Stevenson Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History [rVlfQAO0T4t]
Stevenson or Stephenson “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Stevenson Family History & Surname For ancestry, genealogy research & heraldic merchandise, please visit: Email: [email protected] Phone: 785-324-2529 11AM - 9PM (ET) 1 - Stevenson of the Isle of Man – Richard Stevenson (d. 1683), Major of Manx Troops, son of John Stevenson (d. 1617), a descendant of Thomas Stevenson of Balladoole and Scarlet and John Stevenson (d. 1511) of Balladoole – William Stevenson was a Member of the House of Keys in 1593, another William Stevenson was a Member in 1637 2 - Azure a chevron between three sinister hands couped at the wrist and grasping a truncheon Or. 3 - Argent a chevron between three dexter hands clenched sable in each purse of the first. 4 - cos. Cumberland, Derby, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, and Middlesex - Rowland Stevenson (fl. 1662) of Unston, co. Derbyshire, had son of the same name, was the son of Francis Stephenson of Ounston (d. 1659), grandson of Edmund Stephenson of Ounston (1574-1606), great-grandson of Christopher Stephenson, 2x great-grandson of Edmund Stephenson, and 3x great-grandson of Richard Stephenson of Ounston (d. 1577) 5 - Sir William Stephenson, Knight, Lord Mayor of London in 1764-1765, and of Crosslands, Aldstone, co. Cumberland 6 - borne by Rowland Stephenson (d. 1843), Farley Hill, co. Berkshire in 1824, son of Edward Stephenson, inherited Farley Castle 7 - John Stephenson (1685-1761) of Knaresborough Hall, co. Yorkshire, Sheriff of Newcastle, Alderman of Newcastle, and Mayor of New Castle, son of Henry Stephenson, said to have won the hall in a poker game. 8 - Gules on a bend argent three leopards’ faces sable. Crest: A garb Or. 9 - Stanton, Rowsley, and Elton-on-the-Peak, co. Derby – arms granted in 1688 to John Stevenson Esq. 10 - granted in 1812 to John Stephenson of London and/or St. Luke’s, co. Middlesex, from Scotland, 1812 11 - granted to George Stephenson (1781-1848), English civil and mechanical engineer considered the “Father of Railroads”, son of Robert Stephenson, a fireman, had son Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), also an engineer and designer of locomotives, and Fellow of the Royal Society 12 - Stevenson of Uffington, co. Lincolnshire – James Stevenson Esq. (1782-1851) of Uffington, had son James Peel Stevenson (1808-1897) – changed surname to Stevenson from Bellairs 13 - Sutton Coldfield, co. Warwick – there was a Samuel Stevenson, appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1697, settled in Sutton upon his marriage to Mary Mott in 1664 14 - granted to James Stevenson Esq. of Killyleagh, co. Down, Northern Ireland, son of Hans Stevenson Esq. of Ballyrott and Anne Hamilton. His eldest daughter, Dorcas, married into the Blackwood family in 1751 and became Baroness Dufferin 15 - Hemishiels, co. Lanark, Scotland 16 - Stevenson of Chester, a cadet branch of Stevenson of Hermishiels, co. Lanark – Alexander Stevenson of Chester recorded arms in 1693 17 - Dr. Archibald Stevenson (born 1629), Edinburgh, 1673, first president of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, one of the seven children of Rev. Andrew Stevenson, Professor of Philoshopy at the University of Edinburgh 18 - Montgreenan, North Ayrshire, Scotland - estate was purchased by Hugh Stevenson (1640-1700), clerk to the Privy Council, son of Hugh Stevenson of Kilwinning - the mansion house was acquired by Archibald Stevenson in 1755 but sold three years later 19 - Alan Stevenson (1807-1865), civil engineer known for designing and building lighthouses all around Scotland, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, eldest son of Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), civil engineer known for designing and building lighthouse in Scotland, Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh, son of Alan Stevenson (d. 1774), a West Indies sugar trader. 20 - Jarrow, co. Durham, 1863 – James Stevenson (1786-1866) moved to from Scotland to take over the Jarrow Chemical Works, near South Shields, son of James Stevenson (1736-1806), a silk manufacturer – James had sons James Cochrane Stevenson, an industrialist, and John James Stevenson, an architect, as well as Flora Stevenson, social reformer, first women in the UK to be elected to a school board, and Louisia Stevenson, a campaigner for women’s suffrage 21 - Bayswater Hill, Middlesex, 1872 – John James Stevenson (1831-1908), architect, son of James Stevenson, elected Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1868, later built Bayswater Hill as his own home 22 - South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England 1873 – James Cochrane Stevenson (1825-1905), British industrialist from Tyneside, Member of Parliament for South Shields 23 - Tynemouth. co. Northumberland, and Ardmeile, co. Argyll, 1873 – there was Alexander Shannon Stevenson of Northumberland, granted arms in 1873, and also Archibald Stevenson of Durham, granted arms in 1873.