Henry Ward Stevens (1734 - 1801)

Born 8 Apr 1734 in Shenandoah, Prince William, Virginia, British Colonial America

Husband of Margaret (Forster) Stevens — married 1781 in Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died May 1801 at age 67 in Washington, Tennessee, United States

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Washington County, Tennessee Early Settler

Biography

Henry was born in 1734. He passed away in 1801.

It is likely he was married twice the second time being to Margaret Forster, widow Barnes. He passed away about 1801 at the age of 64 years.^[1]

His wife Margaret Forster Stevens (b. 1755) died in 1839 at the age of 83 years. She outlived her 2nd husband by 38 years and her first husband by ^[2]

Jimmy Barnes 1735-1783 who was probably married before making Margaret Forster his second wife and her first husband.

Research Notes

Identity: This Henry Stevens is NOT the son of Peter Stephens of Frederick County, Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Year 1814 TN. Tax List records found in transcription: "Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891": State TN; County: Washington; No Township Listed; Year: 1814 Record Type; Tax list. Publisher & Repository at Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 1999 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 19 Aug 2019.
2. ↑ "Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012"; Name: Margaret Forster Stevens; Birth Date: 19 Oct 1755; Age at Death: 83; Death Date: 8 Mar 1839 Burial Place: Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012 Location Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 19 Aug 2019.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLL-QR4M : 13 December 2015), Henry Ward Stevens, 1801; Burial, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States of America, Henry Stevens Family Cemetery; citing record ID 98977283, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #98977283
• "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SVVT-P9?cc=1909088&wc=M6QW-LMS%3A179850501%2C180221401 : 22 May 2014), Washington > Wills, 1779-1857, Vol. 01 > image 46 of 269; county courthouses, Tennessee.

Acknowledgements

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Linda Norton.
• Annette Stephens