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My families from the West
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Stephens, Downton and Marfell |
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Stephens
The earliest known Stephens
at the present time, 2006, is Robert Stephens who was born
about 1805.
The family seems to originate from the Forest of
Dean where he married Mary. They had at least two children,
Jesse who was born in 1827, and Caroline who was born ten
years later in 1837.
Downton link [Long Sutton]
Jesse married Elizabeth Downton from Long Sutton in
Somerset. They had at least five children one of whom, Jonah, married
Rosanna Marfell. |
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Long
Sutton, Somerset |
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Hope Mansel
Church, Hereford |
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Marfell
Jonah and Rosanna Stephens were married at Hope
Mansell Church, Hereford, and were the parents
of Cornelius Marfell Stephens b.1877.
They moved to London in 1883, where Jonah
became a London City Missioner in preference to
a life spent in the Dean Forest mines. He had
been down the mines since the age of 7 years.
I am descended from the Marfell family through
my great grandmother Rosanna Marfell the
daughter of Cornelius and Mary Ann Marfell of
East Dean in the Forest of Dean. |
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There are many researchers into the Marfell's family
history and further details can be found on the
Marfell
website
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Family Tree/Chart and details |
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