Henry Stevens

Not the son of John Stevens

Henry Stevens

• Birth: 1611, England
• Death: Jun. 11, 1690 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

alternate birth location Abbey, Somerset, England

The parents of this Henry Stevens are not known.

The Great Migration, volume VII, pp 504-511; immigration is given as 1635 on the ship Defence. He was already married to Alice (unknown) at the time. Alice Stevens sailed on the Abigail as the same day as Henry sailed on the Defence. It is thought that Henry was in Lynn as a servant of Mr. Humfrey, but Humfrey left the colonies around 1640 and Henry and his family relocated to Boston at that time

Born about 1611 (aged 24 on 2 July 1635; deposed on 1 April 1673 "aged 60 years or thereabouts"). Mason & Husbandman who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Defence." (On 2 July 1635, "mason Henry Steevens," aged 24, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Defence). First settled in Lynn; moved to Boston in 1641. Died in Boston 11 June 1690.

MARRIAGES: (1) By 1635 Alice _____. (On 2 July 1635, "Alice Steevens," aged 22, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Abigail. Note that this was the same day that Henry Stevens boarded a different vessel.) (2) By 1651 Mary Buckmaster, daughter of THOMAS BUCKMASTER {1639, Boston}. (On 27 July 1669, "Jabesh Buckminster, Mary Stevens, Dorcas Corbin, and Sarah Lawrence, son and daughters of Thomas Buckminster sometimes of Muddy River in Boston deceased," petitioned the court to be appointed administrators to their father's estate, referring to the marriage of their mother, Joanna (_____) Buckmaster, to Edward Garfield. Among the many depositions collected during the consideration of this petition was one from "Henry Stevens" who "affirmed in court 27 July 16[70] its four years come August next since his mo[ther]in] law Joanna Garfeild died."

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Henry Stevens was a mason, a builder and worker with stone and also a husbandman, farmer. He was admitted into the Boston church on February 8, 1651; with his first wife, Alice being admitted on June 18, 1643.

He became a freeman 25 May 1652.[1]

Henry and Alice had the following children:

1. John Stevens who was born September 10, 1637 and baptized on June 18, 1643 at Boston. He married on December 15, 1644 to Elizabeth Hildreth, daughter of Richard Hildreth.
2. James Stevens was born April 10, 1640 and baptized June 18, 1643 at Boston. He married Sarah Smith, the daughter of John Smith, at Hingham on March 14, 1663/4.
3. Joseph Stevens was born September 1, 1642 and baptized on June 18, 1643 at Boston. He married Sarah Thayer at Mendon on July 2, 1671. Joseph died at Braintree on June 19, 1677.
4. Deborah Stevens was born April 25, 1645 and baptized April 27, 1645 at Boston. Married by 1667 to Thomas Wedge
5. Deliverance Stevens, a daughter was baptized on April 15, 1649 at Boston. She married Henry Dewing.

Henry was Boston constable for Rumny Marsh and Muddy River on March 10, 1655

Henry married again by 1651 to Mary Buckmaster, daughter of Thomas Buckmaster of Boston. Mary was admitted into the Boston church on February 15, 1651/2.

Henry and his 2nd wife, Mary (Buckmaster), had the following children:

1. Joanna Stevens was born on May 28, 1652 and baptized August 14, 1653 at Boston. She married by 1674 to John Winchester, son of John Winchester.
2. Henry Stevens was born on July 20, 1656 and baptized on July 27, 1656 at Boston.
3. Thomas Stevens was born May 20, 1658 and baptized July 11, 1658 at Boston.
4. Joshua Stevens was born May 15, 1659 and baptized June 26, 1659 at Boston. He died November 10, 1659 at Boston.
5. John Stevens was born May 25, 1663 (baptized as "Henry") and baptized on July 19, 1663 at Boston.
6. Samuel Stevens was born September 24, 1665 at Boston and baptized at Roxbury on April 14, 1667.
7. Silence Stevens was born July 26, 1668 at Boston and baptized at Roxbury on August 2, 1668. Died or buried at Roxbury on February 1, 1668/9.
8. Mary Stevens was baptized at Roxbury on May 15, 1670. She married John Woodee by 1687. Their oldest child was born at Boston on July 19, 1687.

Roxbury records of some of the baptisms were from when the family resided at Muddy River, which was part of Boston, but more convenient to Roxbury.

The will of Henry Stevens was dated September 12, 1688 and proved August 21, 1690; with his wife, Mary receiving his house, shop and land in Boston, pluse his farm and lands at Muddy River, with all his moveables and household goods - the entire estate, during her lifetime. At her death the estate was divided among his sons and grandchildren. The inventory, taken in June of 1690 totaled L411, 10s., of which L381 was real estate. He owned house and land in Boston, land at Muddy River, Cambridge, and Braintry.

Henry Stevens died at Boston on June 11, 1690, according to the printed vital records.[2]
Henry Steephens died 18 June 1690 according to his gravestone at the Granary Burying Ground, Boston.[3]

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Joanna Stevens by SmartCopy: Nov 13 2014, 8:27:38 UTC.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stevens-1876
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 8 2019, 17:45:10 UTC

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Henry Stevens
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Henry Stevens was born on 11 September 1611, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He married Alice before 2 July 1635, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 11 June 1690, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 78, and was buried in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Henry Stevens was born on 11 September 1611, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He married Alice before 2 July 1635, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 11 June 1690, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 78, and was buried in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
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Mary Stevens
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Henry Stevens (abt. 1611 - 1690)

Henry Stevens
Born about 1611 in London, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Husband of Alice (Unknown) Stevens — married before 2 Jul 1635 in Englandmap
Husband of Mary (Buckmaster) Stevens — married before 1651 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of John Stevens, James Stevens, Joseph Stevens, Deborah (Stevens) Wedge, Joanna (Stevens) Winchester, Henry Stevens and Henry Stevens
Died 11 Jun 1690 at about age 79 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Henry Stevens migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 504)
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Henry Stevens was born about 1611. We know this because he was deposed on April 1, 1673 that he was "aged 60 or thereabouts."

He migrated in 1635 on July 2, 1635; but on a different vessel from his wife. "Alice Steevens" enrolled aged 22 at London as a passenger on the Abigail whereas Henry was on the Defence. Henry had married Alice (_____) that same year in 1635.

Between the years of 1635 and 1640, Henry and his family resided in Lynn where he was the servant of John Humfrey. In July 1640 John Winthrop reported that Humfrey's servants had fired his barn and consumed all his corn and hay that had a value of L160; the court gave him L250. "Henry Stephens" on December 1, 1640, was ordered to be servant to Mr. Humfrey for 21 years from this day for "firing the barn of his master." Anderson in his "Great Migration" says, this may seem to be a different person, however "Men of the wealth and status of John Humfrey...frequently had servants who were themselves of substantial status and wealth, who might be married with children." Also, less than a year after Henry's servitude was prolonged and only 3 months before Henry Stevens appeared in Boston, John Humfrey left New England permanently; thus freeing Henry and his family to move to Boston. The first record was when Henry Stevens was granted "a great lot" at Mount Wollaston, alias Brayntry, for five heads on July 26, 1641. On November 1644, Thomas Grubb, Nathaniel Woodward, and Robert Reinolds, all of Boston, granted several acres of land at Muddy River to Henry Stevens.

Henry was a mason (a builder and worker with stone) and also a husbandman farmer. He was admitted into the Boston church on February 8, 1651; with his first wife, Alice being admitted on June 18, 1643.

He became a freeman 25 May 1652.[1]

Henry and Alice had the following children:
John Stevens who was born September 10, 1637 and baptized on June 18, 1643 at Boston. He married on December 15, 1644 to Elizabeth Hildreth, daughter of Richard Hildreth.
James Stevens was born April 10, 1640 and baptized June 18, 1643 at Boston. He married Sarah Smith, the daughter of John Smith, at Hingham on March 14, 1663/4.
Joseph Stevens was born September 1, 1642 and baptized on June 18, 1643 at Boston. He married Sarah Thayer at Mendon on July 2, 1671. Joseph died at Braintree on June 19, 1677.
Deborah Stevens was born April 25, 1645 and baptized April 27, 1645 at Boston. Married by 1667 to Thomas Wedge #Deliverance Stevens, a daughter was baptized on April 15, 1649 at Boston. She married Henry Dewing.
Henry was Boston constable for Rumny Marsh and Muddy River on March 10, 1655

Henry married again by 1651 to Mary Buckmaster, daughter of Thomas Buckmaster of Boston. Mary was admitted into the Boston church on February 15, 1651/2.

Henry and his 2nd wife, Mary (Buckmaster), had the following children:
Joanna Stevens was born on May 28, 1652 and baptized August 14, 1653 at Boston. She married by 1674 to John Winchester, son of John Winchester.
Henry Stevens was born on July 20, 1656 and baptized on July 27, 1656 at Boston.
Thomas Stevens was born May 20, 1658 and baptized July 11, 1658 at Boston.
Joshua Stevens was born May 15, 1659 and baptized June 26, 1659 at Boston. He died November 10, 1659 at Boston.
John Stevens was born May 25, 1663 (baptized as "Henry") and baptized on July 19, 1663 at Boston.
Samuel Stevens was born September 24, 1665 at Boston and baptized at Roxbury on April 14, 1667.
Silence Stevens was born July 26, 1668 at Boston and baptized at Roxbury on August 2, 1668. Died or buried at Roxbury on February 1, 1668/9.
Mary Stevens was baptized at Roxbury on May 15, 1670. She married John Woodee by 1687. Their oldest child was born at Boston on July 19, 1687.
Roxbury records of some of the baptisms were from when the family resided at Muddy River, which was part of Boston, but more convenient to Roxbury.

The will of Henry Stevens was dated September 12, 1688 and proved August 21, 1690; with his wife, Mary receiving his house, shop and land in Boston, pluse his farm and lands at Muddy River, with all his moveables and household goods - the entire estate, during her lifetime. At her death the estate was divided among his sons and grandchildren. The inventory, taken in June of 1690 totaled L411, 10s., of which L381 was real estate. He owned house and land in Boston, land at Muddy River, Cambridge, and Braintry.

Henry Stevens died at Boston on June 11, 1690, according to the printed vital records.[2]
Henry Steephens died 18 June 1690 according to his gravestone at the Granary Burying Ground, Boston.[3]
? Baptism: Suggested with a gedcom import London Baptism. A quick look also turned up the Somerset baptism. Henry's origins are unknown, so as it stands, a determination of which Henry is the correct Henry cannot be made. There are probably many more in the 1609-1613 range.

21 May 1609. St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, London, England. London, England. [4][5]
10 Sep 1609, son of Henry, All Saints, East Pennard, Somerset, England
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↑ Andrews, H.F. List of freemen, Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1630 to 1691 (Exira Print. Co., 1906) page link (no page numbers)
↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/194/723608078
↑ Image of gravestone. Find A Grave: Memorial #21721425 Granary Burying Ground. Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812; Reference Number: Guildhall: P69/MRY9/A/01/Ms 6984 Reference Number: P93/MRY1/009
↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Unless otherwise cited, this biography is based on Anderson's "Great Migration."

Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, pp. 504 - 511; by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured Name: Henry Stevens.link for subscribers $
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Winchester Notes (1912) Author: Fanny Winchester Hotchkiss. Publisher: Tuttle, Morehouse& Taylor Co 1912. See Buckmaster Linage Page 7.
RootsWeb profile for Henry Stevens (1611 - 1690) [1]
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N5NL-W8Z : 11 February 2018, Henry Stevens in entry for Henry Stevens, 22 Dec 1611); citing GRANDBOROUGH, BUCKINGHAM, ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,229.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCWG-PJ3 : 10 February 2018), Henry Stevens in entry for James Stevens, 10 Apr 1640; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 397,042.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHTB-CJR : 10 February 2018), Henry in entry for Joseph Stevens, 01 Sep 1642; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 9; FHL microfilm 592,866.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCWG-PJW : 10 February 2018), Henry Stevens in entry for James Stevens, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 397,042.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCWL-N6F : 10 February 2018), Henry Stevens in entry for John Stevens, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 397,042.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHT1-HJ4 : 10 February 2018), Henry in entry for Joanna Stevens, 28 May 1652; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 33; FHL microfilm 592,866.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCW2-K98 : 10 February 2018), Henry Stevens in entry for Joanna Stevens, 28 May 1652; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 397,042.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHT1-HJZ : 10 February 2018), Henry in entry for Henry Stevens, 20 Jul 1656; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 33; FHL microfilm 592,866.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCWG-6ZK : 10 February 2018), Henry Stevens in entry for Thomas Stevens, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 397,042.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHYM-QZP : 10 February 2018), Henry in entry for Joshua Stevens, 15 May 1659; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 55; FHL microfilm 592,866.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6L-LLW : 10 February 2018), Henry Stevens in entry for Samuel Stevens, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0928294 IT 3.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHMS-5QF : 10 February 2018), Henry in entry for Silence Stevens, 26 Jul 1668; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 70-71; FHL microfilm 592,866.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ62-J5F : 10 February 2018), Henry Stevens in entry for Mary Stevens, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0928294 IT 3.
Snow, Nora Emma. The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, New York, 1939); Vol. 1, p. 68
Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862); Vol. 4, p. 185
https://web.archive.org/web/20161024153145/http://winthropsociety.c...
The Pioneers of Massachusetts , 1620-1650 page 443, Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts.Original data: Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts Note: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-PioneersMA&h=24...
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
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Massachusetts, Applications of Freemen, 1630-1691 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 542 (Henry Stevens and Alice (Unknown)