Individual Details
John Stephens
(19 Oct 1737 - 20 Nov 1801)
Events
| Birth | 19 Oct 1737 | Plainfield, Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 3 Jan 1759 | Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut - Phebe Howe | |||
| Residence | 1800 | Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Death | 20 Nov 1801 | Washington, Massachusetts | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Phebe Howe (1741 - 1811) |
| Child | Martha Stephens (1761 - 1857) |
| Child | Esther Stephens (1763 - 1818) |
| Child | Phebe Stephens (1766 - 1821) |
| Child | Mary Stephens (1769 - 1832) |
| Child | Dorothy Stephens (1769 - ) |
| Child | Lucy Stephens (1773 - 1850) |
| Child | Sarah Stephens (1775 - ) |
| Child | John Stephens (1775 - ) |
| Father | Andrew Stephens ( - ) |
| Mother | Esther Safford ( - ) |
Notes
Military
John Stevens served as clerk in the company ofCapt. Uriah Stevens, regiment of Col. Ebenezer Marsh that marched for therelief of Fort Henry in 1757.[1] Capt. John Stevens servedfrom Canaan in the Revolution as a member of the part that marched fromConnecticut to capture Fort Ticonderoga in April-May 1775. He was commander atFort George on 6 June 1775. He was raised to the rank of Captain on 19 January1776 in Col. Burrall’s regiment. He was taken prisoner at the Cedars on 19 May1776 and held until exchanged on 11 February 1782.[2][1] ConnecticutGeneral Assembly, Rolls of Connecticut Men in French and Indian War, p243[2] ConnecticutGeneral Assembly, Record of service of Connecticut Men, p 31, p 110, p 111Biography
He supposedly had ten daughters – I have seven –starts at the bottom of the page – no sons suggested – has some biohttps://archive.org/details/stephensstevensg00stev/page/n61/mode/2up?q=howehttps://archive.org/details/howegenealogiest00howe/page/424/mode/2upEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1800; Census Place: Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 13; Page: 216; Image: 218; Family History Library Film: 205611.