Jan, I do have Mehitable COLCORD & I do have Samuel with the date you found. Also, I show John (husband of Esther BARKER) & Samuel (husband of Mehitabel) as sons of Lt John STEVENS & Elizabeth PARKER. (I also show another possible mother as Catherine / Katherine CODMAN) And, either John Jr had 7 wives or somebody has mixed up several different John STEVENS'. Then I show Lt John STEVENS' as John STEVENS Sr & Alice ATKINS. (Of Caversham, Oxford, ENG) I show 6 children for John & Alice. On 9/9/07, Jan Waugh <scjbwaugh@msn.com> wrote: > David, > The Early Vital Records of Essex County, Mass. Salisbury Births pg 226 lists > a birth of 18 Jan 1680 for Samuel Stevens. Birth for Rachel Heath agrees. > I will, for now, mark his birth date as conflicted. And please correct the > death date to 1751 (not 1753), probate date. > You will be happy to learn that you have the name of one of their sons. > I marked in my files Samuel (mar. Heath) as my last sure ancestor, but I > suspect that his parents were Nathaniel STEVENS and Mehitable COLCORD. I > have seen other records listing his parents as John STEVENS and Esther > BARKER. > Jan > Samuel Stevens Estate, 1748 (Will, Book 18, p.179) [I have not seen this] > > In the Name of God Amen, this 20th day of August A.D. 1748 and in the 22d > year of his Majesty's reign, I Samuel Stevans of Haverhill District in the > Province of New Hampshire yeoman being sick and weak in Body tho perfect > memory and sound understanding therefor calling to mind the mortality of my > boy and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do therefore > make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say principally > and first of all I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God > who gave it me and my Body to the Earth to be Decently interred at the > discretion of my Exer. hereafter named nothing doubling but that at the > general Resurrection I shall receive the same again thro the might power of > Almighty God thro the merits of Christ my Redeemer and as touching such > worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God in this life to bless me I give > devise and dispose thereof in manner & form following, viz. > > Imprimus I will and ordain that all those debts which in duty right or > conscience I owe to any Person or persons whatsoever togethere with my > funeral expenses and charges be well and truly paid by my executor herein > named in convenient season after my decease. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto Rachel my dear and well beloved wife my two > cows to be at her disposal also all my household stuff with her thirds or > right of Dower in all my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son John to him > twenty shillings money old tenor which I will and order my executor > hereafter named to pay him in one year after my decease in full with what he > has before recd. of me of his porthion in my estate. > > Item. I give & bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Samuel Twenty > shillings money old tenor to be paid hum by my executor hereafter named in > two years after my deceased which with what he has before recd. of me by > deed is his full portion in my Estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Nehemiah twenty > shillings money old tenor which I will and order my executor hereafter named > to pay him in three years after my deceased which sum together with what he > has before recd. of me by deed is his full portion in my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son William, twenty > shillings money old tenor which sum I order my Executor hereafter named to > pay him in three years after my decease & is with what he has before > received of me his full portion of my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Jonathan, twenty > shillings money old tenor which sum I order my Executor hereafter named to > pay him in four years after my decease & is with what he has before received > of me his full portion of my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Joseph, twenty > shillings money old tenor in full of his portion in my estate which I will > and order my Executor hereafter named to pay him in three years after my > decease & in full of his portion of my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Benjamin, twenty > shillings money old tenor which will and order my Executor hereafter named > to pay him in four years after my decease to which sum together with what he > has before Recd. of my by deed is his full portion in my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved daughter Sarah, > twenty five pounds money old tenor which I will and Order my son David to > pay her in two years after my decease & is with what I have before given her > full share and portion in my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved daughter Rachel, > twenty five pounds money old tenor which I will and Order Execr. hereafter > named to pay her in two years after my decease and with what she has before > recd. of me her full portion in my estate. > > Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved daughter Abigail, > forty pounds money old tenor which I will and Order my execr. hereafter > named to pay her in two years after my decease & is in full with what she > has before recd. of me her full portion in my estate. > > I give and bequeath all the remainder of my estate of all sorts to my son > David whom I make Execr. of this my Last Will and Testament to all intents & > Purposes whatsoever hereby revoking all former wills & confirming this and > no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereto > set my hand & seal the day and year first written. > > Signed sealed and declared Samuel Stevens (seal) > > by the said Samuel Stevens > > to be his last will and testament > > Richard Hazzen, Sarah Hazzen, Hannah Hazzen > > Province of New Hampshire At a Court of Probate held at Stretham in and for > said Province on the 18th of June 1751 before the Hon.ble Andrew Wiggin > Esqr. Judge of the Probate of Wills etc foresaid Province David Stevens > Execr of the foregoing testmament presented the same to be proved & accepted > that trust and two of the subscribing witness appeared Viz: Richard Hazzen > and Hannah Hazzen and made solemn Oath that they were present and Samuel > Stevens the testator signed sealed and heared him declare this instrument to > be his last will & testament that all the time of doing the same he was to > their best decerning of sound and memory & that they with Sarah Hazzen > subscribed their names hereunto as witnesses all the same time in the > Testators Presence wherefor the said will is proved approved and allowed. > Andr. Wiggin > > Province of New Hampshire Andrew Wiggin Esq. commissioned by his Execellency > Benning Wentworth Esqr. Governour & commander in chief in and over the > Province of New Hampshire to be Judge of the Probate of Wills and fore > granting letters of Administration on the Estates of Persons Deceasedhaving > goods chattels rights and credits in the Province aforesaid > > To all unto whom these presents shall come greeting-- > > Know ye that upon the day of the date hereof before me at Portsmouth in the > Povince aforesaid the Will of Samuel Stevens Late of Haverhill District in > said Province Yeoman Deceased to these Presents annexed was proved Approved > and allowed who having while he lived & at the time of his Death goods > chattels Rights and Credits in the Province aforesaid & the Probate of the > said will & power of committing administra of all & singular the goods > chattels rights & credits of the said deceased by virtue thereof > appertaining unto me the administra of all and singular the goods chattels > rights & credits of the said Deceased & his will in any manner concerning is > hereby comitted unto David Stevens Execr. in the same Will named well and > faithfully to execute the said Will & Administer the estate of the said > Deceased According thereunto who has given bond for the faithfully discharge > of that trust and also to render a plain & true account of her said > administration upon oath. > > In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said court of > Probate Dated at Portsmouth the 18th day of June AD. 1751. > > Children all b. Amesbury [VR's]: Sarah 9 Sep 1705; John 26 Jan 1707; Rachel > 1 Mar 1709; Samuel 28 Nov 1710; Nehemiah 24 Jan 1713; William c 1715; > Jonathan 2 May 1717; Joseph 28 Apr 1719; Benjamin 23 Apr 1721; David 3 May > 1724; Abigail 1 Apr 1726. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Stevens" <david@stevens-turner.com> > To: <stevens@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:22 PM > Subject: Re: [STEVENS] Bradstreet Stevens, Thaddeus Stevens > > > >I show a birthdate for Samuel as 29 May 1677 Andover, Essex, MA - > > (died before 1720) > > Rachel HEATH STEVENS 23 Jul 1682 Haverhill, Essex, MA > > In part, because my genealogy program makes people disappear and > > because too many people link their great grandfather to lines like > > this (rather that continue calling it a "dead end" or "brick wall"), I > > show only one son, Samuel STEVENS Jr 28 Nov 1710) > > What other names & dates do you have ? > > > > > > > > On 9/8/07, Jan Waugh <scjbwaugh@msn.com> wrote: > >> Hello. > >> I have found two references to my ancestor Bradstreet STEVENS (1787-1870) > >> being a "cousin" of Thaddeus STEVENS (1792-1868). The Oberlin.edu site > >> where Bradstreet relocated to (Oberlin, Ohio) called them cousins and a > >> Dodge web-site said they were of the same line. I am trying to establish > >> whether they are truly related. Both Bradstreet and Thaddeus were active > >> in the Anti-Slavery movement; Thaddeus was a Congressman in Washington, > >> D.C. and Bradstreet's son Ezra and grandson Durham were active in D.C. > >> politics. (Durham White STEVENS was assassinated by a Korean national in > >> San Francisco.) > >> > >> Various bios on Thaddeus list his parents as Joshua STEVENS > >> (c1759/c1767-c1812) of Methuen, Mass. and Sarah MORRILL. > >> > >> Bradstreet STEVENS is from the line of Samuel STEVENS (1680-1753) and > >> Rachael HEATH. > Nehemiah (1713- ) > Francis (1746- ) > Bradstreet. > >> > >> I may be missing children of Nehemiah. Nehemiah was born in Amesbury, > >> Mass. He relocated to Hampstead, NH; mar. Anne DAVIS (1721- ) and I show > >> two children: Francis (1746- ) and Samuel (1747- ) > >> > >> Can anyone connect these two? > >> Regards, Jan > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

David For now, we don't know which Samuel Stevens that Rachel Heath married as there are differing birth dates. The University of NH library special collections has a will of Nathaniel Stevens and some deeds. I sent an inquiry as to the date on it. It may be the Nathaniel who married Mary Lawrence and Sarah Folsom. I'm hoping it is their father. I have Lieut. John Stevens (1639-1689) marriages at Andover, Mass. VRs 13 Jun 1662 to Hannah Barnard; 10 Aug 1676 to Esther Barker. Who are the six children of John Stevens and Alice Atkins? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Stevens" <david@stevens-turner.com> To: <stevens@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [STEVENS] Samuel Stevens Will > Jan, I do have Mehitable COLCORD & I do have Samuel with the date you > found. > Also, I show John (husband of Esther BARKER) & Samuel (husband of > Mehitabel) as sons of Lt John STEVENS & Elizabeth PARKER. (I also show > another possible mother as Catherine / Katherine CODMAN) > And, either John Jr had 7 wives or somebody has mixed up several > different John STEVENS'. > Then I show Lt John STEVENS' as John STEVENS Sr & Alice ATKINS. (Of > Caversham, Oxford, ENG) I show 6 children for John & Alice. > > On 9/9/07, Jan Waugh <scjbwaugh@msn.com> wrote: >> David, >> The Early Vital Records of Essex County, Mass. Salisbury Births pg 226 >> lists >> a birth of 18 Jan 1680 for Samuel Stevens. Birth for Rachel Heath >> agrees. >> I will, for now, mark his birth date as conflicted. And please correct >> the >> death date to 1751 (not 1753), probate date. >> You will be happy to learn that you have the name of one of their sons. >> I marked in my files Samuel (mar. Heath) as my last sure ancestor, but I >> suspect that his parents were Nathaniel STEVENS and Mehitable COLCORD. I >> have seen other records listing his parents as John STEVENS and Esther >> BARKER. >> Jan >> Samuel Stevens Estate, 1748 (Will, Book 18, p.179) [I have not seen >> this] >> >> In the Name of God Amen, this 20th day of August A.D. 1748 and in the 22d >> year of his Majesty's reign, I Samuel Stevans of Haverhill District in >> the >> Province of New Hampshire yeoman being sick and weak in Body tho perfect >> memory and sound understanding therefor calling to mind the mortality of >> my >> boy and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do therefore >> make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say >> principally >> and first of all I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty >> God >> who gave it me and my Body to the Earth to be Decently interred at the >> discretion of my Exer. hereafter named nothing doubling but that at the >> general Resurrection I shall receive the same again thro the might power >> of >> Almighty God thro the merits of Christ my Redeemer and as touching such >> worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God in this life to bless me I >> give >> devise and dispose thereof in manner & form following, viz. >> >> Imprimus I will and ordain that all those debts which in duty right or >> conscience I owe to any Person or persons whatsoever togethere with my >> funeral expenses and charges be well and truly paid by my executor herein >> named in convenient season after my decease. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto Rachel my dear and well beloved wife my >> two >> cows to be at her disposal also all my household stuff with her thirds or >> right of Dower in all my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son John to him >> twenty shillings money old tenor which I will and order my executor >> hereafter named to pay him in one year after my decease in full with what >> he >> has before recd. of me of his porthion in my estate. >> >> Item. I give & bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Samuel Twenty >> shillings money old tenor to be paid hum by my executor hereafter named >> in >> two years after my deceased which with what he has before recd. of me by >> deed is his full portion in my Estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Nehemiah >> twenty >> shillings money old tenor which I will and order my executor hereafter >> named >> to pay him in three years after my deceased which sum together with what >> he >> has before recd. of me by deed is his full portion in my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son William, >> twenty >> shillings money old tenor which sum I order my Executor hereafter named >> to >> pay him in three years after my decease & is with what he has before >> received of me his full portion of my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Jonathan, >> twenty >> shillings money old tenor which sum I order my Executor hereafter named >> to >> pay him in four years after my decease & is with what he has before >> received >> of me his full portion of my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Joseph, >> twenty >> shillings money old tenor in full of his portion in my estate which I >> will >> and order my Executor hereafter named to pay him in three years after my >> decease & in full of his portion of my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved son Benjamin, >> twenty >> shillings money old tenor which will and order my Executor hereafter >> named >> to pay him in four years after my decease to which sum together with what >> he >> has before Recd. of my by deed is his full portion in my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved daughter Sarah, >> twenty five pounds money old tenor which I will and Order my son David to >> pay her in two years after my decease & is with what I have before given >> her >> full share and portion in my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved daughter Rachel, >> twenty five pounds money old tenor which I will and Order Execr. >> hereafter >> named to pay her in two years after my decease and with what she has >> before >> recd. of me her full portion in my estate. >> >> Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved daughter Abigail, >> forty pounds money old tenor which I will and Order my execr. hereafter >> named to pay her in two years after my decease & is in full with what she >> has before recd. of me her full portion in my estate. >> >> I give and bequeath all the remainder of my estate of all sorts to my son >> David whom I make Execr. of this my Last Will and Testament to all >> intents & >> Purposes whatsoever hereby revoking all former wills & confirming this >> and >> no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereto >> set my hand & seal the day and year first written. >> >> Signed sealed and declared Samuel Stevens (seal) >> >> by the said Samuel Stevens >> >> to be his last will and testament >> >> Richard Hazzen, Sarah Hazzen, Hannah Hazzen >> >> Province of New Hampshire At a Court of Probate held at Stretham in and >> for >> said Province on the 18th of June 1751 before the Hon.ble Andrew Wiggin >> Esqr. Judge of the Probate of Wills etc foresaid Province David Stevens >> Execr of the foregoing testmament presented the same to be proved & >> accepted >> that trust and two of the subscribing witness appeared Viz: Richard >> Hazzen >> and Hannah Hazzen and made solemn Oath that they were present and Samuel >> Stevens the testator signed sealed and heared him declare this instrument >> to >> be his last will & testament that all the time of doing the same he was >> to >> their best decerning of sound and memory & that they with Sarah Hazzen >> subscribed their names hereunto as witnesses all the same time in the >> Testators Presence wherefor the said will is proved approved and allowed. >> Andr. Wiggin >> >> Province of New Hampshire Andrew Wiggin Esq. commissioned by his >> Execellency >> Benning Wentworth Esqr. Governour & commander in chief in and over the >> Province of New Hampshire to be Judge of the Probate of Wills and fore >> granting letters of Administration on the Estates of Persons >> Deceasedhaving >> goods chattels rights and credits in the Province aforesaid >> >> To all unto whom these presents shall come greeting-- >> >> Know ye that upon the day of the date hereof before me at Portsmouth in >> the >> Povince aforesaid the Will of Samuel Stevens Late of Haverhill District >> in >> said Province Yeoman Deceased to these Presents annexed was proved >> Approved >> and allowed who having while he lived & at the time of his Death goods >> chattels Rights and Credits in the Province aforesaid & the Probate of >> the >> said will & power of committing administra of all & singular the goods >> chattels rights & credits of the said deceased by virtue thereof >> appertaining unto me the administra of all and singular the goods >> chattels >> rights & credits of the said Deceased & his will in any manner concerning >> is >> hereby comitted unto David Stevens Execr. in the same Will named well and >> faithfully to execute the said Will & Administer the estate of the said >> Deceased According thereunto who has given bond for the faithfully >> discharge >> of that trust and also to render a plain & true account of her said >> administration upon oath. >> >> In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said court >> of >> Probate Dated at Portsmouth the 18th day of June AD. 1751. >> >> Children all b. Amesbury [VR's]: Sarah 9 Sep 1705; John 26 Jan 1707; >> Rachel >> 1 Mar 1709; Samuel 28 Nov 1710; Nehemiah 24 Jan 1713; William c 1715; >> Jonathan 2 May 1717; Joseph 28 Apr 1719; Benjamin 23 Apr 1721; David 3 >> May >> 1724; Abigail 1 Apr 1726. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "David Stevens" <david@stevens-turner.com> >> To: <stevens@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [STEVENS] Bradstreet Stevens, Thaddeus Stevens >> >> >> >I show a birthdate for Samuel as 29 May 1677 Andover, Essex, MA - >> > (died before 1720) >> > Rachel HEATH STEVENS 23 Jul 1682 Haverhill, Essex, MA >> > In part, because my genealogy program makes people disappear and >> > because too many people link their great grandfather to lines like >> > this (rather that continue calling it a "dead end" or "brick wall"), I >> > show only one son, Samuel STEVENS Jr 28 Nov 1710) >> > What other names & dates do you have ? >> > >> > >> > >> > On 9/8/07, Jan Waugh <scjbwaugh@msn.com> wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> I have found two references to my ancestor Bradstreet STEVENS >> >> (1787-1870) >> >> being a "cousin" of Thaddeus STEVENS (1792-1868). The Oberlin.edu >> >> site >> >> where Bradstreet relocated to (Oberlin, Ohio) called them cousins and >> >> a >> >> Dodge web-site said they were of the same line. I am trying to >> >> establish >> >> whether they are truly related. Both Bradstreet and Thaddeus were >> >> active >> >> in the Anti-Slavery movement; Thaddeus was a Congressman in >> >> Washington, >> >> D.C. and Bradstreet's son Ezra and grandson Durham were active in D.C. >> >> politics. (Durham White STEVENS was assassinated by a Korean national >> >> in >> >> San Francisco.) >> >> >> >> Various bios on Thaddeus list his parents as Joshua STEVENS >> >> (c1759/c1767-c1812) of Methuen, Mass. and Sarah MORRILL. >> >> >> >> Bradstreet STEVENS is from the line of Samuel STEVENS (1680-1753) and >> >> Rachael HEATH. > Nehemiah (1713- ) > Francis (1746- ) > Bradstreet. >> >> >> >> I may be missing children of Nehemiah. Nehemiah was born in Amesbury, >> >> Mass. He relocated to Hampstead, NH; mar. Anne DAVIS (1721- ) and I >> >> show >> >> two children: Francis (1746- ) and Samuel (1747- ) >> >> >> >> Can anyone connect these two? >> >> Regards, Jan >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >