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Frederic F. Stevenson

7 Apr 1819 – 13 Jul 1901

Birth7 Apr 1819
Death13 Jul 1901
CemeteryOtterbein Cemetery
Birds , Lawrence County , Illinois , USA
Added byExplorer on 07 Jun 2020
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53014887

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***UPDATE on Correct Paternal Line for descendants of Frederic Stevenson*** Male descendant of Frederic Stevenson took the YDNA test found at https://www.familytreedna.com. If you are a male Stev(ph)enson and think you may descend from a sibling of Frederic or are related farther back please take it as it will help the research. It would help if a male Bird descendant took the test for Frederic's wife and join that surname project here as well found here: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/byrd?iframe=yresults YDNA test took by son of Dale Stevenson son of Herschel Stevenson Jr son of Herschel Stevenson Sr son of Elliott Stevenson son of Frederic Stevenson. The YDNA test results showed that we either descend from or share a paternal line with Edward Stephenson (abt 1714-1766) who died in Amherst County, Virginia and left a will listing five sons and four daughters. Descendants of two of those sons proved the DNA markers which we match to. The results can be seen here: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/stevenson?iframe=yresults under Haplogroup 6.2. More detail is also found here on the DNA: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gbonner/genealogy/stephenson.html Further research from others on this line suggest these Stephensons may have migrated as pioneers to Virginia following the Great Valley Road and possibly came from Pennsylvania before Virginia. Then our line went back to Pennsylvania eventually. Frederic's answers on the census records for his birthplace are mostly if not all Pennsylvania. His children give four places for his birthplace which are Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia which are probably indicative of this Stevenson family migration pattern. Also we have a 4th to 6th cousin match on ancestry.com to a descendant of James Alexander Stephenson . It calculates out to 4th cousin at this James. It has been reported that two of his male descendants also took a YDNA test and also share the same DNA markers with Edward Stephenson (1714-1766) of Amherst County, Virginia. This means the 4th to 6th cousin DNA match is on the Stevenson line. Their research is that James Alexander Stephenson is a son of John Stephenson who dies in Mercer Co Pa in the 1840s and he is a son of Edward Stevenson listed on the 1820 census in Beaver Co Pa. It is not known what happens to Edward after that. It would appear from the DNA tests that Frederic's descendants must descend from Edward Stevenson on the 1820 census in Beaver Co PA if he is the ancestor of James Alexander Stephenson possibly thru a different unknown son as opposed to the son John Stephenson who died in Mercer Co PA in the 1840s. So to summarize it would appear the lineage is Frederic Stevenson son of unknown son of Edward Stevenson who is listed as over 45 years old on the 1820 census living in Shenango, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Then possibly one of the 5 sons of Edward Stephenson and lastly Edward Stephenson himself (1714-1766) of Amherst County, Virginia. Based on the YDNA test alone, it could be that we descend from a brother or even a cousin of Edward Stephenson (1714-1766). However, I also have found two 5th to 8th cousin DNA matches on my father's DNA matches to two descendants of Edward Stephenson (1714-1766) thru his son Robert Stephenson. Checking their trees, I found it would be a 7th cousin for one match and a 7th to 8th cousin match for the other DNA match if we descend thru a different son of Edward Stephenson (1714-1766) than Robert but records would be needed to confirm. But these 7th to 8th cousin DNA matches seem to point to us descending from either Edward Stephenson (1714-1766) or a brother of Edward. A cousin would make it a 9th cousin and would be out of the range of these matches. Interesting to note that Frederic F. Stevenson's mother-in-law, Rebecca Hukill-Bird, lived in Pymatuning, Mercer County, Pennsylvania on the 1810 census with her first husband David McClurg who died in service in the War of 1812. Note: James Alexander Stephenson on the 1880 census states his father was born in Ireland. Possibly this was in prior generations and is indicative of our Stevensons migration pattern. The YDNA results map showed very heavily most of my YDNA matches to be in Scotland with a few in Ireland. One of my YDNA matches in Scotland is a Stevenson spelled with a V and he and his ancestors are in Renfrewshire, Scotland which is just west of Glasgow, Scotland part of the Scottish lowlands. I further refined my results by upgrading to the Y-700 DNA test and it further refined our haplogroup from R-M269 to R-L1066 initially. Familytree has a research group for the R-L1066 haplogroup found here and note they traced this haplogroup to Scotland in the Scottish lowlands- https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/l1066-plus/about/background. My haplogroup since further refined to R-Y445697 which requires further research. My father's ancestry.com ethnicity results show he inherited Scottish and Irish on his paternal line which would be from Herschel Stevenson Jr. (1919-1968) If the research regarding our ancestors is correct, that our Stevensons followed the Great Valley Road. And then you consider our YDNA matches almost all lead to Scotland with some to Ireland and the Ireland response on the census. It is interesting to note what wikipedia states regarding the Great Valley Road in the time period when Edward Stephenson (1714-1766) went there when he bought land in 1748 in Albemarle County, Virginia: "After 1744, the Great Valley Road was most heavily used by Ulster-Irish immigrants called Scots-Irish in America to spread through most of Appalachia..." - https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Great_Valley_Road Marriage: 9 Dec 1842 in Guernsey County, Ohio between Harriet Bird and Frederic Stevenson Middle initial listed on two different days of Orphan Court records for Rebecca Bird-Davis' children whose father died in the Civil War on the Union side. He is also listed as Frederick F. Stevenson in a land record in 1877 in Lawrence County IL Bk: 5 Pg: 124 and a news article in 1887 in Vincennes IN regarding another land transaction. F. F. Stevenson is also listed as a witness for the marriage of Benjamin Sylvester Davis in 1882. Lawrence County News, Lawrenceville County, IL on Thu, 11 Apr 1901 Pg 1 "Easter Sunday the children, grandchildren and friends of Uncle Fred Stevenson met at the residence of his son, Newton, to celebrate his 82d birthday. Mr. Stevenson is quite feeble, being ill from a recent attack of lagrippe and although confined to his bed, It was a happy day for him and he expressed his sincere gratitude to all. He is a devout Christian and one of the early settlers of Bond township. The Lord called his companion to heaven about seven years ago, since which time he has made his home with his youngest son, Newton Stevenson. He has always been a worshipper at the shrine of Democracy and is a man with a spotless reputation and many friends. At the noon hour a bounteous repast was served to which over seventy persons did ample justice. We wish him many more happy birthdays." Sumner Press Sumner, Illinois 25 Jul 1901 Pg. 5 "Crawford ---------- Fred Stevenson died Saturday evening at the home of his son a few miles east of Flat Rock, aged about 82. Mr. Stevenson's old home was at Birds, in which neighborhood he had resided for many years." Robinson Constitution Crawford County IL 17 July 1901 Pg 5 "Heathsville ... Frederick Stevenson died at the home of his son, Art Stevenson, last Saturday and was buried Sunday at the Oterbine (Otterbein) cemetery. He was 82 years old." Property Transactions in Date Order 12 Oct 1851 • Dekalb County, Indiana Grantee: Fred Stevenson Grantor: M.P. Hudnut & wife Minerva All parties of Dekalb County, Indiana Deed: WD E1/2 of NE Section:20 Township:33 Range:14 Recorded 4 Nov 1851 $500 for 80 acres Book F Page 267 Note: Marshall Hudnot is listed next door to John and Rebecca Bird's household on the 1850 census in Dekalb County, Indiana. 18 Feb 1854 • Dekalb County, Indiana Grantor: Fred'k Stevenson & wife Harriet Grantee: Rebecca Bird Deed: WD 6 acres off NW corner of the east half of NE quarter of Section:20 Township:33 north Range:14 E Recorded: 3 Aug 1854 $50 Book H Page 343 Rebecca Bird of Dekalb County, Indiana then sells that same land for $75 on 7 Jul 1855 Book J 127 Note: Land record states it was land deeded to her by Frederick Stevenson and wife. 16 Feb 1855 • Dekalb County, Indiana Grantor: Frederick Stevenson & wife Harriet Grantee: Reuben J. Dawson Deed: WD E1/2 of NE Section:20 Township:33 Range:14 Recorded: 5 Apr 1855 $625 Book J Page 46 Note: Land document states they sell 74 acres of land. 6 acres not included which were sold in NW corner which was deeded to Rebecca Bird. Then later Arthur Bird sells land at the same coordinates showing the Birds and Stevensons were living on the same section of land. 28 Jul 1863 • Dekalb County, Indiana Grantor: Arthur Bird Grantee: Mary A. Cattlin Deed: WD W1/2 SE Qr Amount of Consideration: 1500 Section:20 Township:33 Range:14 80 Acres Recorded: 10 Aug 1863 Book O Page 137 1855 census for Rock Island County, Illinois lists Frederic Stevenson with 11 people in his household. The ages match all of his children but there appears to be an unaccounted for male and female age 10-20. Elliott Bird is listed a few doors over with himself and female aged 10-20. 11 Sep 1858 • Rock Island County, Illinois Grantee: Fredk Stevenson Grantor: McKillopp, Hugh et all by Sheriff Kind: Ct sale Sec:11 T:16 R:5W Descrip: SE SW 4 and Sec:36 T:17 R:5W Descrip: N fr SE fr 4 Record:1 122 24 Feb 1860 • Rock Island County, Illinois Grantee: Fredk Stevenson Grantor: Drury & McKillopp by Sheriff Kind: Deed Sec:11 T:16 R:5W Descrip: SE SW 4 and Sec:36 T:17 R:5W Descrip: N fr SE fr 4 Deed Record:31 172 6 Oct 1863 • Crawford County, Illinois Grantee: Frederick Stevenson Grantor: Edward E. Wheeler etal Kind: W.D. Vol:O Pg:499 Consideration: 600.00 Date of Inst: 6 Oct 1863 Date of Filing: 19 Apr 1864 Sec:24 T:5 R:11 Description: N 1/2 SW 4 May 1865 • Rock Island County, Illinois Grantor: Fredk Stevenson of Crawford County, Illinois Grantee: Elijah T. Esea & Daniel Weaverling Kind: 2 Different Deeds Sec:11 T:16 R:5W and Sec:36 T:17 R:5W Deed Record: Bk 36 Pg 618 13 Nov 1867 • Crawford County, Illinois Grantor: Frederick Stevenson Grantee: Margaret Gammell Kind: Deed Vol:T Pg:154 Consid: 1530.00 Date of Filing: 28 Mar 1868 S:24 T:5 R:11 Description:N 1/2 SW 1/4 5 Mar 1878 • Lawrence County, Illinois Grantor: Frederic & wife Harriet Stevenson Grantee: George Stevenson Consideration: $162 S:29 T:5 R:11 for 5 acres Description: NE corner of South Half of SW Quarter of NE Quarter. Signed in presence of Arthur Stevenson & Sylvester Rogers(Justice of Peace) Bk:Z Pg:140

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Aged 82Y 3M 6D Our father has gone to a mansion of rest. To the glorious land by the Diety blest.

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