Erasmus Asmund Stedham, Jr.

married Christina Hendrickson, 14 May 1735. She was the daughter of Hendrick and Judith Hendrickson, born 27 February 1719. With the death of his two older brothers, Erasmus Stedham inherited the 3/8th share of the Timen Stiddem plantation which his father had owned, and on 26 April 1738 entered into an agreement with Timothy Lulofsson Stedham dividing the property. Thereafter, Erasmus Stedham moved to Penns Neck for about ten years. By 5 May 1748, he had returned to Wilming­ton area, as he was then chosen to be sexton and gravedigger for the church, On 27 December 1759 he resigned as sexton. In the 1764 church census Erasmus and his wife Christina were living in the Brandy­wine rota with their 16-year-old son Cornel­ius. The family's fate after that is not known. Erasmus (As­mund) Sted­ham, Jr., and his wife Christina had seven children baptized at Holy Trinity.