Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameJohn Stephens
Birthabt 1459, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Deathabt 1500, Frocester, Gloucestershire, England
OccupationMember Of Parliment
EducationBachelor Of Laws, University Of Cambridge
ReligionAnglican
FatherThomas Stephens (~1420-)
Notes for John Stephens
John Stephens, Esq., who took part in the turmoil ending the Wars of the Roses, was Member of Parliament for Bristol in the reign of King Henry VII,3 and had issue;
Henry Stephens, Esq., b. Abt. 1497, England; d. January 09, 1551/52, Buried-Church of St. Peter, Frocester, Gloucester, England.
John Stephens - Joan Buckland
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Stevens Genealogy page 23 - http://www.stevensancestry.com/library/stevensgenealogy1904stev.pdf
Sources: _______________________________
The Rev. Elias Stevens, whose exact relationship to the family is not distinct. He was a bachelor of laws, probably of the University of Cambridge, and had become a priest of the Church. In accordance with the custom of that day he is called "Sir Elias Stevens." He held the dignified position of Canon of the Cathedral of Wells. His presence in Bristol in connection with wills was on June 28, 1441 and in September of the same year. On the first occasion his name is spelled Stevens, and on the second Stephens. A contemporaneous spelling is Stevyns. Ibid, 130.
1 Nothing of her family name is found. But as "Alice Stephens" she appears in legal documents.
2 Williams' Parliamentary Hist. co. Gloucester, 185.
3 Ibid.
4 Bentham's Baronets, Vol. IV, 265. He was probably named for Henry VII or VIII. Sir Robert Atkyns in his History of co. Gloucester begins his reference to the family back of Henry of Frocester by saying that it was of " very ancient establishment in that county".
Henry Stephens, Esq., b. Abt. 1497, England; d. January 09, 1551/52, Buried-Church of St. Peter, Frocester, Gloucester, England.
John Stephens - Joan Buckland
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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/W...ens/GENE20-0015.html
http://ourfamilysroots.weebly.com/lines/previous/21
Stevens Genealogy page 23 - http://www.stevensancestry.com/library/stevensgenealogy1904stev.pdf
Sources: _______________________________
The Rev. Elias Stevens, whose exact relationship to the family is not distinct. He was a bachelor of laws, probably of the University of Cambridge, and had become a priest of the Church. In accordance with the custom of that day he is called "Sir Elias Stevens." He held the dignified position of Canon of the Cathedral of Wells. His presence in Bristol in connection with wills was on June 28, 1441 and in September of the same year. On the first occasion his name is spelled Stevens, and on the second Stephens. A contemporaneous spelling is Stevyns. Ibid, 130.
1 Nothing of her family name is found. But as "Alice Stephens" she appears in legal documents.
2 Williams' Parliamentary Hist. co. Gloucester, 185.
3 Ibid.
4 Bentham's Baronets, Vol. IV, 265. He was probably named for Henry VII or VIII. Sir Robert Atkyns in his History of co. Gloucester begins his reference to the family back of Henry of Frocester by saying that it was of " very ancient establishment in that county".