Major General Ebenezer Stevens

Major General Ebenezer Stevens

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS - RHODE ISLAND with the rank of LIEUTENANT COLONEL. DAR Ancestor #: A108796

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Ebenezer Stevens was a Major General in the U.S. Army. He was born on 11 Aug 1751 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Ebenezer Stevens and Elizabeth Weld. His first wife was Rebecca Hodgden they married in Providence, Rhode Island on October 11, 1774. He married secondly on 4 May 1784 in New York City to Lucretia Ledyard (22 Feb 1756 - 2 Jul 1846). He died in 1823 in Rockaway, New York. He is also the Great-Great Grandfather of Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie.

Involvement in Boston Tea Party

Ebenezer Stevens was a participant on what became known as the Boston Tea Party.A member of the Sons of Liberty, he began his career in Paddock's Artillery Company along the likes of Paul Revere and Thomas Crafts. Together with other members of the company, and under the leadership of Jabez Hatch, he participated in the Boston Tea Party. His later recollections to his family debunked the myth that the participants had dressed up as Native Americans.

Revolutionary War Involvement

Not long after the Boston Tea Party he moved to Rhode Island and there, upon receiving news of the Battle of Lexington,volunteered for the Continental Army. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Artillery in 1775, and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill under Major General Nathanael Greene. Ebenezer was selected by George Washington to raise battalions against Quebec ,Canada. Ebenezer was present at the surrender of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York, on October 17, 1777. He served under the French general the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia with distinction, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was later transferred to the New York artillery and in 1781 was one of the commanders at the siege of Yorktown.
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Major General Ebenezer4 Stevens (Ebenezer3, Erasmus2, Erasmus1) was born on 12 Aug 1751 at Boston, MA. He married Rebecca Hodgdon, daughter of Benjamin Hodgdon and Rebecca Marshall, on 11 Oct 1774 at Providence, RI; 1st wife. He married Lucretia Ledyard, daughter of John Ledyard and Mary Austin, on 4 May 1784 at New York, NY; 2nd wife, 2nd husband. He died on 2 Sep 1823 at Rockaway, NY, at age 72. He died on 5 Sep 1823 at Rockaway, NY, at age 72. He was buried at Astoria, NY.

He was a merchant. He was a Lt. Col. during the Revolutionary War in Nov 1778. He was a Major General of militia during the War of 1812. He left a will on 26 Feb 1820 at New York, NY; proved 3 May 1824.
Rebecca Hodgdon died on 7 Oct 1783 at West Point, NY.

Known children of Major General Ebenezer Stevens and Rebecca Hodgdon were as follows:

     i.   Elizabeth5 Stevens was born in Jul 1775 at Providence, RI. She died on 1 Jun 1777 at Boston, MA, at age 1.

ii. Gen. Horatio Gates Stevens was born on 19 Sep 1778 at Stamford, CT. He married Eliza Lucille Rhinelander, daughter of William Rhinelander and Mary Elizabeth Robert. He died on 16 Jun 1873 at New York, NY, at age 94. He was a Major General of the New York state militia.
iii. Rebecca Hodgdon Stevens was born on 24 Nov 1780 at New Windsor, NY. She married John Peter Schermerhorn, son of Peter Schermerhorn and Elizabeth Bussing, on 27 May 1802 at New York, NY. She died on 1 Jun 1815 at age 34.
iv. George Alexander Stevens was born on 21 Sep 1782 at West Point, NY. He died in 1807; at sea, unmarried.
Lucretia Ledyard was born on 22 Feb 1756 at Hartford, CT. She married Richardson Sands, son of John Sands and Elizabeth Cornell, in 1777 at Philadelphia, PA; 1st husband. She died on 2 Jul 1846 at Astoria, NY, at age 90.

Known children of Maj. Gen. Ebenezer4 Stevens and Lucretia Ledyard all born at New York, NY, were as follows:

     i.   Samuel5 Stevens was born on 14 Mar 1785. He died on 25 Nov 1844 at New York, NY, at age 59; unmarried. He was a lawyer. He was graduated in 1805 at Yale College, New Haven, CT.

ii. William Stevens was born on 4 May 1787. He died on 1 Nov 1867 at Poughkeepsie, NY, at age 80; unmarried.
iii. Dr. Alexander Hodgdon Stevens was born on 4 Sep 1789. He married Mary Jane Bayard, daughter of John Murray Bayard and Margaret; 1st wife. He married Catherine Morris, daughter of James Morris and Helen Van Cortland, on 29 Apr 1835; 2nd wife. He married Phebe Coles Lloyd, daughter of John Nelson Lloyd and Phebe Coles; 3rd wife. He died on 30 Mar 1869 at New York, NY, at age 79. He was a surgeon. He was graduated in 1807 at Yale College, New Haven, CT. He was graduated in 1811 at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; M.D.
iv. Byam Kerby Stevens was born on 20 Apr 1792. He married Frances Gallatin, daughter of Albert Gallatin and Hannah Nicholson, on 6 Apr 1830 at New York, NY. He died on 15 Feb 1870 at age 77. He was graduated in 1811 at Yale College, New Haven, CT.
5. v. John Austin Stevens, born 22 Jan 1795; married Abigail Perkins Weld.
vi. Henry Hewgill Stevens was born on 28 Feb 1797. He married Caroline Clarkson Crosby, daughter of William Bedlow Crosby and Harriet Ashton Clarkson, on 9 Nov 1836 at New York, NY. He died on 6 Oct 1869 at Poughkeepsie, NY, at age 72. He was a merchant at New York, NY.
vii. Mary Lucretia Stevens was born on 16 Apr 1798. She married Frederic William Rhinelander, son of William Rhinelander and Mary Elizabeth Robert, on 10 May 1823 at New York, NY. She died on 26 Aug 1877 at Newport, RI, at age 79.

Maj. Gen. Ebenezer4 Stevens (Ebenezer3, Erasmus2, Erasmus1) was born on 12 Aug 1751 at Boston, MA. He married Rebecca Hodgdon, daughter of Benjamin Hodgdon and Rebecca Marshall, on 11 Oct 1774 at Providence, RI; 1st wife. He married Lucretia Ledyard, daughter of John Ledyard and Mary Austin, on 4 May 1784 at New York, NY; 2nd wife, 2nd husband. He died on 2 Sep 1823 at Rockaway, NY, at age 72. He died on 5 Sep 1823 at Rockaway, NY, at age 72. He was buried at Astoria, NY.

He was a merchant. He was a Lt. Col. during the Revolutionary War in Nov 1778. He was a Major General of militia during the War of 1812. He left a will on 26 Feb 1820 at New York, NY; proved 3 May 1824. Rebecca Hodgdon died on 7 Oct 1783 at West Point, NY.

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Contents

   * 1 Involvement in Boston Tea Party

   * 2 Revolutionary War Involvement

   * 3 Notes

   * 4 External links

===Involvement in Boston Tea Party===

Ebenezer Stevens was a participant on what became known as the Boston Tea Party.A member of the Sons of Liberty, he began his career in Paddock's Artillery Company along the likes of Paul Revere and Thomas Crafts.[2] Together with other members of the company, and under the leadership of Jabez Hatch, he participated in the Boston Tea Party. His later recollections to his family debunked the myth that the participants had dressed up as Native Americans.[2].

Revolutionary War Involvement

Not long after the Boston Tea Party he moved to Rhode Island and there, upon receiving news of the Battle of Lexington,volunteered for the Continental Army. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Artillery in 1775, and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill under Major General Nathanael Greene.[1]. Ebenezer was selected by George Washington to raise battalions against Quebec ,Canada. Ebenezer was present at the surrender of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York, on October 17, 1777. He served under the French general the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia with distinction, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was later transferred to the New York artillery and in 1781 was one of the commanders at the siege of Yorktown.

Notes

1. ^ a b c [1], The Reese Family Papers, Marist College Archives and Special Collections.

2. ^ a b [2], The Boston Tea Party Historical Society.

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