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Elizabeth was descended from a Sir Robert Bulmer. This knowledge base is expected to be released in The knowledge base on this family is expected to be released in He married Clara Caroline Wellbrock.

Researching this family in Boston is to research the families of Holy Trinity. Other allied families are Wessling, Kamp , and Grueter. This has become a major single name study of this family.

Currently, the research has focused on the family in America; however, research is beginning in England and Scotland. Most Stedman families in America can assume that their ancestry could be traced back to a John Stedeman who was a Knight in the Crusades. For his service, King Richard awarded him a manor in Kent.

Some of the family migrated north over the next few generations and whilst in York some sided with Robert the Bruce against the English and had to migrate to Scotland, founding the Scottish Branch of the family. When a principal line daughtered out, the heir married a Barton, and he took the name of Stedman. Amongst the Scottish family, you will see the name spelled Steedman. The Scottish family has a long history as mariners.

I believe that some of them lived in Holland at periods of time. One was Capt. John Gabriel Stedman of the Scottish Dragoons. He became a famous explorer and author. In the late s he spent several years exploring in South America and wrote a book about it. Carolyn's mother was a Steadman. Her father came to Boston about the turn of the century from Nova Scotia. The spelling of the Stedman name seems to vary between Stedman and Steadman and Steedman, based on the family.

The Nova Scotia family seems to have used Steadman; however, most of the Rhode Island family used the Stedman spelling. The Rhode Island family is descended from a mariner Thomas Stedman who is first reported in Connecticut in the late s. He had two known sons, one who settled in New London, the other who settled in Hartford.

Descendants of both families have spread throughout the country. Thomas Stedman is thought to be Scottish; however his ancestry has not been traced. As the Scottish family is known to have a sailing background, this is a reasonable theory. New England had several other early Stedman families. The earliest known was Isaac Stedman who was from Biddenden in Kent. He and his family came to Scituate, Massachusetts in He later removed to Muddy River which is now known as Brookline, Massachusetts.

His descendants spread throughout New England in the colonial era. Among his descendants were Gen. Griffin Alexander Stedman of Connecticut who died in the Civil War and for whom Fort Stedman, site of one of the last decisive battles of the War, was named. Also, Edmund Clarence Stedman, who was the great poet of the 19th century, and Dr.

Robert Stedman is first recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in It is believed that he was English but came to America from Holland. His family was quite well to do and at one time owned a significant amount of land around what is now Harvard Square. From his family are descended many major figures of the colonial era in Boston. John Stedman arrived in Cambridge about the same time as Robert. He is thought to be a brother of Robert but that is not proven.

It is known that he came to America from England. Some people have assumed that Robert and John were also brothers of Isaac, but no known evidence supports this. However, if you study the Biddenden parish records, you will find records of a John and Robert who could be these people. John was the most patrician of the three early Boston Stedmans owning quite a bit of land and having a sizeable estate. However, there is no record of his having any sons so his line daughtered out.

However, they married into some well-known colonial families. There are records of a few other early Stedman families that cannot be placed within one of these known families. Research has yet to identify these people. The next batch of Stedmans to arrive in America were Scottish and came to America about the s. They came to Philadelphia and settled in the area of Northern Virginia that later became part of West Virginia.

My research on this family is very incomplete. However, this is the family from which Rev. Melvin Steadman descended.

He was one of the major Steadman family researchers of the late 20th century. If his papers were available, I am sure that many mysteries would be unlocked. I believe that it was a James and Christopher Stedman who were the immigrants but I have not documented this as of yet. The last major Colonial influx of Stedmans came in the s when four brothers came to America from Scotland.

They were cousins of the Stedmans that came in the s. Three of these brothers settled in South Carolina and the fourth in Pennsylvania.

The South Carolina family spread out throughout the South. The Pennsylvania family migrated to the West. The most famous descendant of these families is Gen.

James Blair Steedman of Pennsylvania and Ohio. He was a Civil War hero leading many important battles. Over time, I will be documenting all that I learn from these families. Elizabeth Blackett. Birth: before March 4, 28 20 — Richmond, Yorks. Death: May 22, Henrietta Maria Blackett. Birth: March 24, 29 21 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Death: before December 17, Alethea Blackett. Birth: June 10, 30 22 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Death: May Birth: July 5, 31 23 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Death: February 23, — Newby Hall, Yorkshire.

Birth: before October 30, 33 24 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Death: March 1, — Hexham Abbey, Nthmd. John Blackett. Birth: November 30, 34 25 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Death: April 27, — Ripon, Yorks. Thomas Blackett. Birth: January 21, 35 26 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Death: before Isabella Blackett. Birth: February 25, 36 28 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Blackett LL. Julia Blackett. Christopher Blackett. Birth: before August 6, 37 29 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire.

Anne Blackett. Birth: December 3, 39 30 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Death: May — Ripon, Yorks. Henry Blackett. Birth: December 31, 40 31 — Newby Hall, Yorkshire.

Death: March — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Christiana Blackett. Birth: May 21, 41 33 — Aldborough, Yorks. Diana Booth. Death: October 7, — Newby Hall, Yorkshire. Marriage: October 21, — St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham, Co. Show all notes Note Heiress to her father. At burial wife of Edward Blackit[sic]. Family with parents father Parents.

Sir William Blackett. Elizabeth Kirkley. Sir John Yorke. John Wise. Samuel Saville. Waldegrave Tancred. Diana Delaval. Diana Blackett. Mary Jekyll. Patience Wise. Patience Blackett. Henry Rev. John Erasmus Blackett. Matthew Blackett. William Norton. Jane Saville. Edward Bridges Rev. Edward Ridsdale. Ann Ridsdale. Dianah Ridsdale. Henrietta Ridsdale.