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Beheathland (Taliaferro) Stevens (1738 - 1828)

Beheathland Stevens formerly Taliaferro
Born in Blenheim Plantation, Caroline, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1758 in Caroline Co, VAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 89 in Nelson, Virginia, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 28 May 2011
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Contents

Biography

Name

Behetheland /Taliaferro/

Birth

20 AUG 1738
Blenheim Plantation, Caroline, Virginia, USA

Death

Before 04 APR 1828 when her will was probated

Census

Date: 1810
Place: Nelson Co, VA
Date: 1820
Place: Nelson Co, VA

Will

Date: 1796

Probate

4 APR 1828, Nelson County, Virginia

Marriage

Husband: James Stevens
Wife: Behetheland Taliaferro
Marriage:
Date: 1758
Place: Caroline Co, VA

Notes

From Pat M Stevens http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Pat-M-Stevens-iv/BOOK-0001/0005-0005.html#CHILD21

Notes for BEHETHELAND TALIAFERRO:

In other notes, she is called Behetheland Griffin, possibly a marriage before James.

Mark says: My mother's notes also point to another possible tie between bits of your tree and ours. (ed.: see notes under Samuel R. Daniel) She believed that the parents of Behetheland Spencer Stewart were Samuel Spencer and Ann[e] Stevens (daughter of James Stevens and Behetheland Taliaferro). I don't see parentage for Behetheland Spencer Stewart or children of Behetheland Taliaferro on your web pages. --Mark Ryan Williamson <markwmsn@@markwmsn.com> April 2001

Later I encountered that this is so, at least in the "Pamunkey Neighbors...." work. But it cites James' wife as Behetheland Griffin, not Taliaferro. She might have had another husband. In fact she might be Griffin who married Taliaferro then Stevens.... note their son John Griffin Stevens....

Joyce Turel, a Stevens cousin, kindly sends this: "The 'Beheathland' name is in honor of Robert Beheathland, gentleman, who accompanied Captain John Smith to Virginia in 1607. Robert, unfortunately, had no male heirs, so his name has been kept alive by his female descendants for almost 400 years in America."

I (the editor) am related to her through both my mother's Marshalls and Berrymans and through the Stevens and the Stewart connections... Her children are named in her husband's will.

This interesting note by Mary E. Stewart, <mstewart485@gmail.com>, in the TALIAFERRO TIMES, Volume I, December 18, 1996, on the web:

"I have struggled for a long time trying to discover the identity of 'my' Taliaferro to no avail. I hope the group will be able to shed some light on this mystery.

"My mystery person is Beheathland Taliaferro, wife of James Stevens, Sr. of Caroline and Amherst/Nelson counties. I do not have documented evidence of her identity; however, I believe that she is the Beheathland born 20 Aug 1738, daughter of Richard Taliaferro and Rose Berryman (this daughter is not followed in any of the published Taliaferro stuff that I've seen).

"James Stevens, Sr. was born (probably) in Caroline Co. about 1735. In 1769 he bought land in Amherst Co. (the part that later became Nelson Co.). James and his wife Behethland sold the same land in 1774. James also names his wife Beheathland in his will probated 22 Nov 1813, Nelson Co. I find no official record which names her as "Beheathland Taliaferro." There is a collection of family group sheets and notes on this family at the Jones Library in Lynchburg. In them is a letter saying that she was "Miss Taliaferro" and "we all know that, of course" (thanks a lot!). Taliaferro does appear frequently as a middle name in her descendants and her great-granddaughter (my 2g grandmother) was Behetherland Taliaferro Stevens.

"By working back from the marriage dates of their children, I estimate that James and Beheathland were married about 1755-60 in Caroline Co. I think she was the daughter of Richard and Rose Berryman Taliaferro because of the apparently close relationship that James had with her brother, Zachariah (who m. 1 Mary Boutwell). They appear as witnesses on one another's deeds several times. It seems at least plausible that a man would marry his friend's sister. I'm glad to share what I have."

Beheathland was born in 1738. She passed away in 1828.

Sources


  • Ancestry of John Taliaferro... Ivey, Willie Catherine manuscript, Tennille, GA, 1936
  • Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Ancestry.com
  • Ancestry.com; 1820 United States Federal Census




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Beheathland is the 2nd cousin, twice removed of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887). Hunter was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He entered the University of Virginia in his seventeenth year and was one of its first graduates. From 1835 to 1837 Hunter was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and became the 14th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – the youngest person ever to hold that office. Elected to the U.S. Senate. In his later years, Hunter was the Treasurer of Virginia (1874–1880).
posted by Richard (Jordan) J
Beheathland Taliaferro Stevens is the 7th great granddaughter of Joyce Culpeper, the mother of Catherine Howard, Queen of England, the fifth wife and Queen consort of King Henry VIII [Tudor-4]. They had no children.

NOTE: Catherine Howard was the 1st cousin to Anne Boleyn (Queen of England, the second wife of Henry VIII). On 19 May 1536, Anne Boleyn was beheaded at the Tower of London.

Beheathland Taliaferro Stevens and Queen Anne Boleyn are 2nd cousins 7 times removed.

posted by Richard (Jordan) J
Notables: Beheathland Taliaferro-36 is the great grandmother of Virginia Senator and Judge Thomas Penn Fitzpatrick-5297 of Nelson County. This lineage should be working in 24 hours.
posted by Richard (Jordan) J
Notable: Beheathland Taliaferro Stevens is the 5th great grandmother of Janis Joplin-40.
posted by Richard (Jordan) J
Birth Location: Colony of Virginia, before 1776.

Virginia, USA, did not exist.

posted by Richard (Jordan) J
Taliaferro-641 and Taliaferro-36 appear to represent the same person because: 1738 birth year is what's listed by Jamestowne Society - I added the following "see also" links to Taliaferro-36:
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Taliaferro-69 and Taliaferro-36 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate
posted by Chris Hoult
Daughter of John Taliaferro and Mary Hardin-

Bethland Taliaferro 1765–1842 Birth 1765 • , Surry, North Carolina, USA Death 28 FEB 1842 • , , Georgia, USA ............and............. daughter of Richard Taliaferro and Rose Berryman Beheathland Taliaferro 1738–1828 Birth 20 AUG 1738 • Caroline County, Virginia Death 4 APR 1828 • Nelson County, Virginia, USA

posted by [Living Finley]
It is not possible for this person to have living children.
posted by Bob Keniston Jr.

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