DR. ELVIRA STEVENS BARNEY AT SEVENTY- ONE YEARS OF AGE.. /y./'P- 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 HEAR COUNTY g^NEALOOlCAL SKELTON PUBLISHING CO. S»LT LAKE CITY. UTAH 190T ?.n BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH I LIVE IN HOPE Stevens and Stephens are forms of the Greek zvord Stephanos. The root from which it is derived }nea)is a crozvn. The Stevens arms here reproduced is recorded in the Jlsitations of Gloucester- shire, 1623, and has been continuously in use by English and American members of the family. Original drawings of this coat of arms may be seen in the British Museum. It is shozcn in can'i)igs at Chavenagh House, and on family tombs. The several mottoes adopted by different branches of the family have been but varia- tions of the one here presented: "I live in hope." Table of Contents. PART I. Stcx'cns Paniilics of Puritan Ancestry. SIXTION. PAGE. Introduction i6 I William Stevens, of (iloucester, Mass 21 IT. Ebenezer Steevens, of Killingworth, Conn 24 III. The Cushnian-Stevens l^'amilies. of New KnglanU 39 IV. The Hapgood-Stevens Families, of Marll)oro, Mass.. 4^ V. Henry Stevens, of Stonington, Conn 45 VI. Thomas Stevens, of Boston, Mass 49 VII. Thomas vStevens, of East Haven, Conn 50 \TII. The Pierce-Stevens Familv. of Cilouccster. Mass 6«j PART II. Stevens Families of New Eniilaiui. I Samuel Stevens, of Woodstock, Me P,^ II. Ezra Stevens, of Buckfield, Me <^3 III. .\ndrew Stevens, of Montpelier. Vt ()8 IV. Thomas Stevens, of Worcester. Mass 102 V. Simon Stevens, of New Hampshire io^> VIII. THE STEVENS GENEALOGY, SECTION. PAGE. VI. Dr. Cyprian Stevens, of Maine 109 VII. Thomas Stevens, of Thomaston, Me no VIII. Levi Stevens, of New England, and others 113 IX. Daniel Stevens, Jr., of Concord, N. H 117 X. The Jewitt-Pease-Stevens Families of Lynne, Conn 118 XI. Francis Stevens, of Worcester, Mass 118 XII. William Stevens, of Thomaston, Me . 121 XIII. Benjamin Stevens, of New Market, N. H 125 XIV. The Felt-Stevens Families, of Maine 130 XV. Phineas Stevens, of Suffield, 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, N. Y 149 II. William Stevens, of Edisto Island, S. C 157 III. The Rawson-Stevens Family, of Palmyra, N. Y 158 IV. John Stevens, of Tiskilwa, 111 161 V. Joshua C. Stephens, of Canisteo, N. Y 162 VI. Ebenezer 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 Stevens, of Rockaway, N. Y 173 X. Abraham Stevens, of Cornwall, England 175 XL The Stevens Family, of France 181 XII. Jonathan Stevens, of Canada 182 PART IV. The Ancestral Line of Dr. Eli'ira Stevens Barney From 1650 to the Present Time. Page 193. PART v. A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Elvira Steven^ Barney Page 257. X; THE STEVENS GENEALOGY APPENDIX. I. Differences 275 II. My Trip South 2-j-/ 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 1 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 2g William Frederick 5. Walton 3 ^ 6. Susan P. Avery Walton 37 7. Sears Steevens 41 8. Nauvoo Temple Completed 51 9. Nauvoo Temple in Ruins, 1857 35 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 y^ 1 5. Frances Willard . 79 16. Leon McDonald 83 17. Eugene Trouslot '^J 18. Eveline I""arley 91 19. Rollin H. Trouslot and Barnard F. Stevens »^5 20. Deacon Horace Barnes and Wife c;9 21. Solon F)Oomer and Lois Barnes Boomer 103 22. Orton Barnes and Sisters. 107 27,. .Arthur H. Barnes. i 1 XII. THE STEVENS GENEALOGY. PAGE. 24. Hermon Stevens, of Napanoch, N. Y 115 25. Lncretia S. Cone Barnes 1 19 26. Addison Pratt and Louisa Barnes Pratt 123 -27. Frances Pratt 127 28. Ann Louisa Pratt 131 29. Lois Barnes Boomer 135 30. Amelia Stevens Howell 139 31. Bennie and Jesse Howell 143 ^2. Simon Stevens, Shelburne Falls, Mass 147 33. Mary E. Stevens, Wife of Simon 151 34. Benjamin Willard Stevens 155 35. Ida Stevens Sullivan and Family 159 36. Rollin B. Trouslot 163 37. Laura Barwise Trouslot 171 38. Rollin Cunnabell Trouslot 179 39. Lois Ann Stevens Wilson 185 40. Lycurgus Wilson 189 41. Barnard Stevens 195 42. Mary Boutwell Stevens ; 199 43. Harnard 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 22=, Stevens 4SK Jane Amanda ^ 229 50. Philip 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 S7- 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 wise 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. iXTRonrc'riox. President Eliot, of Harvard niiiversit}-, (luring- a short visit to Utah in 1892. said that his mind "involuntarily went hack to the first jour- ney across the wilderness l)y civilized men and women, to the planting" of this superli colony hy a Christian church." "It reminded me." he continued, "of another ])lantinf^ two hundred and fifty-six years ago, a plantin^^ of anotlur Christian church hy the Puritans and Pilgrims in New England." And because of this likeness between the exjx'riences of the two colonies, it is probable that no people living can so fully appreciate the Puritans as can the J'ioneers. This being true, those of our readers who are acquainted with the settlement of Vtah will find it an easy matter to let their sympathies go out to the early settlers of Xew Eng- land, while we briefly review their persecutions for religious belief, their drivings, their exile from civilization, their sufferings in a new country and their final trium])h in the founding of a great common- wealth. We shall not find so diflicult. therefore, the duty we owe to this study : for, without doubt, the first concern of a student of genealogy is to become acquainted with the environment in which the subjects of his inquiry played their parts. So only can he introduce color into the picture. To the ])roper studv of genealogy must be brought nnt only the understanding but the affections.