John Stephens b. ca. 1603 Immigrated to Guilford Conn. 1639

Original Planters: Guildford, Conn., 1639 - John Stevens

Resources for John Stephens b. 11/6/1603, England d. 7/1/1670, Guilford, New Haven, CT. His Will, 8/27/1670.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=don4736&id=I33232 Note (Jody Gray): This Website makes the statement: It is not all correct!!! Use it as a reference!!! No hate mail!!! It lists, John Stephens b. 11/6/1603 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England; d. 7/1/1670 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut - son of Sir Edward Stephens and Anne Crewe… I have already covered this error of “parents” of John Stevens of Guilford in my Blog Post (Historical Misc): Airard FitzStephen of England 1066; … however, as also stated previously, I include genealogical information for John Stevens in my Blog Post for research purposes (even though the information may contain errors) it provides family surnames, locations, and dates… The existence of John Stevens in Guilford is also verified in my Blog Post (Historical Misc): The history of Guilford, Connecticut, 1639. My main purpose for including John Stevens of Guilford is the connection to the Murray Family of Guilford; specifically, Selah Murray.

JOHN STEPHENS, Esq... of Guilford, in the province of New Haven... His wife, who was probably of Kent, had died a little while before his leaving England. He sought Connecticut where he had kinsmen; taking with him two sons and a daughter. And he was at once given a grant of lands, and accorded a place of influence in Guilford. One of the Fowler family connected by marriage with the Eastington line of the Stephenses, joined him at Guilford, and secured lands immediately next to his. An island off the coast not far from his landed property was named Falcon Island in understood allusion to the well-known falcons in the coat of arms. He became a Judge in the community. As a member of the Church of England he was long denied the right to vote (then called freemanship), which was limited to Puritans; but received it together with his sons when he conformed to the Puritan usage in 1669, there being no other religious worship then locally existing. Subsequently the elder line of his descendants returned to the communion of the Anglican Church. As is familiarly known, many gentlemen of old family took up homes in New England, and in Virginia and some other provinces; but as a single locality, Guilford was notable for historical relation to prominent men and affairs of the period.

John Stephens, though of Gloucestershire, may have gone to New England from Kent, as Smith surmises: Hist. of Guilford... The Puritan minister of the place, the Rev. Mr. Whitfield, was a member of the family of the Whitfields, of Oakley, co. Surrey... He had voyaged from Kent with certain of his congregation, who were the founders of Guilford... in close contact with the old Stephens estates... John Stephens was, as already seen, in family connection with the family of Oliver Cromwell, being own cousin of Hester Stephens Neale, who by marriage was cousin to the Protector. He was also cousin of Thomas Stephens who married into the same close kinship... after the arrival of John Stephens, whose Fowler relative also arrived there evidently by some mutual understanding. This Lieutenant John Fowler who became prominent in the province, and was the wealthiest man in Guilford... it is known that the two acted together, and selected adjoining lands... There were the Welles's who early gave a Governor to Connecticut, the Dudleys, kin of the Earl of Leicester, with both of which families the Stephenses became allied by marriage; and the Meggs (Meigs) family of the manor of Bradford Peverel, co. Dorset, with whom they twice intermarried, and were in intimate contact for several generations... and the Chittendens who had seen military service with William of Orange in the Netherlands... There were the Baronet family of Sheaffes, the Chatfields, Wilcoxes and other Englishmen of gentle blood... It was in such association as this that John Stephens made his home under very English conditions and connections in what became eventually a part of the United States.

    ...his eldest son was not brought over with him, but left with the relatives in England. He lived till 1670, when he died after a lingering illness. His will, which was made August 27, 1670, he sealed, but was too feeble to sign. It was however admitted, and is preserved in the original in the State House of Connecticut at Hartford. It begins: "This writing witnesseth that I John Stephens of Guilford, in the county of New Haven, in ye Colony of Connecticut in New England... bequeaths the bulk of his landed estate to William as eldest son in America, on condition of a gift in money to his elder brother in England, with special legacies to other children and to grandchildren who are mentioned by name. Throughout the will, as in the first official list of the family in Guilford in 1650, the family name is spelled with its usual old English spelling of "Stephens." ...Such recognition of the principle of primogeniture or of elder heredity, however changed in later days, was common in New England among gentle families in the time of John Stephens, of Guilford, modified, in the case of land inheritance by geographical conditions. When an inheritance was mainly of land located in New England, which in the nature of things at that period was practically valueless to an heir resident in the mother country, it was regarded proper to have it devolve on the eldest male actually on the spot. As land could not be transported across sea, nor then easily turned into money equivalent, it was often considered sufficient where primogeniture was held to, to allow for an eldest heir's "coming over", and on his failure to "come", to make him a specified moneyed provision instead of land, in the act conveying the land to the eldest heir in residence. To this law of primogenture as seemingly thus applicable in New England, John Stephens carefully conformed in his will, giving the bulk of his landed estate to William Stephens, as his eldest son actually resident in America, on the condition of the latter's making a nominal moneyed payment to his elder brother, then in England; to which elder brother William eventually became full heir. Further evidence of William's inheritance is found in Terrier of John Collins' lands, in Guilford Town Records, in which in transferring certain of the lands, it is specified that William inherited them from his father. And also there is evidence in a deed dated March 11, 1669-70, and recorded in Guilford Town Records, Vol. B, p. 114, that the father consulted his eldest son John before so much as adding a strip to even up the lines of some property that had been purchased by Thomas adjoining his own. The language of the grant clearly shows the usage of primogeniture as implying the need or propriety of his eldest son John's consent. It reads: I "doe give unto my sonne Thomas Steuens of Killingworth, MY ELDEST SON AND HEIR BEING WILLING," etc. A singular mistake arose at one time as to the relative age of Hon. Thomas Stephens, by which some writers supposed him to have been the second son, and chief heir to his father. The confusion seems to have been due to some one's blunder in reading the name "Thomas" in place of "William" in the provision of the will of John Stephens, which refers to the principal landed inheritance. They thus attributed to Thomas the position and obligations which in that legal instrument are specifically and definitely recognized as belonging to William. Unfortunately this blunder has sometimes proved misleading in consequence of failure to compare such statements with the original will in the State Capitol at Hartford, and easily accessible. The error may have been influenced in part by a hasty inference from the fact that in the will Thomas Stephens is mentioned first of all the children, and therefore before buried at Guilford September 2, 1670,1 ten years after the restoration of King Charles II. He left issue;

I. John, who at the time of his father's death was living in England, and whom the record shows to have been childless.

II. WILLIAM, eventual heir, of whom presently.

III. Hon. Thomas, an officer in the military expedition against the Dutch of New York during the War between England and the Netherlands, 1654. His name originally spelled "Stephens" in the records, and so spelled in his father's will, came to be Steuens and Steevens, which latter his descendants continue. He was one of the founders of Killingworth, Conn., and was a member of the General Court, or Legislature of Connecticut, 1671--1683. He married Mary Fletcher, and died November 18, 1685.

IV. Mary, who married first Harry Kingsnorth, Esq.,3 1669, John Collins, of Guilford, Conn. She died 1700...

Note (Jody Gray): there are two entries with this title, Third Series, Volume IV; I’m combining the information… New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV . (I) John Stevens, the immigrant ancestor, came to this country on the ship which sailed from England, arriving at New Haven in July, 1639, shortly after the "St. John" came. Most of the passengers settled in Guilford, Connecticut, and his name is found on the records there as having settled in the town before or about 1645, when he was a judge. He may have been the John mentioned in the will of Dame Anne Moulson, of St. Christopher, London, widow of Sir Thomas Moulson, knight and alderman of London; the will was dated August 11, 1657, and proved November 2, 1661, and she wills to "Mr. John Stevens and his wife, another of my niece Knightly's daughters; Mr. Thomas Stevens, eldest son of Mr. John Stevens, by Anne, his late wife, daughter of my husband's brother," etc. One authority says John Stevens came from Kent, and this is likely, as many of the Guilford settlers came from there. Note (Jody Gray): the Will (1657) identifies both John Stevens and (eldest) son Thomas; identifies John’s wife, Anne (deceased), as her niece by marriage; making her maiden name, Moulson…
In 1650 his name and those of his sons, Thomas and William, are mentioned among the first settlers. He was a member of the Church of England. His wife, doubtless, died in England, as she is not mentioned in Guilford records. His home lot was situated on the east side of Fair street, and consisted of one and a half acres; he also owned thirty-six and a quarter acres of upland besides the alder swamp. He joined the Guilford church between 1650 and 1656, and was recorded as a freeman in 1656. On March 11, 1670, he deeded his East Creek land to his son Thomas. His will was dated August 27, 1670, and he died in 1670...

    (II) Corporal Thomas Steevens, son of John and Mary Stephens, was born in England in 1628. In 1654, while still living in Guilford, where he had removed with his father, he was chosen corporal in an expedition against the Dutch of New York. He moved later to Killingworth, Connecticut, and was there proven a man of ability and gained prominence in the town affairs. He was twice elected to the general assembly of Connecticut. He died November 18, 1685. He married, in 1650, Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Ward) Fletcher. The last-named was the daughter of Widow Joyce Ward. Thomas Steevens had thirteen children, among whom was John, of whom further.

    (III) John (2) Steevens, son of Corporal Thomas and Mary (Fletcher) Steevens, was born March 10, 1661, in Guilford, Connecticut, died in Killingworth, same state, in 1722. He married, April 28,1684, Abigail Cole, of Worthingford. They had ten children, among whom was William, of whom further.

    (IV) William Steevens, son of John (2) and Abigail (Cole) Steevens, was born September 24, 1701, at Killingworth, Connecticut, died there in 1751. He married, August 26, 1734. Ruhamah Earl. They had five children, among whom was Leverett, of whom further.

(V) Captain Leverett Stevens… *a different Stevens Branch...

https://books.google.com/books?id=8jxVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Aaron+Stevens+Conn+1762&source=bl&ots=fTid2GHNnr&sig=taYr72EA4I9e5MC5Zk7fYFIeQjs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix-tLl3uPLAhXInYMKHTdgBcwQ6AEIKjAE#v=onepage&q=Aaron%20Stevens%20Conn%201762&f=false  Ancestral and genealogical record of the Stevens family of Norfolk, CT. by Nathaniel Benjamin Stevens. Pub. 1896.

    This family descended from William, the second son of John, whom, it is believed was the first person, bearing the name “Stevens,” who came to Connecticut… Thomas and John Stevens came from the County of Kent, England, prior to 1646. It is stated in Fox’s Book of Martyrs, pg 424, that Thomas Stevens of Reddington was one of eight who suffered martyrdom by being burned to death at Wye, in the County of Kent, in 1557… Thomas and John, above mentioned, first settled in Guilford, CT., and from thence, in 1665 or 1666, moved to what was then called Hammonasset Plantation, Kenilworth township, afterwards called Killingworth… that portion of town afterward set off as the town of Clinton, in 1838. Kenilworth was called after a town in the County of Warwick, in England. Among the names of the first settlers of Killingworth appear the names of Thomas and William Stevens. This William Stevens had a son Josiah, called deacon and sometimes Captain Stevens. b. 1670 d. 3/15/1754, was the direct ancestor of the Stevens family that settled in Norfolk. “While they had no ordained pastor they fell into great confusion by diversity of religious opinion, and many of the planters removed, especially to Killingworth, which was then settling; particularly (among others), the Stevens family, who were useful in that town and continue to be respectable in church and state there. The early genealogical records contained in this book were mainly gathered and furnished me by Miss Louise Pettibone Stevens of Norfolk, CT., and I have been greatly aided in the compilation of the work by Miss Mary Kate Stevens of Newington, CT. Winsted, CT, 11/1/1896. Nathaniel B. Stevens.

John Stevens m: Mary Ann Moulson 1605-1639 He d. 9/1/1670. Children: Mary b. 1624; Thomas b. 1628; William b. 1630; John b. 1632.

Thomas m: Mary Fletcher; he d. 11/10/1685, Killingworth, CT. Children: James b. 2/21/1651; Mary b. 1653; Rebecca b. 1655; Sarah b. 1/25/1657; John b. 3/10/1660 or 61; Thomas b. 2/21/1661 or 62.

Timothy b. 1664 d. 2/21/1711 or 12; Joseph b. 4/23/1666; Abigail b. 4/23/1666; Elizabeth b. 7/14/1668; Ebenezer b. 1/26/1669 or 70; Phebe b. 2/21/1671 or 72; Jonathan b. 2/2/1675 or 75.

William m1: Mary Meigs m2: Sarah Carpenter. Children: John b. 3/1653 o4 54;Samuel b. 3/1/1656 or 57; Nathaniel b. 3/10/1658 or 59 d. 1660; Nathaniel b. 10/29/1661; Judith m: Samuel Buell; Josiah b. 12/8/1670; Mary b. 11/2/1677.

John, removed to New London and New Haven m: Mary Coit. Children: John bp. 3/12/1671 d. 11/2/1692 (by a fall from a tree, age 21); Mary bp. 3/12/1671; James bp. 3/12/1671; James bp. 9/17/1671; Samuel bp. 1674; Joseph; Thomas

James m: Mary ? Children: Mary b. 12/3/1674; James b. 10/11/1676; Hannah b. 4/8//1678; Patience b. 4/24/1683 m: Baldwin; Mercy b. 3/7/1684.

John m: Abigail Cole. Children: Phebe b. 1/18/1685; Peter b. 2/21/1687 or 88; John b. 12/29/1689; Joseph b. 7/27/1695; Ebenezer b. 12/1/1695; Dorothea b. 10/10/1697 m: Timothy Chittenden; Henry; William b. 9/24/1701; Abigail b. 10/3/1704; Phebe b. 5/6/1706

Thomas m1: Hannah Everett m2: Sarah Bushell m3: Deborah. Children: Thomas b. 8/7/1689; Deborah b. 3/28/1694 m: Joseph Stevens her cousin; Able b. 2/18/1698; Sarah b. 12/15/1700; Hannah b. 1/21/1703

Timothy m: ? Children: Timothy; Jeremiah

Ebenezer m: Jean Redfield no children

Jonathan m: Deborah Stiles. Children: Jonathan b. 7/3/1711; Ebenezer b. 4/3/1713; Stiles b. 6/26/1723.

Samuel m: Elizabeth, widow of Bethuel Hill. Children: John; Samuel

Nathaniel m: Sarah. Children: Nathaniel; Sarah m: Stephen Bishop; Elizabeth m: John Grave Jr.

Josiah, Deacon of the Congregational church, Killingworth. M1: Sarah Hubbell m2: Mercy m3: Ruth. Children: Josiah b. 3/25/1700; Daniel 10/18/1701; Elnathan b. 4/13/1; Jerusa b. 10/19/1704; Nathaniel b. 1710

James m: Hannah. Children: Rachel b. 2/3/1701; James b. 7/4/1707; Martha b. 11/11/1709 m: Thomas Clinton; James b. 10/4/1712; Samuel; Eliphalet

Samuel m: Abigail Clark. Children: Abigail b. 9/15/1699; Sarai b. 1/23/1700 m: John Baldwin; John b. 8/1/1703; Mehitabel b. 7/6/1705; Jane b. 6/27/1707; Elizabeth b. 1/17/1711

Thomas m: Anne Smith; Thomas b. 11/1/1713; Esther b. 5/17/1715

James b. 10/11/1676 m: Hannah Hurd. Children: Hannah b. 1/23/1703; James b. 3/27/1706; Israel b. 9/14/1708; Amos b. 5/22/1711; Nehemiah b. 6/26/1713; Lydia b. 8/15/1715

John b. 12/29/1689 m: Elizabeth Grinnell. Children: Eliakim b. 2/16/1711; John b. 1/21/1716; Samuel b. 5/7/1718; Lydia b. 6/26/1721; Elizabeth b. 4/17/1724; Jemima b. 3/11/1727

Joseph b. 7/27/1693 m: Deborah his cousin, daughter of Thomas Stevens. Children: Thomas b. 2/8/1715; Benjamin 1/12/1717 or 18; Sarah b. 3/18/1731 or 32

Ebeneser b. 12/1/1695. Children: Deborah

Henry. Children: Abel

William b. 9/24/1701. Children: Amy or Rahama; William; Christopher; John; Levertt; Moses

Thomas b. 8/7/1689 m: Remember Baldwin. Children: David; Asa; Thomas; Dorothy b. 1/30/1752 m: Beriah, son of Peter Redfield

Abel b. 2/18/1698. Children: Thadeus

Timothy m: Mary Tooley. Children: Phineas b. 8/23/1721; Simeon b. 8/2/1723; Elizabeth b. 3/12/1726; Mary b. 6/5/1728; Darius b. 8/30/1730; Phineas b. 4/25/1733; Luke b. 8/4/1736; Esther b. 6/11/1741

Jeremiah. Children: Jeremiah; Rosewell

Jonathan b. 7/3/1711. Children: Ebenezer

Samuel m1: Elizabeth Platz m2: Jane ? Children: Samuel; Eliphalet; Aaron m: Lois. he died on return from Havana 11/1762; Eliza; Elizabeth; Jerusha; John; Joel; Mary

Nathaniel Jr m: Mindwell Grave. Children: Mindwell b. 2/2/1715; Nathaniel b. 6/6/1720; Sarah b. 3/16/1722 m1: Ebenezer Bishop m2: William Chittenden; Priscilla b. 5/20/1724; Elizabeth b. 1/8/1727; Elihu b. 4/8/1731; Eliakim b. 10/4/1734; Mabel b. 10/8/1739 m: Timothy Munger

Josiah b. 3/25/1700. Children: Josiah b. 1740; Edward, removed to Liberty Co, GA; Oliver; Rebecca;

Elnathan b. 413/1703. Children: Mary b. 11/13/1728; Elnathan b. 1/28/1730; John b. 1/8/1732; unnamed b. 1/8/1732; John b. 5/7/1733; Osburn b. 3/23/1735; Hubbell b. 3/23/1735; Hiel b. 3/22/1737; Jared b. 2/8/1739; Jonas b. 1/6/1741; Mary b. 6/9/1743; Martha b. 3/30/1745; Lydia b. 5/4/1747 (d. 2 months); unnamed b. 5/4/1747; Lydia b. 6/27/1748; Jeremiah b. 12/12/1750

Hiel b. 3/22/1737. Children: Juliana b. 2/2/1763; Elias b. 9/22/1764; Heil b. 9/2/1766; Jane b 8/7/1768; Eben b. 8/11/1770; Samuel b. 6/22/1772; Lydia b. 6/24/1774; Edmund b. 7/22/1776; Oliver b. 1/15/1779; John b. 8/12/1781

Elias b. 9/22/1764. Children: Hiel b. 11/5/1787; Polly b. 5/30/1790; Charles b. 4/17/1792; Elias Ruthland b. 4/10/1794; Samuel Lander b. 10/18/1796; Hervey b. 4/1/1799; Louisa b. 5/1/1801; Nathaniel b. 12/4/1803; Jedediah Chapman b. 5/5/1807; Henry b. 9/3/1810

Nathaniel b. 1710 or 11; m: Abigail Buel.

Philip. Children: Sarah; Thankful, they m: John and Samuel Sheldon

Josaih b. 1740 m: Mary Gray. Genealogical Register for 1847: b. Killingworth, CT, abt 1740; moved to Newport, New Hampshire; founding the church there, was a deacon; served in the Rev. War, battle of Bennington. His son, Maj. Josiah Stevens, was also a deacon at Newport. He was father of Hon. Josiah Stevens of Concord, New Hampshire.

William Pitt m1: Clarissa Stevens m2: Lydia Deming. Children… William Pitt m: Siba Castle. Children….

The Family and Descendants of Nathaniel Stevens of Norfolk, CT

Nathaniel b. 10/18/1739 m: Lois Camp. Children: Samuel; Nathaniel; William Pitt

Nathaniel b. 2/20/1763. Children: Benjamin Rice Stevens b. 8/31/1790. Children: (pg 25) Photo, Catharine Simpson Stevens b. 1/5/1817, Huntingdon, Penn. m: John Smith of Southwick, MA. Children…

Pg 29 (Photo) Nathaniel Benjamin Stevens; at the death of his father 11/8/1827, were sent to Norfolk, CT.

Nathaniel B and Mary P Stevens were the parents of two children: Pauline Barnard Stevens (pg 32, Photo, Margarette Moore Stevens b. 10/15/1857 (she was 23). William Moore Stevens b. 7/191825; emigrated to California, never married. Elizabeth Rice Stevnes b. 7/4/1795 m: Rufus Baldwin, went to Guilford, NY. Children… Nathaniel Stevens b. 3/30/1798. Children: Elizabeth; Margaret Matilda; Nathaniel; Benjamin Rice; Jane Smith; Ann Maria Elizabeth; Sarah Augusta; Samuel Stevens b. 7/28/1800. (pg 38, Photo) Walter Husted Stevens b. 8/24/1827. D. at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 11/12/1867. He was a graduate at West Point in 1848. Entered the confederate army as an officer of engineers.

Dr. Jonathan H.P. Stevens b. 12/9/1830

Pg 48, photo, Halsey Stevens b. 4/3/1834.

https://books.google.com/books?id=_GwsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA382&lpg=PA382&dq=captain+aaron+stevens+conn&source=bl&ots=GePCtoLvVJ&sig=CkPR9bg-bsiwfmbKZVli_rjkmUc&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwj0347E17vMAhXDs4MKHYLgDfAQ6AEIJTAD#v=onepage&q=captain%20aaron%20stevens%20conn&f=false Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. April, 1775, to December, 1783. Pub. 1893

Aaron Stevens (Connecticut) Captain in the Lexington Alarm, April 1775; 1st Lieutenant 7th Connecticut, July 6 to Dec 18, 1775; Captain in Douglass’ Connecticut State Regiment, June to Dec 1776; Captain 7th Connecticut, Jan 1, 1777; retired Jan 1, 1781. Aaron Stevens b. 4/25/1736, Killingworth, Middlesex, CT d. 8/28/1820. m(5/3/1759): Sarah Wilcox 1737 or 38 -1827.

Stephens Family Connections to the Massachusetts Bay Colony http://www.stonefamilyassociation.org/index.php?pr=John_Stephens_Guilford Stone Family Association - John Stephens of Guilford, CT

Matthew Craddock would become Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Vassall in Massachusetts, Robert Thomson and William Pennoyer in New Haven Connecticut. (John Stevens b. 1603, son of this Thomas, immigrated to Guilford, CT).

Noteworthy: Grandmother of John Stevens b. 1603, Elizabeth Stone had a sister Sarah, who married Edward Mainwarring - Mathew Craddock - Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony - Robert Thomson and Willliam Pennoyer in New Haven, CT.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99781781&ref=acom

Thomas b. 12/5/1630, Devon, England *the dates don’t work; he’s born in 1630… and, I don’t have these children as his…     He was the armorer of Buttolph lane, London, who was contracted with the Massachusetts Bay Colony and government in march 1629 for the supply of arms. He was a member of the Massachusetts Bay company, gave fifty pounds to the common stock and sent three sons Thomas, Cyprian, and Richard and one daughter Mary to New England. Mary married Captain Whipple of Ipswich. Thomas and Cyprian came in 1660 with Captain Green. Cyprian went to Chelsea and later to Lancaster.

Reminders, to myself, for continued research - Stephens/Stevens Family, connections and alliances in America...

Following, is a Google Search Result for Temperance Jane Willis b. 1767 d. 1843 *she is not mentioned, however, members of the Willis family in America are…

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66052692

Find a Grave for Mary Barclay Gibbs Kirkpatrick b. 1885, Ohio d. 1979

*5th GGD, Jonathan Adams 1614, England… 6th GGD, Henry Adams 1583, England… related to John Adams and John Quincy Adams -John Fussell 1577 Scotland - 1676, MA

Related to the Stone family: John b. 1618, MA…

5th GGD, Thomas Willis b. 1638 d. 1725, MA and Grace Tay… 6th GGD, George Willis b. 1602, England d. 1690, MA… 6th GGD, William Tay and Grace Newell…

3rd GGD, Samuel Wakeman b. 1692 d. 1771, CT and Elizabeth Meigs b. 1695, CT…

4th GGD, Joseph Bradley b. 1682 d. 1750, CT and Esther

***Connection to the Bradley’s of Connecticut m: Murray’s of Guilford, CT.

Overview - Family Connections and Alliances in Connecticut

John Stevens of Guilford; took two sons and a daughter with him… Fowler Family connected by marriage with the Eastington line of Stephenses, joined him at Guilford, and secured lands immediately next to his. Lieutenant John Fowler, the wealthiest man in Guilford... Marriage with the family of Oliver Cromwell (John I. Neale m: Anna Cromwell, cousin of Oliver) *events, English Civil War, caused some of the Stephens Family to immigrate to America… Meigs (Meggs) family -allied by marriage Chittenden… Wilcox… Louis Wilcox m1: Stephens m2: Selah Murray Moulson (his deceased wife and mother of his children) Mary or Anne ???  (Mary Ann Moulson 1605-1639) mentioned in the Will of Dame Anne Moulson, widow of Thomas… Variations of Spelling: Stephens, Stevens, Steevens, Steuven... 1650: John’s name, Thomas and William mentioned among the first settlers… William Steevens, son of John and Abigail Stevens (Steevens), born at Killingworth... John’s Will: (his eldest son, John, had remained in England) “Stephens” is used (not Stevens)... unto my son Thomas Steuens of Killingworth… i. John, in England (childless) ii. William, one of the founders of Killingworth, CT m: Mary Fletcher. iv. Mary, m: Harry Kingsnorth. Children of John and Mary (Moulson) Stevens: Mary b. 1624; Thomas b. 1628, John b. 1632 (?? he’s said to be the oldest “Will” of John Stevens Stephens Family Connections to the Massachusetts Bay Colony… Stone Family Association… Grandmother of John Stevens b. 1603, Elizabeth Stone had a sister Sarah who married Edward Mainwarring… Thomas Stephens was the armorer of Buttolf lane, London, who contracted with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in March 1629 for the supply of arms… he was a member… sent three sons, Thomas, Cyprian, and Richard and one daughter Mary to New England. Mary m: Capt Whipple of Ipswich; Thomas and Cyprian came in 1660 with Capt Green. Cyprian went to Chelsea and later to Lancaster… (the dates don’t work for Thomas b. 12/5/1630, Devon, England… and I don’t have these children as his…)

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