Samuel Stevenson (abt. 1789 - 1850)

Born about 1789 in Ireland

Husband of Janet Nancy Ruddy — married 1814 in Ireland

Husband of Ann (Doble) Stevenson — married 1840 in Brock Township, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1850 at about age 61 in Brock, Durham, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Samuel Stevenson migrated from Ireland to Canada.

Samuel Stevenson was born in Ireland.

Samuel Stevenson was born about 1789 and passed away in 1850.

Samuel came to New York from Ireland in 1817, he never settled in the United States but followed the same trail Sir Issac Brock used in the war between Canada and the United States. He settled in Brock Township, Ontario, Canada, Lot 2 Concession 2 on Durham 23 just after it was surveyed. There were only three white families in the area at the time. The other two families were of William Bagshaw and Philip St. John. They all settled around the same time.

During 1817 and 1818 about two hundred English and Irish families who emigrated by the way of New York City were encouraged by James Buchanan, the British Consul in New York, to come to Canada. He had been authorized to give them up to $10.00 per person in forwarding them to Canada so that they might be loyal to the Empire. Among those sent on from New York were William Smith, Mark MacManus, Samuel Stephenson, Thomas Morgan, Samuel and Richard Marshall, John Gutherie, William Bagshaw, Alex Cathcart, and Philip St. John. (Copy of the Upper Canada Sundries Pass given to Samuel Stevenson, Civil Secretary’s Correspondence RG 5, A1, Volume 37, pp. 17266)

DNA

Y-DNA = I-M253

A genetic distance of 0 up to 67 marker to descendants of John Stephenson

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 October 2017, 02:52), entry for Samuel Stevenson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTX4-4FV); contributed by various users.
• Samuel Stevenson's will.
• family stories
• Copy of the Upper Canada Sundries Pass given to Samuel Stevenson, Civil Secretary’s Correspondence RG 5, A1, Volume 37, pp. 17266
• Records.ancestry.com