Stephen Hovey (abt. 1742 - bef. 1793)

Born about 24 Feb 1742 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Hood) Hovey — married 18 Jul 1761 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 1793 before about age 50 in At Sea [uncertain]

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Stephen Hovey migrated from United States to Canada in 1767.

Biography

Stephen Hovey born in Topsfield, Mass., Feb. 24, 1741/42^[1][2].

He married Abigail (Potter) Hood of Topsfield (published July 18, 1761^[3]). She was baptized in Topsfield May 24, 1741. ^[4]

Stephen and Abigail arrived at Saint John, N.B. April 26, 1767 on the schooner "Eunice" and later settled in Maugerville, N.B. On the schooner with them was Abigail's sister Sarah and her husband Alexander Tapley who also settled in Maugerville.

Known Children are: ^[4]

• i. Aaron bapt. Mar 15 1762 in Topsfield m. Dorothy Price
• ii. Mary bapt. Mary 3 1764 in Topsfield
• iii. Abigail bapt. Sep. 28 1765 in Topsfield
• iv. Sarah bapt. 21 Nov 1768 m. Malachi Orcutt.

The Hovey book has the following^[4]:
262       STEPHEN HOVEY⁵, born in Topsfield, Mass., Feb. 24, 1741-2. He was a yeoman, and lived in Topsfield until about 1768, when he settled at Mangerville, on the St. John river, in New Brunswick. For one hundred and twenty-one pounds, he conveyed sixty acres and one hundred and thirty rods of land in Topsfield May 3. 1765.* For eight pounds, he conveyed to Allen Pearly of Ipswich, yeoman, two acres of meadow in Topsfield, on Pie brook, April 10, 1767.☨
      The following is a copy of Mr. Hovey's signature on a bond given in the course of settlement of the estate of his father in 1765:
      Mr. Hovey married Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Potter) Hood of Topsfield (published July 18, 1761). She was baptized in Topsfield May 24, 1741. She was his wife in 1767. The dates of their deaths have not come to the knowledge of the writer ; he was dead in 1793, however.

Their children were born as follows :-

556 - I. AARON, baptized March 14, 1762, in Topsfield. See family numbered "556."

557 - II. MARY, baptized March 4, 1764, in Topsfield.

558 - III. m. ABIGAIL, baptized Sept 29, 1765, in Topsfield.

559 - IV. SARAH, married Malachi Orcutt of Penobscot, Me., yeoman, and she probably died, childless, before 1793. Mr. Orcutt, for six pounds, conveyed to John Tibbits of Bangor, Me., yeoman, the estate "coming to me or my wife Sarah Orcutt by heirship out of my father Stephen Hovey's estate, late of Topsfield, deceased, he being heir to his father Aaron Hovey's estate, of Topsfield, deceased," July 24, 1793.* For seven pounds and three shillings, Mr. Tibbits conveyed to Ivory Hovey of Topsfield, yeoman, Timothy Emerson, yeoman, and Joseph Hood, yeoman, both of Hollis, N. H. all the estate of Stephen Hovey, late of Majorville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, yeoman, and also said Sarah's interest in the estate of Aaron Hovey of Topsfield, deceased, Sept. to, 1793 ℴ

*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 115. leaf 223.

☨ Essex Registry of Deeds, bock 158, leaf 76.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry Record 2495 #4210247 Birth:

   Name:	Stephen Hovey
   Event Type:	Birth
   Birth Date:	4 Feb 1741
   Birth Place:	Topsfield, Massachusetts

2. ↑ Topsfield - Births Image of page 59
3. ↑ Topsfield - Marriages Image of page 156
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} The Hovey Book: Describing the English Ancestry and American Descendants of Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Massachusetts By Daniel Hovey Association Pub. 1913 Google Books Page 183 Person 262

• Hayward, George H. 1996. Pioneer families of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada: a series of articles. Fredericton, N.B.: G.H. Hayward.
• John Hood of Lynn, Mass. and some of his descendants, Bosson, Mary Jane Hood, Published by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass, 190