Publications
Arnold Nesbitt and the Origin of the Stevenson Family of Winchelsea, by Janet H. Stevenson, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.297-303) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The story of the two families - Nesbitt and Stevenson. Arnold Nesbitt fathered at least three illegitimate children, of whom John is one born 1761 in Tonbridge. His mother Ann Dryland married in 1763 a John Stevenson. The Stevensons moved to Winchelsea where John Stevenson married Elizabeth Blackman in 1788 at Winchelsea. Article covers the years 1735 - 1895.