The Stevens Genealogy; Embracing Branches of the Family Descended
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s University of California Berkeley DR. ELVIRA STEVENS BARNEY AT SEVENTY- ONE YEARS OF AGE. The names in this book have been submitted for temple ^ork. Please do not submit again. THE STEVENS GENEALOGY EMBRACING BRANCHES OF THE FAMILY DESCENDED FROM Puritan Ancestry, New England Families not Traceable to Puritan Ancestry and Miscellaneous Branches Wherever Found Together with an Extended Account of the Line of Descent from 1650 to the Present Time of the Author DR. ELVIRA STEVENS BARNEY I LIVE IN HOPE Stevens and Stephens are forms of the Greek word Stephanos. The root from which // is derived means a crown. The Stevens arms here reproduced is recorded in the Visitations of Gloucester- shire, 1623, and lias been continuously in use by English and American members of the family. Original drawings of this eoat of arms may be seen in the British Museum. It is shown in earnings at Chavenagh House, and on famil\ tombs. The several mottoes adopted h\ different branches of the family have been but varia- tions of the one here presented: "/ live in hope." Table of Contents. PART I. Stevens Families of Puritan Ancestry. SECTION. PAGE. Introduction 16 I William Stevens, of ( iloucester, Mass 21 II. Ebenezer Steevens, of Killingworth, Conn 24 III. The Cnshmaii-Stevens Families, of New Kngland 39 IV. The Hapgood-Stevens Families, of Marlboro, Mass 43 V. Henry Stevens, of Stonington, Conn 45 VI. Thomas Stevens, of Moston, Mass 49 VII. Thomas Stevens, of East Haven, Conn 50 II 11. The Pierce-Stevens Family, of Gloucester. Mass 60, I 'ART II. Sterens Families of New England. I Samuel Stevens, of Woodstock, Me 85 II. Fzra Stevens, of Kuckfield, Me <^ III. Andrew Stevens, of Montpelier, Vt <)8 I\ . Thomas Stevens, of Worcester, Mass K>J \'. Simon Stevens, of New Hampshire ion VIII. THE STEVENS GENEALOGY. SECTION. PAGE. VI. Dr. Cyprian Stevens, of Maine 109 VII. Thomas Stevens, of Thomaston, Ale no VIII. Levi Stevens, of Xe\v Fngland, and others 113 IX. Daniel Stevens, Jr., of Concord, N. H 117 X. The Jewitt- Pease-Stevens Families of Lynne, Conn 118 XL Francis Stevens, of Worcester, Mass 118 XII. \Yilliam Stevens, of Thomaston, Me 121 XIII. Benjamin Steven>, of Xew Market, N. H 125 XIV. The Felt-Stevens Families, of Maine 130 XV. Phineas Stevens, of Suf field. Conn 134 XVI. Miscellaneous Stevens Families of Taunton. Mass 137 XVII. Lyman Stevens, of Essex county, Mass 138 PART III. Miscellaneous Stevens Families. I. Joseph Stevens, of Painted Post. X. V 149 II. William Steven^ <>f Kdisto Island, S. C 157 III. The Ra\\-son-Stevens Family, of Palmyra, N. Y 158 IV. John Stevens, of Tiskilwa, 111 161 V. Joshua C. Stephens, of Canisteo, N. Y 162 VI. Fbenezer Stevens, of Kingston, N. Y 166 VII. Joshua Stevens, of South Carolina 166 VIII. The Philbrick-Stevens Family, of Kingston, N. Y 170 TABLE OF CONTENTS. IX SECTION. PAGE. IX. Ebenezer of N. Y ^ Stevens, Rockaway, 173 X. Abraham Stevens, of Cornwall, England 175 XI. The Stevens Family, of France 181 XII. Jonathan Stevens, of Canada 182 PART IV. The Ancestral Line of Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney From 1650 to the Present Time. Page 193. PART V. A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney Page 257. X. Till-: STKVKNS GENEALOGY APPENDIX. I. Differences 275 II. My Trip South 277 III. Open Letter 281 INDEX. I. To Names of Persons Born Steevens 293 II. To Names of Persons Born Stephens 293 III. To Names of Persons Born Stevens 294 IV. To Names of Persons Not Born Stevens 303 List of Illustrations. PAGE. 1. Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney at 71 Years of Age Frontispiece 2. Stevens Coat of Arms V. 3. Mary Elizabeth Steevens 25 4. Mary Steevens Walton 29 5. William Frederick Walton 33 6. Susan P. Avery Walton 37 7. Sears Steevens 41 8. Nauvoo Temple Completed . 51 9. Nauvoo Temple in Ruins, 1857 55 10. Homestead of James R. Stevens, West Haven, Conn 59 11. James Reynolds Stevens, of West Haven, Conn 63 12. Thales H. Haskell and Family 67 13. Jonathan Crosby 70 14. Alma Crosby 75 1 5. Frances Willard 79 16. Leon McDonald 83 17. Eugene Trouslot 87 18. Eveline Farley 91 19. Rollin B. Trouslot and Barnard F. Stevens 95 20. Deacon Horace Barnes and Wife 99 21. Solon Boomer and Lois Barnes Boomer 103 22. Orton Barnes and Sisters 107 1 ' 23. Arthur H. 1 Janies 1 X. THE STEVENS GENEALOGY APPENDIX. I. Differences 275 II. My Trip South 277 III. Open Letter 281 [NDEX. I. To Names of IVr>ns Horn Suwens II. To Names of Persons Born Stephens III. To Names of Persons Born Stevens 294 IV. To Names of Persons Not Born Stevens 303 List of Illustrations. PA<>E. 1. Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney at 71 Years of Age Frontispiece 2. Stevens Coat of Arms A . 3. Mary Elizabeth Steevens 25 4. Mary Steevens Walton 29 5. William Frederick Walton 33 6. Susan P. Avery Walton 37 7. Sears Steevens 41 8. Nauvoo Temple Completed 51 9. Nauvoo Temple in Ruins, 1857 55 10. Homestead of James R. Stevens, West Haven, Conn 59 11. James Reynolds Stevens, of West Haven, Conn 63 12. Thales H. Haskell and Family 67 13. Jonathan Crosby 70 14. Alma Crosby 75 1 5. Frances Willard 79 16. Leon McDonald 83 17. Eugene Trouslot 87 18. Eveline Farley 91 19. Rollin B. Trouslot and Barnard F. Stevens 95 20. Deacon Horace Barnes and Wife 99 21. Solon Boomer and Lois Barnes Boomer 103 22. Orton Barnes and Sisters 107 23. Arthur H . I iarnes HI XII. THE STEVENS GENEALOGY. PAGE. 24. Hermon Stevens, of Napanoch, N. Y 115 25. Lucretia S. Cone Barnes 1 19 26. Addison Pratt and Louisa Barnes Pratt 1 23 ^7- Frances Pratt 1 27 2&- Ann Louisa Pratt 131 29. Lois Barnes Boomer 135 30. Amelia Stevens Howell 139 31. Bennie and Jesse Howell 143 32. Simon Stevens, Shelburne Falls, Mass 147 33. Mary E. Stevens, Wife of Simon 151 34. Benjamin Willard Stevens 155 Sullivan and 35. Ida Stevens Family 159 36. Rollin B. Trouslot 163 37. Laura Barwise Trouslot 171 38. Rollin Cunnabell Trouslot 179 3<> Lois Ann Stevens Wilson 185 40. Lycurgus Wilson 189 41. Barnard Stevens 195 42. Mary Boutwell Stevens 199 43. Barnard Field Stevens and Family 203 44. Residence of Barnard Field Stevens 207 45. Barnard Field and Wife 211 46. Dr. Benjamin Willard Stevens 215 47. Amelia Althea Stevens 219 48. Philip B. Lewis 225 49. Jane Amanda Stevens 229 50. I 'hilip Bessum Lewis 235 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XIII. 51. Carlos Stevens 241 52. Claudia Brown and Husband 245 53. First Residence Built by Dr. Elvira S. Barney 251 54. Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney at 50 Years of Age 256 55. Second Residence Built by Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney 259 56. Third Residence Built by Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney 263 57- Fourth Residence Built by Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney 267 58. Headstone Erected by Dr. Elvira Stevens Barney 271 Preface. Dear Kinsfolk: After many years of labor, I feel to congratulate myself that I have thus far accomplished my purpose, though not in as satisfactory a manner as we would desire. But you will bear in mind, I feel con- vinced, that a perfect genealogical record is impossible, and I pass this work on to you to carry forward with the assurance that no pains have been spared on my part to make it as complete and as accurate as the circumstances under which I have labored would permit. A thousand circulars and formulas have been distributed and as many more letters have been written. Between two and three hundred genealogical books have been carefully searched, and a general glean- ing has been carried on, with thoroughness, for the last thirty years. But my first step was taken at about the age of fifteen and now I am seventy-five years of age, and my hope is that wherever this book is read it will awaken such an interest that a greater and more extended search will be made and additional branches of our family found. Zeno, the celebrated philosopher, when he inquired of the Delphic oracle what manner of life he should lead, received for reply, "Ask the dead." We are profited by an acquaintance with the character and actions of the wr ise and good of other days, particularly if they are of our own kin. It is true, some affect to be indifferent to such matters on the principle that we judge of a man as we find him and not on the merits of his ancestors, but such feelings are not in harmony with those of the student of history and of hereditary genius. A knowledge of the actions of our noble ancestors will imbue us with a deep sense of our indebtedness for the privileges we enjoy and stimulate us to preserve and transmit their characteristics to generations yet unborn. That this work may have the effect of an incentive to such a con- summation, particularly upon all who are of the Stevens blood, is the desire of THE AUTHOR, Salt Lake City Utah. Born Mar. 17, 1832. March 17, 1907. THE STEVENS GENEALOGY. Stevens Families of Puritan Ancestry. INTRODUCTION. President Eliot, of Harvard university, during a short visit to Utah the first in 1892, said that his mind "involuntarily went back to jour- ney across the wilderness by civilized men and women, to the planting of this superb colony by a Christian church." "It reminded me," he continued, ''of another planting two hundred the and fifty-six years ago, a planting of another Christian church by Puritans and Pilgrims in \e\v England." And because of this likeness between the experiences of the two colonies, it is probable that no people living can so fully appreciate the Puritans as can the Pioneers.