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Descendants of Henry Stephens

Generation No. 1

1. HENRY⁵ STEPHENS (NICHOLAS⁴, THOMAS³, EDWARD², HENRY¹) was born 20 July 1656, and died 09 October 1689. He married ELIZABETH GALLUP, daughter of JOHN GALLUP and HANNAH LAKE.

Notes for HENRY STEPHENS:
AFORETIME:

There are no written family records, letters, or documents of an early date, to settle beyond doubt the ever-pressing query, who was the father of Henry Stephens or Stevens of Stonington, Connecticut. A very common tradion is that three brothers, Thomas, Richard, and Henry Stephens, Came to New England about the year 1660 and that Henry settled in Stonington, Connecticut. No mention is made of father or mother, or the place whence they came.

In a history of a county in New York State, the following is given: "The subject of this sketch is of English origin. It is related that as early as 1660 three brothers, Thomas, Richard and Henry Stevens, settled in this country; that they distinguished themselves as soldiers in King Philip's war, and served as colonels."

In another appears: "The subject of this is of English origin. It is related that three brothers--Thomas, Richard and Henry Stephens--came to America from Ireland sometime during King Philip's war, served said war as colonels.

There is no doubt that Henry was a private in King Philip's War, but I can find no record of the service of either Thomas, or Richard in any capacity.

Another story is given after this fashion: "Nicholas Stevens, or Stephens, who had been a Brigadier General in Oliver Cromwell's army, came to Taunton in Massachusetts in the year 1669. He had three sons, Nicholas, Thomas and Henry. Nicholas settled in Taunton or Dighton, and his son, Nicholas resided there with his family. One of his sons, according to the best information to be obtained, settled near Boston. His name was supposed to be either Thomas or Ebenezer."

Both of these traditions agree that one of the brothers was named Thomas, and there was a Thomas Stephens, whose name appears on the list of free inhabitants of Westerly, Rhode Island, and removed to Stonington, Connecticut, where he died May 14, 1736. His will was probated June 4, 1736.

No children were mentioned in the will, nor are any found recorded at Westerly, Rhode Island, or Stonington, Connecticut. He is believed to be one of the brothers of the traditions and this view is confirmed by the late Honorable Richard A. Wheeler, historian, of the town and church of Stonington, Connecticut, who has reportedly stated that Henry Stephens, of Stonington, and Thomas Stephens of Westerly were brothers.

Richard Stephens of Taunton, Massachusetts, a contemporary of Henry Stephens of Stonington, Connecticut, married about 1666, Mary Linkon, the widow of William Hacke, and daughter of Thomas Linkon of Taunton.
Their children were:
Richard, b. March 6, 1667; accidentally killed in 1785/86.
Nicholas, b. February 23, 1669; m. Remember Tisdale; m. 2nd, Annie Spier.
Mary, b. June 8, 1672; m. May 24, 1694, Ephraim Miner of Stonington, Connecticut.
Thomas, b. February 3, 1674; m. September 28, 1699, Mary Caswell; lived in Norton, Massachusetts.
Tamasin, b. July 3, 1677; m. May 5, 1698, Edward Wilcox of Westerly, Rhode Island.
Nathaniel, b. July 4, 1680; m. Hannah; removed to Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Dighton, Massachusetts, formerly a part of Taunton, was incorporated in 1712. Nicholas, the son of Richard, lived there. He married first, Remember Tisdale, Born July 8 1675, daughter of John Tisdale.
Children of Nicholas and Remember (Tisdale) Stephens:
Richard, b. April 21, 1698; m. MAy 14, 1725, Priscilla Jones.
Nicholas, b. February 24, 1702; m. August 21, 1724, Rachel Andros
Joseph, b. April 23, 1704; m. Lydia
Isaac, b. October 22, 1706
Josiah, b. November 23, 1707; m. March 20, 1734/35 Sarah Pool; m. September 27, 1739, Mary Tuels, daughter of Benjamin Tuels of Dighton, Massachusetts.
Hannah, b. October 6, 1710

Nicholas Stephens married second, Anna Spier March 12, 1712/13. Their children were:
Annie, b. May 8,, 1715; m. Joseph Jones of Taunton
Mary
Robert, m. January 3, 1745, Mary Hathaway.

Mrs. Mary L. Paige of Taunton, Massachusetts, a descendant of Richard Stephens of Taunton, and his son Nicholas, writes: "As is well known, our Richard was son of Thomas, who came later, but it is not thought stayed or died here." Mrs. Paige furnished the following affidavit:

"Jonathan Lincoln of Norton, in ye County of Bristol, in ye providence of ye Mass Bay, in New England, being in ye eighty second year of my age, testifies and says that he well remembers on Richard Stephens of Taunton, in said County, and he appeared to be an old man when I was young, and that it was always said that he came from Plymouth, in old England, and that he was a Cloather and worsted comber by trade, and that some time after ye said Richard came, his father, whose name was Thomas, and mother, and sister Catharine, and some time, others of ye family came over to Taunton, ye said Richard married a person whose maiden name is Mary Linkon, and had by her four sons, to wit, Richard, Nicholas, Thomas and Nathaniel, and two daughters, to wit. Mary and Tamsin, all these I knew except Richard. I then understood, died young and unmarried, the other three, Nicholas, Thomas, and Nathaniel are deceased and left children: the said Nicholas had six sons to with, Richard and Nicholas (who are both now deceased) and Joseph, Isaac, and Josiah, who are now living, and Robert who I know nothing of but by heresay, the said Joseph being ye eldest son of ye said Nicholas who is now living. The Deponant further says, he lived in s'd Taunton in s'd County until he was 26 years of age, tghe he moved to Norton, which is joining to Taunton and further saith not.
Jonathan Lincoln
Norton, Nov. 9, 1768" (Bristol Co. Records, Vol. 53, P. 514.)

Katharine Stephens, the "sister Catharine", mentioned in the above document, married, January 5, 1669/70, Thomas Deane.
Children:
Thomas, b. February 1, 1670;d. February 26, 1670
Hannah, b. 14 February 1671; d. January 2, 1749
Thomas, b. 1673; d. September 10, 1747; m. January 7, 1696/97, Mary Kinsly of Milton
Deborah, m. John Tinsdale
Katharine, m. April 17, 1701
Lydia, m. George Hull of Easton
Mercy, m. Daniel William February 1, 1719
Elizabeth, b. 1688, d. in Norton, March 18, 1758 m. December 4, 1707, Dea. Benjamin Williams

The first tradition, the Taunton, and Dighton records, the affidavit of Jonathan Lincoln, and the account of Thomas Stephens, of Westerly, Rhode Island, are consistent, and would afford a reasonable solution of the immigrang ancestor and kin, were it not for the second tradition about the father named Nicholas, of whose existence no written record has been found among any of the families decended from Henry Stephens of Stonington, and no tradition respecting him among the decendants of Richard Stephens of Taunton.

It is well known that many of the settlers of New England, who came over after the accession of Charles the Second, as King of England, in 1660, had taken part under Cromwell and Parliament against the forces of King Charles the First and it is very probable that some of our family were of that number. It is very easy in the absence of written records, to misplace names and to give that of a son to the father, or brother. Military titles are frequently magnified in our day and there is no reason to believe that it is confined to our era.

So far, circumstantial evidence favors the first tradition and would name Richard of Taunton, as the brother of Henry Stephens of Stonington, and would make Thomas the Ancestor. But the factg that Thomas returned to England and died there, prevents us from calling him the Immigrant Ancestor, so we begin our American Ancestry with a most worthy sire, that sturdy New England pioneer, Henry Stephens or Stevens of Stonington, Connecticut.

If Henry Stephens came to New England about 1660 the Fones record which is here given is a probable clue to his place of abode before he settled in Stonington, Connecticut.

"Naraganset 3, July 1663
"We whose names are under written, being the inhabitants and proprietors of the lands lying in the Naraganset, have and doe desire (according to his Majesties grant) to be under the Government of Conecticot Colony, and Request there protection according to a letter sent in June last. Mr. Bradstreet and others have desired the same in ye Letter formerly mentioned.

"Richard Smith Edward Hutchinson and for his son, Elisha
his
Henry (1 T) Tibit Joshua Hawes Will Hudson
mark
his
Sam (W) Waite Waite Winthrop George Dennison
mark
Jno Crabtree
his ye mark of
Sam (M) Eldred Alexander Al ffinck Thomas (S)
mark
Sewell

his
Tho Stanton Sen Time Mather Saml (S) El-
mark
dred Jr Jno Cole

Richard Smith Jun Ambras (A) Leach Ruben (R)
Willis his mark his mark

Richard Lord Ames Richisen Enoch Plais Walter
(H) House
his mark
Tho Stanton Jun Increase Atherton George (B)
his mark
Palmer
Hen Steavens John Green James Brown Richard
Smith Jun

Richard Smith in behalf of 8 children
"This was subscribed by those persons upon notis
given to all the Inhabitants to meet this day. All scribed that met." (Fones Record, Page 25.)

The Narraganset Country was anciently bounded weserly by Paucatuck River, southerly by the Atlantic Ocean, easterly on the Narraganset Bay embracing the Island, and on the See Konk River, and northerlyh and westerly as far as the present bounds of Rhode Island extend, but how much further in that direction cannot now be ascertained.

DATES

From the 13th Massachusetts Report on Public Records, 1901, Pages 33-34, is taken the following:
"Until 1752, when Parliament fixed January 1 as the commencement of the legal year, it commenced with March 25 (the Feast of the Annunciation), and the custom was quite general of calling a month by its numbered name. The months were numbered as follows: March 1, April 2, May 3, June 4, July 5, August 6, September 7, October 8, November 9, December 10, January 11, February 12. Under this plan the following forms of entry were common: 10. 7 mo. 1641; 10-7-1641; 10-7ber 1641; meaning September 10, 1641. The legal year, until and including 1751, commenced with March 25, the year 1752 with January 1. Prior to 1752, as the legal year did not terminate until March 24, it is often the custom to continue the figures belonging to the months of the chronological year from March 25, to December 31, inclusive, through January. February and March to the 25th of the next legal year. To illustrate: following the date December 31, 1641, will be found entries in regular succession dated January, 1641, February 1641, and March to the 26th, 1641. Consequently, to determine the correct historical or chronological date in January, February or March prior to 1752, it is necessary to look back to the preceding December or forward to the following April. A more general custom, however, was to double dates in January, February, and March to the 25th, and the following forms of dating will be found: 1641/42.

TITLES

"The title Mr. was applied to captains, and sometimes to mates of vessels; to military captains; to eminent merchants; to schoolmasters, doctors, magistrates, and clergymen; to persons who had received a second degree at college, and who had been made freemen. The wives and daughters of such individuals were called Mrs. To be deprived of this address was deemed a serious degradation. The usual appellations of adults, who were not Mr. and Mrs., were goodman and good-wife before their respective surnames. Taking these terms in their radical meaning, it is not strange that they were sometimes, if not often, misapplied.
"Distinctions of this sort generally continued, till the Colony was merged in an extensive province, under Joseph Dudley, 1686, when the custom of making and recording freemen seems to h ave ceased, hence these distinctions gradually fell into disuse." (From the History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton, Massachusetts.)
Some of the unmarried granddaughters of Henry Stephens of Stonington used the prefix of Mrs. as late as 1743.

THE SPELLING
Henry Stephens and Henry Stevens are both used in the Stonington, Connecticut records, but on the land-books, where the deeds and agreements are copied, the name is more frequently written Stephens.

Thomas, the eldest son, who settled in Plainfield, Connecticut, used the Stevens mode and so did all of the sons, there and at Canaan, Connecticut, and all the famiy, except the descendants of Uriah of Canisteo, have continued to use that form, so far reported. At Canisteo, all use the Stephens form.

Richard, the second son, used the Stephens form, but his son, Ebenezer, changed to Stevens and all of his decendants continue to spell that way.

Henry, the youngest son, generally spelled his name Stephens, but sometimes Stevens. Most of his decendants, except the Abel Stevens branch at Canaan, use the Stephens form.

CANAAN, CONNECTICUT

In 1739, Uriah and Samuel Stevens, sons of our Thomas of Plainfield, Connecticut, settled in Canaan, and nearly all of this family within a few years were located there. Uriah, Andrew, and Benjamin were very prominent in the town affairs, holding the positions of Selectmen, Town Clerk, Representative to the Colonial Legislature, Incorporator of the town, and Captain of Militia.

In 1748 Ebenezer, the son of Richard was an inhabitant. Between 1750 and 1752 Henry and Jedediah Stephens, sons of Henry, settled there, and were followed by many others from Stonington.

There are still members of the Stevens family residing in Canaan who are decended from the early settlers.

THE STILLWATER, NEW YORK COLONY

From the old record-book of the Church of Christ of Canaan, Connecticut, is taken the following:
"April in ye year 1762--At a fast appointed to know our duty in respect of this Church moving to Stillwater, it was fully agreed this church should remove from Canaan to Stillwater and pursuant to sd agreement ye greater part of sd church members have removed to sd Stillwater."

The old record-book was taken along and used by the church after it located at Stillwater. The house of worship is located some distance from the Village of Stillwater, and is called the old Yellow Meeting House. It is now united with the Presbyterian body.

Most of the Stevens family who went to Stillwater were children of the brothers, Thomas, Uriah, and Samuel.

THE WYOMING VALLEY

The General Assemblyh of Connecticut passed an Act early in January 1774, erecting all the territory within her charter limits from the river Delaware to a line fifteen miles west of the Susquehanna into a town, to be called Westmoreland, with all the corporate powers of other towns in the Colony, attaching it to the County of Litchfield. It extended from the Lehigh north to Tioga Point, now Athens. The section above mentioned was the Wyoming Valley country, which was claimed by Connecticut and settled by people from Connecticut. It was the scene of the Indian massacre in 1778.

HENRY STEPHENS

Henry Stephens, also written Stevens, was an early settler in Stonington, Connecticut, though not one of the very earliest. His name is on the first census list, taken, February 2, 1668, as given by Honorable Richard A. Wheeler, in his history of the town of Stonington, from which I quote:

"In 1667 the planters convened in town meeting, and decided to set apart and lay out five hundred acres of land, to be styled the ministry land, the avails of which were to be applied to the support of the gospel ministry."

"In July of the same year the town established what they called a town plot, and appointed a committee to lay out as many lots as there were inhabitants then living in the town. Their home lots contained twelve acres each and were so arranged that each lot had a street front."

Two hundred acres of this ministry land was laid out around the place where the road meeting house now stands, the eastern line of which extended along a few feet east of said meeting house running nearly north and south. The western boundary was Mistuxet brook. The northern and southern lines cannot now be traced, but the form of the plot can nearly be seen when we look at the distance between the east and west line and the number of acres that were laid out."

"The home lots were laid out around and upon each side of the ministry land; they extended as far east as Smith mill, one tier was located north and the remainder west and south of said land."

"In 1668 a census of the inhabitants of the town was ordered to be taken, embracing those only who were inhabitants or heads of families; February 2 there were found to be forty-three inhabitants, viz. Thomas Stanton, Samuel Cheesbrough, Thomas Stanton Jr., George Dennison, Thomas Miner, John Gallup, Ames Richardson, James Noyes, Elisha Cheesborough, Ephraim Miner, Moses Pamer, James York, John Stanton, Thomas Wheeler, Samuel Mason, Joseph Miner, John Benett, Isaac Wheeler, John Dennikson, Josiah Witter, Benjamin Palmer, Gershom Palmer, Thomas Bell, Joseph Stanton, John Fish, Thomas Shaw, John Gallup Jr., John Frink, Edmund Fanning, James York Jr., Nathaniel Beebe, John Reynolds, Robert Sterry, John Shaw, John Searls, Robert Flemin, Robert Holmes, Nathaniel Cheesbrough, for Mrs. Anna Cheesbrough, his mother, Gershom Palmer for Mrs. Rebecca Palmer, his mother, Henry Stevens, and Ezekiel Maine."
"A home lot was laid out for each inhabitant and title was obtained by lottery on the following conditions, namely if built upon within six months and inhabited, the title would be complete, except that proprietor must reside on his lot two years before he could sell it, and then he must first offer it to the town and be refused before he could sell the same to any person and give good title."

The New England General Register, Vol. 47, pages 459-460, bives the second census, contributed by George A. Gordon, A. M., from which I quote:

"The town record reads as follows: The record or register of the Inhabitants names Taken this 29th of December 1670: by the select men of Stoneington according to a town order fformerly made th 15th of November 1670, Mr. Stanton, senior 21. Captaine george Denison 41 Tho. minor 16 John Gallop, senior 18 Mr Samuel Cheesbrough 30 Mr Ames Richardson 32 nehemiah palmer 28 nathaniel Cheesbrough 34 Mr James noyes 23 Elisha cheesbrough 33 Tho. Stanton, junior 38 Ephraim minor 43 moses palmer 14 James York senior 24 John Stanton 7 Tho. Wheeler 27 leftenant Samuel Mason 15 Joseph minor 2 John Benit 29 Isack Wheeler 10 William Johnson 12 John Denison 12 Josia Witer 8 Benjamin palmer 20 gershom palmer 40 senior 35 Edmund ffaning 26 John Gallop junior 5 John ffink James York Junior 19 Nathaniel Beebe 31 John Renols senior 4 Roger Steere 37 John Sha 6 John Searles 9 Rober ffleming 22 Robert Holmes 42 Mrs Anna Cheesbrough 36 Mrs Rebecca plamer 17 Henriie Steuens 3 Ezekiel maine 13."

The number after each name refers to the number of the lot drawn. Henry Stephens was admitted as inhabitant July 1, 1672.

At the outbreak of King Philip's War, Henry Stephens was near Swansea, Massachusetts, and hastily wrote to hiks friend and neighbor, Thomas Stanton Sr., of Stonington Connecticut, the letter which is here given, as printed in the 3d series, Massachusetts Historica Collections, Vol. 10, Page 117.

"Mr. Stanton--

"Sar--
"Thes are to give you notis of ye News I say you with ye rest of myh Nebors and frinds that 12 housis of Swanse are borened and on of them was a garison hous and sivera men killed Saiconke also is baroned or a good part of it and men killed by Nepmuck indean hear on hous robed as we sopos and the last night another house brooken up and another boroned on Neare Mr Smeths and intend to have two heads from Suamacott the pepel heare are gon and going towords Island I wish and desier you to take car of your silvs I have hird this barer i hear filip is bound for Mohigin I am in hat for fear of ye messenger
"Yours Yet
"Henrey Stephens

"Jun 29 '75
"My man is gon toward Island,
"(Labelled "Hen Stevens" rec'd July 1, 1675, in a letter from Mr. Stanton. The hand writing of the original is as good as the spelling. J. B. (This is, perhaps the first report of the breaking out of hostilities in Philip's War sent to Connecticut. J.S.)):

Henry Stephens served in the war, and was one of the volunteers who received a grant of land in the town of Voluntown, Connecticut, for such services.

For a complete list of those who were recogniczed as having served, see "The History of King Philip's War", by Henry M. Bodge, pages 441-446; Narraganset History Register Vol. I pages 144 to 147; and the Voluntown, Connecticut Records.

Henry Stephens was Selectman in Stonington, Connecticut for the years 1696-7-8-9, 1702-3-4-7, and represented the town in the General Court of Colonial Legislature for the years 1699, 1700-1-2-6-7. He was one of the incorporators of the town of Stonington, October 24, 1716. He married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Captain John and Hannah (Lake) Gallup. She was born at Stonington, but the dates of her birth, death, and marriage have not been found.She and her husband were admitted to the Congregational Church, February 6, 1726. He was an extensive land owner, having property in Stonington, North Stonington, Plainfield, and Voluntown. Part of his land he settled on his children during his lifetime, and the remainder he bequeathed to his widow and sons, Richard and Henry in equal parts. The date of his death is not given, but his will was probated in New London, August 9, 1726. Elizabeth, widow and relict to Henry Stephens, late of Stonington, gave a deed of land to her son, Henryh, Ocober 8, 1736.

Children born at Stonington, Connecticut:

Thomas b. December 14, 1678; bap. February 18, 1693; m. 1at, May 26, 1678, Mary Hall; m. 2nd, March 14, 1719/20, Abigail Wine or Wynne.

Richard b. January 25, 1679; bap. February 18, 1693; m. June 9, 1704, Sarah Harker.

Henry b. November 20, 1681; bap. February 18, 1693; m. March 2, 1708/09 Elizabeth Fellows.

Elizabeth, bap. February 18, 1693, m. Henry Elliot.

Lucia or Lucy, bap. April 22, 1694.

On March 8, 1753, Lucia Stevens was recommended to the Canaan, Connecticut Congregational Church by Oliver Prentis and Walter Hewit, two elders of the Stonington, Connecticut Church, and February 20, 1760, the Stonington, Connecticut Church recommended Lucia, Henry, and Sarah Stevens, and they were received by the Canaan Church.

The following deed from the Voluntown Records proves the identitiy of the wife of Henry Stevens:

"These Presents witnesseth to an agreement made and concluded upon by and betwen John Gallup, of Stonington, and Elizabeth Stevens, relict to Mr. Henry Stevens of said Stonington, deceased, and Margaret Culver relict to Mr. Joseph Culver, of Groton, deceased, and John Cole and Mary, his wife, of Voluntown; which John, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret are four of ye children of Mr. John Gallup and Hannah, his wife, of Stonington, deceased, and Benadam Gallup of said Groton, in behalf of the heirs of Mr. Benadam Gallup of Stonington, deceased, and John and William of Voluntown, for and in ye right of Mr. William Gallup of said Stonikngton, deceased, and John Gifford of Norwich, for and in behalf of the rest of the heirs of Mrs. Hannah Gifford of said Norwich, deceased; and Peter Crary of Groton, for and in behalf ye rest ye heirs of Christobel Crary of said Groton, deceased which deceased, Benadam, William, Hannah and Christobel are for four more of ye children of ye said John and Hannah Gallup, deceased; the said Elizabeth Stevens, Margaret Culver, Johna and Mary Cole, John Gifford and Peter Crary, do agree that ye third and middle hundred acres of land in Voluntown laid out by John Prentiss, surveyor, to ye heirs of said deceased, John and Hannah Gallup shall be the hundred acres to satisfe the grant to John Gallup, deceased, October 12, 1671 and we, the said John Gallup of Stonington, and Benadam Gallup of Groton, and John Gallup and William Gallup of Voluntown do agree to accept of said third hundred for satisfaction for said grant, and also we, the said John Gallup of Stonington and Benedam Gallup of Groton and Elizabeth Stevens and Margaret Culver and John and Mary Cole and John and William Gallup of said Voluntown, and John Gifford and Peter Crary, do agree that ye two hundred acres of land laid out by said surveryor to said Gallups by virtue of a grant to Mrs. Hannah Gallup and her heirs, dated October ye 10th 1678, shall be and remain to be divided equally to and amongst the said children, or ye heirs of said John and Hannah Gallup, deceased and so much of said two hundred acres of land that may be divideable shall be divided at or before the last day of March next after ye date hereof, and when divided then for each heir, according to their right and degree to give and pass such suitable instrument in writing of equit claims to quiet and settle each other in their rights.

" And in testimony that this is our mutual agreement, we the subscribers have hereunto set our hands and seals this ninth day of July A. D. 1731. Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of

Joseph Hewit John Gallup
Uriah Stevens Benadam Gallup
Cornelius White Peter Crary
George Denison Margaret X Culver her mark
Nathaniel Gallup Elizabeth X Stevens her mark
John Cole
Mary X Cole her mark

"September the first day 1747, then received this instrument to Record and Recorded by me
Ebenezer Dow Recorder.

"The above and within is a true copy of Record certified by me

"Ebenezer Dow
"Recorder."

*The above information was obtained from the "Stephens/Stevens Genealogy" by Plowdon Stevens (1909).

Notes for ELIZABETH GALLUP:
THE FAMILY OF ELIZABETH GALLUP
WIFE OF HENRY STEVENS OF STONINGTON

John Gallup came, to this country from the Parish of Mosturn, County Dorset, England. He sailed March 30, 1630, in the ship Mary and John, and arrived at Nantasket, now Hull, May 30, 1630. He was the son of John Gallup, who married --- Crabbe, and the grandson of Thomas and Agnes (Watkins) Gallup of North Bowood and Strode, whose decendants still own and occupy the Manor of Strode.

John Gallup, the immigrant, married Christobel, whose surname is not given. He settled in Dorchester, then Boston, and became a landholder, owning land in the town and an island of sixteen acres in Boston Bay which still bears his name. He also owned Mixes Mate, or Monument Island, as it is sometimes called, where he pastured sheep. He was a skillful mariner, well acquainted with the harbor around Boston. He piloted the Ship Griffin in September 1633, through a new-found passage, among her two hundred passengers being Reverand John Cotton, Reverand Thomas Hooker, Reverand Mr. Stone, and other fathers of New England.

The most notable adventure in the sturdy Captain's life was his encounter with a boat load of Indians, whom he captured and destroyed off Block Island with the aid of his two sons and a hired man. The Indians had murdered John Oldham, a man of ability, and they were having a hilarious time in his boat when they were over-taken by Captain Gallup. This has been called the first naval battle on the Atlantic coast, and it gave the Captain a Colonial and later a national reputation. It was one of the first skirmishes of the great Pequod War.

John Gallup died in Boston in 1649. An inventory of his estate was made December 26, 1649. His widow died July 27, 1655.

Children of John and Christobel Gallup:

John B. in England about 1615, m. Hannah Lake in 1643.
Samuel, b. in England, m. Mary Philips.
Nathaniel, b. in England; m. Margaret Everly.
Joan, b. in England; m. Thomas Joy.

John Gallup, son of the Immigrant, came to this country with his mother, two brothers, and sister, Joan in the ship Griffin, arriving in Boston, September 4, 1633. He married Hannah Lake, daughter of John and Margaret (Read/Reade), and niece of Elizabeth Read, wife of John Winthrop Jr., Governor of Connecticut. Hannah Lake came to this country with her mother in the ship Abigail, arriving October 6, 1635, after a passage of ten weeks.

John Gallup left Boston in 1640 and went to Taunton, then part of Plymouth Colony, where he remained until 1651. He then removed to New London, where he lived until 1654, when he went to what is now Stonington, then a part of New London, and settled upon a grant of land given to him by that town in 1650, in regognition of distinguished services of himself and his father in the Pequod War. He represented the town in the General Court in 1665 and 1667, and was an Indian interpreter.
When KingPhilip's War broke out New London County raised a company of seventy men under Captain John Mason of Norwich and Captain George Dennison of Stonington. Captain John Gallup joined them as the head of the Mohegans, a band of friendly Indians. These troops formed a union with those of other colonies and were engaged in the fearful Swamp Fight, December 19, 1675, at Narraganset, within the limits of South Kingston, Rhode Island. In storming the fort Captain GAllup led his men bravely forward and was one of the six captains who fell in the memorable fight. He was buried with his fallen comrades in one grave near the battle ground. A complete victory was gained over the savage foe, but with great loss of life on both sides.

The General Court afterward made several grants of land to his widow and children in consideration of the great services he had rendered and the loss his family had sustained by his death.

Children of Captain John and Hannah (Lake) Gallup
Hannah b. at Boston, September 14, 1644; m. Stephen Gifford Jun 18, 1672.
John B. at Boston, September 1646; married Elizabeth Harris
Ben-Adam, b. at Stonington in 1655; m. Hester Prentis
William, b. at Stonington in 1658; m. Sarah Cheesbrough
Samuel, B. at Stonington
Christobel, b. at Stoningtong; m. Peter Crary December 31, 1677
Elizabeth b. at Stonington; m. Henry stevens of Stonington
Mary, b. at Stonington; m. John Cole of Boston
Margaret, b. at Stonington; m. Joseph Culver of Groton, Connecticut

*See the history of Stonington, by Honorable Richard A. Wheeler.

** The above information was obtained from the "Stephens/Stevens Genealogy" by Plowdon Stevens (1909).

Children of HENRY STEPHENS and ELIZABETH GALLUP are:

2.	i.	THOMAS⁶ STEPHENS, b. 14 December 1678, Stonington, Connecticut; d. 07 September 1750, Cannan, Connecticut.
3.	ii.	RICHARD STEPHENS, b. 25 January 1679/80, Stonington, Connecticut; d. 1732, Stonington, Connecticut.
4.	iii.	HENRY STEPHENS, b. 20 November 1681, Stonington, Connecticut; d. 1726.
5.	iv.	ELIZABETH STEPHENS, b. Unknown.
	v.	LUCIA OR LUCY STEPHENS, b. Unknown.

Notes for LUCIA OR LUCY STEPHENS:
On March 8, 1753, Lucia Stevens was recommended to the Canaan, Connecticut Congregational Church by Oliver Prentis and Walter Hewit, two elders of the Stonington, Connecticut Church, and February 20, 1760 the Stonington Church recommended Lucia, Henry and Sarah Stevens , and they were received by the Canaan Church.

*The above information was obtained from the "Stephens/Stevens Genealogy" by Plowdon Stevens (1909).

More About LUCIA OR LUCY STEPHENS:
Fact 1: 22 April 1694, Baptized

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