Elizabeth (Fellows) Stevens (1685 - aft. 1741)

Born 14 Sep 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Henry (Stevens) Stephens Jr. — married 2 Mar 1709 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 1741 after age 55 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth Fellows was born in 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Ephraim Fellows and his second wife, who was born Anna (Anne) Cross.^[1]

She married Henry Stephens on March 2, 1709 (old style date is March 2, 1708/9) in Plainfield, Connecticut.^[2] By 1715 she and her husband had removed to Stonington, Connecticut, where he was born. ^[3] Elizabeth was admitted to the church in North Stonington, Connecticut, on June 16, 1741.^[4]

Children

Children of Henry and Elizabeth (Fellows) Stephens were:^[5]

1. Henry, born at Plainfield, Connecticut on 18 December 1709; married November 10 1731 to Sarah Babcock
2. Simeon, married 3 November 1737 to Mercy Cotts or Coates
3. Mary, married 25 August 1736 to John Meeks
4. Jedediah, baptized 12 August 1716 in the Congregational Church of Stonington; married 4 April 1743 to Mary Rathbone
5. Lucy born in 1717; married Ephraim Smith 3 January 1744
6. Elizabeth, married first husband William Stewart, Jr., on 4 December 1740; married second husband Joseph Palmer
7. Thankful, born 15 January 1725, baptized July 11 1725, admitted to church in the North Society on 16 June 1741; married first husband James Partridge on 24 December 1744; married on 13 October 1773 to second husband Zebulon Stevens.

Sources

1. ↑ Stevens, pp. 37-38
2. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Plainfield, page 127: Stevens, Henry, m. Elizabeth Ffellows, d. Ephraim, Mar. 2 1708/9
3. ↑ Stevens, page 36.
4. ↑ Stevens, p. 36
5. ↑ Stevens, pages 36-37.

• Stevens, Plowdon. Stephens-Stevens Genealogy (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., New York, 1909) Page 36