Jane (Unknown) Fleming (abt. 1735 - abt. 1795)

Wife of John Stephenson — married about 1752 (to 1773) in Colony of Virginia

Wife of Alexander Fleming — married 1774 (to 1780) in York County, Province of South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1795 at about age 60 in Chester, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

• Jane was born about 1735 to John James and Mary Ervin. Note: Jean was 18 years old when her first daughter Mary Stephenson was born about 1752.^[1]
• The Children of John and Jean Stephenson wereMary Stephenson,John Stephenson,Agnes Stephenson,Robert Stephenson,and Margaret Stephenson.
• In the will of John Stephenson on February 9,1773,John Stephenson named his wife as Jean.
• After the death of John Stephenson in 1773, Jean met Alexander Fleming at the Bethesda Meeting House,where Robert Fleming Sr. was an elder. Alexander Fleming pursued Jean Stephenson and she accepted his proposal of marriage about 1774but it was customary for a widow to observe a six months period of mourning before remarrying and Jean made Alexander Fleming wait until September.^[2]
• Jean Fleming's husbandAlexander Fleming served in Captain William Hanna's company of Colonel William Bratton's regiment of General Thomas Sumpter's partisan army.He was taken prisoner by the British and was confined in the old jail at Camden,South Carolina. Smallpox broke out in the prison and Alexander Fleming fell prey to it and died about April 1781. ^[3]
• Jane passed away about 1795.

Sources

1. ↑ Parker,Elmer Oris. Family Group Sheet,1994.
2. ↑ Parker,Elmer Oris. "The Stephenson-Fleming Connection".
3. ↑ Parker, Elmer Oris."The Stephenson-Fleming Connection."

1.Parker, Elmer Oris. Family Group Sheet,1994,as sent to Tommy Stephenson

• KinNextions."here is a link to the will of John Stephenson Rootweb. Ancestry.com. Accessed April 20,2017

• Parker, Elmer Oris. "The Will of John Stephenson" as sent to Tommy Stephenson by Elmer Oris Parker.

• York County,South Carolina Genealogy Trails."[ http://genealogytrails.com/scar/york/guardianship_records.htm]". Guardianship Records. Accessed May 2,2017

Acknowledgements

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