Born in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Stebbins
and Rebeca (Colton) Merrick
Sister of
Rebecca (Stebbins) Noble, Mary Mercy (Stebbins) Cooley, Joseph Stebbins, Sarah (Stebbins) Burt, Eunice (Stebbins) Merrick, Esther (Stebbins) Parsons, Aaron Stebbins Jr, Elizabeth (Stebbins) Bliss and Ichabod Stebbins
Wife of
Stephen Bennett
— married
23 Sep 1731 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mehitable Bennett, Stephen Bennett Jr., Nathaniel Bennett, Noah Bennett, Aaron Bennett, David Bennett, Samuel Bennett and Thankful (Bennett) Smith
Died
at age 60
in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Mehitable Stebbins was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, USA on 1721 to Joseph Stebbins and Mary Stebbins. Mehitable married Stephen Bennett and had 12 children.
Mehitable was born in 1721. She passed away in 1782.
Mehitable was born about 1721. She passed away about 1790. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Cheryl Leonard.
Ancestry.com collection [[1]]
- Avery family records.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mehitable:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mehitable:
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Arnold) Wright
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A721488 [compare], Ancestry member pmwright
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~0.39%
Sarah Wishnevsky :
23andMe, GEDmatch M181478 [compare]
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~0.39%
Thomas Carroll :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A041298 [compare], Ancestry member carroltf1
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~0.39%
Christopher Kenney :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KB5245967 [compare]
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From ancestry there is a birth record in Massachusetts vital town and records 1620-1988 for Mehitable Stebens (spelling on record) born in Leicester, Massachusetts on 10 April, 1721 with father of Joseph Stebens and Mary Stebens.
From ancestry Mehitable Stebbins shows a marriage record to Stephen Bennit (spelled in source) from Connecticut church record abstracts 1630-1920. Has the marriage date of September 23, 1736.
Not sure if same people. This would make this Mehitable a little over 15 years old when married. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I don’t have any answers, only questions. I don’t think the current evidence is enough to conclude anything. One thought is that Mehitable was born with a different last name, married a Stebbins, who died shortly thereafter, THEN she married Stephen Bennett. That might explain the issues with all the Mehitable Stebbins.
(from index list) # Page Mehitable. daughter of Thomas Stebbins4 and Sarah Strong 258 192 Mehitable. daughter of Joseph Stebbins3 and Sarah Dorchester 65 150 Mehitable, daughter of Joseph Stebbins6 and Lucy Frary 1627 463 https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog00gree/page/150/mode/1up #65.= daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Stebbins and Sarah Dorchester, was born November 27, 1683, at Springfield, Massachusetts; died March 3, 1761 https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog00gree/page/192/mode/1up #258. https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog00gree/page/463/mode/1up #1657 Hope this helps.
edited by George Longenecker
But, she also can’t have been born in Leicester, Massachusetts to Joseph Stebbins and his wife Mary, as per the Leicester vital records. That says she was born in 1721, which would make a 1731 marriage to Stephen Bennett in Stonington, Connecticut highly improbable, being in the wrong area and the fact that she would only be 10 years old.
Which leaves the problem of where this Mehitable Stebbins came from. I don’t have an answer for that as of yet.
Mehetebell Stebens, Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 source:
"Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPNJ-P83 : 11 March 2018), Mary Cooper, 29 Aug 1742; citing v 2 p 15, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,417.
This shows parents as Joseph and Mary
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX5-H8G : 10 February 2018), Mehetebell Stebens, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0582759 IT 2.
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