Peter Stephens Jr. (abt. 1732 - 1812)

Born about 1 Jan 1732 in Stephensburg, Frederick, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Maria (Chrisman) Stephens — married 1754 in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 1812 at about age 80 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Peter Stephens Jr. served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Peter Stephens Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109090.

Peter Stephens Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 296998
Rank: Sergeant

Son of Peter Stephens, Sr. and Maria Christina Rittenhouse. Born in Frederick County, Virginia, about 1732. In 1753, he married Mary Chrisman and about the year 1767, he moved from Frederick to Botetourt (now Montgomery) County, Virginia.

He saw service in the war of the Revolution as a private and as a sergeant (see Bounty Warrant in Archives of Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia). Peter Stephens, Jr. served in the Revolutionary War as a private and sergeant. He served under Capt John Taylor, Militia, and Lt Charles Stockly, VA Line.^[1]

Peter received 200 acres of his father's original tract in June 1753. Peter purchased several other properties, which he sold in 1767-1768 .By 1767 he had moved south to the New River area of Montgomery County, Virginia. Peter purchased an additional 200 acres from his brother in law Abraham Chrisman in 1786. on the Montgomery County records show that Peter was exempted from paying poll tax and tither in 1793.

Peter married Anna Marie Chrisman in 1754 in Frederick County, Virginia. they had nine children. All of his sons were in the war.

Both Peter's and his wife's fathers were among the earliest pioneers in what is now Frederick County, Virginia. Together, Peter and Mary, as his wife was known, would have the following children: The surviving children of Peter and Anna Maria (Mary) Chrisman Stephens are all named in the settlement of the estate of Mary's father, Jacob Chrisman, who died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1778. The estate was not finally settled until 1795, by which time Mary was deceased and so her children were heirs. Frederick County, Virginia Will Book "7" pp. 220-224. Lavinia Winter is not listed among them. Others listed as heirs, but not listed below are; Elizabeth Wilson, Mary Watterson, and Rebecca Stephens (unmarried). There was also a son Peter Jr. who died in the Revolutionary War, 1781 according to one of his brother's pension applications.

Lawrence Stephens (1755-1847)

Jacob Stephens (1759-1849)

Lavinia (Stephens) Winters (1760-1847)

Isaac Stephens (1760-1833)

Keziah (Stephens) McDonald (1765 - 1851)

Jonathan Stephens (1767-1850)

Joseph L. Stephens (1766-1836)

David Stephens (1770-1850)

Death

Peter died, 1812, in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Burial

Place: Burial Details Unknown.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 February 2024), "Record of Peter Stevens", Ancestor # A109090.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 September 2022), memorial page for Peter Stephens Jr. (1 Jan 1732–1812), Find A Grave: Memorial #36785440, ; Maintained by Carol STEVENS (contributor 46861595) Burial Details Unknown. He was never known to have had a first name "Samuel."

See also:

• Bly, D. W. (1993). From the Rhine to the Shenandoah: Eighteenth century Swiss & German pioneer families in the centralShenandoah Valley of Virginia and their European origins Vol III. Baltimore: Gateway Press.
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR8J-58G : 5 December 2014), Peter Stephens in entry for Thomas Watterson and Mary Stephens, 04 Feb 1795; citing Montgomery County, Virginia, reference P 56; FHL microfilm 32,633.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Note

This profile was never completely cleaned up after several merges. Somehow during the merges, he was given the first name "Samuel," but no known documents regarding him contain any other name than "Peter" or "Peter Jr." Perhaps he had become confused with a Samuel Stephens who served in the Revolutionary War.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Ken Sanders, Hope Moore and Jon Cunnyngham for starting this profile.

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• Find A Grave: Memorial #36785440 This is a contemporary memorial, not record of a grave stone or marker. Site of his burial is unknown.

Record Added: May 6, 2009

• Stephens Family Genealogies, 1690 – 1938, Revised Edition, Edited by Dan V. Stephens. Hammond & Stephens Co. Fremont, Nebraska. 1940. Genealogical Index, Page 3. [1]

• The American Genealogical Record. Volume I. The Stephens family, with collateral branches / by Edward Stephens, M. D. Joseph Winterburn Company, San Francisco, 1892. Page 7. [2]
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