Luther Stevens (1749)

Born 22 Jul 1749 in Rutland, Massachusetts

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Biography

Luther was a son of Isaac Stevens and his second wife, Abigail (Parling) Stevens. He was their first son, born 22 July 1749 at Rutland, Massachusetts.

He married Lucy Stearns (born June 26, 1762, died September 7, 1812).^[1]

He served in the revolutionary army as follows — Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 12, p. 83: "Appears with rank of private on Lexington Alarm Roll of Capt. Thomas Eustes' Company, which marched on the alarm of April 19th, 1775, from Rutland to Cambridge." Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 35, p. 94, "Appears in a receipt for advance pay given by Company dated July 13th, 1775, at Charlestown Camp, payable to himself. Pay due on account of service in Capt. Adam Wheeler's Company, Col. Doolittle's Regiment." Colonel Doolittle's regiment served at the battle of Bunker Hill. According to the same records, he continued to serve throughout the war, appearing with the rank of sergeant on muster and pay roll of Captain Ephraim Stearns' company, Colonel John Rand's (Worcester Co.) regiment.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Cuyler Reynolds, editor. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/stevens-1.html

• Cuyler Reynolds, editor. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/stevens-1.html