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GEORGE STEVENSON
George first courted Elizabeth (Betty) Hindmarsh, a farmer's daughter from Black Callerton, whom he met secretly in her orchard. Her father refused marriage because of Stephenson's lowly status as a miner. George next paid attention to Anne Henderson where he lodged with her family, but when she rejected him and he transferred his attentions to her sister Frances (Fanny), who was nine years his senior. George and Fanny married at Newburn Church on 28 November 1802. They had two children Robert (1803) and Fanny (1805) but she died within months, and George's wife died, probably of tuberculosis, the year after. While George was working in Scotland, Robert was brought up by a succession of neighbours and then by George's unmarried sister Eleanor (Nelly), who lived with them in Killingworth on George's return. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", the Victorians considered him a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement, with self-help advocate Samuel Smiles particularly praising his achievements. His rail gauge of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches (1,435 mm), sometimes called "Stephenson gauge", is the world's.
Thomas Stevenson of London, England and His Descendants
Thomas Stevenson (b.1615) emigrated from London, England to Virginia about 1643, and settled at Newtown, Long Island, New York, later moving to Hunterdon and Burlington Counties, New Jersey. He married Maria (Bullock) Barents in 1645. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.
The Boston Directory
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Memorials of the Thackeray Family
Archdeacon Thomas Thackeray (1693-1760) was born at Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He married Ann Woodward (ca. 1709-1797), daughter of John Woodward, at London in 1729. They had sixteen children, 1730-1749, born at Eton, Haydon, and Harrow. He died at Harrow, England. Most descendants listed lived in England.
The Organon
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