Edward Stephens

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name
Edward Stephens
aka
[Edward Stevens]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Of Plymouth, where he married Mary Churchill in 1708 and had seven children by her, among them Edward Stephens, who married Phebe Harlow. In 1729, after Mary's death, he married Mercy Holmes; he died in 1756 in his 77th year and lies on Burial Hill.
born
date
c. 1680
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
note
From his age at death.
died
date
30 July 1756
place
Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
note
"Decd July ye 30th 1756 in the 77th year of his age" (Kingman no. 275).
buried
place
Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
spouses
id
mary-churchill-1688
married
date
23 Dec 1708
place
Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-plymouth]
note
"Edward STEVENS to Mary CHURCHELL" (Plymouth VR).
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-plymouth]
id
mercy-holmes-fl1729
married
date
3 Apr 1729
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-plymouth]
note
"Edward STEVENS & Marcy SILVESTER both of Plymouth married April 3, 1729" (Plymouth VR).
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-plymouth]

Of Plymouth; perhaps born at Marshfield (see Open questions). His seven children by Mary Churchill are in the Plymouth records as "The children of Edward Stephens & Mary Stephens his wife" (pp. 82-83): Mary (21 June 1710), Hannah (11 Apr 1712), Sarah (25 May 1715), Lemuel (5 Dec 1716, died 20 June 1718), Elizabeth (30 Apr 1719), Edward (19 Sept 1721) and Eleazer (10 Dec 1723). Mary died six weeks after the last birth.

His second wife, Mercy, was the widow of Joseph Sylvester and a daughter of Elisha Holmes [compiled].

Mollie Pfeiffer's "Fitz Stephens" pedigree from Normandy, "compiled by George Stephens of Plymouth (authority unknown)," and her link to Col. Thomas Stevens of London, armorer to the Massachusetts Bay Company (typescript pp. 48-51), have no evidence behind them. She herself marks the first "authority unknown," and nothing connects Edward Stephens of Marshfield to either.

Open questions

  • His parents. The master tree heads the Stephens section with Edward Stephens of Marshfield (living 1665), who had children Edward, William, Elizabeth and Patience (m. John Phillips) [C], but does not mark him as an ancestor or state that this Edward was his son. The Holbrook-Low colonial tree does link them: it calls the Marshfield man, "origin unknown," "probably the father of Edward of Plymouth" [compiled], on the evidence of Davis (Part II p. 252) and the Warren research. That is the same compiled evidence the master tree has, and no record names Edward's father, so the link is not made here until the family decides.
  1. ---
  2. name: Edward Stephens
  3. aka: [Edward Stevens]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Of Plymouth, where he married Mary Churchill in 1708 and had seven children by her, among them
  8. Edward Stephens, who married Phebe Harlow. In 1729, after Mary's death, he married Mercy Holmes;
  9. he died in 1756 in his 77th year and lies on Burial Hill.
  10. born:
  11. date: c. 1680
  12. basis: documented
  13. confidence: probable
  14. sources: [gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
  15. note: From his age at death.
  16. died:
  17. date: 30 July 1756
  18. place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
  19. basis: documented
  20. confidence: proven
  21. sources: [gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
  22. note: "\"Decd July ye 30th 1756 in the 77th year of his age\" (Kingman no. 275)."
  23. buried:
  24. place: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  25. basis: documented
  26. confidence: proven
  27. sources: [gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
  28. spouses:
  29. - id: mary-churchill-1688
  30. married:
  31. date: 23 Dec 1708
  32. place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: proven
  35. sources: [vital-records-plymouth]
  36. note: "\"Edward STEVENS to Mary CHURCHELL\" (Plymouth VR)."
  37. basis: documented
  38. confidence: proven
  39. sources: [vital-records-plymouth]
  40. - id: mercy-holmes-fl1729
  41. married:
  42. date: 3 Apr 1729
  43. basis: documented
  44. confidence: proven
  45. sources: [vital-records-plymouth]
  46. note: "\"Edward STEVENS & Marcy SILVESTER both of Plymouth married April 3, 1729\" (Plymouth VR)."
  47. basis: documented
  48. confidence: proven
  49. sources: [vital-records-plymouth]
  50. ---
  52. Of Plymouth; perhaps born at Marshfield (see Open questions). His seven children by Mary Churchill
  53. are in the Plymouth records as "The children of Edward Stephens & Mary Stephens his wife" (pp.
  54. 82-83): Mary (21 June 1710), Hannah (11 Apr 1712), Sarah (25 May 1715), Lemuel (5 Dec 1716, died 20
  55. June 1718), Elizabeth (30 Apr 1719), Edward (19 Sept 1721) and Eleazer (10 Dec 1723). Mary died six
  56. weeks after the last birth.
  58. His second wife, Mercy, was the widow of Joseph Sylvester and a daughter of Elisha Holmes
  59. [compiled].
  61. Mollie Pfeiffer's "Fitz Stephens" pedigree from Normandy, "compiled by George Stephens of Plymouth
  62. (authority unknown)," and her link to Col. Thomas Stevens of London, armorer to the Massachusetts
  63. Bay Company (typescript pp. 48-51), have no evidence behind them. She herself marks the first
  64. "authority unknown," and nothing connects Edward Stephens of Marshfield to either.
  66. ## Open questions
  68. - His parents. The master tree heads the Stephens section with Edward Stephens of Marshfield (living
  69. 1665), who had children Edward, William, Elizabeth and Patience (m. John Phillips) [C], but does
  70. not mark him as an ancestor or state that this Edward was his son. The Holbrook-Low colonial tree
  71. does link them: it calls the Marshfield man, "origin unknown," "probably the father of Edward of
  72. Plymouth" [compiled], on the evidence of Davis (Part II p. 252) and the Warren research. That is
  73. the same compiled evidence the master tree has, and no record names Edward's father, so the link
  74. is not made here until the family decides.
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