Family and Education
bap. 16 Nov. 1710, s. and h. of Thomas Stephenson of Bails and Crosslands, Alston, Cumb.Alston par. reg.; Hodgson, Northumb. iii. pt. 2, p. 85; R. Welford, Mons. in St. Nicholas Church Newcastle, 95. by w. Margaret (d. 29 July 1759). m. 19 Dec. 1741, Mrs HolfordEvidently Mary, widow of Thomas Holford and mother of Josiah Holford of Hampstead, whom Stephenson in his will (PCC 223 Holman) refers to as my ‘son-in-law’. (d. 3 Mar. 1767), s.p. legit.Stephenson’s heir was his ‘natural’ son John Stephenson, brewer, who was drowned in a cooler in the Horse Shoe brewery six months after he had inherited it, Gent. Mag. (1794), ii. 1062. suc. fa. 1748.
Offices Held
Dir. E.I. Co. 1765 – 68, Westminster Fire Office 1794.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Brentford Butts, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
STEPHENSON, John (1710-94)
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