The reference below indicates that Benjamin Stedman (1776 - 1853) came from PA (Harfard co?). He spent most of his adult life in Illinois and moved to Texas between 1843-1850. I cannot find Benjamin in PA, but there was at least one Quaker family named Stedman located there. I have essentially no information of value about this family - consequently, I'm asking for help to find more information about a Quaker family named Stedman in PA. Very recently, I've found a Joseph Stedman (wife Elizabeth) who had a daughter Sarah (b. abt 1666) who married Peter Thomas in 1686 "according to Quaker custom", probably in Chester Co., PA. I'm not sure if Joseph came to the US or not. Sarah was born in Walton, Lancashire, England. Sarah and Peter's four children were born in Willistown, PA. Sarah died in Chester, PA. Obviously, their children were not Stedmans, but Peter and Sarah were faithful Quakers. I'm wondering if there were any other Stedmans besides Sarah in this area of PA. If anyone has information that might assist me in locating the origin of Benjamin to a Stedman family of PA Quakers, it would be greatly appreciated. At this point I have no valid evidence of his PA roots except for the 1850 census from Van Zandt, TX. Please alert me to your response at: [email protected] Thanks again for any assistance, Carl Stedman More information: Sarah's family can be found @ http:// www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/r/Michael-J-Burk/ BOOK-0001/0007-0010.html U.S. Census > 1850 United States Federal Census > Texas > Van Zandt 158 158 Benjamin Stidman 74 m Farmer Widowed 500 (value) Penlyvan Harfard c J M Stidman 38 m Farmer 100 Illinois Madison c M M Stidman 16 f Illinois Green c
I suggest looking in Harford County, Maryland, which borders Pennsylvania and was full of people with Pennsylvania roots. Tom Hamm The reference below indicates that Benjamin Stedman (1776 - 1853) > came from PA (Harfard co?). He spent most of his adult life in > Illinois and moved to Texas between 1843-1850. I cannot find Benjamin > in PA, but there was at least one Quaker family named Stedman located > there. I have essentially no information of value about this family - > consequently, I'm asking for help to find more information about a > Quaker family named Stedman in PA. > > Very recently, I've found a Joseph Stedman (wife Elizabeth) who had a > daughter Sarah (b. abt 1666) who married Peter Thomas in 1686 > "according to Quaker custom", probably in Chester Co., PA. I'm not > sure if Joseph came to the US or not. Sarah was born in Walton, > Lancashire, England. Sarah and Peter's four children were born in > Willistown, PA. Sarah died in Chester, PA. Obviously, their children > were not Stedmans, but Peter and Sarah were faithful Quakers. I'm > wondering if there were any other Stedmans besides Sarah in this area > of PA. > > If anyone has information that might assist me in locating the origin > of Benjamin to a Stedman family of PA Quakers, it would be greatly > appreciated. At this point I have no valid evidence of his PA roots > except for the 1850 census from Van Zandt, TX. > > Please alert me to your response at: [email protected] > > Thanks again for any assistance, > > Carl Stedman > > More information: Sarah's family can be found @ http:// > www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/r/Michael-J-Burk/ > BOOK-0001/0007-0010.html > > U.S. Census > 1850 United States Federal Census > Texas > > Van Zandt > 158 158 Benjamin Stidman 74 m Farmer Widowed 500 (value) Penlyvan > Harfard c > J M Stidman 38 m Farmer > 100 Illinois Madison c > M M Stidman 16 > f Illinois Green c > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >