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About Henry Stephens
The Stevens/Stephens Family in America
For extensive information on the STEVENS/STEPHENS family, including the STEVENS and GALLUP family ancestry in England, see the compilation of Don W. Stephens. Special thanks to Joe Slattey for providing the intial information that connects the STEPHENS and HARKER families of NC to the New England families, and for sharing extensive information for the STEPHENS family in in MA and NC.
Henry and Elizabeth (Gallup) Stevens
Henry STEVENS - b. about 1644, Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England; d. 1726, Stonington, New London Co., CT. Will proved at New London, CT in Aug. 1726. Son of Nicholas STEVENS and Elizabeth STORKEY. Henry arrived in America about 1660, and was at Swansea when King Philip's War began. He received a land grant for his service as a soldier in the war. Henry became one of the incorporators of Stonington in 1716, owning land at Stonington, Plainfield and Voluntown and serving in the colonial legislature for eight years. The following letter was written by Henry to Thomas STANTON, Jr. during King Phillips War (Mas. Hist. Col. 3rd Series, Vol. 10, p. 117):
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Thes are to giv you notis of ye News. I say you with the rest of my Nebors and frinds that 12 housis of Swanse are borened and one of them was a garison house and sivers men killed. Saiconke also is boroned or a good part of it and men killed by Nepmick indian - hear on house robed as we supos and the last night another hous brooken up and another borened on Neare Mr. Smeths and intend to have two heads from Skiamacott. The pepal heare are gon and going towaords Island. i wish and desier you take car of your silve. I have hired the barer. i hear filip is bound for Mohigin. I am in hast for fear of ye messenger.
Jun 29 '75
My man is gon toward Island.
Yours yet
Henery Stephens
Elizabeth GALLUP - b. Mar. 8, 1662/3, Stonington, New London Co., CT; d. 1726, Westerly, Washington Co., RI. Daughter of Capt. John GALLOP and Hannah LAKE.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth Stevens
See Notable Cousins for line to: Pres. George H. W. BUSH and Pres. George W. BUSH
1. Thomas - b. Dec. 14, 1678, Stonington, New London Co., CT ; d. Sep. 7, 1750, Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT. He was married first on May 26, 1702 in Plainfield, Windham Co., CT to Mary HALL (b. Jun. 1, 1677, Concord, Litchfield Co., CT; d. May 30, 1719, Plainfield, Windham Co., CT), daughter of Stephen HALL and Ruth DAVIS. Thomas was married second on Mar. 14, 1719/20 in Plainfield, Windham Co., CT to Abigail WYNNE (b. about1676; d. Jan. 10, 1770, Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT). Children of Thomas and Mary STEVENS: Thomas married Elizabeth WYNN; Phineas (settled in Onslow Co., NC); Capt. Uriah married his first cousin Sarah STEVENS (daughter of Richard STEVENS and Sarah HARKER); Andrew married Esther STAFFORD; Benjamin married Elizabeth; Samuel married Anne SEGAR; and Zebulon married first Miriam FELLOWS, and second his first cousin Thankful STEVENS (daughter of Henry STEVENS and Elizabeth FELLOWS, and widow of James PARTRIDGE). Son of Thomas and Abigail STEVENS: Jesse died young.
2. Richard - b. Jan. 25, 1678/9, Stonington, New London Co., CT; d. 1732, Stonington, New London Co., CT.
3. Henry - b. Nov. 20, 1681, Stonington, New London Co., CT; d. 1726, Plainfield, Windham Co., CT. He was married on Mar 2, 1707/8 in Plainfield, Windham Co., CT to Elizabeth FELLOWS (b. Sep. 14, 1685, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA), daughter of Ephraim FELLOWS and Anna. Children of Henry and Elizabeth STEVENS: Henry married first Elizabeth JONES, and second Sarah BABCOCK; Simeon married Mercy COATES; Mary married John MEEKS; Jedidiah married Mary RATHBONE; Lucy married Ephraim SMITH; Elizabeth married first Joseph PALMER, and second William STEWART; and Thankful married first James PARTRIDGE, and second her first cousin Zebulon STEVENS (son of Thomas STEVENS and Mary HALL).
4. Elizabeth - bap. Feb 18, 1693. She married Henry ELIOTT. Children of Elizabeth and Henry ELLIOTT: Henry; Jabez; and Hopestill married Joseph WILLIAMS.
5. Lucy - b. about 1685, Stonington, New London Co., CT; bap. Apr 22, 1694, Stonington, New London Co., CT.
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 8 2019, 17:45:10 UTC
- HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 383
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Henry Stephens's Timeline
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1644
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Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
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| 1678 |
December 14, 1678
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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January 25, 1679
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1681 |
November 10, 1681
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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January 16, 1684
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Stonington, New London, CT
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| 1687 |
February 15, 1687
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New Haven, New Haven, CT
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1693
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Westerly, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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| 1694 |
April 22, 1694
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Westerly, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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| 1726 |
August 9, 1726
Age 82
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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