Rowland Stebbins (1592 - 1671)

Born 5 Nov 1592 in Bocking, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins — married 30 Nov 1618 in Bocking, Essex, England

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1671 at age 79 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Rowland Stebbins migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 494) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Rowland Stebbins (Stebings, Stebbing, Stibbinge, Stubing, Stubbing) was a direct ancestor of Stephen Grover (Grover) Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States of America.

Birth

Rowland Stebbins^[1] was born before 5 November 1592, which is the date of his baptism record at St. Mary's Church in Bocking, Essex, England.^[2][3]

Alt birth: 5 Jan 1591/92^{[citation needed]}

Alt birth: November 5, 1594^{[citation needed]}

Alt birth: 1610.^{[citation needed]}

Immigration

He departed on about the 10th of April 1634 from Ipswich, Suffolk, England on the Francis under Captain John Cutting.^[4] Accompanying him were his wife Sarah,^[4] son Thomas 14, daughter Sarah 11, son John 8, and daughter Elizabeth 6.

He arrived on the last day of 1634 at Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, America. ^[5]He first settled in Roxbury, later moved to Springfield.^[6]

An earlier daughter called Elizabeth had been buried on June 15, 1625. They also had with them Mary Winche, aged 15. It is unknown if she was related to them. The passenger list for the "Francis" has the names spelled as "Stebing". His wife, Sarah, died October 4, 1649 at Springfield.^[6] Rowland and John, his son, moved from Springfield to Northampton. Thomas, the oldest son, remained at Springfield.

Death

Rowland Stebbins died in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts on December 14, 1671.^[7][8][9]

Buried at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.

Find A Grave Memorial # 20048398

Will

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of Rowland Stebbins, dated the first day of the first month, 1669.

"Know all men by these presents, that I Rowland Stebbins of Northampton in Hampshire, in the Colony of Massachusetts: having my perfect memory, through the goodness of GOD, though very weak and sick in body, wayting for my great Change, w'ch I desire the Lord in mercy to fit me for -- doe make and ordayne this to be my last will and testament -- viz In fe I committ my soule to God, that made it, and to the Lord Jesus Christ that redeemed it, by his most precious blood: and doe hope it shall be united to him forever, and my body to be in comly and decent manner buryed, hoping at the Great Day of the Resurection, the Lord Jesus will change the vile body, and fashion it like to his Glorious body and so shall be forever with the Lord.

Also I do make my beloved Son John Stebbins to be my full and Sole Executor which I hope will be faithful in all things committed to his trust -- Also will and desire is that all my Just debts and funeral expenses be satisfyed & paid, and as concerning my outward and worldly Estate, that the Lord in his mercy hath given unto me I dispose of in this manner:

Viz. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Thomas Stebbins he several children twenty Shillings apiece, to be paid within three years after my decease those that be of age, the Sons to be twenty-one years -- and daughters Eighteen years.

I give and bequeath to my son John's Children that is to say to John Stebbins his first born an Iron pott, my bed and bed clothes and all that belongs to it. My best Jackett & wascotte, my old coate and worst paire of gray stockings.

I give and bequeath to Benoni Stebbins my best Breeches and new cotton wescotte & twenty shillings --

I give and bequeath to my son John's son Samuel my old Kersey Sute and twenty shillings.

I give and bequeath to my son John's other six Children to be paid unto them when they come to age twenty Shillings apeece.

I give and bequeath to my son in Law Merricks three daughters, twenty Shillings apiece, to Sarah, Mary and Hannah to be paid within three years after my decease.

I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Clarke three pounds to be paid within three years and to her three Children twenty Shillings apeece to be paid within three years after my decease, and to Mary the Bell Metal Skillet.

I give and bequeath to Mary Maunde ten shillings to be paid within a yeere after my desease. I give and bequeath to my son John Stebbins my Great Brass pott and be best coate, and to my son Johns Wife my best stockings, and as for the rest of my Estate that remaynes my will is, that it should be equally divided between my two beloved sons Thomas Stebbins and John Stebbins.

Also my desire is that my much honored friend Cap't John Pynchon and my beloved brother Robert Bartlett, would be in the overseers of this my last will and testament. That this is my last will and Testament I declare by setting my hand and Seale the first day of the first month Anno Domini 1669-70. My will is that my son John Stebbins doe keepe this my last will and testament.

signum ROWLAND STEBBINS

Signed and Sealed in ye presence of William James, Thomas Hanchett, sen'r.

Family

He married Sarah Whiting 30 November 1618^[10] by whom he had the following children:

1. Thomas Stebbins Thomas married Hannah, the daughter of Deacon Samuel Wright in November of 1645. She died October 16, 1660. Thomas married Abigail, widow of Benjamin Munn. Thomas died September 15, 1683.
2. Sarah Stebbins
3. John Stebbins John married Abigail Bartlett on December 17, 1657.
4. Elizabeth Stebbins

Research Notes

Alternate death: 14 Dec 1691, originally source S07616, Crfoote.ged. imported Mar 2, 1999 [Probably a typo]

Sources

1. ↑ Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, Transcribed and compiled by Francis F. Spies in 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20.
2. ↑ "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKZG-DNY : 12 February 2018), Rowland Stebing, 05 Nov 1592, Christening; citing Bocking, Essex, England, Essex Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,471,886.
3. ↑ Baptism & Marriage Record of St. Mary's Church in Bocking, Essex, England; of Rowland Stebbins (THE STEBBING FAMILY) The American Genealogist 1955-10: Vol 31 Iss 4,page 194, https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1955-10_31_4/page/n3/mode/2up?q=Northampton
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)"The Founders of New England" p. 331
5. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=1435163&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Page Number: 432.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)"Memoir' of the Stebbins Family" p. 351 - 354.
7. ↑ The Stebbins Ancestral Society, Wayback Machine, archived page from 3 Jun 2019
8. ↑ "1671... 14 December, Rowland Stebbins." Register of Deaths in Northampton, Mass. NEHGR, April, 1849. p. 176.
9. ↑ Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, Transcribed and compiled by Francis F. Spies in 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20.
10. ↑ Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, Transcribed and compiled by Francis F. Spies in 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20.

• Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. VI R-S (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2009) pages 494-98. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)"Memoir' of the Stebbins Family" p. 351 - 354.link for subscribers
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)"The Founders of New England" p. 331.link for subscribers

See also:

• Cooley, Mortimer E. "The Cooley Genealogy" Published The Tuttle Pub. Co., Rutland, VT. 1941. V. 2, p. 458.link
• England, Select Essex Church of England Parish Registers. Marriage of Rowland Stebbing and Sara Whiting.
• Greenlee, Ralph Stebbins & Greenlee, Robert Lemuel. The Stebbins Genealogy. Volume 1 and 2. Chicago:Unknown, 1904. Page 51.
• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records. Death on 14 December 1671 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Volume 2, by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, pages 770-771.
• The Stebbins Ancestral Society web.archive link