Nathaniel Stevens (abt. 1684 - 1743)

Born about 1684 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Barnum) Stevens — married 1712 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1743 at about age 59 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Nathaniel Stevens was born about 1684, presumably at "Hop Grounds" (present-day Bedford), Westchester County, New York, where his family had settled about 1680 (see his father's biography).

Nathaniel made a will at Danbury, on February 1, 1743, which is now on record at Fairfield. In it, he makes mention of his children, a granddaughter, Elizabeth Stevens, and his wife Ruth. He speaks of John and Ezra as "my youngest sons." Nathaniel died not long after making his will and the estate was distributed in April 1743. John and Ezra chose guardians on 5 July 1743.^[1]

His inventory was taken on 25 & 26 July 1743 and recorded at Fairfield on28 March 1744.^[2]

The distribution of John and Ezra's (the two youngest sons) part of the real estate is dated 4 & 5 April 1744 and recorded at Fairfield.^[3]

Marriage

Jul 1 1712 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Wife: Abigail Barnum

Burial

Old North Main Street Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W33 : 9 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 108, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 194.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6WSL : 11 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 139, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 255-256.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKNV  : 26 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 399, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 7, 1721-1750, Page 284.

• Stevens, Frederick S. Genealogy of the Stevens family from 1635 to 1891 (Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1891) Page 11
• Hill, Susan Benedict. History of Danbury, Conn. 1684-1896 (Burr Printing House, New York, 1896) Page 16
• Stevens, Casimir P., The Stevens Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1921)

• Page 7: "Nathaniel, m. 1st Abigail Barnum; m. 2nd, Ruth Hoyt. lived in Danbury, and d. about 1743."
• Page 12: "Nathaniel Stevens married 2nd, Ruth Hoyt, who was mother of his two youngest sons and probably of his two daughters."

• Stevens, Emory M. (1933). A Manuscript History of the Stevens Family. Unpublished.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #72658028. No photograph.