Isaac Stedman

Isaac Stedman1 b. before 21 April 1605, d. 3 October 1678

Isaac Stedman was born before 21 April 1605 in Biddenden, Kent, England.2 He was baptized on 21 April 1605 in Biddenden, Kent, England.3,4 He was the son of Thomas Stedman and Elizabeth Philpott.1,4,2

Isaac Stedman married as his first wife Elizabeth Winchester on 26 October 1629 in Tenterden, Kent, England.3,4

Isaac 'Studman' aged 30, Elizabeth Stedman aged 26, and children Nathaniel age 5 and Isaac aged 1, enrolled for passage on the Elizabeth from London, sailing to New England on April 17, 1635

[Note: Anderson incorrectly identifies the emigrant ship as 'Abigail' when Hotten's text lists the Stedmans on the Elizabeth. see Hotten pp. 50, 68]

Isaac Stedman married Pilgrim (Eddy) Baker, daughter of John Eddy and widow of William Baker as his second wife before 11 January 1677/78.4 Pilgrim Eddy was born in Watertown on August 25, 1634. She married (1) William Baker in Boston on April 22, 1656, and had one child. She married (2) Isaac Stedman by January 11, 1677, She married (3) Sylvester Eveleth after February 5, 1682. He died on January 4, 1688/9.

He died on 3 October 1678 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.4

His estate was probated on 19 December 1678.4

He and Elizabeth Winchester immigrated on the Abigail, departing from London, England, April 17, 1635, arriving circa June 1635. Their children Nathaniel and Isaac traveled with them.3,5,4 He was admitted to the church in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, now Plymouth County, Massachusetts in 1636.6 Isaac Stedman became a freeman in 1639 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, now Plymouth County, Massachusetts.4 He moved to Muddy River Section, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, circa 1657.6 He left a will on 2 October 1678.4

Children of Isaac Stedman and Elizabeth Winchester:

1. Elizabeth baptized at Biddenden, Kent on March 25, 1631; buried there on May 20, 1631. [1] [2]
2. Nathaniel baptized at Biddenden, Kent on September9, 1632; married first Sarah Hammond by 1660; married second, Temperance (___) by about 1665. [1] [2]
3. Isaac Jr. baptized at Biddenden, Kent on February 15, 1634/5; likely died young. [1] [2]
4. Elizabeth baptized at Scituate on November 24, 1637; married Thomas Hammond at Cambridge on December 17, 1662 [1]; died in 1715. [2][8]
5. Thomas born c 1640; married Mary Watson by 1669. [1] [2]
6. Hannah born c 1644; married Samuel Hyde at Cambridge on January 20. 1673/4. [1] [2]
7. Sarah born c 1648; married Samuel Perry at Roxbury on January 28, 1668/9. [1] [2]

Was married to Pilgrim Eddy by 11 Jan. 1677. “His wife Elizabeth died by 1678, as he married second, Pilgrim (Eddy) Baker that year.” [3]

Isaac died October 3, 1678 at Muddy River. [3]

Isaac's will was written on October 2, 1678 and probated on December 19, 1678. In it he names the following heirs: [5] [1]

• my wife - from whom I disclaim all rights to her estate in Boston as she disclaims my property, but she may dwell in the house as long as she remains a widow
• sons Thomas and Nathaniel
• daughters Elizabeth Haman, Hannah Hide and Sarah Perry [5] [1]

His estate inventory, valued at L744 11d, was taken on December 17, 1678 and included his home and farm of 350 acres, with upland, meadow and orchard; 16 acres of marsh land and 40 acres in Cambridge valued at L646. His inventory included books, 2 guns and a sword, cows, heifers, horses and swine, stores of grain, household goods and clothing. [5] [1]

"Whereas a highway was laid out att Muddy river, as by a record dated June 8th, 1658, through the land of Jno. White, att Muddy river, and so by Tho. Gardners, to the farm of Isaac Steadman, itt is hereby . . ."[6]

". . . and upon the Land of Isaac Steadman, wch Late was mr William Hibbons in pt Northerly or on the North pt, one end butts vpon Roxbury lyne South East the other end butts vpon the Said Land or farm of the said Steadman, wch Late was the said mr William Hibbons, North west wch said buttells and bounds are more fully …"[7]

One of the original founding Stedman families in America is the family of Isaac Stedman, originally of Biddenden, Kent, England who came to America on the Ship Elizabeth in 1636 and settling in Scituate, MA. He arrived with his wife Elizabeth and sons Isaac and Nathaniel.

Isaac Stedman was born in Biddenden, Kent, England, about 1605 and baptized there on 21 April 1605.

As Isaac "Studman" he was certified by the clergyman of St. Alphege Cripplegate, and by two men from Blackwell Hall, which was the cloth market of London, to which all of the cloth-weaving centers such as Biddenden sent their goods. It was inconnection with this trade that Isaac Stedman probably went to London.

About 1630 he married Elizabeth Winchester. They had three children in England, baptized in Biddenden: Elizabeth (who died young), Nathaniel, and Isaac.

Isaac came to America sometime before 1634 and established a homesite in Scituate in the Plymouth Colony with Rev. Lothrop's group from Kent. In 1635, his wife and sons came to America on the ship Elizabeth. It is not clear from the passenger list if Isaac was on that ship as he is not listed on the passenger list with his wife and children. The Elizabeth sailed from London on 8 April 1635.

He settled in Scituate, where he was admitted to the church 17 July 1636. He was a constable and made freeman 7 June 1648. He removed to Boston in 1650, and later was of Muddy River (now Brookline).

https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/early-families-of-scituate/

Isack Stedman was in Scituate by 1636 when he built the twenty-sixth house; he owned land in the vicinity of First Herring Brook next to that of Edward Foster’s, later George Russell’s. Stedman and his wife were covenanted members of the church who remained in Scituate after the Lothropp group left; they later removed to Boston.

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