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About Thomas ‘Nestius’ Stevens
Not the son of John Stevens, of Andover. Not the same as Nathaniel Stevens, of Dover, Cochecho & Exeter.
Marie was born 1681 [SIC: 1678] in Maine, USA. Her parents were Nestius Stevens and Mary Meray ( Murrey). At age 8 during a raid on Pamaquid ( Woodwich,Me) near Fort William Heney,she was captured and carried off to Canada. In 1696, she was no longer with the Indians. Many captives were sold to French trapers. Prehapes this is how she came to be with Paquet!
In August of 1689, the Abenaki Indians, accompanied by the Baron de Saint-Castin, marched toward the English settlement of Pemaquid, located at the mouth of the Kennebec River in territory under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts (this territory in now in Maine). The raiding party surprised the settlers outside of the fort and killed anyone who tried to defend themselves. The garrison at Pemaquid put up a vigorous resistance for more than two days, but they were finally forced to surrender to the Abenakis who burned the fort and destroyed their houses. The Indians returned with a rich booty of supplies and many prisoners. Among them was Katherine Stevens, age 13, and her two brothers. The Abenakis continued to raid and destroy more than ten English settlements on their march back to Canada, killing over 200 settlers along the way.
No one knows what happened to all of the prisoners taken to Quebec. The prisoners who were given to the French were put into domestic service. They were encouraged to give up their faith and embrace Catholicism. Once they did this and received the Sacrement of Baptism, they were included into the community and permitted to marry a French colonist. After spending 8 years as a captive, Katherine Stevens was given the name "Marie Françoise". She was adopted by a Monsieur St-Yves. She married Jacques Paquet in 1697. The fate of her two brothers remains a mystery.
Reference: "New England Captives Carried to Canada" by Emma Lewis Coleman. Found at < GeneanetTree >
Research notes
- Was Thomas ‘Nestius’ Stevens related to Thomas Stevens?
- Was that Thomas Stevens the brother of Ensign Erasmus Stevens?
References
- Millennium File: Nathaniel Stevens Nestyus (1645-1689). Spouse: Mary Meray Murray (1647 - 1678). Daughter: Katherine M. Stevens (1678 - Jun 6, 1741).
- https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Nest... lists as Thomas Stephens-Stevens, wife Merry Caswell, daughter Marie-Francois Nestyns [formerly Katherine Stevens]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Pemaquid_(1689) “ The siege of Pemaquid (August 2–3, 1689) was a successful attack by a large band of Abenaki Indians on the English fort at Pemaquid, Fort Charles, then the easternmost outpost of colonial Massachusetts (present-day Bristol, Maine). The French-Abenaki attack was led by Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin and Father Louis-Pierre Thury and Chief Moxus.[4] The fall of Pemaquid was a significant setback to the English. It pushed the frontier back to Casco (Falmouth), Maine. …”
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214705888/marie-francoise-nesty... Marie-Francoise is the daughter of unknown Nestyus and Marie Meray. She was born in about 1678. She married Jacques Paquet dit Pasquier on 1 August 1697, in Notre-Dame-de-Québec. They are the parents of the following (verified with PRDH): …
- List of Captives: List of Canada Prisoners 1600, taken from: New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Samuel G. Drake, Publisher, ©1847 Vol - 1 - 50 ( Jan 1852) as transcribed by C. Parziale, Mar 2001.(http://files.usgwarchives.net/nh/strafford/history/captives.txt) John Stephins, boy Pemaquid [John Stephens] …. Kattn Stephens, do. do. [Katherine Stephens]
- Emma Lewis Coleman. New England Captives Carried to Canada Between 1677 and 1760. Heritage Books, 1989, p. 175. < GoogleBooks > Katherine, John and Samuel Stephens / Stevens, captured at Permaquid, were probably the children of Thomas, who was in Permaquid in 1685, and who later lived in Scituate and Boston.
- Otis, James. History of Pemaquid Maine - The Story of Pemaquid (reprint 2019). Maine History Documents. 254. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/254 < link >(page 172) “In Mr. Williamson's history the following is found relative to the early settlement of this town: Thomas Stevens, at some time between 1667 and 1670, purchased of Elderunkin and Devele Robin Nenement, two Sagamores, all their right.s to a large tract of land which in cluded this township. …
- Streeter, Perry. Thomas and Ester/Esther ( ) Stevens of Boston, Massachusetts … Work in Progress. (last updated 16 February 2010. < PDF > Page 11. . Thomas Stevens, born say 1653, Parents unknown. (Probably) brother of Erasmus Stevens of Boston. Married Ester / Esther, 6 children all baptized in the Third Church of Boston on 14 November 1686 …
- https://gw.geneanet.org/masslass?lang=en&pz=melissa+martin&nz=bomba... shows him as Nathaniel Stevens (Born 11 November 1645 at Salisbury). This is wrong. That Nathaniel Stevens did not live in Maine.
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Thomas ‘Nestius’ Stevens's Timeline
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1645
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1678
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of, Pemaquid, Lincoln County, Maine
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August 2, 1689
Age 44
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Pemaquid, Maine, United States
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of, Pemaquid, Lincoln County, Maine
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