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George first courted Elizabeth ( Betty ) Hindmarsh, a farmer's daughter from Black Callerton, whom he would meet secretly in her orchard.

Her father Thomas refused marriage because of Stephenson's lowly status as a miner.

George next paid attention to Anne Henderson where he lodged with her family, but when she also rejected him he transferred his attentions to her sister Frances ( Fanny ), who was nine years his senior.