A Maine Family's History - Davis / McDowell

Stephenson

Stephenson, Stevenson, Stevens

? STEPHENSON from Scotland

Spouse: Mary ? John named a ship for his mother

Children: John born 4/30/1690 married Rachel Tower

John STEPHENSON born 4/30/1690 Carnford ENG near Newcastle on Tyne; a ship's carpenter impressed into the British Navy; in 1711 off Cohasset MA deserted from the Lucitanus; died 4/9/1773 in 83d year, will dated 11/6/1770 was proved 5/7/1773

Spouse: Rachel TOWER married 6/22 or 29/1717 Boston; born Hingham MA 2/24/1696-7

Children: Jesse born 1/29/1721 married Content Cushing; John born 8/6/1718; Obadiah born 10/22/1724 died 10/23/1750; Rueben born 10/2/1726 married at Boston 11/24/1757 Elizabeth Parrott; Luke born 6/17/1728 died 12/31/1750; Luther born 7/30/1730; Lucitanus born 4/13/1732 died 7/22/179, soldier in French and Indian War, served in Revolutionary War; Solon born 9/14/1734; Sarah born 6/16/1736 married 11/8/1756 Caleb Joy; Jerome baptized 6/25/1738 served in Revolutionary War; Thomas living in 1786
[MA Vital Records: Luke s of Jno & Rachel bp 7/28/1728 CRI; Reuben s. of Jno & Rachel bp 4/9/1727 CRI; Luther s. of Jno & Rachel bp 4/23/1732 CRI; Solon s. of John & Rachel bp 11/17/1734 CRI; Sarah d. of Jno & Cachel bp 12/5/1736 CRI; Jerom s. of Jno & Rachel bp 6/25/1738 CRI; Lyssitanus s. of Jno & Rachel bp 4/23/1732 CRI; Abehiah s. of John & Rachel bp 5/23/1725 CRI. Deaths: Luke s. John & Rachel 12/3/1750 a 22y 6m; Lucitanus 7/22/1791 in 59th yr. CRI.] The Story of John and Rachel

Jesse STEPHENSON born 1/29/1721 Cohasset Norfolk MA died before 1/4/1777 Cohasset

Spouse: Content CUSHING born 7/19/1722 Scituate intensions 12/4/1742 married 5/3/1743 Scituate Plymouth MA

Children: Elisha born 9/14/1753 died 2/1796 in 44th year, married 9/27/1778 in Hingham Lucy Beal died 2/10/1791 in 34th year; Ruth born 3/14/1744 bp 4/1/1744 CRI [listed as Stevens] died 4/12/1764 ; Elisha born 8/4/1747 died 12/25/1748 age 1y 5mo; Molly born 10/8/1748 died 12/1748; Molly born 1/11/1749-50 married 7/24/1770 Edward Amos; Hannah born 12/17/1755 died 1/7/1760; Luke born 5/6/1757 bp 5/23/1757 CRI Revolutionary War soldier see notes below; James born 6/16/1759 died 12/27/1759; Sarah born 11/20/1760 married 9/17/1781 Joseph Marble [dates from MA Vital Records]

Elisha STEPHENSON born 9/14/1753 Hingham Plymouth MA died 2/1796; Revolutionary Soldier Private & Sergeant, see below notes

Spouse: Lucy BEAL born 8/4/1757 married 9/27/1778 Hingham died 2/1791

Children: Jesse born 6/2/1784 baptized 6/18/1786 married Elizabeth Lilley; John; Margaret (Peggy) Loring baptized 6/18/1786 Cohasset taught school at Hingham MA and was among first school teachers in Wiscasset ME married Stearns about 1812; Rachel baptized 6/18/1786 Cohasset died Nov 1804-6 Hingham; Elisha born 1788 died Wiscasset Lincoln ME; all children born in Cohasset

Jesse STEPHENSON born 6/2/1784 Cohasset Norfolk MA (Eastport ME per marriage record in Eastport ME) baptized 6/18/1786 Cohasset; was at Eastport (Moose Island) ME by 1800, at Alexander before 1816 where he built the sawmill on Sixteenth Stream in that year; was a merchant while in Eastport; died Calais ME 7/21/1863

Spouse: (1) Elizabeth LILLEY/LILLY/LILEY born 5/22/1785 in or near St Stephen Charlotte NB died 10/29/1860 buried 10/31/1860 Alexander ME married 3/29/1807 Eastport ME by Oliver Shead Justice of Peace

Children: Margaret Loring born 12/3/1807 (Margrette L. per birth record Eastport ME); Caroline C. born 10/7/1809 Eastport died 11/1886 Crawford married Jedediah Dwelley 2/16/1834 at Crawford; Elisha born 7/5/1811 Eastport married Abigail Spencer Bonney daughter of William and Rhonda (Pike) Bonney 10/2/1850; Elizabeth born 8/1/1813 Eastport died 2/17/1857 married Francis Burns; Lucia born 5/31/1816 Eastport married Isaac Bickford Edgerly son of Richard and Abigail (Bickford) Edgerly, this was his third marriage; Hannah born 11/18/1818 Eastport died Fitchburg MA 6/6/1914 married Harlow H. Thompson ; Jesse Jr. born 5/18/1821 Eastport married at Alexander on 12/10/1845 Sabrina Knight born 4/18/1825 Calais Maine daughter of Hiram Knight born 9/2/1798 Calais and Jane Hester Duke born 3/22/1799 Annapolis Royal, NS married 5/27/1824; Rachel born 5/2/1823, the 1880 census lists her as age 57, single, and a housekeeper in John Sears household; Luke Wilton born 10/30/1825 married at Alexander on 6/29/1850 or 6/13 Elizabeth Harmon born circa 1829 at Machiasport daughter of Peter M. and Betsy (Woodruff) Hammond, on 9/24/1892 Luke married Martha widow of Levi Connick in St. Stephen NB; James Ripley born 5/6/1828 married Harriet L. ? (per A-CHS married Mary Caroline Hatfield daughter of Francis and Mary (Fraser) Hatfield); Harriet Lydia born 4/2/1830-3 married 11/1852 to James Philbrook Hammon brother of Elizabeth who married Luke

Margaret [Margrette] Loring STEPHENSON born 12/3/1807 Eastport ME died 11/3/1887 Alexander ME buried 11/5 Alexander Cemetery.

Spouse: Samuel Brackett LAMB born 1/6/1797 [ 6/8/1808?] Windham Cumberland Co ME died 5/23/1857 Alexander married 1/3/1830 Alexander

Children: Irene Ingalls born 1/3/1830; Elisha William born 12/26/1831 married Abigail Spencer Bonney born 6/11/1827 (mother Rhonda Pike, father Wlm Bonney); Hannah Elizabeth born 7/12/1833 died 10/9/1893 Alexander buried 10/11 Alexander Cemetery. married Charles H. Card; Margaret Lydia born 8/26/1835; Samuel Brackett born 3/3/1837; Elizabeth Stephenson born 3/31/1841; Lucy Edgerly 3/31/1841 Alexander buried Calais Cemetery. married Jacob S. Davis; Seavey; Jesse; all born Alexander ME

Letters from Margaret L. Stephenson Stearns to her Brother 1800 - 1810

The Story of John Stephenson and Rachel Towe

Per Alta Flyn: Calais Library - Nov 1824 Jesse Stephenson was one of the signers of a petition to name the town of Alexandria. Town inc. 1825 as Alexander. Census Roll 272, 8/28/1850, Alexander Washington Co ME dwelling 13 family 14. Jesse was 66 , occupation was "farmer & lumber" with $300 in real estate. Elizabeth was 65, Elisha 39, a laborer & he and Abigail lived with his parents. Census Roll 455, 6/23/1860 Alexander Washington Co ME page 29, dwelling 189, family 186. Jessie was 76, a farmer with $1,700 in real estate and $300 in personal property. Margaret was living with her father's family and was 52. Benjamin Droelley 36 a millman and Elisha Droelley 22 a common laborer lived in the home (is Droelley - Dwelley?)

1880 Census, Alexander, Washington ME: Elisha Stephenson, born 1812 ME, age 68, farmer, married, white, head of household, father born in MA, mother born in Canada; Abigal S., wife, white, age 50, born ME, keeping house, father & mother born ME; Ida A., daughter, single, age 27, born ME, keeping house, father & mother born ME; William E., son, single, age 20, born ME, laborer, father & mother born ME; Lilly M. Stephenson, niece, age 9, born Canada, father born ME mother born Canada.
1880 Census, Alexander, Washington ME: Jesse Stephenson, born 1821 ME, age 59, farmer, married, white, head of household, father born ME, mother born Canada; Sabrina, wife, white, age 55, born ME, keeping house, father born ME, mother born Canada; Elizabeth, daughter, single, age 31, born ME, works in cotton mill, father & mother born ME; John C. F., son, single, age 23, born ME, school teacher; Edgar O., son, single, age 21, born ME, laborer; Mary, daughter, single, age 18, born ME, works in cotton mill; Alice A., daughter, age 12, born ME; Amerias Stephenson, nephew, age 13, born Canada, father born ME, mother born Canada; Jesse F. Stephenson, nephew, age 3, born ME, father born ME, mother born Canada

Petition for Incorporation Town of Alexander 11/24/1824 (Plantation 16): Warren Gilman, Joel Scott, Ebenezer Gooch, Jeremiah Spearin, Ananiah Bohanon, William Connick, Miner Sprague, John G. Taylor, Samuel Dunn, Samuel Scribner, William Crockett, Joel Gooch, Samuel Connick, Jesse Stephenson, Peter Flood, Solomon Strout, Joseph Davis, John Moore, John Butler

Marriage and Birth Records in Eastport ME spell last name Stevenson.

Machias Union, 7/4/1884: Mr. Jesse Stephenson of Alexander, whose potatoes were up finally were frozen black, others met with similar losses. 4/2/1889: Fremont Stephenson is down in Meddybemps, teaching. He is inside of a school house most of the time and is quite a successful teacher.

Vital Records of Calais ME pg 466: Deaths - 1863 Jul 23, Jefse Stephenson, aged 80 yrs. Pg 179 - Child of Luke Stephenson d. Jan 8, 1862, aged 6. Pg 465 Deaths - Luke Wilton, child of Luke & Elizabeth A. Stephenson, died Jul 29, 1857.

Marriage Records of Washington Co. pg 51:Alexander Elisha Stephenson [no town] & Abigail Bonney [no town] m 1 Oct 1849 by William Spring. Luke Stephenson [no town] & Elizabeth Harmon [no town] m. 20 June 1850 by William Spring JP.

Machias Union 10/12/1869 re Saxby Gale Alexander: "Our correspondent says, S. Strout, Jr. barn down and hog killed; C.M. Huff new barn unroofed; J. Godfrey barn roof off and colt injured; Jas. Perkins barn down; Mrs. Little's barn badly damaged; Isaac Crafts one barn roof off; Thos. Carter and James Fenlason each a barn down; E. Perkins shed and "L" down, house much injured; T. Palmer barn down, house injured; Reuben Keen and Jon. Taylor each house down; E. Stephenson shed and "L" down, barn shattered. The storm here was terrifying. A man's barn down and no means to repair, his only horse killed and no means to buy, all his cows dead and it is out of his power to replace them or even one! All I can say is 'May God help such.'"

MA Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol 14, page 912: Stephens, Elisha, Cohasset. Private, Capt. Job Cushing's co., Col. J. Greaton's regt.; muster roll dated 8/1/1775; enlisted 6/1/1775; service, 2 mos. 5 days. [See Elisha Stephenson.] Page 925: Stephenson, Elisha, Cohasset (probably). Private, Capt. Job Cushing's co., 36th regt.; company return dated Camp at Fort No. 2, Oct. 5, 1775; enlisted June 1, 1775 [see Elisha Stephens]; also, Capt. Cushing's co., Col. John Greaton's regt.; order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Cambridge Camp, 12/18/1775; also, Sergeant, Capt. Peter Cushing's co., Col. Solomon Lovel's regt.; service, 4 days; company raised in Hingham and Cohasset and assembled at Hull 12/14/1776; also, Private, Capt. Obadiah Beal's (Cohasset) co., Col. Lovel's regt.; service, 2 days; company assembled at Hull 6/14/1776. Page 918: Stephens, Luke, Cohasset. Private, Capt. Job Cushing's co., Col. J. Greaton's regt.; muster roll dated 8/1/1775; enlisted 6/16/1775; service, 2 mos. 21 days; also, descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of 6/5/1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 19, 1780; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Cohasset; marched to camp 7/19/1780, under command of Capt. Clark; also, list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, 10/25/1780. [See Luke Stephenson.] Page 926: Stephenson, Luke, Cohasset (probably). Private, Capt. Job Cushing's co., 36th regt.; company return dated Fort No. 2, 10/5/1775; enlisted 5/16/1775; also, Capt. Cushing's co., Col. John Greaton's regt.; order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Cambridge Camp, 12/18/1775; also, Private, Capt. Obadiah Beals's (Cohasset) co., Col. Solomon Lovel's regt.; service, 2 days; company assembled at Hull 6/14/1776; also, Capt. Theophilus Winder's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; enlisted 8/24/1777; discharged 11/29/1777; service, 3 mos. 19 days, in Northern department, including 13 days (252 miles) travel home; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Cohasset for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched 7/13/1780; discharged 1/7/1781; service, 6 mos. 6 days, including travel (250 miles) home. [See Luke Stephens.] Page 925: Stephenson, Jerome. Private, Capt. Obadiah Beals's (Cohasset) co., Col. Solomon Lovel's regt.; service, 2 days; company assembled at Hull 6/14/1776. Page 926: Stephenson, Lusitanus. Privte, Capt. Obadiah Beals's (Cohasset) co., Col. Solomon Lovel's regt.; service, 2 days; company assembled at Hull 6/14/1776; also, Capt. Thomas Nash's co., Col. David Cushing's regt.; service, 3 days, in 8/1777 at Hull.

"Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, page 1-116: "Cushing, Content, d. James and Mary, July 19, 1722." - - - page 2-90: "Cushing, Content and Jesse Stephens of Hingham, int. Dec. 4, 1742. (Stephenson, May 3, 1743, C.R.2) (C.R.2 = church record, Second Church of Scituate, now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell)

A-CHS Feb. 08. Value of Jesse Stephenson's farmland $1,700; Elisha Stephenson $600.