1.  Mary² L'Andre  (Antoine¹) (Source: Kay Gassan. ) was born 01 Feb 1803 in Parramatta,

New South Wales, and died 09 Apr 1888 in Crookwell, New South Wales. 

She married William Stephenson (Source: Kay Gassan. ) 23 Nov 1818 in Castlereagh, New

South Wales.  He was born 20 Jul 1788 in Howden, Yorkshire, England, and died 05 Mar 1876 in

Goulburn, New South Wales.

 Mary Landers - photo with thanks from Sue McCarthy

Notes for Mary L'Andre:

Extracted from THE LANDERS VINE by Peter Christian

"Mary, the first born child of Antoine and Ann, married at the age of 16, a former convict from

Yorkshire, William Stephenson. They were married by Henry Fulton at ChristChurch,

Castlereagh on 23 November 1818, the witnesses were John Bradley and Sarah Williams. They

settled for a while at Llandilo, where William was Superintendent for Samuel Terry. James

Tobais Ryan, in his book Reminiscences of Australia (page 340), mentions the Stephenson

family in the 1830's. The family moved to Sydney where William became the licensee for the

Square and Compass Hotel near Brickfield Hill in George Street. Later they took up land in the

Crookwell River district of New south Wales, where William is regarded as one of the early

pioneers of the town of Crookwell.(Upland Pastures by William Bayley) Many descendants of

William and Mary's thirteen children still reside in this district. Mary Stephenson, known to the

family as "Gypsy" died in Crookwell on 9 April 1888 at the age of 85 years. her estate was sworn

at 2200 pounds.Crookwell Gazette Friday 13 April 1888

Death of Mrs Stephenson Senior.

OnMonday morning, about six o'clock, mrs Mary Stephenson, one o the oldest residents of this

district, died at the residence of her son, Mr John Stephenson, in crookwell, at the advanced age

of 85 years, the cause of death being natuarl decay. Up to a few years ago the deceased was

very active and vigorous for her age; but latterly her strength failed visibly, and for the past few

weeks she was confined to her bed, gradually sinking until her death. Deceased was a native of

Parramatta, and came to Crookwell about 42 years ago, and has been a resident of the district

ever since. she was the mother of seventeen children, thirteen of whom are living, the eldest

being 67 years of age. her grandchildren and great grandchildren number over 100, and many of

her descendants are highly respected residents of this district. the deceased was interred on

wendesday afternoon in the vault at james Valley, and the remains were followed to the grave

by a large number of relatives and neighbours. the service at the grave was conducted by the

Rev W H L Rendall

Extract from RAHS Journal Vol 28 Part 1 pp29-38

St Bartholomew's Crookwell...75th anniversary.. A Historical Sketch. By Ranone Twyatt.

Page 33...

One Wednesday in June 1866, a windy, snowy day, visitors from Goulburn, Pomeroy, Binda

Laggan and fish river assembled at noon for the dedication of St Mark's (sic) Church. the church

was designed to accommodate 100 persons but on this occasion many had to stand outside. the

Rev F R Seaborn read prayers and the Rev R Leigh, the lessons. The Bishop of goulburn, Dr

thomas, preached from Revelations V!!.15. The collection amounted to eight pounds. After the

service a public meeting was held when the Ref r leigh read a detailed statement of receipts and

expenditures. the seas were given by john Warn at a cost of 21 pounds; the plastering of the

interior, thomas Wade 15 pounds; the pulpit was given by macDonald & Murray two pounds;

chancel carpet, Warn and Camden 2 pounds 15 shillings; cloth for the communion Table Mrs

Wade one pound 18 shillings; cushion for chancel rails Mrs Stephenson one pound; cushion

for pulpit Mrs Foster one pound seven shillings and halfpenny.

Notes for William Stephenson:

Arrived in convict ship "Marquis of Wellington" on 7 March 1813.

BIR/MAR/DEATH: Information supplied by Peter Christian, ggg-son.

Birth of children taken from 1788-1820 Society Pioneer Register.

William Stephenson was born circa 1788 in York, Yorkshire, England. he arrived 7 March 1813

on the Marquis of Wellington, a convict, sentenced to 14 years for stealing. He received his

Certificate of Emancipation in March 1817 and pardoned on 4 June 1818 (COD212) He applied

for his first land grant in 1823. He selected land at Crookwell. He married Mary L'Andre on 23

Nov 1818 at Christ Church Castlereagh. Witnesses to wedding were John Bradley and Sarah

Williams. William was a vintner and farmer at South Creek and also a Hotel Keeper in Sydney

(From Muster 1817 NSW Archives) William Stephenson Tried Essex Assizes 7 March 1814 aged

26 in 1814. Height 5 ft 8-1/2 inches, Dark ruddy complexion. Black hair, Hazel eyes. Colonial

prisoner No 1073 (Reel 1076 Ref 929 Memorial for Land Grand being conditionally free 1823) 

1825 Land granted Reel No. 1080)> He was Colonial Prisoner Number 1073. On Reel 1076 Ref 929

there is a Memorial For Land Grant (1824) for william Stephenson. Lease was granted 1825 Reel

No 1080(Extract from ESSEX Herald 15 March 1814)

William Huggard and William Stevenson, (sic) two privates in the royal Artillery were indicted

on the oaths of james Digby Fowell, and others, with having feloniously stolen at Waltham

Holy Cross, in this county, five shirts, four handkerchiefs,a waistcoat and other articles, the

property of the  said mr Fowell and Mr Patridge, his wife's son, by a former husband.

It appeared in evidence that Mr f is a respectable Solicitor and has a country house at Waltham

Holy Cross, where his wife sent the clothes in question on tuesday, 23 November, from her

town house, for the purpose of having them washed.

Her servant, who was an elderly woman, had the charge of these clothes, and used to have the

prisoner, Huggerd, to keep her company; he put out the clothes lines for her, and she having

taken the clothes in on the Wednesday evening, put them into the parlour in a dish and a

basket. the next morning, on going into the room, she found the clothes in much confusion, and

some of them missing. The prisoner came to her soon after; she told him; but he said he knew

nothing of the matter. She took no more notice, but on the saturday morning, all the clothes

were gone, she went to the house where the prisoner was quartered and again told him of her

loss, and that she was ruined, for her master would know somebody must have taken them, and

he was the only person who could possibley have done it. the prisoner was offenced and left

her. Her master came down on the Monday morning, and she told him of the whole affair, in

consequence of which, he had hand bills put up in the neighbourhood offering a reward for the

apprehension of the thieves. Huggerd had sent the clothes to a woman to be washed.

Stevenson (sic) was seen in St George's Fields; he had procured a person to offer the goods,

which were then inhis possession, to pawn, which person was stopped and Stevenson was

taken into custody.Mrs Fowell identified the goods in question; and the Learned Judge

proceeded to charge the jury, and remarked tht it was plain the prisoner Huggerd was the stealer

of the goods; his trying to get them washed, and the other circumstances shewed plainly to him

that he had abused the faith put in him by the old woman, who indulged him by frequesntly

letting him sleep at her master's house. but as for Stevenson, the articles were only found upon

him, and he had told the officer, on his apprehension, that he had received them to sell or pawn, from Huggerd, which appeared probable.

The Jury therefore, under his Lorship's direction, found a verdict of guilty against Huggerd and

acquitted Stevenson.

The Judge, after expatiating upon the enormity of the prisoner's crime, in having abused the

trust reposed in him, sentenced him to be transported for seven years.

Sussex Herald 22 March 1814

William Stephenson indicted again on a new charge at the same assizes for received the stolen

goods from william Huggerd, he was found guilty and sentenced to fourteen years transportation.

Goulburn Herald and Chronicle, Wednesday 8 March 1876

Death of an old Colonist.

On Sunday morning last Mr william Stephenson died at the residence of his son, Mr william

Stephenson Junior, Salutation Inn, goulburn, at the ripe age of 88 years. mr Stephenson was a

native of Yorkshire and arrived in the colony about 64 years ago. For many years he resided at

Crookwell, where he was geatly liked and respected and where he creditably brought up a large

family, having had no less than seventeen children. his widow and fourteen children survive.

nearly all of them are married and the deceased leaves seventy-two grandchildren and nine great

grandchildren. A few months ago he and Mrs Stephenson came to reside in goulburn, but they

contemplated again returning to Crookwell to end their days. A shor ttime ago, Mr Stephenson

was attacked by gout, and Erysipelas intervened, and deceased gradually sank, and as stated

above, died at a quarter past eleven on sunday morning last. Had he lived about three months

longer he would have reached the age of 89 years. the remains were removed to Crookwell,

where they were yesterday consigned to their final rsting place in the Church of england

Cemetery. There was a very large attendance at the funeral.

(Taken from a writeup of a Warn Stephenson Reunion held in 1997 at Crookwell.)

William Stephenson was born in Yorkshire on 20 July 1788. His free trip out to the new colony

occurred in January 1815, as a result of him being found guilty of receiving stolen goods. he

was sentenced to 14 years transportation, william was allocated as a muster servant to a free

settler named sir john Jamieson, who apparently held him in high regard for in 1817 he petitioned

governor Macquarie for a reduction in his sentence.

After receiving a conditional pardon on 4 June 1818, william married mary Landers (L"Andre,

Landrien, Landern) on 23 November 1818.

In 1824 they acquired land near windsor, growing vegetables for sale to the garrison of Sydney

Town.In July 1834, a Publican's Licence was issued to william for the Woolback Inn in George

Street and later he acquired the licence to the Square and Compass Inn, a little further up the

street.It was at the Square and Compass Inn that William Stephenson and Joh Warn would have

met, and it can surely be no coincidence that on 10 May 1839, william and Mary attended an

auction and purchased 1083 acres of land in the Crookwell district for 259 pounds 10 shillings -

no doubt encouraged to do so by John Warn.

In the late 1840's the Stephensons moved to Crookwell and the marriages which linked the two

families began.

Over the years, five Warn children married Stephensons 0 a little wonder the reunion numbers

were so great (over 400 gathered).

The story of these two pioneering Crookwell families is also the story of Crookwell - with hard

times, good times, bushrangers, fires, drought and floods part of the experience of settling a wild new land.

More About William Stephenson:

Burial: 07 Mar 1876, Binda, New South Wales, Australia (Source: Kay Gassan. )

More About William Stephenson and Mary L'Andre:

Marriage: 23 Nov 1818, Castlereagh, New South Wales (Source: Kay Gassan. )

Children of Mary L'Andre and William Stephenson are:

        2                 i.    Elizabeth³ Stephenson (Source: Kay Gassan. ), born 08 Mar 1821 in Evan, New South Wales.                                

+      3                ii.    Benjamin Stephenson, born 14 Jan 1824 in Evan, New South Wales; died 1883 in

                                 Crookwell, New South Wales.

+      4               iii.    Robert Stephenson, born 23 Feb 1827 in Evan, New South Wales; died 29 Oct 1895 in

                                  Crookwell, New South Wales.

+      5               iv.    Anthony Stephenson, born 23 May 1828 in Crookwell, New South Wales; died 1896

                                 in Manly, Sydney, New South Wales.

+      6                v.    Jane Stephenson (Source: Kay Gassan.), born 24 Sep 1829 in Crookwell, New South Wales and died 1889 in Sydney, New South Wales.

+      7               vi.    Samuel Stephenson, born 1830 in Crookwell, New South Wales, died 1916 in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales.

+      8              vii.    Sarah Stephenson, born 23 Aug 1832 in Crookwell, New South Wales and died 1876 in Hill End, New South Wales.                                 

        9             viii.    Susannah Stephenson (Source: Kay Gassan.), born 1833 in Crookwell, New South Wales; died 1891. 

                                  She married Grant Morris (Source: Kay Gassan.).

        10              ix.    Esther Stephenson (Source: Kay Gassan.), born 1834 in Crookwell, New South Wales; died 1837.

Notes for Esther Stephenson:

Body later removed to Botany Cemetery

More About Esther Stephenson:

Burial: 1837, Devonshire Street Cemetery NSW (Source: Kay Gassan.)

        11               x.    Mary Ann Stephenson, born 03 Jul 1836 in Crookwell, New South Wales                                                                  

+      12              xi.    William Stephenson, born 03 Aug 1838 in Crookwell, New South Wales; died 1917 in

                                  Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales.

+      13             xii.    Maria Stephenson, born 24 Dec 1839 in Crookwell, New South Wales and died 1917 in Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales.

+      14            xiii.    Edward Stephenson, born 17 May 1841 in Crookwell, New South Wales. 

+      15            xiv.    Louisa Stephenson, born 18 May 1843 in Crookwell, New South Wales; died 1889 in

                                  Crookwell, New South Wales.                                

        16             xv.    John Napolean Stephenson (Source: Kay Gassan. ), born 28 Apr 1845 in Crookwell,

                                 New South Wales; died 1933 in Manly, Sydney, New South Wales.

Notes for John Napolean Stephenson:

John Napoleon Stephenson remained a bachelor and was a little bit eccentric. Family

story has it that he tried to bury his pet fox terrier in the family vault at crookwell. (Information Peter Christian)

Generation No. 2