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173. RICHARD24 STEPHENS (EBENEZER23, RICHARD22, HENRY21, NICHOLAS20, THOMAS19, ANTHONY18, EDWARD17, HENRY16, JOHN15, THOMAS14, JOHN13, JOHN12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9 FITZ-STEPHEN, BARON OF WINTERBOURNE, HENRY8, JOHN7, FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1) was born March 01, 1749/50 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt, and died April 26, 1847 in New Marlboro, Massachusetts. He married ESTHER WARD March 05, 1772 in Middleton, Connecticutt. She was born November 04, 1749 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt, and died December 25, 1835 in New Marlboro, Massachusetts.

Notes for RICHARD STEPHENS:
Richard (Ebenezer, Richard, Henry), son of Ebenezer and Sophia Stevens, was born in Canaan, Connecticut, March 1, 1750, and died in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, April 26, 1847. He married Esther Ward March 5, 1772. ("Richard Stevens of Sheffield and Esther Ward"-- Middletown, Connecticut Church Records). She was born November 4, 1749, and died December 25, 1835. They resided in Sheffield and New Marlborough Massachusetts.

Richard Stevens was in Colonel John Ashley's Berkshire Company Regiment, April 26, to May 20, 1777, at Saratoga, New York, September 19, to October 19, 1777; with Northern Army October 14 to 24 1780 in the Berkshire Alarm.

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

     
Children of RICHARD STEPHENS and ESTHER WARD are:
277. i.   RICHARD25 STEPHENS, b. December 25, 1772, New Marlboro, Massachusetts.
278. ii.   CLARISSA STEPHENS, b. May 05, 1775, New Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1806.
279. iii.   EDWARD STEPHENS, b. April 18, 1778, New Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. September 14, 1854.
280. iv.   WILLIAM STEPHENS, b. December 27, 1782, New Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. July 09, 1863.
  v.   NANCY STEPHENS, b. June 14, 1784, New Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. October 06, 1798, New Marlboro, Massachusetts.
281. vi.   CALVIN STEPHENS, b. February 04, 1788, New Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. Newark, New York.
  vii.   PLOWDEN STEPHENS, b. August 14, 1790, New Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. October 29, 1857.
  More About PLOWDEN STEPHENS:
Fact 1: Never married



174. EBENEZER24 STEPHENS, JR., REV. (EBENEZER23, RICHARD22, HENRY21, NICHOLAS20, THOMAS19, ANTHONY18, EDWARD17, HENRY16, JOHN15, THOMAS14, JOHN13, JOHN12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9 FITZ-STEPHEN, BARON OF WINTERBOURNE, HENRY8, JOHN7, FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1)1 was born 1756 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt. He married RHODA JOHNSON 1773 in North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1760 in Hancock, Massachusetts.

Notes for EBENEZER STEPHENS, JR., REV.:
Ebenezer Stevens (Ebenezer, Richard, Henry) was probably born in Canaan, Connecticut. He married Rhoda Johnson, and settled in Hancock, Massachusetts. He became a clergyman.

"Ebenezer Stevens commenced his itinerant labor on the Pittsfield Circuit, Massachusetts, the present year, as colleague of Cyrus Stebbins. The following two years he spent on the Litchfield and Middletown Circuit, Connecticut. He traveled four years more, two on the Cambridge, New York Circuit, and two on the Brandon Circuit, Vermont. In 1804 and 1805 he is returned as supernumary and in 1806 as located. He was a choice man, habitually buoyant in spirit, bland in manners and vivacious in conversation, and of course he could not but be universally popular. He was exceedingly fertile in comparisons and figures, rendering his discourse at once interesting and comprehesible to the popular understanding. In New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont, he is affectionately remembered by many. He died in the faith." (Memorials of Methodism, by Reverand Abel Stevens: Preachers of 1797).

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


     
Children of EBENEZER STEPHENS and RHODA JOHNSON are:
282. i.   RHODA25 STEPHENS, b. 1776, North Carolina; d. September 11, 1861, Dale County, Alabama.
  ii.   JOHN STEPHENS, b. Abt. 1778.
  iii.   DILLON STEPHENS, REV., b. June 04, 1794, Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; d. January 10, 1861, Gloversville, New York.
  Notes for DILLON STEPHENS, REV.:
112. DILLON9 STEPHENS (EBENEZER8, EBENEZER7, RICHARD6, HENRY5, NICHOLAS4, THOMAS3, EDWARD2, HENRY1) was born 06 April 1794 in Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and died 10 January 1861 in Gloversville, New York. He married ?.

Notes for DILLON STEPHENS:
Reverand Dillon Stevens (Reverand Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Richard, Henry), was born in Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, April 6, 1794. In his twenty-fifth year he united with the M. E. Church, and began preaching in 1822 in the New York Conference. He served the following charges: Brandon, Vermont, Highgate, Vermont, Peru, Massachusetts, and Gloversville, New York He took a supernumary relation in 1846, and made Gloversville his home until his death, January 10, 1861. He left a wife and daughter. See Minutes of Troy Conference M. E. Church for 1861, Page 91.

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




175. JOHN24 STEPHENS (EBENEZER23, RICHARD22, HENRY21, NICHOLAS20, THOMAS19, ANTHONY18, EDWARD17, HENRY16, JOHN15, THOMAS14, JOHN13, JOHN12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9 FITZ-STEPHEN, BARON OF WINTERBOURNE, HENRY8, JOHN7, FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1) was born December 08, 1765 in Sheffield, Windham, Connecticutt, and died September 19, 1831 in Grafton, New York. He married (1) ELIZABETH GILLETT in Sandlake, New York, daughter of NATHAN GILLETT and HANNAH STONE. She was born March 24, 1768, and died June 04, 1809 in Sandlake, New York. He married (2) HANNAH PARSONS.

Notes for JOHN STEPHENS:
John Stevens (Ebenezer, Richard, Henry), was born December 8, 1765 at Sheffield, Massachusetts. He settled in that part of Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, that is now called Sandlake, and married Elizabeth Gillett, born March 24, 1768, the daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Stone) Gillett. She died in Sandlake June 4, 1809, and Mr. Stevens married, second, a widow, Mrs. Hannah Parsons. Mr. Stevens removed to Grafton, New York where he died September 19, 1831, and was buried at Sandlake. He was Supervisor for the town of Greenbush, a member of the State Legislature, 25th Session, 1802, and the 36th Session, 1812-13. He was Trustee of the Protestant Society of Sandlake, out of which the Presbyterian Church was formed.

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

     
Children of JOHN STEPHENS and ELIZABETH GILLETT are:
  i.   ELIZABETH (BETSEY)25 STEPHENS, b. January 03, 1786, Sandlake, New York; d. Sandlake, New York; m. JOHN UPHAM; d. Sandlake, New York.
283. ii.   NATHAN STEPHENS, b. May 31, 1788, Sandlake, New York; d. Illinois.
  iii.   MARY STEPHENS, b. August 24, 1790, Sandlake, New York; m. JESSE BARBER.
  iv.   SALLY STEPHENS, b. July 24, 1793, Sandlake, New York; d. July 11, 1794, Sandlake, New York.
284. v.   JOHN STEPHENS, b. March 22, 1795, Sandlake, New York.
285. vi.   CHARLES MASON STEPHENS, b. October 05, 1797, Sandlake, New York; d. October 21, 1869, Round Grove, Iowa.
  vii.   PAMELIA STEPHENS, b. April 18, 1800, Sandlake, New York; d. July 1841; m. OLIVER ROGERS.
286. viii.   EBENEZER STEPHENS, b. June 10, 1802, Sandlake, New York; d. December 21, 1883, Petersburgh, New York.
  ix.   HARRIS STEPHENS, b. October 1804, Sandlake, New York; d. November 1807, Sandlake, New York.
  x.   MORGAN STEPHENS, b. November 25, 1806, Sandlake, New York; d. April 05, 1826, Sandlake, New York.


176. JAMES24 STEPHENS (HENRY23, HENRY22, HENRY21, NICHOLAS20, THOMAS19, ANTHONY18, EDWARD17, HENRY16, JOHN15, THOMAS14, JOHN13, JOHN12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9 FITZ-STEPHEN, BARON OF WINTERBOURNE, HENRY8, JOHN7, FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1) was born October 05, 1732 in Stonington, New London, Connecticutt, and died September 11, 1805 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt. He married PHEBE GUITTEAU January 19, 1768 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt. She died January 23, 1808 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.

Notes for JAMES STEPHENS:
James Stephens (Henry, Henry, Henry) was born in Stonington, Connecticut, October 5, 1732, and settled in Canaan, Connecticut. He married Phebe Guitteau January 19, 1768. He died September 11, 1805, and his widow died January 23, 1808, in her 76th year. They were buried in Canaan Valley. Their childrens birthdates were found in Canaan records.

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


     
Children of JAMES STEPHENS and PHEBE GUITTEAU are:
287. i.   TRUMAN25 STEPHENS, b. July 21, 1770, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt; d. Warsaw, New York.
  ii.   HULDA STEPHENS, b. May 12, 1772, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt; m. WILLIAM ROOD.
288. iii.   SARAH STEPHENS, b. November 15, 1774, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt; d. April 15, 1841, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.


177. REUBEN24 STEPHENS (HENRY23, HENRY22, HENRY21, NICHOLAS20, THOMAS19, ANTHONY18, EDWARD17, HENRY16, JOHN15, THOMAS14, JOHN13, JOHN12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9 FITZ-STEPHEN, BARON OF WINTERBOURNE, HENRY8, JOHN7, FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1) was born August 17, 1734 in Stonington, New London, Connecticutt, and died August 03, 1804 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt. He married HANNAH BROOKINS January 14, 1770 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt. She was born Abt. 1740, and died February 20, 1817 in Poultney, Vermont.

Notes for REUBEN STEPHENS:
Reuben Stephens (Henry, Henry, Henry) was born in Stonington, Connecticut, August 17, 1734, and settled in Canaan, Connecticutt. He served in Captain Uriah Stevens' Company at the relief of Fort William Henry, New York, August 1755. He married Hannah Brookins January 14, 1760. He died in Canaan August 3, 1804, and was buried in Canaan Valley.

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

     
Children of REUBEN STEPHENS and HANNAH BROOKINS are:
  i.   LOIS25 STEPHENS, b. February 14, 1761, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt; d. April 21, 1841; m. JOEL SMITH; b. August 05, 1756.
  ii.   EUNICE STEPHENS, b. February 06, 1763, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  iii.   CYRUS STEPHENS, b. April 02, 1765, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  iv.   REUBEN STEPHENS, b. August 24, 1768, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  v.   HANNAH STEPHENS, b. November 23, 1770, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  vi.   ASABAH STEPHENS, b. August 07, 1773, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.


178. LOIS24 STEPHENS (HENRY23, HENRY22, HENRY21, NICHOLAS20, THOMAS19, ANTHONY18, EDWARD17, HENRY16, JOHN15, THOMAS14, JOHN13, JOHN12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9 FITZ-STEPHEN, BARON OF WINTERBOURNE, HENRY8, JOHN7, FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1) was born July 02, 1740 in Stonington, New London, Connecticutt. She married DAVID FELLOWS December 22, 1763 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
     
Children of LOIS STEPHENS and DAVID FELLOWS are:
  i.   JAMES25 FELLOWS, b. September 13, 1765, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  ii.   ASA FELLOWS, b. January 31, 1768, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  iii.   HENRY FELLOWS, b. March 24, 1770, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  iv.   ALTANA FELLOWS, b. October 22, 1772, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.
  v.   SUZANNAH FELLOWS, b. June 03, 1776, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.


179. HENRY24 STEPHENS (HENRY23, HENRY22, HENRY21, NICHOLAS20, THOMAS19, ANTHONY18, EDWARD17, HENRY16, JOHN15, THOMAS14, JOHN13, JOHN12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9 FITZ-STEPHEN, BARON OF WINTERBOURNE, HENRY8, JOHN7, FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1) was born January 02, 1747/48 in Stonington, New London, Connecticutt, and died February 11, 1825 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt. He married ANNE BABCOCK June 17, 1773 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt. She was born in Stonington, New London, Connecticutt, and died September 01, 1816 in Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.

Notes for HENRY STEPHENS:
Henry Stephens (Henry, Henry, Henry), was born at Stonington, Connecticut, January 2, 1747/48. He removed with his parents to Canaan when a child, and lived there until his death February 11, 1825. By occupation he was a farmer. He married Anne Babcock of Stonington, Connecticut, Jun 17, 1773. She died September 1, 1816. They were both buried in Canaan Valley.

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


     
Child of HENRY STEPHENS and ANNE BABCOCK is:
289. i.   EZRA25 STEPHENS, b. May 20, 1782, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt; d. June 04, 1850, Caanan, Litchfield, Connecticutt.

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