Stephen Chittenden

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name
Stephen Chittenden
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[Steven Chittenden]
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male
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summary
Of Scituate, Massachusetts, born there in 1654, the son of Isaac Chittenden and probably of Martha Vinall. He married Mehitable Buck in 1679, had six daughters and sons there, probably among them Sarah Chittenden, and in 1695 helped administer the estate of his father-in-law, Lt. Isaac Buck. In 1676 his brother Benjamin, as Deane has it, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce, and his father died that autumn.
born
date
5 Nov 1654
place
Scituate, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-scituate]
note
"Steven, s. Isacke, Nov. 5, 1654" (Scituate VR 1:68).
father
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isaac-chittenden-1625
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documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-scituate]
mother
id
martha-vinall-fl1646
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inferred
confidence
probable
note
Born during Isaac Chittenden's marriage to Martha Vinall (Apr 1646); the birth record names only the father.
spouses
id
mehitable-buck-fl1679
married
date
6 Nov 1679
place
Scituate, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
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[vital-records-scituate]
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-scituate, book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate]

Stephen was born at Scituate on 5 Nov 1654, a son of Isaac Chittenden.

King Philip's War. He was twenty when the war began, and it cost him a brother and, before 1676 was out, his father. That spring his father and his future father-in-law, Lt. Isaac Buck, were Scituate's press masters (Deane p. 121). Benjamin Chittenden, probably his brother, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce near Pawtucket on 26 Mar 1676 (Rev. Noah Newman's letter, in Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 359; Deane pp. 122-123, 232). His father sat on a Scituate coroner's jury on 29 July and died that autumn, before 1 Nov 1676, when administration of his estate went to Martha and Israel Chittenden (Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 5:211, 225-226; see Isaac Chittenden).

On 6 Nov 1679 he married "Mehetable Bucke." Their children, from the Scituate records (VR 1:67-68): Rebekah 1680, Thomas 1683, Mehetable 1686, Sarah 1688, Jael 1691, Martha 1694.

On 9 July 1695 he and his brother-in-law Joseph Garrett were sworn as administrators of his father-in-law Lt. Isaac Buck's estate, and they returned the inventory (Plymouth County Probate 1:222, transcribed in Byron Buck's genealogy).

Isaac Chittenden has long been said to have fallen in the defence of Scituate on 20 May 1676; he lived into the autumn.

Open questions

  • His death and burial.
  1. ---
  2. name: Stephen Chittenden
  3. aka: [Steven Chittenden]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Of Scituate, Massachusetts, born there in 1654, the son of Isaac Chittenden and probably of Martha
  8. Vinall. He married Mehitable Buck in 1679, had six daughters and sons there, probably among them
  9. Sarah Chittenden, and in 1695 helped administer the estate of his father-in-law, Lt. Isaac Buck.
  10. In 1676 his brother Benjamin, as Deane has it, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce, and his
  11. father died that autumn.
  12. born:
  13. date: 5 Nov 1654
  14. place: Scituate, Massachusetts
  15. basis: documented
  16. confidence: proven
  17. sources: [vital-records-scituate]
  18. note: '"Steven, s. Isacke, Nov. 5, 1654" (Scituate VR 1:68).'
  19. father:
  20. id: isaac-chittenden-1625
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [vital-records-scituate]
  24. mother:
  25. id: martha-vinall-fl1646
  26. basis: inferred
  27. confidence: probable
  28. note: Born during Isaac Chittenden's marriage to Martha Vinall (Apr 1646); the birth record names only the father.
  29. spouses:
  30. - id: mehitable-buck-fl1679
  31. married:
  32. date: 6 Nov 1679
  33. place: Scituate, Massachusetts
  34. basis: documented
  35. confidence: proven
  36. sources: [vital-records-scituate]
  37. basis: documented
  38. confidence: proven
  39. sources: [vital-records-scituate, book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate]
  40. ---
  42. Stephen was born at Scituate on 5 Nov 1654, a son of Isaac Chittenden.
  44. **King Philip's War.** He was twenty when the war began, and it cost him a brother and, before 1676
  45. was out, his father. That spring his father and his future father-in-law, Lt. Isaac Buck, were
  46. Scituate's press masters (Deane p. 121). Benjamin Chittenden, probably his brother, was killed with
  47. Capt. Michael Pierce near Pawtucket on 26 Mar 1676 (Rev. Noah Newman's letter, in
  48. [*Soldiers in King Philip's War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/), p. 359; Deane
  49. pp. 122-123, 232). His father sat on a Scituate coroner's jury on 29 July and died that autumn,
  50. before 1 Nov 1676, when administration of his estate went to Martha and Israel Chittenden
  51. ([*Records of the Colony of New Plymouth*](/files/sources/records-plymouth-colony/) 5:211, 225-226; see
  52. [Isaac Chittenden](/people/isaac-chittenden-1625/)).
  54. On 6 Nov 1679 he married "Mehetable Bucke." Their children, from the Scituate records (VR 1:67-68):
  55. Rebekah 1680, Thomas 1683, Mehetable 1686, Sarah 1688, Jael 1691, Martha 1694.
  57. On 9 July 1695 he and his brother-in-law Joseph Garrett were sworn as administrators of his
  58. father-in-law Lt. Isaac Buck's estate, and they returned the inventory (Plymouth County Probate
  59. 1:222, transcribed in Byron Buck's genealogy).
  61. Isaac Chittenden has long been said to have fallen in the defence of Scituate on 20 May 1676; he lived
  62. into the autumn.
  64. ## Open questions
  66. - His death and burial.
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