Ensign John Stebbins, III

John Stebbins was captured as a hostage at Deerfield in 1704 and carried off hostage to Canada. He was later redeemed and moved back to Deerfield where he resided on Lot Number 35.

List of Deerfield attack: http://www.babcock-acres.com/Misceallaneous/deerfield_captives_of_1...

links

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55580355
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janarmstrong/steg...

The Stebbins Genealogy. Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee. Chicago, 1904. Volume 1, "Fourth Generation: 89. John Stebbins," pages 159-160.

GEDCOM Source

Age: 90

GEDCOM Source

MH:S153 Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5677166&pid=...

Father: John Stebbins Mother: Dorothy Alexander Spouses: Mary, Hannah Allen

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Wikitree: Stebbins-167

John Stebbins was captured with his parents and five siblings in the Feb 29, 1704 Deerfield raid by French and Indian guerrillas, during Queen Anne's War. He escaped or was ransomed six days later. The rest of his family was taken to Quebec. His parents and brother Samuel returned to Deerfield, while his other four siblings chose to remain in Quebec. (Samuel may have stayed in Quebec for a number of years before returning to Deerfield.)[1][2]

Interestingly, John's sister, Abigail, had married a French soldier (scout/spy?) in Deerfield less than a month before the raid. She and her new husband, Jacques, were still in Deerfield when the raid occurred, then made their way up to Quebec with the hostages.[3] That relationship may have afforded the Stebbins more humane treatment, allowing John to return home so soon and making the other siblings more likely to remain in Quebec. The siblings who stayed in Canada were:

   Abigail, who changed her name to Marguerite; 

   Thankful, later known as Therese Louise Stebenne; 

   Ebenezer, baptized as Jacques Charles; 

   Joseph. 

John's first marriage was to Mary Unknown (possibly Alexander), who was born around 1696 and died August 30, 1733.[4] His second marriage was to Hannah Allen. He resided in Deerfield, where all his children were born.

Children with Mary:[5]

   1. John Stebbins, born June 24, 1715; died unmarried in 1755. 

   2. Ebenezer, born October 26, 1716; died February 7, 1745-6. 

   3. Joseph, born October 20, 1718; married Mary Stratton. 

   4. Mary, born September 20, 1720; married Daniel Arms. 

   5. Abigail, born March 11, 1723; married Daniel Nash. 

   6. Samuel, born May 5, 1725, married Martha Bardwell.[6] 

   7. Experience, born October 31, 1727; married Enoch Bardwell. 

   8. Thankful, born April 1, 1729; married Jonathan Severance. 

   9. Moses, born October 18, 1731; married Mercy Hawks. 

Children with Hannah:[7]

   10. Simeon, born August 6, 1736; married Hannah Hinsdale. 

   11. Dorothy, born January 6, 1738, married Lawrence Kemp. 

   12. David, born April 20, 1741; married Rhoda Sheldon. 

   13. Hannah, born February 19, 1744; died June 11, 1744.