Individual Details
Jacob Stevens
(7 Nov 1725 - Abt 1802)
Events
| Birth | 7 Nov 1725 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 7 Dec 1748 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Tabitha Farnum | |||
| Residence | 1787 | Bridgton, Maine |  | ||
| Residence | 1790 | Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine | | ||
| Death | Abt 1802 | Bridgton, Maine | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Tabitha Farnum (1729 - ) |
| Child | James Stevens (1749 - 1823) |
| Child | Aaron Stevens (1751 - 1756) |
| Child | Ebenezer Stevens (1753 - 1821) |
| Child | Jacob Stevens (1755 - 1831) |
| Child | Aaron Stevens (1757 - ) |
| Child | Esther Stevens (1759 - 1778) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stevens (1761 - 1763) |
| Child | Chloe Stevens (1762 - 1829) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stevens (1764 - 1858) |
| Child | Phebe Stevens (1766 - ) |
| Child | Hephzibah Stevens (1769 - 1846) |
| Child | Asenath Stevens (1771 - 1840) |
| Child | Sally Stevens (1773 - 1829) |
| Father | Ebenezer Stevens (1683 - 1757) |
| Mother | Sarah Sprague (1686 - 1778) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Stevens (1703 - 1703) |
| Sibling | Sarah Stevens (1704 - 1786) |
| Sibling | Aaron Stevens (1708 - 1796) |
| Sibling | Hannah Stevens (1709 - ) |
| Sibling | Joanna Stevens (1711 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Stevens (1713 - 1754) |
| Sibling | Phineas Stevens (1716 - 1755) |
| Sibling | Asa Stevens (1717 - 1755) |
| Sibling | Abigail Stevens (1720 - 1730) |
| Sibling | Esther Stevens (1723 - 1742) |
Notes
Biography
Some information in the Bridgton book pp 84-85https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gailharnden&id=I091
Jacob Stevens; born November 7, 1725 in Andover Massachusetts married Tabitha Farnum in 1748. Jacob moved to Bridgton Maine in the summer of 1768. Jacob was the 2nd settler to arrive in Bridgton, the first in Bridgton proper, the first settler having settled in North Bridgton. Jacob built a saw and grist mill on the lower part of the brook between Crotched pond (now Highland Lake] and Long Pond [now Long Lake]. The brook now bears the name Stevens Brook. Jacob Stevens recieved from the proprietors five acres of land along the stream, one right of land and a lot number 8 in range 4 with sole privilege of the stream so long as he should keep the mill in repair. Mr Stevens and his wife are mentioned as being charter members of the First Congregational Church, that was organized in August 1774,and the name of Jacob Stevens stands first on its roll of membership. His death is given as 1802 and that of his widow Jan 29 1822.
http://www.bridgton.com/when-bridgton-was-a-mill-town/
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).
2. Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1790; Census Place: Bridgetown, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 16; Image: 23; Family History Library Film: 0568142.