Colonel
John
Stephens
Born in Stillwater, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Uriah Stevens
and Martha (Rathbone) Stevens
Husband of
Olive (Franklin) Stevens
— married
24 Nov 1785 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Cynthia Stephens and Phineas Stephens
Died
at age 70
in Canisteo, Steuben, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Feb 2018
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Biography
Descendant 66 in Stephens-Stevens genealogy 1668 – 1909, by Plowdon Stevens, p.75 which tells us the following.
m. 11/24/1785 Olive Franklin, Daughter of Lieut. Roswell and Jerusha (Hicock) Franklin, b. Woodbury CT, 5/7/1766, whose mother and brother were killed by the Indians at Wyoming. [1]
Bought land in Chemung, Ontario Co. Lived at what is now Elmira, but in 1790 was one of the 12 proprietors of “old Canisteo Castle,” and he had lot No. 6 of Canisteo and and #7 of Hornellsville assigned to him, likely done by lottery with the other 11 founders.
1822, built the mill known as Stephens Mills on Bennetts Creek in Hornellsville, NY.
1809-1812 – Canisteo Town Clerk.
Military: 1796, Captain of Militia Company; 1803, 1st Major; 1806, Lieutenant Colonel in command of a regiment;
Member of the old school Presbyterian Church.
10 Children: Cynthia Stephens, married Ezra Stephens^ (Her 4th cousin once removed); Franklin, who drowned; Uriah F.; Phineas, married Hila Stephens ^(his 5th cousin once removed); Elias; John H.; Alexander H.; Frederick; Daniel McHenry; and Pamelia who married Samuel Olin, MD.[2]
^Hila and Ezra are 1st Cousins.
John was born in 1766. He passed away in 1837.
Sources
- ↑ The Capture of Olive Franklin, Historical Gazetteer of Steuben County, New York by Millard F. Roberts, p. 199
- ↑ (Descendants 155-162, page 76 of the Plowden Stevens Geneology.)
- Stephens-Stevens genealogy 1668 – 1909 by Plowdon Stevens https://ia800204.us.archive.org/25/items/stephensstevens00unkngoog/stephensstevens00unkngoog.pdf
- Stevens, Plowdon. Stephens-Stevens Genealogy, Lineage From Henry Stephens or Stevens of Stonington, Connecticut, 1668. Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, New York, N.Y. 1909
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