Stephens Family, Loose Ends, Questions and Further Research

Family Alliances - in America -New England Colonies - Massachusetts Bay Colony,

-http://gray-adamsfamily.blogspot.com/2016/05/de-beres-and-stephensstevens-connection.html … Merchants and Revolution in the 17th Century: 6th Blog Post - Stephens Family Estates: Lypiatt, Eastington, Chavenage. - "Merchants and Revolution in the Seventeenth Century" - Massachusetts Bay Colony, .. Noteworthy: and Thomas STONE had established very close relationships and partnerships with the "Independent militants" who had the lay and clerical leadership of the Puritan movement in New England. " 17. Thomas Stephens b. 1558 m: Elizabeth Stone… Noteworthy:  Elizabeth Stone had a sister Sarah, who married Edward Mainwarring… Robert Brenner in his book "Merchants and Revolution in the Seventeenth Century"  states that "HAWES was one of the great colonial merchants of the day..."During the 1620s and 1630s merchants such as Matthew CRADDOCK, Samuel VASSALL, Owen ROWE, Thomas ANDREWS, Maurice and Robert THOMPSON, William PENNOYER, and Thomas STONE had established very close relationships and partnerships with the "Independent militants" who had the lay and clerical leadership of the Puritan movement in New England. "   Matthew Craddock would become Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Vassall in Massachusetts, Robert Thomson and William Pennoyer in New Haven Connecticut.    The Mainwarrings… also related to the Stones, Randall Mainwarrings… married September 11, 1600 Sarah Stone, daughter of John Stone, haberdasher of London.

Alliances: Stone Family; Browne Family; Mainwaring Family

Blog Post: The Stone Family a historical journey through the years.  http://historicalandmisc.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-stone-family-historical-journey.html *The Stone Family Association… Places: Stoke by Nayland; Ardleigh Church; Great Bromley Church; Map: Great Bromley; Nayland Church; Browne Family: Grace Browne m: John Stephens b. 1585, son of Thomas b. 1558 and Elizabeth Stone b. 1562… “Discovered” there was a Stephens Branch in Ardeley (Ardleigh): Matthew of Colchester, Essex; William; John; Robert; Nicholas… Mainwaring Family: Edward of Whitmore (Whitmore Hall); descending to ‘composite name’ Cavenagh-Mainwaring…  *cousin, Thomas Holmes overseas… (Mary Holmes b. 1600, b. Ireland d. Plymouth, MA m: Robert Paddock b. 1584, Ireland, d. Plymouth, MA -same ‘time period’ as the Stephens, e.g. John Stephens b. 1585; Thomas Stephens b. 1585, son of Anthony Stephens, Thomas d. Jamestown, VA) Reminder: I may want to do further research using this Website: Stevens in Connecticut and Canada…

Alliances: Crewe Family

Blog Post: Manor of Horsely. http://historicalandmisc.blogspot.com/2016/07/manor-of-horsley.html East Horsley: Duchess of Roxburghe (2) Mary Crewe-Milnes *I saw town of Crewe on one of the maps… I wonder if the Crewe family is ‘of Crewe’ ???

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