Judith "Jude" "Judah" Stedman b. 15 Sep 1774 ____, Newberry Co., SC d. 5 Dec 1856 ____, Jefferson Co., AL: Stedman Family Genealogies

1774 - 1856 (82 years)

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Name	Judith "Jude" "Judah" Stedman
Nickname	Jude
Born	15 Sep 1774	____, Newberry Co., SC
Gender	Female
Name	Judith Stedman
Name	Julia Stedman
Alt. Birth	Abt 1778	____, ____, SC
1850 Census	9 Nov 1850
	Cahawba Valley, District 32, Jefferson Co., AL, p. 189, w/Benjamin Worthington, age 72, b. SC, as Julia Worthington
Died	5 Dec 1856	____, Jefferson Co., AL
Buried	Aft 5 Dec 1856	Oak Hill Cemetery - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
Notes	Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:57:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Carol Peek Subject: Re: Steedman family John Thanks for the information! Very encouraging to learn I might be on the right track with the Pemberton line. I will contact Dan Buckley. Who is the Thomas Stedman you mentioned? Brother of Eli/Elias jr & Judah, or Uncle? Here's what I have on Judah and her immediate family. She and Benjamin left Newberry Dist. South Carolina sometime after the 1800 census. Kentucky records show that in 1803 a Benjamin Worthington was granted "400 ac Muhlenburg Co, watercourse Pond R" . You may have seen the Kentucky grant record that shows Eli Stedman receiving "200 ac Livingston Co. watercourse Dryfork Eddy Cr" in 1807. Judah and Ben migrated from KY to AL in 1817 (date by family lore), where they began farming cotton near Trussville, AL. Ben was serving in the Alabama House of Reps by 1824. Ben and Judah's son, Benjamin Pinckney Worthington, was a cotton farmer, and one of the founders of the city of Birmingham, AL. Please see below for family dates, children, etc. Benjamin (sr) is probably just plain Benjamin Worthington (no middle name). He was born (1771) to Quakers Samuel and Margaret (___?) Worthington, who had recently migrated from PA with Samuel's parents & a group of other Quakers to Frederick Co VA (Hopewell mm). "Pinckney" is a prominent name in Charleston, SC . It doesn't show up anywhere in my Worthington records until the early 19th century. Have wondered if there is a Stedman-Pinckney connection, but have not found a link -- have you seen any indication of it? At this point, I'm thinking the name might have been chosen for Ben & Judah's son, Benjamin the younger, in honor of an admired "celebrity" of the day, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Declaration signer from SC. Hope to be able to prove one way or the other, someday. I'm now trying to find other family links for Judah Stedman in Newberry, SC. Perhaps she did go there from Charleston to relatives, after her father died -- assuming she was born in Charleston. Seems likely, but ...? I have five more generations back in the Worthington line, as well as those up to present -- probably too far off into a peripheral line for your purposes, but will be glad to share any or all, if you have any use for it, or know anyone who does. Carol (Solana Beach, California) Judith/Judah Stedman (child of Eli/elias Stedman and ____?) b: 15 Sept. 1774 South Carolina d: 05 dec. 1856 Jefferson county, AL Judith/Judah married, <1790 > in South Carolina: Benjamin Worthington b: 1771 Frederick County, Va d: 13 or 15 (hard to read) May, 1853 (Benjamin is child of Samuel Worthington, jr. b: 1725 Chester, PA and Margaret __. The family migrated from VA to SC, probably shortly after the Indian Treaty of 20 July, 1777) Benjamin & Judah's children are: "Hepsibeth" (Hepsibah?) Worthington b: 1796 Newberry Dist. SC Rhoda Worthington b: 1798 Newberry Dist. SC m: 7 July, 1819 at Jefferson Co AL -- Anson Smithson Samuel Worthington b: 1800 SC or KY ? John Laurence Worthington b: 1802 SC or KY? Margaret R Worthington b: 1806 KY m: 08 Jan, 1833 at Jefferson Co AL -- John Truss Sarah Worthington b: 1808 KY m: 25 March, at 1820 at Jefferson Co AL -- William Smithson George Pemberton Worthington b: 1808 KY m: 11 Dec 1838 at Jefferson Co AL -- Matilda C. Killough Elizabeth Worthington b: 1812 KY Benjamin Pinckney Worthington b: 1814 Hopkinsville, KY m: 11 May, 1843 at Jefferson Co AL -- Caroline Mitchell Robert Worthington ____? Mary Worthington ____? Worthington marriages confirmed via "Jefferson County AL Marriages After 1825" http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ealjeffer/jeffco/marriage.html .......................................................................... .................. From [Vol 107, Jefferson Co][p. 090] [Orphan's Court Records, 1844-54] Page 504: "Benjamin Worthington, deceased. He died leaving a widow, Judith Worthington, residing in said county of Jefferson, and also the following persons, next of kin, Margaret R. Truss, wife of John Truss, Benjamin P. Worthington, who propounds this will for probate, * Benjamin W. Smithson, Julia Ann Smithson, Margaret J. Genery, late Margaret J. Smithson, wife of William Genery, Tabitha J. Massey, late Tabitha J. Smithson, wife of James P. Massey, all over 21 years of age, and Jasper Smithson, John Smithson, Isaac Smithson, and Morrison Smithson, under 21, and Samuel P. Worthington and Georgiana Worthington, infants under 14, and Hepsila *** L. Herring under 14, all of Jefferson County, Alabama." .......................................................................... .................. * With the exceptions of Benjamin P Worthington and Margaret R (Worthington) Truss, Ben and Judah's children are not mentioned in Benjamin's will. A number of the listed grandchildren (mostly Smithson lines) were living in Texas by probate of Judah's will, in 1856. * Hepsebah? Clerks and transcribers appear to have had a lot of trouble with this name !
Person ID	I39428	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
Last Modified	5 Apr 2006

Father	Elias "Eli" Stedman, b. Abt 1750, ____, ____, England, UK , d. Abt 1778, ____, Newberry Co., SC (Age ~ 28 years)
Mother	Miss Pemberton, d. Unknown
Married	Abt 1773	____, Newberry Co., SC
Family ID	F14743	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Benjamin Pickney Worthington, b. 1771, ____, Frederick Co., VA , d. Abt 13 May 1853, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL (Age 82 years)

Married Abt 1791 ____, Newberry Co., SC

Children

	1. John Laurence Worthington, b. 29 Feb 1796, ____, Newberry Co., SC , d. 6 Oct 1860 (Age 64 years)
	2. Sarah Worthington, b. 2 May 1798, ____, Newberry Co., SC , d. Feb 1850, ____, Bastrop Co., TX (Age 51 years)
	3. Samuel Worthington, b. 26 Aug 1800, ____, Newberry Co., SC , d. 8 Mar 1847 (Age 46 years)
	4. Hepsibeth "Epsey" Worthington, b. Between 1801 and 1809, ____, Newberry District, SC , d. Unknown
	5. Rhoda Worthington, b. 12 Feb 1803, ____, Newberry District, SC , d. 11 Oct 1848, Jonesboro, Jefferson Co., AL (Age 45 years)
	6. George Pemberton Worthington, b. Aft 1810, ____, ____, KY , d. 1843 (Age ~ 32 years)
	7. Margaret R. Worthington, b. Abt 1812, ____, ____, KY , d. Unknown
	8. Elizabeth Worthington, b. 1812, ____, ____, KY , d. Unknown
	9. Robert Worthington, b. Abt 1814, d. Unknown
	10. Benjamin Pinckney Worthington, Jr., b. 1814, Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY , d. 19 Nov 1884, ____, Jefferson Co., AL (Age 70 years)
	11. Mary Worthington, b. Abt 1816, d. Unknown

Last Modified 7 Jan 2006

Family ID F14796 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Born - 15 Sep 1774 - ____, Newberry Co., SC

Alt. Birth - Abt 1778 - ____, ____, SC

Married - Abt 1791 - ____, Newberry Co., SC

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