Stephenson Wills?

[Valda]

Hi

12th March 1822 St Anne Soho Westminster (Bishops Transcript)
John James Stephenson bachelor of the parish of Christchurch in the county of Surrey and Elizabeth Reid spinster of this parish by banns.
Both signed
Witnesses Charlotte Reid, Isabella Stephenson, Susannah? Stephenson, Maria Stephenson, William Reid?, and ? Stephenson


26th August 1803 Crown Court Russel Street Scoth Church, Westminster
Maria Stephenson parents John and Hannah

4th November 1799 Crown Court Russel Street Scoth Church, Westminster
John James Stephenson parents John and Hannah

26th August 1803 Crown Court Russel Street Scoth Church, Westminster
Isabella Stephenson parents John and Hannah

If this is correct then John James Stephenson and Maria Langton nee Stephenson would be brother and sister and therefore James Stephenson was Maria Langton's cousin. James naming one of his sons with the middle name of Langton could merely be acknowledging the closeness of the two families and/or because the Langtons were socially a family you wanted to acknowledge you had a connection to.

The difficulty in finding James Stephenson's marriage to Mary ceases to be a difficulty if her surname was not Langton. I think you may have made an assumption. The only easy way of proving James' wife's maiden name is as other Rootschatters have said by purchasing one of the children's birth certificates.


Regards

Valda

[snowathlete]

Your right of course, Maria and Mary Ann are two different people, and whereas Maria doesnt marry, Mary Ann does marry James Stephenson.
The question is whether she is Mary Ann Langton, daughter of Samuel Henry Langton, or daughter of another Langton, or not a Langton at all.

I accept your the point about Mary Ann Langton daugher of Samuel Henry being a bit below James Stephenson if Samuel Henry was a labourer, and given the other Langton=Stephenson marriage there is another good reason for the name being passed down.

Hang on snowathlete.... you started this thread with the statement "We are trying to establish who the parents of Mary Langton were. She married James Stephenson about 1856. "
Now you say it's just a guess that his wife was a Langton !

Sorry, had to start somewhere, and at the time it looked likely that he had married one of the two Langton girls. Knowing what i know now, it doesnt look that likely anymore. Im looking at this for someone who got in contact through the site so i'll speak to him and see where we go from here. His name is Reid, and so his interest is mainly in the Langton connection through the Reid=Stephenson marriage, so probably this is quite a result for him as it clears up who the Langton family are that he is related to.

Thanks for all your help. Its been very interesting. I have some updates to do to the LostLangtons database...
Joel

[Valda]

Hi

'and of course Mary Ann marries James Stephenson'

What is the evidence you have that James Stephenson's wife's name was Mary Ann? All the evidence I have seen shows her name to be just Mary. As there is no marriage for a James Stephenson and a Mary Ann or indeed Mary Langton, the most likely answer is her name was Mary something but not Langton. One of their children's birth certificates will prove it either way.


Regards

Valda

[snowathlete]

Thanks for correcting me, your right, she was called Mary not Mary Ann.

[ShaunJ]

"From Wanganui Chronicle, ( New Zealand ), Volume L, Issue 12173, 15 March
1909, Page 2

On 23rd ult. Guy Blundell , fifth son of S. Biscoe SEYMOUR , of
Christchurch was married to Mabel, youngest daughter of the late James STEPHENSON ,
of Stock Exchange, and Mrs. STEPHENSON , of Rostrevor, Maidenhead, at Bray
Church, Berks."

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BERKSHIRE/2011-04/1303160984

Mary Stephenson of Rostrevor, Maidenhead died in November 1910 and was buried at Norwood Cemetery on 14 16 November. Age 79. Per a death announcement in The Times she died on 14 November.

[snowathlete]

Thanks for everyones contributions today.

Its all been added to the Lost Langtons database, even the non matching data, like John the butcher and his family.

Here is the Stephenson family in the database, hopefully I've got it all down correctly:
http://www.lostlangtons.co.uk/other/langton/humogen/family/humo_/F4295/I12676/

Best
Joel

[Nyalugwe]

Message for Valda - I believe Mary Stephenson's surname is Duncan.  I am a descendant of hers and have a photograph showing the Stephenson folk you mention

[dawnsh]

Hi Nyalugwe

Welcome to Rootschat 

You've replied on an old topic but anyone who contributed to this topic should receive an email notification that you have posted and, if still interested, hopefully should  come back soon.

Dawn

[Nyalugwe]

Hi Dawn,
Thank you ......

Yours aye,
 Nyalugwe