James Stephenson and Elizabeth Simpson

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Husband James Stephenson ^{1 2}

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Wife Elizabeth Simpson ²

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Children

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1 F Ann Stephenson ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: John Watson (1705-1757) 2 4
           Marr: 1731 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - James Stephenson

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came from Donegal, Ireland in 1720 and settled near Donegal, Lancaster Co., Penna. on a tract of land called "Seat of Beauty." A warrant for this tract of 334 acres was issued in 1734. This plantation remained in possession of the Stephenson-Watson family for more than a century and a half. In 1882 Dr. Nathaniel Watson sold it to the Hon. Simon Cameron in whose family it remained for some decades.

From James Stephenson's daughter Hannah, was descended President William McKinley.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 703.

2 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 28.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 73, 703.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 73, 702.