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hello maggie my name is joy,maiden name stephenson(i am the mother in law in the message from diacon),i am the great granddaughter of john atlantic stephenson ,descended from his marriage to ellen grace edwards,my grandfather was philip charles john stephenson,son of john and ellen.i have in my possesion the original birth certificate,it reads argo brummell stephenson came sword in hand about 8.25 am in lat 34.350,long 1-32,then there is the signature of the captain of the argo and brig argo june 18th 1829.my great grandfather has written underneath certificate of my birth written by the capt or the brig argo,i was christened john atlantic on arrival at calcutta as my father did not like argo brummel and it is signed j.a.stephenson jan .5.1891.i also have 2 of his watercolours and a very fine photo of him in his old age.i am interested in elizabeth gordon would like to know mote about her,my father told me a rumour that had gone down the family that somewhere further back one of the family was the bastard child of the duke of gloucester but heaven knows if there is any truth in that.would be extremely interested in your journal of john atlantic ,yours sincerely  joy.