John Scranton Stedman

1800 - 1862  (61 years)

• Name	John Scranton Stedman
  Born	11 Oct 1800	Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA
  Gender	Male
  1830 Census	1830	China, Genesee Co., NY
  	p. 162 John S. Stedman     200 010 000 0000 - 100 010 000 0000
  1840 Census	1840	Bennington, Genesee Co., NY
  	p. 41 John S. Stedman   012 010 000 0000 - 111 001 000 0000 ... Isaac Fuller            011 100 010 0000 - 001 100 100 0000 Census Analysis: Male     20-30 : John S. Stedman, b. 1800 Female 30-40 : Sally ?, b. abt 1805 Male     10-15 : Lafayette Stedman, b. abt 1827 Male     10-15 : John Stedman, b. abt 1829 Female 10-15 : ? Male       5-10 : ? Female   5-10 : Sophia Stedman, b. abt 1834 Female     < 5 : Dolly Stedman, b. abt 1837
  1850 Census	20 Jul 1850	Alden, Erie Co., NY
  	pp. 149-149a John Steadman      49  M   Farmer   ----   Mass Sally                       44   F                          Vermont Lafayette                23  M   Farmer            New York Sophia                    16   F                               Dolly A                    13   F                                              school Melissa                     9   F                                                  " Major                        3   M Sarah                       1   F Jonathan [Steadman]  47  M   Farmer   $4000   Mass Polly                            44   F               Mary J                         10   F                               New York     school James T.                        8  M                                                        " George E.                    65  M   Joiner                   Rhode Island -----  p. 149a  ----- Hannah [Steadman]    65    F                               Mass Palmer Petrie               20   M   Farmer                 New York Calista E. Parker          21  F
  Census	1855	Marilla, Erie Co., NY
  	New York State
  	p. 5 John S Stedman    54  M   Head  Mass              Md  7 years in Marilla  Farmer Sally         "            48   F   Wife   VT                                  " Sophia      "            21   F   Child   Genesee Co.                 " Dolly A      "            18   F     "               "                             " Malissa      "            14  F      "               "                             "
  1860 Census	20 Oct 1860	Marilla, Erie Co., NY
  	Clarence PO, p. 445 J S Stedman    60  M  Farmer  $500  ----  Mass Sally   "            54   F                                 Vermont Melissa    "      20   F                                  N Y Lafayette   "    33  M   Farmer   ----  ----    N Y L. A.           "    26  F                                      " Caroline      "      7  F                                      " Ann             "     2  F                                      "
  Died	1862
  Book Article	1884	Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY
  	History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, H. Perry Smith, p. 488
  	History of Erie County - Town of Marilla Jonathan Stedman, of Marilla, is a native of Massachusetts, and was born in the town of Tyringham, Berkshire county, March 13, 1803. At five years of age, his father removed to Western New York, where he first located in Genesee, now Livingston county, but a year afterward removed to the town of Riga, Monroe county, and five or six years thereafter to the town of Wheatland, in the same county, and not until fourteen years of age did he find a permanent home, when his father removed to Bennington, Wyoming county, and where our subject remained for thrity years thereafter. The county of Wyoming in the year 1817 was almost an unbroken wilderness, necessitating the usual hard labor incident to clearing new land, and which gave our subject steady employment, assisting his father on the farm and at the carpenter trade, which both father and son followed until the year 1847, when Mr. Stedman settled in this town and where he has resided since the fall of that year. In 1824, Mr. Stedman was married to Miss Polly Stedman, his cousin and daughter of George Stedman, a native of Rhode Island, and Hannah (Webster) Stedman. She was born June 8, 1805, and died March 19, 1883. This union was blessed by the births of three children -- Mary Jane, born in 1839 and died in 1863; William E., who died when young; and James P., the only living representative of family. He was married in 1865, to Miss Libbie Hunt, and is the father of two children, namely: James Eldridge and Francis Marion. He was elected justice of the peace in 1879, and re-elected in the spring of 1883, and still holds this office. Mr. Jonathan Stedman has been a public official in both Wyoming and Erie counties; in the former serving as highway commisioner and assessor, and justice of the peace for a period of eight years.  In Erie county he was elected assessor in 1855, and in 1859 supervisor. He has always been a Democrat. His grandfather, William Stedman, and grandmother, Hannah (Scranton) Stedman, were natives of Rhode Isalnd. His grandfather was the captain of a company during the Revolutionary struggle. His father, William Stedman, Jr., was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island, August 6, 1766, and died in 1842. His mother Mollie (Pearse) Stedman, was a native of Rhode Island also. She died June 8, 1808, when our subject was but five years old. William Stedman, Jr., was a sailor during the earlier years of his life, but when twenty-seven years of age married and moved to Massachusetts. Their children were: Hannah, John S., Jonathan, Daniel P. and Wiliam, by his first wife. He married his second wife, Miss Mercy Cook, in 1809, and the children by this marriage were: Josiah C., Mariam, George R., and Ebenezer. Of these children, John S., settled in Marilla in 1848 and died in 1862, and Jonathan, our subject, who still lives an enterprising farmer and an active man at the advanced age of eighty years.
  Person ID	I10739	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	William Stedman, Jr.,   b. 6 Aug 1769, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI ,   d. 21 Feb 1842, Bennington, Wyoming Co., NY  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary "Mollie" Pierce,   b. ____, ____, RI ,   d. 8 Jun 1808, Geneseo, Livingston Co., NY
  Alt. Marriage	1789	South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI
  Married	1796	South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI
  Family ID	F8980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sally Silliway,   b. Abt 1805, ____, ____, VT ,   d. 5 Dec 1874, Marilla, Erie Co., NY  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	Bef 1827
  Children	1. Harriet Stedman,   b. 31 Jan 1825, ____, ____, NY ,   d. 29 Apr 1895, Elm Creek, Martin Co., MN  (Age 70 years)   2. Lafayette Stedman,   b. Abt Jun 1827, ____, Genesee Co., MI ,   d. 1907  (Age ~ 79 years)   3. John Stedman,   b. Abt 1829, ____, ____, NY ,   d. Between 1880 and 1892  (Age ~ 51 years)   4. Nelson Stedman,   b. 27 May 1833, ____, Genesee Co., NY ,   d. 26 Dec 1902, Pella Twp., Ford Co., IL  (Age 69 years)   5. Sophia Stedman,   b. Abt Mar 1835, ____, Genesee Co., NY ,   d. 1908, ____, Chautauqua Co., NY  (Age ~ 72 years)   6. Dolly Ann Stedman,   b. Abt 1837, ____, Genesee Co., NY ,   d. May 1885, Plankinton, Aurora Co., SD  (Age ~ 48 years)   7. Melissa Phoebe Stedman,   b. 1840, ____, Genesee Co., NY ,   d. 1895  (Age 55 years)   8. Major Stedman,   b. Abt 1847, ____, ____, NY ,   d. Unknown   9. Sarah Stedman,   b. Abt 1849, ____, ____, NY ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F9336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 11 Oct 1800 - Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA 1850 Census - 20 Jul 1850 - Alden, Erie Co., NY Census - New York State - 1855 - Marilla, Erie Co., NY 1860 Census - 20 Oct 1860 - Marilla, Erie Co., NY Book Article - History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, H. Perry Smith, p. 488 - 1884 - Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY  = Link to Google Earth