WILLIAM STEDMAN

Stedman, William (1765-1831), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass., January 21, 1765; was graduated from Harvard University in 1784; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1787 and practiced in Lancaster, Charlestown, and Worcester; appointed justice of the peace in 1790; town clerk of Lancaster 1795-1800; member of the State house of representatives in 1802; executive chancellor of Lancaster, 1803-1807; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his resignation July 16, 1810; clerk of Worcester County Courts 1810-1816; late in life moved to Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., where he died August 31, 1831; interment in Old Hill Burying Ground.
Parents: Ebenezer Stedman, Mary Smith
Spouse Name: Almy Ellery
Born: 14 Feb 1759 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Died: 25 Dec 1839 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marriage: 29 Sep 1790 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Christopher Ellery Stedman M 15 May 1792 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Mary Ann Stedman F 24 Dec 1794 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
William Stedman M 18 Jul 1799 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Francis Dana Stedman M 10 Feb 1801 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Charles Harrison Stedman M 17 Jun 1805 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell