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William Stevenson (abt. 1735 - abt. 1783)

Dr William Stevenson
Born about in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Irelandmap [uncertain]
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Died about at about age 48 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, Englandmap
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Biography

William was born about 1735, the son of William Stevenson of Stewartstown and Ann Stewart of Stewarthall, both of the county Tyrone, Ireland.

He was mentioned as one of the legatees in the will of his grandfather, Capt. James Stevenson of Stewartstown, which will was proved in January, 1747.[1] William Stevenson took his medical degree at Edinburgh in 1762.[2]

After practising medicine in Coleraine, county Derry, and Bath in Somerset, Dr Stevenson settled at Newark where he died on the 13th April 1783.[2][3]

Research notes

  • The estimated year of birth is based on birth order as appears to be specified in his grandfather's will. William was probably born in Stewartstown: his father maintained the family residence in Portadown, county Armagh through 1727, and in Stewartstown from no later than April 1728.[4]
  • The Stevenson family of Stewartstown, county Tyrone has been researched to the mid-1600s. Further data input to this profile by Kilpatrick-1128 is pending.

Sources

  1. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast). Administration and Will (Prerogative), of James Stevenson, Stewartstown, merchant, dated 23 March 1744; extracted from the Registry of Her Majesty’s Court of Prerogative in Ireland. Copy obtained from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, PRONI ref. T1009/16 (16 pages); extract and transcript by Alison Kilpatrick, 2014-03-28.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Medical Register for the Year 1783 (London: Joseph Johnson). Death notice: “April 18 [sic]. At Newark upon Trent, Wm. Stevenson, M.D. (Edin. 1762).”
  3. The Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. LIII (London: J. Nichols, 1783), pg. 366. Death notice: “April 13. Suddenly, at Newark, Dr. Stevenson.”
  4. Kilpatrick, Alison. "William Stevenson of Stewartstown, Portadown, & Edinburgh (Timeline)."




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