:
i. JAMES6 MCKEEN.

Notes for JAMES MCKEEN:
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James Stevenson, This is for you:

John Married Janet Taylor. John was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. His son James, about whom these notes are written, was an attorney in NYC in 1850.

7. ROBERT5 MCKEEN (JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 12 August 1749. He married MARY MCPHERSON.

Notes for ROBERT MCKEEN:
Robert lived in Antrim, NH and moved to Corinth, VT. He had a son Joseph L. McKean who was Superintendant of Schools in NYC. (Source, Pam Lawniczak in e-mail to James Stevenson. Both Pam and James are members in a group of McKean family researchers using the internet. Pam states that she obtained the information from "The History of Maine" and the "History of New Hampshire". Have requested additional information about citation. JDS

Child of ROBERT MCKEEN and MARY MCPHERSON is:
i. JOSEPH L.6 MCKEEN.

Notes for JOSEPH L. MCKEEN:
Superintendant of Schools in NYC.

8. WILLIAM5 MCKEEN (JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 20 January 1750/51, and died December 1824 in Windham, NH. He married NANCY TAYLOR.

Notes for WILLIAM MCKEEN:
From History of Windham, NH, Page 639

"William settled in Windham. He was b. about 1750. He started the McKeen place in Windham, and was the first resident there. William was a clever man, but an "everlasting talker," and upon going to a neighbor's to spend the evening, would sit and talk into the dead of the night. As a last resort, to prevent himself and others from being bored to death by his endless tongue, his father, who owned a large tract of land, deeded William the McKeen place in Windham, consisting of some 200 acres, on condition that he would locate upon it. So about 1760, he pitched his tent in the valley between the sloping hills and beside a murmuring brook. He was alone, far from neighbors, and without a house, which he was unable to build. So he dug a hole in the precipitous side of the hill close to the brook, and near where the present house stands, stoned up the sides, and covered it with boards, and in this "dug-out" he lived for several years. He subsequently married Nancy Taylor, daughter of John Taylor of Londonderry, who was born 1757 and died Sept. 5, 1834. About the time of his marriage, he built a log house of one room, through which he ran a partition. In one part he and his wife lived, in the other he kept a cow and a pair of oxen. Afterwards he built a framed house of one room, and his son John enlarged it to its present dimensions. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His brother Joseph was the first President of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. He died Dec. 1824.

Children of WILLIAM MCKEEN and NANCY TAYLOR are:
i. MARY6 MCKEEN, b. 28 August 1784; d. 1804.
ii. MARGARET MCKEEN, b. 1786.

Notes for MARGARET MCKEEN:
History of Windham, pg. 640 "died 1804 with spotted fever."

iii. NANCY MCKEEN, b. 1788.

Notes for NANCY MCKEEN:
History of Windham, pg. 640 "died 1804 with spotted fever."

iv. JOHN MCKEEN, b. 28 June 1790, Windham, NH; d. 18 December 1854; m. JUDITH WILSON.

Notes for JOHN MCKEEN:
John Wilson, "of Windham, NH" took over the home of his father according to History of Windham, NH page 640

Notes for JUDITH WILSON:
Judith Wilson, "of Derry" according to History of Windham, NH page 640

v. JANE MCKEEN, b. June 1793; d. 08 July 1840, Salem, NH.
11. vi. ALICE MCKEEN, b. 28 August 1796; d. 17 September 1825, Temple, NH.

9. DANIEL5 MCKEEN (JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1761 in NH. He married (1) JENNET/JANET WILSON daughter of JAMES WILSON and ELEANOR HOPKINS.. He married (2) LUCY MARTIN.

Notes for DANIEL MCKEEN:
Daniel and Jenny Listed from "Vital Records of Londonderry, NH" with children's birthdates. Their daughter Mary McKeen was born 07 October 1794. She died 26 Dec 1836 and is buried in Seaborn Cemetery where John Wesley Stevenson and Mary Ann Wilson are buried.

McKean family information recorded by Thomas Miller wrote in History of Colchester Co. Nova Scotia, that Deacon John McKean's son was David who married Jenny Wilson, however the DAR record and Vital Records of Londonderry show the name as Daniel. And the census record for Rockingham County, NH shows a Daniel McKeen with a wife but no children, recorded just after John McKeen.

On January 24, 1998, I received this e-mail:

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James Stevenson, This is for you:

John McKean b. April 3, 1714 m. his cousin Mary Mckean
the first child of the marriage of Justice James and Annis Cargill
John Mckean and Mary (the daughter of John Mckean and Jeanetter or janet
Mckean so they were first cousins) had 9 children
I.James M. m. ? Cunningham father of Judge Levi Mckean of Poughkeepsie
NY
II. John m. Janet Taylor (John was a Capt in the Revolutionary War) He
had a son James Mckean who was an attourney in NYC in 1850
III. Robt. m. Mary McPherson lived in Antrim NH and Corinth VT had a
son Joesph L. who was superintendant of schools in NYC
IV. Wm. m. Nancy Taylor served in rev. war and d. in 1824
V. Annis died unmarried
VI. Joesph b. Oct 15, 1757 and d. July 15, 1807 at Brunswick Maine went
to Dartmouth at 13 years classical scholar and teacher
VII. Janet m. John Taylor Jr. and had five children
VIII. Daniel m. first Janet Wilson second Lucy Martin (the widow of John
Nesmith of Windham NH)
IX. Samuel m. first Elizabeth Taylor and second Mary Clark

The info you had on daniel is correct and it would seem your a direct
descendant of Justice James and Deacon John. Daniel resided in
Londonderry NH

The info I had for you was found in the books called: The History of
Maine and The History of New Hampshire

Notes for LUCY MARTIN:
http://www.shelburne.nscc.ns.ca/nsgna/miller/d0008/g0000716.htm#I2811 is the URL for this information. It comes from Historical and Genealogical Records of First Settlers of Colchester County by Thomas Miller.

Notes for JENNET/JANET WILSON:
Vital Records of Londonderry, NH show Jennet as "Jenny". The record of Jennet's birth on the Application for Membership to DAR (National Number 313986) for James Wilson, shows Janet as spelling, with Janet marrying Daniel McKean , however there is no date. Daniel McKean/McKeen is shown on page 86 of Vital Records of Londonderry, NH with wife Jenny, and with daughter, Mary McKeen born 7 Oct 1794.

Children of DANIEL MCKEEN and JENNET/JANET WILSON are:
i. DANIEL6 MCKEEN, b. 16 January 1791.
ii. JOHN MCKEEN, b. 05 December 1792.
12. iii. MARY MCKEEN, b. 07 October 1794, Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA; d. 26 December 1836, Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA.
iv. ANNE MCKEEN, b. 27 July 1796.
v. JAMES MCKEEN, b. 22 February 1798.
vi. LEVI MCKEEN, b. 18 May 1804.
vii. JANE MCKEEN, b. 18 May 1806.

10. DAVID5 MCKEEN (JAMES4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 12 June 1750. He married (1) LYDIA INGALLS. He married (2) MARGARET MCPHERSON Abt. 1776, daughter of JOSEPH MCPHERSON and ANN.

Notes for DAVID MCKEEN:
History of Corinth, Vermont 1764--1964

Page 78: The list of freeman, some spent their lifetime here and some left for parts unknown within a few years:

Timothy Davis Amos Ingals Israel Ingals

Nathaniel Ingals David McKeen James McKeen

Caleb Richardson

Page 81

The tanner was a most essential man to judge from the number of men in this occupation who bought land along mill streams to set up their vats and drying sheds. There was David McKeen who first located at the Center to start a tannery before moving to southeast Corinth where he purchased land in 1779 with a grist mill on it. He immediately built a sawmill, the first on the gore, to make full use of the water power and to erect a plank house for his residence. He drew the heavy mill irons through the woods from Colchester, Vermont on an Indian travois, a primitive drag with platform supported by two long poles, the forward ends attached to oxen like the shafts of a sleigh, the rear ends trailing along the ground. David McKeen was a warm-hearted man with many talents, devout in his way of life, serving the town as its first constable in 1780 and holding the office of justice of the peace for many years.

Page 85

In 1787 a second mill was built on the Waits River by Robert Lovewell who soon sold to Joshua Hale, the latter losing interest shortly thereafter. Amos Ingals tried running it for awhile, as did John Heath and Josiah Farwell.

page 99

In due time David McKeen, constable of Corinth, warned the townspeople that this tax must be paid by the 15th of August, 1783 or the following day he would sell at vendue at the home of Col. Nehemiah Lovewell such part of each delinquent's land sufficient to pay the tax and all individual costs. He posted the list of delinquent taxpayers, although no collection charges were to be made against them because money was scarce and the town was experiencing a severe financial recession. Some of those named as delinquents had paid the tax on their cultivated acres, letting the uncleared land go into vendue. On the 1783 list of delinquent taxpayers were: Samuel Davis, Joshua Davis, David Davis, David McKeen.

Page 100

On March 14, 1785 Constable McKeen filed his report with the town clerk, stating he had collected all taxes due although he had to sell 1100 acres which were later redeemed.

Page 117

David McKeen and Samuel Haseltine, outstanding men of strong moral character, were among the first to open their homes for the nutriment of Christian principles based on the Articles of Faith and Rules of Congregational Church Government which stressed strict observance of the Sabbath, as did all other denominations.

Page 118

Thirty pounds were raised to hire a minister, with Israel Ingals, Thomas Crook, and David McKeen appointed to carry out the mandate of the majority.

Page 119

In the summer and fall of 1820 the Rev. Charles Chace was a candidate, conducting a religious revival during these months. Through his labor and influence the First Congregational Church was organized on Oct 10, consisting of David McKeen, Rueben Locke, Alexander Twight, Anthony Towle, Andrew McFarland, Samuel Haseltine, Eleanor Gwen, Elizabeth Haseltine, Nelly Towle, Phebe Locke, Sara Flagg, and Anna Philbrick.

Page 127 -- Smallpox epidemic

At a special town meeting on November 8, 1810 in William Cook's hall to see what method the town would take to prevent it's spread. They decided to empower the selectmen to license one or more pest houses for inoculating persons who wished to have it done according to the laws of the State. To the town father's great relief, saintly David McKeen who owned the Slack property at the time, showed his humanitarian qualities when he immediately offered his home for a pest house. His devotion to the nursing of the afflicted was tragically repaid when his wife, daughter lydia and infant grandson were among the first to be stricken with the disease, all dying near the same time, also a Miss Hannah Crook. Another kin of the family, Robert McKeen, a brother of the first president of Bowdin College, removed himself to a remote hut where he was cared for by an elderly man until his death. He was buried in utter loneliness.

Page 136

Similar ventures, undoubedly, started in other parts of town but the earliest school of which there is any definite record was kept in southeast Corinth on the property of David McKeen who had four young children when he built his sawmill on the Branch in 1779. When his large barn was built about a decade later the town was concerned with investigating and procuring the school right in the Public Lands, to have a survey made. To William Fellows and Benjamin Muzzey fell the task of dividing the town into as many "school districts as they judged would best accommodate the town" in 1789. The name of Miss Betsy Morrison is the first to be given as a teacher in the McKeen barn.

So far as known the first appropriation for support of schools was voted in town meeting on March 15, 1792 when forty pounds were raised, to be paid in wheat at five shillings per bushel, each district to have its proportion of money if a school was kept. Two weeks later Jacob Sleeper, Bracket Towle, David McKeen, Charles Crook, Edward Robie, and Benjamin Muzzey were elected the first trustees of town schools to alter districts, hear grievances and dspense the apportionment. Again in 1795 and 1796 sixty pounds were raised.

District 2: David McKeen, 1792: 12 pounds, 9 shillings

Page 206

In 1807 John McKeen bid off the job of tax collector and constable for nothing but refused to give sufficient security to indemnify the town and the job went to Christopher Avery when he bid four cents for the office. A mother and three children were put up for bid, one of the children bid off separately, for forty cents per week as he was old enough to walk, being seven years old.

Pgae 293

Honor Roll -- Revolutionary War -1775-1783
McKeen, David - Mass-served in Mass company.

Page 384

Ingalls

At least three families by the name of Ingalls lived in Corinth in the early days. Israel Ingalls married Betty ______, Their children were: Charlotte, b. Sept 14, 1788; Israel, Jr. b. Dec 14, 1789; Sally, b. Dec 15, 1792.

Amos married Ruth Stevens -- Dec 9, 1792

Nathaniel married Betty McKeen Jan 9, 1794. Their children were: David, b. June 2, 1794; James, b. Apr 30, 1796; Sally, b. Feb 13, 1798; Nathaniel, Jr. b. Nov 27, 1801; Fanny, b. June 2, 1803

Page 410-411

McKeen

David McKeen, Esq; son of James McKeen, moved his family into Corinth from Londonderry, N.H. before 1780. He was chosen constable at the organization of the town in 1780 and was justice of the peace for many years. He built the first sawmill in the eastern part of town. He married Margaret McPherson. Their children were: David Jr, b. Nov 27, 1781; John b. Dec 27, 1782; Anna, b. Aug 12, 1784; Jane b. Feb 29, 1786 married Henry Doe (b. Deerfield, NH, Sept 24, 1782); Margaret b. Mar 8, 1789; Silas b. Mar 16, 1791; Sally b. Mar 12, 1793 married James Annis, d. Dec 7, 1831; Robert b. Nov 9, 1795.

Silas McKeen, son of David & Margaret (McPherson) McKeen, studied theology and was settled in Belfast, Maine for nine years. Subsequently he settled in Bradford, Vt of which town he prepared a history for the press.

In a letter dated Jan 5, 1876, he writes:

My grandfather James McKeen, died at Corinth, VT at the house of my father, Apr 3, 1794 in the seventy fifth year of his age. My father David McKeen, first married Margaret McPherson of Londonderry, NH by whom he had six sons and six daughters. After her decease he married Lydia Ingalls of Methuen, Mass and by her had one son and one daughter, so the grandchildren of Elizabeth McKeen were fourteen in all. Of these, three died in early youth and three at mature age but unmarried. Of the others--David, John & Robert married and settled in western New York. They died leaving large families. Elizabeth married Nathaniel Ingalls and died in the same vicinity. Mary (Polly) married William Johnson. Jennie married Henry Doe. Sally married James Annis and d. Dec 7, 1831, James and Annis all lived and died at Corinth, VT. Silas (that is myself) had by his first wife three daughters and by his second wife three daughters and one son, all of whom with their mother are now deceased with the exception of Hilena and Phebe who have performed a great work in high female seminaries and are now spending a year in Europe. Just at the time they are in Rome. I am the only surviver of my father's family and am living with my third wife in Bradford, VT. The descendants of the McKeen race, from Elizabeth Dinsmoor, are somewhat numerous and dispersed widely through this country.

Phoebe F. McKeen d. during the summer of 1880, on the cars between New York and Boston.

Elizabeth Dinsmoor was the wife of James McKeen who was the father of David and grandfather of Silas McKeen. She came to America in 1730, was born in Ireland in 1725, was the daughter of John. He went over from Scotland and settled in the north of Ireland.

Children of DAVID MCKEEN and LYDIA INGALLS are:
i. DANIEL6 MCKEEN, b. Unknown.
ii. JENNIE MCKEEN, b. Unknown; m. HENRY DOE.

Notes for HENRY DOE:
Erie Co. New York in early 1800s. About 1803 in Vermont.

Children of DAVID MCKEEN and MARGARET MCPHERSON are:
iii. ELIZABETH (BETTY)6 MCKEEN, b. 10 March 1777.
iv. MARY (POLLY) MCKEEN, b. 17 November 1779; m. (1) WILLIAM JOHNSON; m. (2) JAMES RICHARDSON.
v. DAVID (JR.) MCKEEN, b. 27 November 1781, Corinth, VT.

Notes for DAVID (JR.) MCKEEN:
According to the History of Corinth, VT, David and family settled in Western New York.

vi. JOHN MCKEEN, b. 27 December 1782, Corinth, VT.

Notes for JOHN MCKEEN:
According to the History of Corinth, VT, John and family settled in Western New York.

vii. ANNA MCKEEN, b. 12 August 1784, Corinth, VT.
viii. JAMES MCKEEN, b. 28 February 1786, Corinth, VT.
ix. MARGARET MCKEEN, b. 08 March 1789, Corinth, VT.
13. x. SILAS MCKEEN, b. 16 March 1791, Corinth, VT; d. Bradford, VT.
xi. SALLY MCKEEN, b. 12 March 1793, Corinth, VT; d. 07 December 1831, Corinth, VT; m. JAMES ANNIS.
xii. ROBERT MCKEEN, b. 09 November 1795.

Generation No. 4

11. ALICE6 MCKEEN (WILLIAM5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 28 August 1796, and died 17 September 1825 in Temple, NH. She married FRANCIS CRAGIN , JR..

Child of ALICE MCKEEN and FRANCIS CRAGIN is:
i. WILLIAM M.7 CRAGIN, b. 21 August 1825; m. (1) EMILY L. WILSON, 29 March 1860; m. (2) EMELINE L. WILSON, 26 May 1862.

12. MARY6 MCKEEN (DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 07 October 1794 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA, and died 26 December 1836 in Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA. She married JAMES WILSON 20 March 1820 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough Co., NH, son of JAMES WILSON and MARGARET MCCLURE.

Notes for MARY MCKEEN:
When his wife Mary died, James Wilson married John Wesley Stevenson's sister, Anna Stevenson. They had two children, John B. Wilson and a daughter Margaret Ellen Wilson who married John Hathaway. In 1900 they were living in Drexel Missouri with son Mark Hathaway.

Notes for JAMES WILSON:
This James Wilson was a grandson of James Wilson who came from Scotland and who fought for independence for his adopted country in the Revolutionary war according to a biography of William Morrison in the 1872 Atlas of Brown County, page 50. This biography which gives some background also Roxanne (Wilson) Morrison. (William Morrison's wife was a younger sister to James Wilson. Her name was Roxanne "Roxy" Wilson born April 3, 1800.) The narrative mentions that her grandfather James Wilson "served as a soldier in the revolutionary war, participating in the ever memorable battle of Bunker Hill, and other, serving with distinction and honor for the flag of his adoption. "Miss Roxana - daughter of James and Margaret Wilson. Mr. Wilson and family were of Irish descent. Mrs. Morrison was born at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, in 1800."

James, born 13 Oct 1798, was married first to Mary McKeen of Londonderry. James and Mary moved to Illinois in the 1830's with their daughter Mary Ann Wilson who married John Wesley Stevenson in Pike County on 15 September 1844.

A descendant of a Dr. Rueben Hatch passed a copy of this letter to the Stevenson family of Perry, in Pike County Ill, in the 1980s, knowing that they were descended from the Captain James Wilson who is mentioned in the letter. Dr. Rueben Hatch was involved in Hillsborough New Hampshire politics with James Wilson born 1770, father of this James Wilson, and Benjamin Pierce, Governor of New Hampshire, father of President Franklin Pierce. This correspondence is from Dr. Hatch to his family which describes the trip from Hillsborough, New Hampshire to Griggsville, Pike County, Illinois in 1835. Here is the typescript of that letter to his brother-in-law Lemuel Stratten of Bradford, (NH or VT?).

Griggsville, Pike County, Illinois
March 14, 1836

Dear Sir:
On the 8th of October I, with my family in conjunction with one other family, Captain James Wilson of Washington, and two other single persons, making in the whole number 20 persons, set out upon an expedition of exchange of countries, the East for the West. We wre on our way 89 days, a distance of 1550 miles. We were at least six weeks too late in the season. We left Hillsborough, passing on through Antrim, crossed the Connecticut river at Bellows Falls; then to Chester, Manchester, Arlington and crossed the North River at Shylersville; then at the north of Chyuga Lake to Utica, Rochester, Buffalo, and on the south side of Lake Erie to Cleveland, Ohio; thence to Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. Three miles west of Dayton we made our first stop for rest, a distance of 1100 miles, and on the forthy-third day of our journey. The travelling had by this time become very bad in consequence of rain and so much Western travel. At Green castle we thought best for me with the family and baggage to go by water. So I with 15 in number took the canal at Dayton for Cincinnati, where we took the steamboat for St. Louis. At Paducah, Kentucky our Captain was informed that boats could not ascend the Mississippi river on account of ice. There we were, 400 miles from our homes and about the same distance from our teams, which were on their passage by land! I concluded to return 150 miles, to Shawneetown, Ill. and I here immediately wrote to my boys to come after us with the teams. I was fortunate enough to hire two rooms, into which we moved and set up housekeeping and waited twenty-four days. Then Captain Wilson arrived and said that we must stay there through the winter or pass on by water, as the river had then become open again. So we set out for St. Louis, where we stayed four days, and then set off on the Illinois River and landed at Phillip's Ferry, four miels from our new home. My boys were at the Ferry with a 4-horse team, so we loaded there and arrived home about 2 p.m. on the seventh of January. We all bore the journey with no sickness to hinder us an hour. Our temas rather gained in flesh. This country is fine, but new, but fast gaining in settlement. Society, I think, is much better than at the East.

Yours, etc. Reuben Hatch.

Marriage Notes for MARY MCKEEN and JAMES WILSON:
Marriage intentions in Vital Records of Londonderry, NH, show Mry McKeen 1820. Family tradition has the date as 20 March but without year.

Children of MARY MCKEEN and JAMES WILSON are:
14. i. NANCY J.7 WILSON, b. Hillsboro, Hillsbough Co., NH.
ii. IRA J. WILSON, m. MARIETTA COREY.

Notes for IRA J. WILSON:
According to the records of Mae Brierton, Ira married Marrietta Corey - perhaps a sister of William Corey who married Ira's sister.

iii. JAMES WILSON.
15. iv. MARY ANN WILSON, b. 23 March 1826, Hillsborough, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA; d. 29 May 1896, Kansas ?, USA.

13. SILAS6 MCKEEN (DAVID5, JAMES4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 16 March 1791 in Corinth, VT, and died in Bradford, VT. He married (1) HANNAH JOHNSTON. He married (2) PHEBE FULLER.

Notes for SILAS MCKEEN:
Silas McKeen, son of David & Margaret (McPherson) McKeen, studied theology and was settled in Belfast, Maine for nine years. Subsequently he settled in Bradford, Vt of which town he prepared a history for the press.

In a letter dated Jan 5, 1876, he writes:

Silas notes above that he was living with his third wife in Bradford, VT, which is likely the place where he died and is buried.

Notes for PHEBE FULLER:
Phebe was third wife of Silas McKeen.

Children of SILAS MCKEEN and HANNAH JOHNSTON are:
i. PHOEBE F.7 MCKEEN, d. 1880, New York State.
ii. PHILENE HILLENA MCKEEN.
iii. CATHERINE MCKEEN.
iv. GEORGE W. MCKEEN.

Generation No. 5

14. NANCY J.7 WILSON (MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born in Hillsboro, Hillsbough Co., NH. She married WILLIAM CORY.
Notes for WILLIAM CORY:
Written as an autobiography by William Cory for his daughters on the occasion of his 70th birthday, in 1890.
"I was born in the town of Mentz, Cayuga county, New York, on February 20th 1820, and this the 20th day of February 1890 is my 70th birthday.
I lived in Mentz until I was nearly 14 years old when we moved to the town of Pembroke, Genesee county, New York, lived there until the Fall of 1837. I was then 17 years old when I started for the wild west all alone. I went to Buffalo and from there by boat to Clevelend, then down the Ohio canal to Hebron then by stage through Columbus to Cincinnati, from there by river to St. Louis, from there by river to Naples on the Illinois River. I stayed there only a few days, then went to Griggsville, went from there to Barry in the winter of 1837, stayed there two days then went back to Naples and stayed there about eight months, then I went to Morgan City, and four of us went into partnership to build a steam saw mill- stayed there six weeks wehn I sold out and went back to Naples and went to work on the depot and worked there until April 1839, then went to St. Louis and got work on the Southern hotel, then went out in the country nine miles and worked for a German building a house, for nine weeks then went back to St Louis in July and worked on a house near the mound until the 10th of November 1839. Then myself and another man who I had worked with all summer wnet by boat to New Orleans and stayed there one day, then we went to Mobile, Alabama, we got work there at $3.00 per day for awhile, then we went to work for another firm for $2.50 a day and paid $4.00 a week for board; we did not have work all the time but had a good jolly time. There were 14 hands in the shop counting one negro. At this time slavery was at its best and the population were on half slaves. I worked on the Mobile tide water a line place and a beautiful winter. Stayed there until the 23rd of April then sailed on the schooner Victoria with Captain Wolcot, for New York, went around Cape Florida and in the Gulf stream saw a great many nice and strange things on the sea. Was out 23 days. I went from New York to Patterson N.J. to see a man by the name of Smith that I knew in Illinois, went from there to Port Byron and stayed a few days, and then went to by home in Pembroke. I got there the first of June 1849, the year of the Harrison campaign. There was more foolishness in this campaign than in any other, they hauled around the country log cabins with six or eight horses, they had ox yokes and coon skins hung over them and inside barrels of hard cider and a man to dip it out with gourds. Harrison got there, but died in a month. The Democrats said he ate too much of Van Buren's (The Dutchman's) sour crout.
I stayed at my old home sixteen months and worked at my trade, carpentering. I was gone from home two years and eight months and had been in 13 states. I was now 21 years old and began to want to be on the move again, so in September 1841 my brother Israel and my self started in a spring wagon for Illinois. We were 22 days making the trip to South Prairie. My intention was to go to Mobile again, but when I got here I loaned what little money I had - about $30.00 - and could not get it back nor get any more, so I had to stay here. I had a spring wagon, one horse, as set of harness and my carpenter's tools - this is all I had to start on in October 1841.
In the winter of 1841 I kept school, got $48.00 for three months and traded the account, for growing wheat, as there was no money in the treasury. This was a failure, so I lost it. The same winter brother Daniel and myselftook a squatter's claim on 80 acres the south one half of the northeast quarter of section ten, fenced it up and fired it broke up. I bought my brother out and sowed it all to wheat which was an entire failure. In 1843 built on the 80 acres in section ten and rented it.
On the 31st of March 1844, I was married to Miss Nancy J. Wilson, this was a good venture producing much happiness and ten children. We lived happily together 39 years, 1 month and 2 days.
In the years 1847 I bouth the north east quarter of section 10 for which I gave $320.00, let Mr. Morrison have the north half, this was tax title. In 1857 I bouth Patent title costing $275.00. In 1860, bought of William Morrison 40 acres. tje mprtj west. mprtje east pf sectopm 10 a;sp 32 acres spitjwest sectopm 3. cpstomg $1000/ Om 1962 I bought of Patterson 80 acres west half of north west section 11 and 45 acres on east half of north west quarter of sectin 3. In the year 1851 bought of Wm. L. Housten 60 acres, north side south of C.A. Savage claim on the west one half of the orht west section 11 containing 80 acres and costing $50.00. In 1874 I bought the Rounds farm 118 acres, costing $5200 all the above lands in township 3 south range 4 west in Pike County IL.
One the first of January, I bought of Minnie Groat the southeast quarter of section 9, costing 1,400 one half of this for E.E. Corey. On the 22nd day of February, 1881 bought of F. A. Millsaps southeast quarter of section 16 costing $3200. Bought on the 21st of October 1881, of Wm. B. Akins the north east quarter of section 21 cost $2550. On the 23 of August bought of D.R. Curl, 80 acres west half of the northeast quarter of section 22 costing $1800 all the above lands are in Township No. 42 of range 33 in west Boone township, Bates County, Missouri. In June, 18888 I traded my 80 acres in section 9 for the west half of the northeast quarter of section 16 in west Boone township, Bates Co., Missouri, with Gilbert N. Razey. The amount of land I own and is recorded in my name is 1, 094 acres wotjpit amu omci,bramce pm tje ;amd/
O bio;t ,u barm om 1852. cpst $500 and house in 1853-54 costing $4,500. House on Rounds farm burned July 7th, 1885. Built another house the same fall cost nearly $600. Built barn on farm in Missouri which cost $500. and repairs on house on same farm over $200.
I have had a very busy and I think a happy and contented life, and have always had reasonably good health, don't remeber of ever seening a day I could not go out of doors. I have been reasonably prosperous in financial affairs have always tried and generally succeeded in keeping out of debt which I think is the cause of success. "Never spend anything until you get it." That is my motto.

Children of NANCY WILSON and WILLIAM CORY are:
i. ELLEN C.8 CORY, d. 1883.
16. ii. WILLIAM WALLACE CORY.
iii. GEORGE CORY.
iv. MARTHA JANE (MATTIE) CORY.
v. LILLY CORY.
vi. ALBERT WILSON CORY.
17. vii. IRA FRANCIS CORY.
viii. EDWIN CORY.

15. MARY ANN7 WILSON (MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 23 March 1826 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA, and died 29 May 1896 in Kansas ?, USA. She married JOHN WESLEY STEVENSON 15 September 1844 in Perry Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA, son of JOHN STEVENSON and JANE HUSTON.

Notes for MARY ANN WILSON:
Mary Ann Wilson Stevenson was an accomplished poet. Several of her poems have survived among various papers, including a poem about her youngest son, Charles Hubert Stevenson.

Mary Ann was born in Hillsborough, NH.

Notes for JOHN WESLEY STEVENSON:
John Stevenson was the son of John Stevenson and Jane Huston. Jane Huston remarried about 1822 to William DeHart in Harrison Co. IN. Their son Thomas DeHart was active in politics in Illinois at a local level. He and his half-brother John Wesley Stevenson were co-executors of William DeHart's will when he passed away in Brown Co. Illinois.

The following in John Wesley Stevenson's obituary in the Brown County Democrat of Mt. Sterling, IL Saturday February 28, 1880.

"Mr. John Stevenson, born February 13, 1816 in Hart County (Kentucky - State is not mentioned in article,) died at his residence in Fairmount, Pike County, Illinois, February 1, 1880, at 11:20 a.m. aged 63 years, 11 months, and 18 days.

When 16 years of age he descended the Ohio River in the employment of a snag boat company, in which occupation he continued for 10 years boating the greater portion of the time on the Red River, and the remainder on the Ohio and Mississippi.

Mr. S. being a man of strict undaunted integrity, with energy persevering, resolute and indefatigable, he met with unparalleled success and celebrity, corroborated by his being in due time, promoted to an honor (as?) First Mate of a steamer. Having now became (sic) disgusted with river life, he sought other employment at many different places, but finally came in 1842, to Pike County and engaged in the "Mother and nurse of all other arts" viz agriculture. In which occupation he continued until a few years previous to his death.

Sept. 15, 1844 the deceased and Mary Ann Wilson were united in the sacred ties of matrimony, living in peace, plenty, tranquility and happiness 'til summoned by Him who ruleth all things. Mr. Stevenson's illness was brief, nevertheless severe but borne with a holy solemn sincere christian fortitude indelibly and legibly depicted in his countenance that he was going to that brighter land to join four of his children who were where sorrow, trouble, and tribulation do not enter, but all one perfect an eternal bliss.

The subject of this sketch joined the Christian Church, just one year and one day previous to his death, and since the acknosledgment of his true faith in Jesus Christ had been a consistent member 'til his spirit took it flight."

Children of MARY WILSON and JOHN STEVENSON are:
18. i. GEORGE LEVI8 STEVENSON, b. 23 January 1846, Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA; d. 27 August 1905, Brown County (?), Illinois.
ii. EDWIN FRANCIS STEVENSON, b. 31 March 1849, Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA; d. 03 October 1861, Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA.
iii. JOHN WESLEY STEVENSON , JR., b. 17 October 1851; d. 25 November 1851.
19. iv. IRA WILLIS STEVENSON, b. 09 October 1852.
v. WARREN STEVENSON, b. 10 November 1854, Pike County, Illinois; d. 13 February 1856, Pike County, Illinois.
vi. WILSON STEVENSON, b. 10 November 1854, Pike County, Illinois; d. 03 October 1856, Pike County, Illinois.
20. vii. WILLIAM HENRY STEVENSON, b. 21 January 1857, Pike County, Illinois; d. 16 May 1922.
21. viii. MARY ELLEN STEVENSON, b. 10 September 1859; d. 28 February 1949, Enid, Oklahoma.
22. ix. ANNETTE JANE STEVENSON, b. 04 May 1862, Pike County, Illinois; d. 29 August 1940, Enid, Garfield Co., Oklahoma.
23. x. CHARLES HUBERT STEVENSON, b. 04 December 1864, Pike County, Illinois; d. 13 November 1895.

Generation No. 6

16. WILLIAM WALLACE8 CORY (NANCY J.7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1).

Children of WILLIAM WALLACE CORY are:
i. DAUGHTER9 CORY.
ii. DAUGHTER CORY.

17. IRA FRANCIS8 CORY (NANCY J.7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1). He married CELIA VAIL.

Children of IRA CORY and CELIA VAIL are:
i. ALBERT WILSON9 CORY, m. MINNIE STONER.
ii. EDWIN ERNEST CORY, m. MARY KEETCH.
iii. JOHN WILLIAM CORY, m. EMILE HILL.
iv. IRA FRANCIS (FRANK) CORY.
v. VAIL CORY.

18. GEORGE LEVI8 STEVENSON (MARY ANN7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 23 January 1846 in Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA, and died 27 August 1905 in Brown County (?), Illinois. He married MARY ELIZABETH SIX 18 January 1866 in Illinois, daughter of JAMES SIX and LUCINDA MILLER.

Children of GEORGE STEVENSON and MARY SIX are:
i. LAURA FANNIE9 STEVENSON, b. 08 July 1869; d. 31 October 1895; m. CHARLES STARKEY.
ii. GEORGE PRESLEY STEVENSON, b. 06 September 1871; d. 22 December 1883.
iii. WILLIAM A. STEVENSON, b. 1874; d. 1947.
iv. MAUDE LENORE STEVENSON, b. 28 July 1878; d. 09 May 1941; m. (1) CHARLES OLIVER BAKER; m. (2) NICHOLAS LOGSDON.
v. JAMES ROSS STEVENSON, b. 03 August 1890, Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA; d. 06 September 1949, Quincy, Illinois, USA; m. VIOLET MADORA ZIMMERMAN, 12 September 1909, Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Illinois, USA.

Notes for JAMES ROSS STEVENSON:
Owned the first Model A in the Brown County IL area according to George Davis, resident of that area, as told to grandson James D. Stevenson, Jr. (Oral report, 1979)

Notes for VIOLET MADORA ZIMMERMAN:
During World War II Violet traveled to California to work in the defense plants to produce munitions. She worked there for a couple of years and liked the state. When she returned to Illinois she described California and her son George and daughter Evelyn moved to California.

George lived at several locations, finally settling in Woodland Hills about 1961. (He had lived on Parthenia St. in Northridge prior to that time with his wife, Helen Camacho and her daughter Lynn Gonzales and their daughter Patty Stevenson.) George was a representative of a Graphics company and provided graphics support to several companies contracting with NASA. Some of the early space program materials were produced at Continental Graphics.

vi. JOHN WILSON STEVENSON, b. 13 February 1895, Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA; d. 18 March 1988, Galesburg, Illinois, USA; m. MARGARET ANN TAYLOR, 18 January 1920, Pike County, Illinois, USA.

19. IRA WILLIS8 STEVENSON (MARY ANN7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 09 October 1852. He married MARIETTA GLINES.

Children of IRA STEVENSON and MARIETTA GLINES are:
i. NELLIE9 STEVENSON.
ii. ETTA STEVENSON.

Notes for ETTA STEVENSON:
Family legend has it that Etta went to California, never married, never returned.

20. WILLIAM HENRY8 STEVENSON (MARY ANN7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 21 January 1857 in Pike County, Illinois, and died 16 May 1922. He married SARA CATHERINE DEHART 06 December 1883 in Valley City, Illinois, USA.

Children of WILLIAM STEVENSON and SARA DEHART are:
i. IRVIN9 STEVENSON.
ii. GUY C. STEVENSON.

Notes for GUY C. STEVENSON:
Lived in Peoria Illinois in 1922.

iii. WILLIAM M. STEVENSON.

Notes for WILLIAM M. STEVENSON:
Lived in Pittsburg California in 1922 when his father William Henry Stevenson died.

21. MARY ELLEN8 STEVENSON (MARY ANN7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 10 September 1859, and died 28 February 1949 in Enid, Oklahoma. She married ALEX N. CRAWFORD 24 December 1877 in Illinois, USA, son of FELIX MCPHEETERS CRAWFORD.
Notes for ALEX N. CRAWFORD:
Lived in Enid Oklahoma, buried there. Many offspring from union with Mary Ellen Stevenson.

From a Family Reunion family history prepared by Helen Smith Connor Kendall daughter of Martha Ann Crawford
After Newton and Mary Ellen were married they lived for a time in Perry, IL and the first year of their marriage "Cousin Same Newton's cousin lived with them. In 1881 they moved to Morganville, Kansas where Newt farmed and had a hardware store. Later moving to Pawnee City , Nebraska where he had a butcher shop. They then moved to a farm near Drexel, Missouri where they lived for some time before moving to Hennessey, Oklahoma Here they joined other relatives who had previously moved here, Mary Ellen's sister, Annette Stevenson Rounds and her husband robert, Newt's cousin Geroge Crawford who was married to Mary Ellen's cousin Lily. Newt's farm there was at the northeast corner of Hennessey and the two story house still is standing there. He raised hogs on the farm until cholera wiped them out, they then lived in Winfield, Kansas three years before moving to 1101 E. Maine, Enid in 1919. Theyu ;had a miniature farm there many years, cow and calf, grape arbor, strawberry patch, cherry, peach and apple trees which we all enjoyed with them. Later they sold this house and rented a house at 1006 E. Maine, Enid, Oklahoma where Gramdpa died. Grandma and Aunt Nettie then moved to the Cherokee housing unit where they lived until their deaths.

Children of MARY STEVENSON and ALEX CRAWFORD are:
i. BLAINE9 CRAWFORD, b. 1879; m. BERTIE SHORT.
ii. CORA CRAWFORD, b. 28 September 1880, Perry, IL; d. 01 April 1942; m. JAMES TARLTON MCDONALD, Enid, Oklahoma.
iii. LELA ANNETTE CRAWFORD, b. 17 November 1882; d. 10 June 1962.
iv. DEWITT TALMADGE CRAWFORD, b. 25 April 1887; d. 11 September 1963; m. BLONDENA BLANCHE RAINEY.
v. EDNA FAYE CRAWFORD, b. 1896; m. FRANK WOCKNITZ, Nickerson Kansas.
vi. MARTHA ANN CRAWFORD, b. 1887; m. JAMES ARTHUR SMITH, Enid, Oklahoma.
vii. ADA MARIE CRAWFORD, b. 1895; m. ROY WILSON, Enid, Oklahoma.

22. ANNETTE JANE8 STEVENSON (MARY ANN7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 May 1862 in Pike County, Illinois, and died 29 August 1940 in Enid, Garfield Co., Oklahoma. She married ROBERT ROUNDS 20 March 1881 in Pike Co., IL, son of RICHARD ROUNDS and MARY AAD.

Children of ANNETTE STEVENSON and ROBERT ROUNDS are:
i. MARY GERTRUDE9 ROUNDS, b. 10 February 1882, Fairmount Twp., Pike County, Illinois, USA; d. 15 April 1942.
ii. ETHEL LENORA ROUNDS, b. 04 July 1883, Clay County, Kansas, USA; d. 07 March 1972; m. THOMAS BREWER.
iii. OLIVE ROUNDS, b. 26 September 1885, Clay County, Kansas, USA; d. 01 July 1969; m. FRANK STROUT.
iv. NELLE ROUNDS, b. 17 June 1887, Clay County, Kansas, USA; d. 25 April 1978; m. VERN IRA BREWER, 31 March 1912.
v. ROBERT LESLIE ROUNDS, b. 31 May 1890; d. 24 April 1963; m. BESSIE HOUSE.
vi. CELIA PEARL ROUNDS, b. 18 October 1892, Clay County, Kansas, USA; d. 30 March 1975; m. GUY M. ZERGER.
vii. ROY WESLEY ROUNDS, b. 09 September 1895, Jewel County, Kansas, USA; d. 23 September 1918.
viii. RAY WHITNEY ROUNDS, b. 09 September 1895; d. December 1895.
ix. SYLVIA MAY ROUNDS, b. 28 May 1898, Jewel County, Kansas, USA; d. 12 July 1974; m. HOWARD C. BREWER.
x. JASPER WILLIAM ROUNDS, b. 18 February 1900, Smith County, Kansas, USA; m. HAZEL SMITH.
xi. ALICE ANNETTIE ROUNDS, b. 06 June 1904, Waukomia, Oklahoma, USA; m. GEORGE WILLIAM BREWER.

23. CHARLES HUBERT8 STEVENSON (MARY ANN7 WILSON, MARY6 MCKEEN, DANIEL5, JOHN4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 December 1864 in Pike County, Illinois, and died 13 November 1895. He married MARTHA E. BULLARD 11 July 1889.
Notes for MARTHA E. BULLARD:
Martha remarried a fellow named John Huston after Charles died on Nov 12, 1895.
There were no known children of this marriage.

Children of CHARLES STEVENSON and MARTHA BULLARD are:
i. RAY9 STEVENSON, b. 27 November 1886; d. 13 November 1895.
ii. ADA STEVENSON, b. 22 April 1888; m. HURLEY DEWITT.

Notes for ADA STEVENSON:
Ada married 1st Hurley DeWitt, 2nd Cecil Lackschiede.

iii. AVA MYRTLE STEVENSON, b. 23 August 1891; d. 20 August 1977; m. OLIVER LANIER.

Notes for AVA MYRTLE STEVENSON:
Ava Myrtle was the source of much of the information available to the compiler of this Stevenson genealogy. She shared her recollections with her son, Everett Lanier who discussed his understanding with my father, James Donald Stevenson.
Another important source was the compiler's grandmother Violet Zimmerman Stevenson.

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