Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772
Jean Stephenson was born on in Waco, Texas on 29 August 1892. She was a lawyer and a doctor of laws. In 1998, she was made a member of the National Genealogy Hall of Fame. She was nominated by the American Society of Genealogists and the National Institute on Genealogical Research. Her educational accomplishments included J.D., L.L.M., M.P.L., and S.J.D. degrees from the National University Law School. She was a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia. Jean Stephenson was a pioneer genealogical educator who played a major role in the establishment and growth of institutions critical to the field today. Her principal activities included the American Society of Genealogists (fellow and secretary), the National Genealogical Society (fellow, councilor, chairman of publications, editor of the NGS Quarterly), the Board for Certification of Genealogists (co-founder and president), the Institute on Genealogical Research (co-director), Samford University's Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (founding instructor), the National Society DAR (chairman of the Genealogical Advisory Committee of the Registrar General), American Association for State and Local History (charter member and councilor), Society of American Archivists (charter member), and numerous others. Dr. Stephenson's publications included Heraldry for the American Genealogist (NGS Special Publication no. 25), Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772: Rev. William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers, and her extensive work as associate editor of Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources (first edition). She died in Washington DC on 22 January 1979 at age 87.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.