She was mentioned in her grandfather Bowlby's will in 1779, NewJersey.
Most of the following was posted online in the Spackman Family of Utaha nd England:
The 1830 census of Davidson Co, NC shows widow, Mary Stevens, livingwi th four sons and two daughters. This would be Alexander Jr. 17,David 1 3, Daniel 11, and Simeon 10, and sisters Mary 15, and Rohannaage 9. Th e older three girls and two brothers had married by thistime. Son Wil liam lived nearby.
1831 In 1831, Alexander's third daughter, Elizabeth along with herhusb and, Daniel Brown, and her family, along with her brothers,Alexander J r. and John Stephens, and a nephew, Homer Jackson, movednorth to Schu yler County, Illinois.
Daniel and Elizabeth Brown had just lost their second home in a fire.I t was after this incident happened that they resolved to leave NorthCa rolina.
Daniel had written back such glowing reports of their new home inIllin ois, that his brother, James Brown, who was married to MarthaStephens, a lso took his family north to Illinois in 1833.
Three years later, in 1836, Alexander's widow, Mary Dailey Stephens,de cided to join her daughters in Illinois. Different family recordshave d iffering dates for their exodus to Illinois, but in the historyof Dani el Stephens, one of the younger members of the family, hestated they m oved to Illinois in 1836. He would have been a17-year-old boy at that t ime.
In 1839, Schuyler county was divided into two parts. The LaMoine Riverb isected the county and the people in the Southern part of the countyco uld not get to the county seat at Rushville during high watertimes. Th us the part that was West and South of the river becameBrown County.
Part of the Stephens Family were in Brown County after the formationof t he new county. Some moved to Schuyler County.
Lewis L. McAllister had written an interesting article in theSchuyleri te, Vol. 15, pp.55-56. This article was written in 1934. "Sofar as is k nown, the oldest living descendant of the Stephens familyis Mrs. Eliza beth Gaddis Terrill, aged 93 years of Rushville, Ill."(She was the eld est daughter of Rohanna Stephens, Alexander'syoungest child.) "Daniel S tephens of near Sugar Grove, SchuylerCounty, Ill. and John M. Nooner, w ere both great grandfathers to Mr.McAllister."
"The mother of this large family, who came to Illinois, was Mary DailyS tephens, daughter of William Daily and Mary Palmer of New Jersey. In18 41, she married a second time, by Justice James C. Reid of BrownCounty , to George Naught, one of the earliest settlers in SchuylerCounty.
From dates of probate it seems Mary died a couple of months beforeGeor ge.
This day came William Stephens and presented this last will andtestame nt of Mary Naught for probate which after being ------ isordered to be r ecorded which is in words and figures as follows viz.
"State of Illinois, Schuyler County, September 20 in the year of ourLo rd one thousand Eight hundred and forty five:
"I being in a low state of health but in my right mind do make this myL ast will and testament.
First, I will to Hannah Smith and Elizabeth Brown and Roann Gadis allo f my wearing cloths.
Also I will to James Brown and his heirs, Mary Johnson and AlexanderSt ephens, fifty cents each and after that if there is any thing leftafte r my being decently buried to be equally divided betwixt William,John, D avid, Daniel, Simeon Stephens and Elizabeth Brown, HannahSmith and Roa ny Gaddis.
This my last will hereunto I set my hand and seal.
Mary X Naught /s/ her mark
In the presence of us attest:
Isaac Naught
John Stephens
"State of Illinois, Schuyler County This day personally appearedbefore m e, Adam Dunlop, Probate Justice of the Peace in and for saidCounty in o pen court, the above named John Stephens a creditablewitness who being b y me duly sworn on his oath (----) and says thathe was present and saw t he above named Mary Naught sign the abovelast will and testament in hi s presence, that he believed and stillbelieves that the said Mary Naug ht was of sound mind and memory atthe time of signing of said last wil l and testament in the presenceand by the request of the said Mary Nau ght and in the presence ofIsaac Naught."
"Forth this day came Joshua Lama a creditable witness who being by med uly sworn on his oath and says that he was present and saw thewithin n amed Isaac Naught sign the written last will and testament bymaking hi s mark and from his knowledge of the facts of the attestingthe within a nd forgoing last will and testament of Mary Naught hebelieves the atte sting and subscribing of the name of the said IsaacNaught as aforesaid t o be act-(---) and of the said Isaac Naught.
"In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17 dayo f November, AD 1845. /s/ A. Dunlop P.J."
"This cave received its name from John Stephens, a nephew of MaryDaily S tephens Naught, who owned land surrounding the cave, and in itoperated a m ill and distillery from the water power furnished bynumerous springs i n the cave."
