Individual Details

Also Known As:<_AKA> Stephens Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sr. BIOGRAPHY : "Eldest son a nd heir" of Thomas. He is said to have changed the sp elling of his name to "St evens". He was an officer under Oliver Crom well in the English Civil and joine d Cromwell's New Modeled army a s a Captain on 18 April 1645. A Dr. Barney tell s us that "Nicholas S tevens of England was wealthy, owning three shires in Wale s, and afte r his death one of his heirs went over from New England, and prosecu t ed for and obtained a decree for his share of the property, but in sig ning the receipt he wrote his name "Stevens", when the attorney for t he crown declared him an imposter, as the English records were spelle d "Stephens", so the Judge r uled him out."

Birth	Abt, 1620	London, England
Marriage	Sep 9, 1641	St. Peter's Church, Cornhill, London, England - Elizabeth Starkey
Immigration	1660	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusets
Death	1670	Albermarle County, North Carolina
Title (Nobility)		Sr.

Spouse	Elizabeth Starkey (1620 - )
Child	Henry Stevens (1644 - 1726)
Child	Nicholas Stevens Jr. (1648 - 1674)
Child	Thomas Stevens Sr. (1662 - 1751)

Father	Thomas Stephens (1585 - 1634)
Mother	Mary Walle (1585 - )
Sibling	Thomas Stephens Jr. (1622 - )
Sibling	Rebecca Stephens ( - )
Sibling	Mary Stephens ( - )