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Eliphalet Stephens (1731 - 1814)

Eliphalet Stephens
Born in Enfield, New Haven Co., Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of
Husband of — married 1751 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 83 in Nicholson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Eliphalet Stephens served with 3rd New York Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

ELIPHALET STEPHENS was born around 1732 in Guilford, Connecticut. He was the son of Ebenezer Stephens and Abigail Lord. He married Elsie “Elsa” Holloway (1733-1820), daughter of Joseph Holloway and Hannah Soule, in 1751 in Connecticut. They had 12 children: Sarah; John; Zyphron; Ebenezer; Eliphalet Jr.; Noah; Abigail (10/10/1765-7/26/1846); Holloway; Theodore; Asa; Angeline; and William. He was a blacksmith by trade. He served in the French and Indian War while living in Connecticut, serving under Capt. Hull’s Company in 1757. The records show the militia was raised to either relieve or in response to the siege of Fort William Henry in upstate New York. He is said to have been a member of the Susquehanna Company, which purchased land in present day Luzerne County, Pennsylvania from Indians. He, with 200 others, established the Mill Creek Colony in 1762 and then came back to Connecticut for the winter before returning the following spring. In October 1673 the local Indians attacked the colony and killing 30 settlers. Eliphalet and his family fled and began living in Dutchess County, New York. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was living in Minisinck, Orange Co., New York. He served in the Revolutionary War in 1775 in the Continental Line, 3rd Regiment, under Colonel Clinton, in Dutchess County, New York. Records described him as being five feet, seven inches tall, light hair, and fair complexion. After the war he re-settled in the Wyoming Valley in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania near the Lackawanna River. His return may be related to the land conflicts between Connecticut and Pennsylvania called the Pennamite Wars, which resulted in Pennsylvania’s control of northern part of the state (granted by the Continental Congress). In 1795 he purchased land from James Flinn and also took a half interest in a Saw Mill. He was listed in the Luzerne County 1798 tax list, living in Nicholson. He continued to live there until his death in 1814 in Nicholson, Pennsylvania. Elsie is said to have died in 1820.

Birth

Date: 1731
Place: Connecticut[1][2]

Revolutionary War Service

STEVENS, ELIPHALET DAR Ancestor #: A108807

Service: NEW YORK Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, PRIVATE
Birth: 1731 CONNECTICUT
Death: 8-31-1814 LUZERNE CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: FERNOW, DOCS REL TO THE COL HIST OF STATE OF NY, "NY IN THE REV," VOL 15, PP 170-171; RUTTENBER & CLARK, HIST OF ORANGE CO NY, PP 62, 65
Service Description: 1) CAPT JACOBUS BRUYN, COL JAMES CLINTON; 2) TOOK ASSOCIATION TEST IN ORANGE CO
Spouse: Elsa Holloway, DAR Patriot Index accessed 2 July 2018.

[3]

Death

Date: 1814
Place: Nicholson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania[4][5]

Reference

Reference: ST1.
  • Pearce, Annals of Luzerne County (1860) Pg. 213
  • Bradsby, History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections (1893) Pg. 41
  • Harvey, A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (1909) Vol. 1 Pg. 404
  • Jordan, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (1911) Vol. 2, Pg. 841-42
  • Phelps, Record of Service of Connecticut Men (1889) Pg. 568
  • Fernow, New York in the Revolution (1887) Pg. 171
  • Bates, Rolls of Connecticut men in the French and Indian war, 1755-1762 (1903) Pg. 227
  • History of Scranton and Its People (1914) Vol. 2, Pg. 191-94
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Land Records, Book 3, Pg. 46
  • 1790 United States Federal Census (PA, Luzerne Co., Pg. 12, 2nd Column, Line 22)
  • 1798 Pennsylvania Tax List (Luzerne Co., Nicholson, Pg. 280, Line 3)
  • 1800 United States Federal Census (PA, Luzerne Co., Tunkhannock, Pg. 1, 7th line from bottom)
  • 1800 Pennsylvania Septennial Census (Luzerne Co., 6th Column, Line 10)

Marriage

Husband: Eliphalet Stephens
Wife: Elsa (Elsie) Holloway
Marriage:
Date: 1751[6][7]
Child: @I2158@
Child: Theodore Stevens
Child: Asa Stevens
Child: Angeline Stevens
Child: John Stevens
Child: Zipron Stevens
Child: William Stevens
Child: Ebenezer Stevens
Child: Eliphalet Stevens
Child: Noah Stevens
Child: @I2133@
Child: Henry Stevens
Data Changed:
Date: 2 Jun 2008
Time: 14:53

Sources

  • Source: S298 Abbreviation: Ancestry.com, World Tree Project (Daniel Kimball) Title: "Ancestry World Tree Project", database Publication: Ancestry.com, http://awt.ancestry.com
  • Source: S598 Abbreviation: Gedcom: Resteven Title: Gedcom: Resteven, Url: http://awt.ancestry.com Author: Resteven, Compiler: Resteven Repository: #R30 Repository: R30 Name: Internet Address: Internet Name: Internet

Footnotes

  1. Source: #S298
  2. Source: #S598
  3. http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm accessed 2 July 2018.
  4. Source: #S298
  5. Source: #S598
  6. Source: #S598
  7. Source: #S298

Acknowledgements

  • Stephens-3379 was created by Kay Hessman through the import of gerry.ged on Apr 10, 2014. User ID: 92B749407ECF4518B72E79146558940C4B72. Prior to import, this record was last changed 11:08 30 May 2008.




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FYI I inserted Rev War Service, 1776 sticker
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