STEADMAN, Capt. John

1725 - 1817  (91 years)

• Name	STEADMAN, John
  Title	Capt.
  Birth	21 Sep 1725	South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1760	Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA
  Death	1817	Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA
  Notes	[StedmanJohnF..ged] Provided by: John B. Lisle John STEADMAN was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island. In 1746 he married Bethany Gray (or maybe Parthenia Gracey) in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. They had three daugthers. After Bethany died, he married Frances Congdon of North Kingston, RI. They had 9 children. He was a surveyor and at one time lived in Long Island, New York. In 1760, they moved to Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia as part of a group now known as the New England Planters. This lot of about 128 families came to Nova Scotia in 20 ships at that time to take over land that was vacant after the explusion of the French inhabitants, the Acadians, in 1755. The ships came by way of the Bay of Fundy and docked at a natural bluff, previously used by the French, near the present Starr's Point on Minas Basin. The civic center that was established nearby was named Town Plot. It was headquarters for the Township of Cornwallis which was an area about 12miles by 12 miles, i.e., extending westward to present Berwick. John STEADMAN was a surveyor and assisted in laying out the Township. He received a grant of 1000 acres, the usual size of a grant, which was in part woods, part so-called dyke land, and part farm land. A five acre plot in the Canard River Valley that remained in the family until 1941, probably was in the grant. The main tract could have been a wide strip running from near the center of Billtown toward North Mountain. Much of the property must have been sold off later. Billtown was founded in 1770. It is about four miles west from Starr's Point. At present, the place name Cornwallis is only the name of a crossroad in a farming region between Canning and Centerville. But, at this place, there is the St. John's Episcopal Church that was established in 1760. According to Dr. Eaton, the Benjamin STEADMAN family were members there in 1811. The present building is not the original one nor it is exactly at the initial site. We do not know where John and his wife are buried.
  Person ID	I005769	Kyle and Related Families
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	STEDMAN, Thomas,   b. 18 May 1699, New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA d. 9 Apr 1772, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	MCCOON, Hannah,   b. 18 May 1706, Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA d. 20 Feb 1791 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1724
  Family ID	F01128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GRACEY, Parthenia Bethany,   b. Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1760
  Marriage	29 Jan 1745/46	Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. STEADMAN, Matthew Gracy,   b. 4 Jul 1748, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA d. UNKNOWN  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 2. STEADMAN, Martha,   b. 18 Nov 1750, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA d. 20 Dec 1802, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age 52 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. STEADMAN, Parthenia Bethany Gracey,   b. Abt 1752, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA d. UNKNOWN  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 4. STEADMAN, Mary McCoone,   b. Abt 1754, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA d. 24 Jul 1814, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F01136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	CONGDON, Frances,   b. 7 Jul 1737, North Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA d. UNKNOWN
  Marriage	19 Jun 1760	South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
  Children	+ 1. STEADMAN, Enoch,   b. 1761, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA d. 1812, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age 51 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. STEADMAN, Benjamin,   b. Bef 1763, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA d. Aft 1811 (Age > 49 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. STEADMAN, Hannah,   b. 15 Feb 1763, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA d. 10 Apr 1786, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age 23 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 4. STEADMAN, John,   b. 19 Apr 1765, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA d. Bef 1855, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age < 89 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 5. STEADMAN, Elizabeth,   b. 20 Dec 1767   d. Sep 1848, Belleisle, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age 80 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. STEADMAN, Thomas,   b. 30 Jan 1771, Falmouth, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA d. UNKNOWN  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. STEADMAN, Sarah,   b. 20 Sep 1774   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 8. STEADMAN, William,   b. 25 Apr 1777, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA d. 18 Nov 1854, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, CANADA (Age 77 years) + 9. STEADMAN, James Congdon,   b. 2 Jun 1781, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CANADA d. 28 Sep 1868, Bridgetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age 87 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F01137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart