Individual Details
Zachariah Stevens
(12 Nov 1763 - 30 Aug 1846)
Events
| Birth | 12 Nov 1763 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 2 Jan 1790 | Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts - Elizabeth Low | |||
| Marriage | 15 Dec 1836 | Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts - Elizabeth "Betsey" Rogers |  | ||
| Death | 30 Aug 1846 | Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Low (1765 - 1836) |
| Child | Joseph Lowe Stevens (1790 - 1879) |
| Child | Betsey Stevens (1794 - 1795) |
| Child | Samuel Stevens (1795 - 1864) |
| Child | John Stevens (1797 - 1866) |
| Child | Mary Porter Stevens (1799 - 1885) |
| Child | Edward Low Stevens (1801 - 1875) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Betsey" Rogers (1790 - 1875) |
| Father | Joseph Stevens (1724 - 1799) |
| Mother | Alice Kidder (1734 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Alice Stevens (1762 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Stevens (1766 - ) |
| Sibling | Abigail Stevens (1768 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Cyrus Stevens (1768 - ) |
| Sibling | Cyrus Stevens (1770 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Susan Stevens (1773 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Martha Stevens (1775 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Sarah Stevens (1778 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Stevens (1779 - 1846) |
Notes
Biography
https://books.google.com/books?id=YxRV0-HNZRAC&pg=PA153-IA1&lpg=PA153-IA1&dq=zachariah+stevens+merchant+of+gloucester+ma&source=bl&ots=BHV8XOtdW4&sig=ACfU3U3TjKy7_UJ76ZiDU7HEu8yBhZnOqg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA1_uV38LwAhUBCKwKHcl0CvMQ6AEwEnoECAgQAw#v=onepage&q=zachariah%20stevens%20merchant%20of%20gloucester%20ma&f=falseTwo brief mentions
https://archive.org/details/historyoftowncit00priniala/page/n18/mode/2up?q=%22zachariah+stevens%22
Probate
Probate record – it also seems to have some type of trust – 71 pages – will starts on p 60https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?volumeId=14216&pageName=54254:1&rId=259986472
Military
pension – W314https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1995/images/MIUSA1775D_136908-01092?pId=80034
Property
In this deed, Zachariah conveys land to SallyHolt – property which came from his father Joseph Stevenshttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z8-3CJC?i=517&wc=MCBR-36D%3A361613201%2C362370601&cc=2106411
one deed index – he has transactions in earlier deed indices – seems to have a lot of transactions
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-BRB6?i=328&wc=MCBL-L6D%3A361613201%2C361795301&cc=2106411
On 16 February 1796, Zachariah Stevens, merchant of Gloucester with wife Elizabeth relinquishing right of dower, mortgaged to the widow Elizabeth Stevens of Gloucester a piece of land lying in the harbor adjoining on Fore Street containing about twenty poles, for $1,333. The mortgage was discharged on 26 December 1796, the widow Elizabeth Stevens having received from Zachariah $1,600 with interest.[1]
[1]Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 160:209, 162:67
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).