Ebenezer
Stevens
Born in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer Stevens
and Sarah (Sprague) Stevens
Brother of
Sarah (Stevens) Pearl, Hannah (Stevens) Parker, Aaron Stevens, Joanna (Stevens) Everett, Phineas Stevens, Asa Stevens and Jacob Stevens
Husband of
Johanna (Farnum) Stevens
— married
2 Apr 1741 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Amos Stevens
Died
at about age 40
in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
EBENEZER STEVENS, b. at Andover, 1713/4[1] son of Ebenezer Stevens and Sarah Sprague; d. at Andover, 6 Aug 1754;[2] m. at Andover, 2 Apr 1741,[3] his second cousin, JOHANNA FARNUM, b. at Andover, 1712[4] daughter of John and Joanna (Barker) Farnum;[5] Johanna d. at Andover, 27 Dec 1787.[6]
Ebenezer did not leave a will and his estate entered probate 27 January 1755 with widow Joanna as administratrix. Real estate was £451.7.4 and personal estate, £132.2.4. Debts and administrative costs were £225.10.8.[7] On 24 May 1756 (recorded 7 August 1765), Joannah Stevens in her role as administratrix sold to Joshua Foster, innholder, for £34.6 a tract of pasture and woodland containing eight acres.[8]
Johanna Farnum and Ebenezer Stevens were parents of one known child.
i AMOS STEVENS, b. at Andover, 22 Feb 1742/3; d. at Andover, 1 Aug 1812; m. 1st 25 Sep 1764, his second cousin once removed, SARAH STEVENS, b. at Andover, 19 Mar 1743/4 daughter of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stevens; Sarah d. at Andover, 21 Jan 1788. Amos m. 2nd at Andover, 5 Oct 1789, LYDIA BROWN; Lydia d. at Andover, 12 Feb 1815.
Sources
- ↑ Ebenezer, s. Ebenezer and Sarah, ____ [1713-14]. Massachusetts Vital Records, Andover, volume 1, p 344
- ↑ Ebenezer, jr., Aug. 6, 1754, in his 41st y. Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 547
- ↑ Stevens, Ebenezer, jr., and Joanna Farnum, Apr. 2, 1741; Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 311
- ↑ Farnem, Johannah, d. John and Johanna, ––– ––, 1712. Andover Vital Reocrds, volume 1, p 134
- ↑ The 1762 will of John Farnum of Andover with wife Joanna includes a bequest to daughter Joanna Stevens widow of Ebenezer Stevens; Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 9245
- ↑ Stevens, Joanna, wid., Dec. 27, 1787. Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 549
- ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 26323
- ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 116:62
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