Maternal great grandfather of Chester Alan Arthur, the 21st President of the United States.
1. Chester is the son of Malvina (Stone) Arthur [confident]
2. Malvina is the daughter of Judith (Stevens) Stone [confident]
3. Judith is the daughter of Simeon Stevens [confident]
Baptized 11 May 1735 Simon Stevens, son of Otho Stevens and Abigail Kent at Hampton Falls, NH, record of persons baptized "History of Hampton Falls, N.H." Vol 2, by Hon. Warren Brown. publ 1918 pg 97 [1]
no record of birth in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
two reasons why Simeon's place of birth is questioned;
1. His father Otho was born in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
2. Another source of confusion of where Simeon was born comes from. DAR #162350 states that he was born in Hadley, Massachusetts. [2]
Married 1st in 16 Dec 1762 to Sarah Hadley HADLY/Hadley by Rev Henry True in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA [3] They had 10 children, not all surviving to adulthood.
Simeon Stevens was an early settler during 1762 at Newbury, MA.
Captain Simeon Stevens served with Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.
Simeon Stevens is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109139.
Simeon Stevens is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: P-297464 Rank: Captain
He was a Lieutenant Minuteman in 1775 in Captain Thomas Johnson’s company from Vermont.[4]
He was a Lt. in 1st company, of Newbury Minutemen that served between 1778-79. // Comment & observation // His surname is spelled "STEPHENS" on his headstone; see: pg. 697, "History of Newbury, VT."
Married 2nd Susanna Chamberlain [nee Chamberlain] Corliss "said Susanna Corliss was married to the said Simeon Stevens at Newbury aforeside [Vt] on the 25th day of November 1784 by the Rev John Richards of Piermont ... ... the said Susanna Corliss maiden name was Susanna Chamberlin that her first husbands name was Sheperd..." [6] They had no issue.
↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-XQG5 : 15 March 2018), Simeon Stevens, 1775; citing 1775, Vermont, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,370.
↑ "The State of Vermont: Rolls of the soldiers in the revolutionary war, 1775 to 1783" compiled and edited by John Ellsworth Goodrich, publ 1904, pg 11, 17, 31, 69, 115, 368 [payroll of Capt Simeon Stevens' Company], 575, 627, 639, 640, 802, 833 https://archive.org/details/stateofvermontro00good
↑ Rev War widow's pension application file # W20918 and 10696
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 28 August 2019), memorial page for Capt Simeon Stevens (1736–6 Jul 1788), Find A Grave: Memorial #31252027, citing Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Orange County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Richard Foster Eltzholtz Smith (contributor 46816121) (Note: 1. his Find A Grave memorial lists Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA as birth place and 2. his date of birth is listed as 1736.)
↑ :Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Source Citation: Volume: 75 Description: BrowseID: 064 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2204/32596_242092-00342/161564?backurl=
11th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. Compiler, Milo L Olds, a resident of Lorton, VA, 22079, submitted the Feb, 1984, NSSAR Grave Registry form describing Stevens es Rev. service as a, Capt. in a co.; Col. Bedells' regt.; raised in defense of Frontier; source, History of Newbury, VT, by Frederic Wells, pg. 697: VT RevWar Rolls, pg. 368
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 Feb 2016), "Record of Simeon Stevens", Ancestor # A109139.
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