Honora Stephenson

Honora Grimes

• Born: 1698, , Norfolk, Virginia, USA
• Marriage (1): Valentine William CRAWFORD, Sr. in 1715 in Winchester, , Virginia, USA
• Marriage (2): Richard STEPHENSON
• Died: 1777, Shepherdstown, , Virginia, USA at age 79
• Buried: Shepherdstown, , Virginia, USA

Family

Honora married Valentine William CRAWFORD, Sr., son of William CRAWFORD, Jr. and Naudaine VALENTINE, in 1715 in Winchester, , Virginia, USA. (Valentine William CRAWFORD, Sr. was born in 1692 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA and died in 1736 in , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.)

Honora next married Richard STEPHENSON.

Commemorative biographical record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families Pub 1893 Pg 878 - 879

"...Richard Stephenson married Mrs. Onora Crawford. She was the widow of Hugh Crawford. ..To the union of Richard and Onora (Crawford) Stephenson were born as follows: John, Hugh, Richard, James, Marcus, and one daughter. Mrs. Stephenson possessed great physical strength, and was a kind and affectionate mother and she died in 1776. Gen. George Washington was a frequent visitor in this home, often taking part in athletic contests with the sons...

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In Edward Aiken Crawford's article 'Col. William Crawford' published in The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, October 1904, pp. 261-272,

Onora [sic] Grimes [sic] Crawford is said to be a daughter-in-law of John and Elizabeth Crawford of Northumberland County, Virginia. John Crawford purchased land there in 1683, sold a portion to John Legg in 1692, and in 1706 sold to Meredith James another portion "except ten yards square where my father and mother were buried." John and Elizabeth Crawford were the parents of four sons, John, George, William, and David, as well as two daughters. The same article claims John's father was George Crawford, a descendant of Capt. Thomas Crawford (c.1527-1603) of Jordanhill, an estate in the West End of Glasgow.

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History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (1885), page 193:

As this county was named in honor of Col. William Crawford, the friend of Washington, and one of the most distinguished frontiersmen of Western Pennsylvania...He was born in 1732 in Orange (now Berkeley County) Va his parents being of Irish extraction...His father died when William was four years old, leaving another son Valentine who was younger than our subject. His mother Onora...married for her second husband Richard Stephenson, to whom she bore five boys and one girl: John, Hugh, Richard, James, Marcus, and Elizabeth the last mentioned dying young. The seven boys were all remarkable for their size and physical prowess. In 1749 the youthful George Washington became acquainted with their family and it was while surveying in the Shenandoah Valley that his acquaintance with William Crawford ripened into a friendship that lasted until the cruel death of the latter more than thirty years afterward...

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notes

These are for reference ONLY, not validated

Honora Grimes (daughter of Grymes Grimes)267, 267, 268 was born 1695 in Norfolk, VA, USA269, 269, and died 1777 in Shephardstown, Berkley, VA, USA269, 269.

• She married (2) Richard Stevenson.
• She married (3) Valentine I Crawford in Ireland269.
• She married (4) William Valentine Crawford on Abt. 1715, son of William Crawford and Naudiane Valentine.
• She married (5) John Crawford on 1732269.
• She married (6) William Crawford on 1728 in VA, USA269.
• She married (7) Richard Stephenson on 1736269.

More About Honora Grimes and Valentine I Crawford: Marriage: Ireland.269

More About Honora Grimes and William Valentine Crawford: Marriage: Abt. 1715

More About Honora Grimes and John Crawford: Marriage: 1732269

More About Honora Grimes and William Crawford: Marriage: 1728, VA, USA.269

More About Honora Grimes and Richard Stephenson: Marriage: 1736269

Children of Honora Grimes are:

• Valentine Crawford, b. 1724, Frederick, VA, USA269, d. 07 Jan 1777, Jacobs Creek, Westmoreland, PA, USA269.
• Mary Crawford, b. 1716, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. date unknown, Reckorville, Baltimore, MD, USA269.
• Martha Crawford, b. 1720, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. date unknown.
• Mary Grafford, d. 1770, Reckordville, Baltimore, MD, USA269.
• Elizabeth Crawford, b. 1730, St Marks, Culpepper, VA, USA269, d. date unknown.

Children of Honora Grimes and Richard Stevenson are:

• Hugh Stephenson, b. 1734, PA, USA269, d. 20 Nov 1776, Howard, MO, USA269.
• Marcus Stephenson, b. 1742, Frederick, VA, USA269, d. Apr 1806, St Louis, MO, USA269.
• John Stephenson, b. 24 Dec 1736, Berkley, WV, USA269, d. 27 Oct 1801, Licking, KY, USA269.
• Richard Stephenson, b. 1740, Berkley, WV, USA269, d. 1776, Harrisonberg, VA, USA269.
• Eleanor Stephenson, b. 1744, Berkley, WV, USA269, d. 1749, PA, USA269.
• <Unnamed>, d. date unknown.
• Marquise Stevenson, b. 1743269, d. 1805269.

Children of Honora Grimes and Valentine I Crawford are:

   Ann Crawford, b. 1730269, d. 1765269.

Children of Honora Grimes and William Valentine Crawford are:

• +William Crawford Col, b. 02 Sep 1722, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA270, d. 11 Jun 1782, TYMOCHTEE CR, WYANDOTTE, OHIO.
• Elizabeth Crawford, b. 1718, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. date unknown.
• Valentine Crawford Jr., b. 1734, d. 07 Jan 1777, Jacobs Creek, Westmoreland, PA.
• Elizabeth Crawford, b. 1730, St Marks, Culpepper, VA, USA271, d. date unknown.
• Martha Crawford, b. 1720, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. date unknown.
• Mary Crawford, b. 1716, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. date unknown, Reckorville, Baltimore, MD, USA271.

Children of Honora Grimes and Richard Stephenson are:

• James Stephenson, b. 1725, Berkeley, VA, USA271, d. 1813, Cross Creek, PA, USA271.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16897375/james-stephenson
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/a/m/Julie-A-Kamphaus-O...
• http://rathbun-family.com/History/rathbun%20-%20perrine%20family%20...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143604686/honora-stephenson