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Nathaniel Stevens, Sr.

Also Known As: "Not Nestius Stevens"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
Death: February 19, 1717 (71)
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Sgt. John Stevens of Salisbury and Katherine Stevens
Husband of Mary Stevens and Mehitable Stevens
Father of Mary Davis; Nathaniel Stevens, of Stratham; Katherine Stevens; Samuel Stevens; Mehitable Thing and 1 other
Brother of John Stevens, Il, of Salisbury; Elizabeth Stevens; Mary Whittier; Thomas Stevens, of Salisbury and Sgt. Benjamin Stevens

Managed by: Carol Ann Perna
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About Nathaniel Stevens, of Dover, Cochecho & Exeter

Not the same as Cornet Nathan Stevens. Not the same as Nestius Stevens


Nathaniel STEVENS of Dover, Cochecho & Exeter born at Salisbury 11/11/1645 or 9/11/1645. He was the son of John STEVENS born circa 1611 England, died 2/1683 or 1688, of Salisbury, 1689 Probate & his wife Katherine.

Spouse: (1) Mary ___ of Dover [Lawrence?] (2) Mehitabel Colcord married 12/20/1677

Children: by first wife-- Mary rec. at Dover 10/4/1672; Nathaniel born 6/12/1674 of Stratham; Katherine born 4/23/1676.

Children by 2nd wife: Samuel born 1/18/1680 married Patience Gordon; Mehitabel born 1/18/1680 married John Thing; Edward born 6/4/1684 married Elizabeth Thing who married 2d by 1725 Daniel Young.


Family

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/r/Debra-S-Hart/GENE3-0002.html#CH...

6. Nathaniel2 Stevens (John1) was born November 11, 1645 in Salisbury, Ma., and died February 19, 1716/17.He married (1) Mary.She died Unknown.He married (2) Methitable Colcord December 20, 1677.She died Unknown.

Notes for Nathaniel Stevens: He was taxed in Dover, 1666-1667, resided in Salisbury, later;Nathaniel and his wife singed the Bradbury petition in 1692.

Children of Nathaniel Stevens and Mary are:

  • 22 i. Mary3 Stevens, born October 04, 1672 in Dover; died Unknown.
  • 23 ii. Nathaniel Stevens, born June 12, 1674; died Unknown.He married Katherine; died Unknown.
  • 24 iii. Samuel Stevens, born April 23, 1676; died Unknown.

Children of Nathaniel Stevens and Methitable Colcord are:

  • 25 i. Unknown3 Stevens, born January 18, 1679/80; died Unknown.
  • 26 ii. Mehitable Stevens, born January 18, 1679/80; died Unknown.
  • 27 iii. Edward Stevens, born June 04, 1684; died Unknown.

Supporting data

Gen Dictionary ME & NH pg 659:

Stevens, Nathaniel, Dover, Exeter, born at Salisbury 9/11/1645, s. of John and Katherine; see also (12). Taxed Dover 1666-1684; in 1672 bot from R. Waldron the land his house stood on; appraised John Scribner's est 1675; Isaac Hanson's 1683; deposed there in 1681, +-35, altho all his children but the 1st were recorded in Salisbury. First w. Mary. Of Dover, he m 2d 12/20/1766 Mehitabel Colcord(1). Late in life he liv in Ex. Adm 12/6/1708 to sons Nathl. & Samuel. Lists 356k, 357d, 359ab, 52, 54, 94; or son 376b(1698).

Ch. (in 1716 the 3 bros deeded Dover Neck land with full warr.):

Mary, rec. at Dover 10/4/1672; Nathaniel, Stratham, b 6/12/1674, was going post to Haverh. with John Gilman in 1696. Lists 67, 388; or fa., 376b(1698). He m. 1st a dau of David Lawrence(1) who willed to his gr.ch: Mary (m. Joseph Burley) and Nathaniel (Newmarket 1740). He m. 2d Sarah Folsom (4); ch rec. 12/1704 - 12/1717: Samuel (Newmarket 1740), Catherine (m. Richard Sinclair), Mehitabel (m. Benjamin Norris), John (Falm. 1743), Jonathan (not in div. 1742), Benjamin (Falm., Gorham), David (Stratham, adm. to wid. Mary 1757), and unrec.: Sarah (m. Ebenezer Barker), Ann (unm 1742), Abigail (m. Benjamin Whiteher). Adm. gr to wid. Sarah and s. David 1/28/1740-1. Katherine b 4/23/1676.

By 2d w: Samuel, Exeter, b 1/18/1680 (twin). Ind captive, Lists 96, 99 (p.92). Will 10/1/1735 - 8/30/1738, names w. Patience (Gordon 6, liv. Brentwood 1762) and ch. under age: Samuel (d. early leaving 2 sons), Healy (d by 1758), Edward, Nathaniel, Sarah (m John Gilman), Mehitabel (m. Samuel Colcord), Patience (m. Ebenezer Colcord). Mehitabel (twin), m John Thing(2). Edward, Exeter b 6/4/1684, Ex wit 1701-2. Adm 12/3/1718 to wid Elizabeth (Thing2) who m 2d by 1725 Daniel Young. The land was div in 1737 by the sons Samuel and Edward (Epping, will, 1756-1756), who had sisters; Mary (w of Philip Wadleigh 1736), Elizabeth (w of Israel Young 1738), Mehitabel (wid of James Gordon 1741-1746+, later w. of one Steele.


References

  1. http://www.oakbaydesigns.com/Maine/2stevens.htm cites
    1. Gen Dictionary ME & NH pg 659
    2. Gen Reg 1st Settlers of NE
    3. [Pioneers of MA 432
    4. The Founders of MA Bay Colony
    5. Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs - Cutter:
    6. The Essex Antiquarian:
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stevens-235 lists as Nathaniel Stevens, a son of John Stevens, of Salisbury and Catherine ________. Husband of Mehitabel Colcord; Marie Laurent and Mary Meray Stevens.
  3. “Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury.” pg 325. < Archive.Org >
  4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Colcord-18 cites
    1. Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21070/248/1426619321. Name Nathaniel STEVENS Marriage 10/20/1697 [SIC] Location Massachusetts, United States Original Text Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk Spouse Mehitable Colcord Volume Name 6 Page 248
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Nathaniel Stevens, of Dover, Cochecho & Exeter's Timeline

1645
November 11, 1645
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1672
October 4, 1672
Hampton, Old Norfolk County, Massachusetts
1674
June 12, 1674
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1676
April 23, 1676
Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States
1680
January 18, 1680
Salisbury, Essex, MA
January 18, 1680
Salisbury, Essex, MA
1684
June 4, 1684
Salisbury, Essex, MA
1717
February 19, 1717
Age 71
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States