Anne Stephens

Anne Crewe, b about 1599, daughter of Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene, Northamptonshire.  Married Sir Edward Stephens (1597 – c. 1670) of Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, who was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660. He was the son of Thomas Stephens and Elizabeth Stone.

They had 3 sons and 1 daughter:

1. Temperance, daughter of Col. Edward Stephens of Sodbury, member of the Long Parliament.  Married Robert Packer, MP
2. Thomas, born about 1619, succeeded his father
3. John, 2nd son, born about 1622, died 1643 in Oxford, England.
4. Edward, 3rd son, born about 1624.

References

• Birth: Abt 1600 in Of Wick Malbank, Chshr, Engl, Ancestral File #: 8473-0N
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buchroede... (dead link)
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/st...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Stephens_(MP)
• http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62752
• http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1394-1422
  • Stephens, Edward subscribed 15 Oct., 1613; perhaps student of Middle Temple 1612 (as son and heir of Thomas, late treasurer of the Middle Temple), and M.P. Tewkesbury 1640 (L.P.), till Aug., 1641, and Oct., 1641, till secluded in Dec., 1648, and co. Gloucester 1660; father of John 1637. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary.
• Stevens genealogy. Some descendants of the Fitz Stephen family in England and New England by Stevens, Charles Ellis, 1853-1906. [from old catalog] Published 1905, page 52, careful: contains errors.
• Visitation of Gloucestershire Page 151: Stephens < Archive.Org >