Moses Stevens (abt. 1765 - bef. 1815)

Born about 1765 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Smith) Stevens — married 12 Jul 1788 in Turner, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Died before Nov 1815 before about age 50 in Oxford County, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

No record has been found of the birth of Moses Stevens. Given the date of his marriage, 1765 is a reasonable estimate for his birth. He was the son of Moses Stevens and Mary (Collins) Stevens, probably born at New Gloucester, Maine (then in Massachusetts), where his parents lived until 1775, when they moved to the new sttlement of Sylvester in Cumberland County, later the town of Turner, Maine.^[1]

Marriage

Moses Stevens and Anna "Nancy" Smith, both of Turner, Maine (then in Massachusetts), married there on 12 Jul 1788.^[2][1]

Residences

At some point after their marriage, Moses and Nancy Stevens moved to Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), where they recorded five children between August 1789 and April 1804.^[3] Moses is not listed among the heads of household at Livermore in 1790.^[4] He does not appear there in the 1790 census, but is shown there in 1800 in a household with one male and one female aged 26-44, two males 10-15, and one male and one female under 10.^[5] He is not found in the 1810 census, so he had apparently either died or moved elsewhere by then.

Death

No record has been found of the death of Moses Stevens. He died before November 1815, when according to her gravestone at the Upper Street Cemetery in Turner, Maine, his wife died as his widow.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} William Riley French, A History of Turner, Maine, from Its Settlement to 1887 (Portland, Me., 1887), page 25
2. ↑ Transcription by the Turner town clerk of the marriage record of Moses Stevens and Anna Snith, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Delayed returns for vital records 1670-1891 > Stetson, 1800-Stringer, 1842 > image 300 of 5086; Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta, citing "Book #1, Turner Records"
3. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 70; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 66 of 718
4. ↑ Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874), page 9
5. ↑ Moses Stevens household in United States Census, 1800, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Cumberland > Livermore > image 4 of 8; citing NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
6. ↑ Photo of gravestone of "Mrs. Nancy, widow of Mr. Moses Stevens" (Find A Grave: Memorial #68664091)