Amos Stevens (1743)

Born 22 Feb 1743 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Stevens — married 25 Sep 1764 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Biography

AMOS STEVENS, b. at Andover, 22 Feb 1742/3^[1] son of Ebenezer Stevens and Johanna Farnum; d. at Andover, 1 Aug 1812;^[2] m. 1st at Andover, 25 Sep 1764,^[3] his second cousin once removed, SARAH STEVENS, b. at Andover, 19 Mar 1743/4^[4] daughter of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stevens;^[5] Sarah d. at Andover, 21 Jan 1788.^[6] Amos m. 2nd at Andover, 5 Oct 1789, LYDIA BROWN; Lydia d. at Andover, 12 Feb 1815.

Amos was a farmer in Andover. He is likely the Amos Stevens of Andover with service during the Revolution in 1775. He marched at the alarm on 19 April 1775 in the company of Capt. Thomas Poor in Col. Frye’s regiment. He was later in the company of Capt. Farnum in the regiment of Col. James Frye. He was one of those receiving reimbursement for losses sustained at battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill.^[7]

Amos Stevens did not leave a will and his estate entered probate 7 August 1812 with Abijah Fuller as administrator at the request of widow Lydia. Real estate was valued at $2,671 and personal estate at $617.05. Debts were $2,934.65. The dower was set off to the widow on 2 November 1812.^[8]

Daughter Sarah did not marry. In her will written 10 December 1833 (probate 7 January 1834), she bequeathed to her brother Amos her right in the Andover social library and to his wife Susanna she bequeathed ten dollars. To brother Phineas Stevens, she left four hundred dollars to be used for the benefit of their sister Rhoda Brown, and any amount left after the decease of Rhoda would be equally divided among Phineas’s children. Rebecca, wife of brother Phineas, receives ten dollars and one-half of the wearing apparel. Niece Sarah Underwood^[9] receives the use of fifty dollars and bed and bedding, and these to go to Sarah’s children after her decease. Her nieces, children of brothers Amos and Phineas, receive the remainder of the estate to be equally divided. Deacon William Frost was named executor. Personal estate was $1,097.65. There was no real estate.^[10]

Amos Stevens and Sarah Stevens were parents of twelve children born at Andover.

i RHODA STEVENS, b. 11 Nov 1764; d. at Andover, 11 May 1850; m. at Andover, 5 Mar 1811, Dr. WILLIAM BROWN.

ii AMOS STEVENS, b. 3 Oct 1767; d. 29 Dec 1768.

iii EBENEZER STEVENS, baptized 22 Oct 1769; d. 1 Apr 1771.

iv AMOS STEVENS, b. at Andover, 20 Jan 1771; d. at Andover, 14 Mar 1849; m. at Andover, 6 Oct 1796, SUSANNA NOYES, b. at Winchendon, 1770 daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Faulkner) Noyes; Susanna d. at Andover, 12 Oct 1845.^[11]

v EBENEZER STEVENS, b. 10 Jan 1774; d. at Andover, 23 Sep 1794.

vi PHINEAS STEVENS, b. 3 Dec 1776; d. at Andover, 23 Sep 1844; m. at Andover, 18 Jul 1799, his second cousin, REBECCA FARNUM, b. at Andover, 12 Oct 1776 daughter of Jedediah and Rebecca (Poor) Farnum; Rebecca d. at Andover, 11 Aug 1843.

vii SOLOMON STEVENS, b. 12 Sep 1778. He may have married ELIZABETH who has not been identified and had one son Calvin born at Andover on 24 Dec 1806. Nothing further is known of this family and as Solomon is not mentioned in the probate records of his siblings perhaps all the members of this family died soon after.

viii JOANNA STEVENS, b. 3 Dec 1779; d. at Andover, 26 Dec 1827; m. at Andover, 26 May 1805, her second cousin once removed, PHINEAS CARLTON, b. at Andover, 28 Mar 1758 son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Stevens) Carlton; Phineas d. at Salem, MA, 13 Dec 1831.^[12]

ix SARAH STEVENS, b. 3 Sep 1781; d. at Andover, 11 Dec 1833. Sarah did not marry.

x JOHN STEVENS, b. 25 Aug 1783

xi AARON STEVENS, b. 15 Oct 1785; d. at Andover, 3 May 1822. Aaron did not marry. His siblings Phineas Stevens, Sarah Stevens, and Rhoda Brown signed that they had no objection to Amos Stevens administering the estate.^[13]

xii MOSES STEVENS, b. 10 Oct 1787; d. at Andover, 3 Sep 1815.

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Vol I Births. Published by Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield Mass. 1912. (Page: 341)
2. ↑ Stevens, Amos, Aug. 1, 1812, a. 69 y. 5 m. 9 d. [a. 70 y. CR1] Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 546; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/Images/Andover_D546.shtml
3. ↑ Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Vol II Marriages and Deaths. Published by Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield Mass. 1912. (Page: 351)
4. ↑ Stevens, Sarah, d. Isaac and Mary, Mar. 19, 1743-4. Andover Vital Records, volume 1, p 351, https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/Images/Andover_B351.shtml
5. ↑ Charlotte Helen Abbott, Early Records of the Stevens Family of Andover, p 19; https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/files/Abbott/Stevens%20Family.pdf
6. ↑ Stevens, Sarah, w. Amos, Jan. 21, 1788. Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 552; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/Images/Andover_D552.shtml
7. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, volume 14, p 952
8. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 26286
9. ↑ Niece Sarah Underwood is the daughter of Phineas who married Jonas Underwood.
10. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 26435
11. ↑ Stevens, Susanna, w. Amos, b. Winchendon, d. Samuel and Hannah Noyes, cancer, Oct. 12, 1845, a. 75 y-; Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 552
12. ↑ Carlotn, Phineas, formerly of Andover, a. 73 y. Issue of Jan. 13, 1832. N. R. 9. Phineas, Dec. 13 [10. G.R.6.] 1831, a. 73 y. Salem Vital Records
13. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 26282