Deacon Joseph Stevens

1683 - 1769  (86 years)

• Name	Joseph Stevens
  Birth	1683	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Crane (1907) gives his birth place as Boston, Massachusetts.
  Married	Abt 1705 (22 years)  [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Prudence Rice, the daughter of John and Tabitha (Stone) Rice. She was born on 26 July 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died after 1728. Issue: 1. Phineas Stevens (1706-1756) 2. Azubah Stevens (1708-____) 3. Samuel Stevens (1711-1723) 4. Mindwell Stevens (1714-____) 5. Joseph Stevens (1716-1723) 6. Isaac Stevens (1718-____) 7. Dorothy Stevens (1721-____) 8. Joseph Stevens (1723-____) 9. Lucy Stevens (1725-____) 10. Mary Stevens (1728-____)
  Moved To	1714 (31 years)	Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Moved to	1720 (37 years)	Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Death	15 Nov 1769	Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Mary Stevens,   b. 22 Nov 1672, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 May 1739, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 66 years)   2. Cyprian Stevens,   b. 22 Nov 1672, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1769, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 96 years)   3. Dorothy Stevens,   b. Abt 1673, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 4. Simon Stevens,   b. 13 Aug 1677, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Jan 1758, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) ▻ Mary Wilder,  m. 1701 ;   Mary Grove,  m. 24 Jan 1732   5. Elizabeth Stevens,   b. 1681, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 May 1769, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   6. Deacon Joseph Stevens,   b. 1683, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Nov 1769, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)   7. John Stevens,   b. Abt 1684, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	father Stevens   (Grandfather)  Mary Gerrett   bur. 31 Dec 1634, Bury Parish, Lancashire, England   (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15056
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Cyprian Stevens,   b. Abt 1650, London, England d. Between 1720 and 1722, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Willard,   b. 7 Sep 1653, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1685 (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Deacon Joseph Stevens(1683 – 1769) 2Cyprian Stevens(Abt 1650 – 1722) 4father Stevens 8 16 17 9 18 19 5mother 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mary Willard(1653 – Abt 1685) 6Major Simon Willard(1605 – 1676) 12Richard Willard( – 1616) 24 25 13Margery Humphrie(1572 – 1608) 26 27 7Mary Dunster(1630 – 1715) 14Robert Dunster(1605 – 1644) 28Henry Dunster(Abt 1580 – 1646) 29first wife 15Mary Gerrett( – 1634) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1683 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - 1714 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved to - 1720 - Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 15 Nov 1769 - Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1037] Holman, Mary Lovering. The Stevens Miller Ancestry , (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S1047] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Willard-Hosmer , (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/ancestries/willard.html. Printout dated 22 March 1998). [S480] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1905). [S902] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Sudbury Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVIII , 1864).