Individual Details

Not to be confused with John Stevens of Salisbury, Massachusetts, who died in February 1688/1689 and was buried there. This John Stevens was an early settler of Andover, Massachusetts who died in 1662. He was a farmer ("husbandman") from Caversham, England who immigrated on board "The Confidence" in 1638 with wife, Elizabeth, brother William, mother Alice and indentured servants, John and Grace Lovejoy (brother and sister). They initially came to Newbury, Massachusetts but was one of the first settlers of Andover (as was John Lovejoy). He was a prominent citizen and a sergeant in the militia. See, Abiel Abbott's 1829 "History of Andover", p. 15.

John's servant John Lovejoy is also one of our ancestors.

Birth	Bef 7 July 1605	Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
Baptism	7 July 1605	Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
Marriage	Bef April 1638	England - Elizabeth Parker
Immigration	April 1638	traveled on ship Confidence, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay
Death	11 April 1662	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Burial		Old North Parish Burial Ground,
Occupation		farmer

Spouse	Elizabeth Parker (1611 - 1691)
Child	Lieut John Stevens (1639 - 1689)
Child	Timothy Stevens (1641 - 1708)
Child	Nathan Stevens (1643 - 1718)
Child	Elizabeth Stevens (1645 - )
Child	Ephraim Stevens (1648 - 1718)
Child	Mary Stevens (1649 - )
Child	Joseph Stevens (1654 - 1743)
Child	Benjamin Stevens (1656 - 1753)

Father	John Stevens (1575 - 1627)
Mother	Alice Atkins (1580 - 1660)
Sibling	William Stevens (1616 - )
Sibling	Susan Stevens (1601 - 1617)
Sibling	Jane Stevens (1602 - )
Sibling	Barbara Stevens (1611 - 1681)