My brickwall Stephens belong to the Benjamin W. Stephens family that were in AL and may have been from VA. My gg-grandfather William Murphy Stephens was born in 1850 in Greene Co., AL, and I believe is the son of Edmund W. Stephens and Nancy Phillips. Edmund was the son of Benjamin W. Stephens and Margaret Wardlaw. Can anyone tell me anything about Benjamin Stephens' family of origin - his parents or siblings and where in VA they were? Did they immigrate from Germany? Also, how does the Murphy family connect to the Stephens? There is a Valentine name that pops up in William Murphy Stephens' son - is there a connection to a Valentine surname or to a Valentine Stephens? Julie Haynes Researching STEPHENS, CHAPMAN, CRAVEN, BAUCOM, PHILLIPS, WARDLAW.