The will of Mary Stephens, widow of Lewis (2nd), and in 1829, disposing of a large estate, does not mention any children, but devises property to her nephew Wm. Hening, and his sister Elizabeth, and to James Hening, and to Col. Henry Beaty husband of her deceased sister Sarah Hening, and to her sister of Shannon of Kentucky; devises slaves to Wm. Hening; provides for their maintenance, he to pay her aged sister Joanna McChesney; also legacies to nieces and nephews of her husband, the children of Robert Hening of Kentucky.
