Stephen Place (1748 - 1827)

Born 1748 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Warren) Place — married 20 Mar 1768 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

Husband of Anne Jenckes — married 20 Jan 1806 in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

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Biography

Stephen was born in 1748 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of Nathan Place and Desire (Tucker) Place.

Stephen died at the age of about 79 in 1827.

John Folsom supplied the following in email 12/20/2001: Known as Elder Stephen, he was a Baptist preacher. He was shown in Glocester in the 1790 census, where he served the Six Principles Baptist Church (ref: Six Principles Baptist Churches, 1827, Elder Knight) (VEK). He "gathered a church" in Springfield, MA, ca. 1793, returning to Rhode Island after 1796. He was in Cumberland, RI, in 1800. In 1801, he went to Springfield, VT, where he served the Freewill Baptist church, returning to Rhode Island in 1805 following his wife's death. He was still alive in 1827 when Elder Knight compiled his record. (KF) On 23 May 1789, the Foster Town Council voted that "John Place, son of Stephen Place, Jr., a poor child, be bound as an apprentice to William Tyler, Esq." At their next meeting, on 6 June 1789, they similarly voted that Mary Place be bound out to William Tyler and that Thomas Place be bound out to John Round, Jr., both being described as "a poor child." On 5 September, 1789, Stephen Place, Jr., asked that those votes be rescinded! On 30 November, 1789, the town council approved payment of £2.10s to William Round for keeping two of Stephen Place, Jr. children. On 21 June, 1790, the town council voted "to answer the petition of said Stephen Place that votes be and are receded from and that the Children be delivered to the care of said Stephen Place provided no Expense comes to the town on Account of said Children before said Vote now or Since."

John Folsom continues: Margery Matthew writes: "US Senator Theodore Foster, for whom the town was named, lived in Foster from ca. 1803-1823. He wrote notes about people he knew. On p. 194 of material in the RI Historical Society, he wrote in a very small, crabbed hand, difficult to read, the following: 'Elder Nathan Place visited (Foster) at Olive Hammond's on 5 Feb 1818. His 2nd wife was the daughter of Zephaniah Jenks, granddaughter of Obadiah Jencks and great granddaughter of Gov. Joseph Jenks. Nathan Place, father of (illegible) Elder Nathan Place d. (Dec?) 13, 1817, aged 98y12d, came from Smithfield and settled near Hopkins Mills (Foster) 71 years ago . He will be 70 in the spring, grandson of Elder Peter Place from England, settled on farm now owned by (illegible), buried in Glocester.' Seems he has father and son confused."

We suggest that the second sentence be read: "His son's second wife", etc. It is a matter of record that his son, Stephen, married (2nd) Anne Jenckes. "Grandson of Elder Peter Place" would refer to the deceased Nathan, as does the rest of that sentence. That would make him the son of either Nathan(3) or Joseph(3). Pending documentation to the contrary, we are showing Elder Nathan's father as son of Joseph (3), Peter(2).

We know that Desire Tucker married a Nathan Place (see following) and that her husband outlived her. He would appear to be the deceased father of Elder Nathan (that is, Stephen) Place, above. We also have certain census information, as shown. The will of Joel Hopkins (1775) mentions "the children of Nathan Place, my mother's husband."It is assumed, given the ages of Nathan and Desire at the time of their marriage, that the marriage was the second one for both and that Joel was Desire's son by her first marriage.

Scituate land records show that on June 6, 1765, Nathan and Desire sold to John Seamans, Jr. "the 52 acres where Nathan dwells now." Violet Kettelle adds, "This appears to be the same land that Nathan of Scituate got from Capt. Oziel Hopkins for £100, May 2,1747."

Research Notes

In the proceedings of the Scituate town council for 25 May 1761, "Nathan Place chose his father Nathan Place to be his guardian. He accepted and procured Oliver Westcot and Timothy Hopkins as his sureties. Stephen Place, Jesse Elizabeth Place, and David Place, children of Nathan Place, had legacies given to them by Joel Hopkins, late of Scituate, deceased, in his last will and testament. Because they were not of lawful age to choose their own guardians, the council appointed Timothy Hopkins to be their guardian, with Oliver Westcot and Nathan Place as sureties."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Linda L. Mathew, ""Gleanings from Rhode Island Town Records: Scituate Town Council Records, 1731-1786", Rhode Island Roots Special Bonus Issue 2011, page 56

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Acknowledgments

• Profile Place-599 was created through the import of Hopkins-Elci Family Tree.ged on Jul 9, 2012 by Kristen Crandall.