John Stedman I1

M, b. before 28 December 1740
FatherSamuel Stedman I b. 28 Dec 1714
MotherHannah Becraft
     John departed this life in Windham Township, Greene County, New York.2 John was born before 28 December 1740 in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut. On 28 December 1740, he was christened in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut. John married Mary Frances Hotchkiss, daughter of Ladwick Hotchkiss and Mary North, on 17 December 1762 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. The 1810 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Windham Township, Greene County, New York, the family of John Stedman [00001:00001].3 John's wife, Mary, died on 18 February 1813 in Windham Township, Greene County, New York, leaving him a widower.2

Family

Mary Frances Hotchkiss b. 21 Jul 1747, d. 18 Feb 1813
Children

Citations

  1. [S314] John Lisle, Stedman Family Organization, Famiy History Research, +John Stedman was in the Revolutionary War. ... From a floridly written book - "Our young hero had now rendered two terms of service in the seven years of conflict known as the French and Indian War..." comes: a reference to his uncle, John Beecraft, in Hudson, NY. He joined the British army against the French in 1758 at age 18 and was sent to Canada; he learned weaving from his father. In 1776 was aged 35, and had a wife and 4 children. He, his wife's brother (Lt. Samuel Hotchkiss) and others went to Battle of Long Island. also Battle of Trenton. Also Battle of Saratoga in Oct 1777; and Valley Forge. For 7 years he was involved in the battle!! (L. Shastid finds that difficult to believe, especially as it is two paragraphs after the author bemoans the fact that Washington had to work with short-term soldiers, who wouldn't stay more than 6 months.) In 1782 the town of Farmington voted "pensions" to three of her soldiers -- of whom, John Stedman, as one. He had 8 children in all, including 2 or 3 during the war. In the early part of the 19th century, some of their children and other relatives had "gone west" into New York State. They followed, and settled in Durham, Green County, a few miles west of the Hudson River, where their son Salmon had already taken up his abode. He was a weaver and learned his trade of Deacon Bull of Farmington. According to Wm. Richard Cutter (1910), "General and Personal Memoirs Relative to the families of the State of Massachusetts", "John Stedman married December 17, 1763, his cousin, Molly Hotchkiss...". I have found no evidence how Molly and John could have been cousins.
  2. [S506] Note: Or New Durham, Greene County, New York.
  3. [S670] 1810 United States Federal Census: Windham, Greene County, New York - page 326 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.