John Stephens, of Little Sodbury

Not the same as John Stevens, of Guilford born about 1600 (a generation earlier)

Stephens, John s. Edward, of Little Sadbury, co. Gloucester, arm. Lincoln Coll., matric. 24 Nov., 1637, aged 15; student of Middle Temple 1640. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

according to Foster's "Alumni Oxoniensis," page 1418, "John Stephens, son of Edward, of Little Sodbury, Co. Gloucester, arm., matriculated at Lincoln College, Nov. 24, 1637, aged 15." An inscription taken from St. Thomas' Church at Oxford tells the remainder of the story.

" Johannes Stephens filius secundo gcnitus Edwardi Stephens de Sodbury parva in comitatu Glocestiensi, Armigeri, Adolescens magni ingenii et praeter soiitum juvenilis aetatis studium pietate et bonarum literarum scientia ornatus ; obiit April 8, anno aetatis vicesimo-secundo. Anno Dom. 1643."
See LeNeve's Monumenta Anglicana, Vol. I, page 203.

Translation.

John Stevens, second son born to Edward Stephens of Little Sodbury in County Gloucester, Armiger. a youth of great natural ability, and beyond the ordinary inclinations of young manhood distinguished for piety and literary attainments, died April 8, in the twenty-second year of his age, in the year of our Lord 1643.

These records prove that John, the second son of Edward, was born in the year 1622. The Harleian Society Publications, Vol. XXI, page 151, give Thomas, eldest son of Edward being four years old in 1623. Foster's Alumni Oxoniensis, Vol. I V, page 1420, gives "Stephens, Thomas, son Edward, of Little Sodbury, Co. Gloucester, arm., Lincoln College, matriculated Jan. 22, 1635-6, aged 16. Student Middle Temple, 1636."

Comments

From http://www.geni.com/discussions/153932

John b. 1622, d. 1643 in England -(Foster's Alumni Oxoniensis, p. 1418) (of Oxford University). This is the son C. Ellis Stevens claimed immigrated to Guilford, Conn. Mrs. C. S. Holmes disproved it.

References

• Spackman-Stepney', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1394-1422. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1394-1422 [accessed 29 August 2023]. Stephens, John s. Edward, of Little Sadbury, co. Gloucester, arm. Lincoln Coll., matric. 24 Nov., 1637, aged 15; student of Middle Temple 1640. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/st...
• Stevens genealogy. Some descendants of the Fitz Stephen family in England and New England by Stevens, Charles Ellis, 1853-1906. [from old catalog] Published 1905, page 52, careful: contains errors
• https://archive.org/details/genealogyoflinea00inholm/page/n17/mode/...