Individual Details
Joseph Stevens
(Bef Oct 1750 - 20 Feb 1803)
Events
| Birth | Bef Oct 1750 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 7 Jul 1772 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Sarah Abbott | |||
| Death | 20 Feb 1803 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Probate | 8 Mar 1803 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | | ||
| Occupation | merchant | ||||
| Property | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Abbott (1747 - 1824) |
| Child | Joseph Stevens (1774 - 1775) |
| Child | Joseph Stevens (1775 - 1845) |
| Child | Infant Stevens (1777 - 1777) |
| Child | Samuel Stevens (1778 - 1792) |
| Child | Sarah Stevens (1780 - 1781) |
| Father | Joseph Stevens (1724 - 1799) |
| Mother | Hephzibah Baker (1725 - ) |
Notes
Death
Joseph, Feb. 20, 1803, a. 54 y. [in his 64th y. CR2; a. 55 y. GR2]Probate
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 26384Sarah asks that her son Joseph Stevens, Jr. be named administrator. Wife Sarah receives a silver tankard and the great bible. Son Joseph receives all of the lands north of the River Ohio being half of one full share in the Ohio Company. Joseph also receives land in Wilton. The land in Wilton Joseph holds in common with John L. Abbot. The remainder of the estate goes to Sarah.
Just one child, Joseph, named in the will.
Property
In 1811, son Joseph (with no wife signing) sellsall his land in Andover to his mother Sarah – 194:188 – he is Joseph Jr. at the timehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z8-33SP?i=190&wc=MCBP-DTG%3A361613201%2C362044801&cc=2106411
Sarah then sells everything to Stephen Abbot in 1812 – 195:283
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z8-3Q9Q?i=611&wc=MCBP-DTG%3A361613201%2C362044801&cc=2106411