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Re: Christopher Stevenson born c1793
« Reply #9 on: Friday 17 September 10 10:53 BST (UK) »
Thanks Arjem, Yes that will of Leonard Stevenson's 1830 contains the clear statement that Christopher is his son: and Esther (Day) is Leonard's wife: and this is the same Christopher Stevenson.

The question then is:
Is this Leonard Stevenson the son of Thomas Stevenson and Mary Kilburn, born 19 May 1757 - as most people with Ancestry trees seem to assume:
OR is he Leonard Stevenson, son of Leonard (Innholder) and Jane of Hallaton, as named 'my only son and heir' in their Leics Archdeaconry wills of 1764 (Leonard bap 26 Dec 1749, brother of Allen, bap 11 Feb 1755 who presumably decd. as not named). 

Probably Thomas and Mary, but is there any confirmation of that?    

Christopher Stevenson of Hallaton, youngest son of Leonard Stevenson and Esther Day, married Lucy Waddington at Medbourne 1815. Lucy Waddington was daughter of John Waddington, cooper, and his wife Lydia Gibbins of Medbourne, who m there 9 Oct 1792.




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Re: Christopher Stevenson born c1793
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 18 September 10 19:43 BST (UK) »
Thanks Mercian for your e-mail.

 Allen, s/o Innkeepers Len and Jane was buried 3/3/1762 (Hallaton PRs).  As for the parents of Leonard who made the will: I go for Thomas and Mary.  See National Burial Index:  4 November 1830 Leonard Stevenson age 73 buried at Hallaton, St Michael & All Angels.  This means he would have been born c1757.

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Re: Christopher Stevenson born c1793
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 18 September 10 21:05 BST (UK) »
Good thinking Arjem. I will accept that as a final deduction pending the discovery of any new Leonards of that date!!! Leonard and Esther are my gggg grandparents on the Stevenson side, and I will put Thos and Mary in in permanent ink for the next generation back. I know they have quite a string of children. I see there are various entries for Stevensons at Hallaton before that, including some 17th century Leonards, but Has anyone traced a definite father for Thomas? Wills seem a bit short. There aren't any Stevenson MIs at Hallaton other than Christopher and Lucy, and that Henry who is of another branch of Stevensons altogether - but no early ones. I was there today rejoicing in all the Gibbinses and what I think are two separate families of Wards. Maybe they had those sandstone headstones which are all worn flat. :(