Death
Stevenson died at his home on Market Street, Baltimore on March 23, 1785 in his 67th year. He was buried in the Presbyterian churchyard. Stevenson had been a member from 1761 of the committee who organized the First Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, as had Jonathan Plowman.
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