John B. Stedman II1
M, b. 5 April 1651, d. 25 November 1734
| Father | John Stedman I b. c 1625, d. 19 Dec 1675 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Sergeant d. b 1664 |
John B. was born on Wednesday, 5 April 1651 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. John married Violet Shepard, daughter of John Shepard and Rebecca Greenhill, on 10 August 1678 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. John's wife, Violet, died on 4 August 1682 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, leaving him a widower. John married 2nd Susannah Francis on 14 April 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. On his death bed, he made a nuncupative will on 9 April 1731.
He declared his will was that his estate after his decease should be divided equally between his two sons, Thomas &
Samuel Steadman, his son Thomas being present. Witness: James Butler, Mehetabell Goodrich, Joseph Curtice.
John departed this life on Thursday, 25 November 1734 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. His will was probated on 6 January 1734/35. The inventory of John's estate was taken on Saturday, 22 January 1734/35.2
He declared his will was that his estate after his decease should be divided equally between his two sons, Thomas &
Samuel Steadman, his son Thomas being present. Witness: James Butler, Mehetabell Goodrich, Joseph Curtice.
John departed this life on Thursday, 25 November 1734 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. His will was probated on 6 January 1734/35. The inventory of John's estate was taken on Saturday, 22 January 1734/35.2
Family 1 | Violet Shepard b. c 1658, d. 4 Aug 1682 |
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Family 2 | Susannah Francis b. 1 Nov 1651 |
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Citations
- [S314] John Lisle, Stedman Family Organization, Famiy History Research, ILt. John Stedman, son of Lt. John Stedman who was killed in the "Great Fort Fight" of December 1675, was deemed to have served the Town of Wethersfield well. He lived in Wethersfield, Connecticut and the "History of Ancient Wethersfield" records many items of his life.
In 1680, Ens. John Stedman was given the first recorded license for setting up a slaughter house in Wethersfield. (p. 656).
Valentine's "Manual of the Common Council of New York City" for 1861 contains a fac simile of a letter addressed to Ens. John Stedman "in the colony of Connecticut," by the celebrated Jacob Leisler, dated at Fort William (New York City), 21 July 1690, in reference to a commission promised to Steadman (probably in the New York forces) but which from political reasons Leisler had been disappointed in confirming to him. (see p. 207 of Wethersfield book). - [S314] John Lisle, Stedman Family Organization, Famiy History Research, A Digest of the Eearly Connecticut Probte Records. 1732 to 1737.
Page 284 Inventory on Page 290 Name: John Steadman Location: Wethersfield
Invt. £6-15-00. Taken 22 January, 1734-5, by Gershom Nott and Joseph Curtice. Testimony dated 9 April, 1731. Will nuncupative: He declared his will was that his estate after his decease should be divided equally between his two sons, Thomas and Samuel Steadman, his son Thomas being present.
Witness: James Butler, Mehetabell Goodrich, Joseph Curtice.
Court Record, Page 17 - 6 January, 1734-5: Will now exhibited. Proven. Adms. with the will annexed to Thomas Steadman.
Page 20 - 4 February, 1734-5: Thomas Steadman made complaint against Samuel Steadman for concealing some of the goods of the estate of John Steadman decd.
Page 22 - 25 February, 1734-5: Samuel Steadman appeared and showed that he had none of the estate of John Steadman in his hands.