Captain Joseph Stevens

Abt 1720 - 1810  (90 years)

• Name	Joseph Stevens
  Birth	Abt 1720	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Married	10 Jun 1745 (25 years)	Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Dorothy Sawyer, the daughter of John and Sarah (Joslin) Sawyer. She was born on 3 March 1725/26 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was christened on 1 May 1726 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. On their marriage They lived in Petersham after their marriage. She died between 1787 and 1810 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice Stevens (1746-1838) 2. Lemuel Stevens (1748-1818) 3. Damaris Stevens (1751-1829) 4. Joseph Stevens (1754-____) 5. Simon Stevens (1756-____) 6. Gardner Stevens (1758-1838) 7. Simon Stevens (1760-1824) 8. Oliver Willard Stevens (1761-1845) 9. John Stevens (1765-____) 10 Mary Stevens (1767-1841) 11. Cyprian Stevens (1769-1807) 12. Dorothy Stevens (1770-1852)
  Will	2 Apr 1787 (67 years)	Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  He mentions his wife, Dorothy, and his children: Eunice, Lemuel, Simon, Damaris, Mary, Dorothy, Oliver, Cyprian, and Gardner.
  Death	Apr 1810	Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Probate/Proved	16 May 1810 (90 years)	Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Cyprian Stevens,   b. Abt 1703, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Mary Stevens,   b. 14 Oct 1705, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Simon Stevens,   c. 30 May 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. say 1709, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Jonathan Stevens,   c. 30 May 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Dec 1770, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 62 years)   5. Nathaniel Stevens,   c. 29 Jun 1712, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Nathaniel Stevens,   b. 14 Jun 1714, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Oct 1796, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years)   7. Elizabeth Stevens,   c. 13 Jan 1714/15, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Feb 1778, Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 63 years) + 8. Dorothy Stevens,   b. 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 30 Mar 1808, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 90 years) ▻ Nathan Goddard,  m. 28 Nov 1748   9. Captain Joseph Stevens,   b. Abt 1720, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Apr 1810, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 90 years)
  Half siblings	1 half sister (family of Simon Stevens and Mary Grove)
  1. Lucy Stevens,   b. 8 Nov 1733, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Jan 1808, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	father Stevens   (Great Grandfather)  Mary Platts,   b. Wygan, Lancashire, England d. After 1678, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15074
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Wilder,   b. 12 May 1679, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1728, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Joseph Stevens(Abt 1720 – 1810) 2Simon Stevens(1677 – 1758) 4Cyprian Stevens(Abt 1650 – 1722) 8father Stevens 16 17 9mother 18 19 5Mary Willard(1653 – Abt 1685) 10Major Simon Willard(1605 – 1676) 20Richard Willard( – 1616) 21Margery Humphrie(1572 – 1608) 11Mary Dunster(1630 – 1715) 22Robert Dunster(1605 – 1644) 23Mary Gerrett( – 1634) 3Mary Wilder(1679 – 1728) 6Lt. Nathaniel Wilder(1655 – 1704) 12Thomas Wilder( – 1667) 24 25 13Anna( – 1692) 26 27 7Mary Sawyer(4 Jan 1652/53 – ) 14Thomas Sawyer(1616 – 1706) 28John Sawyer(1582 – 15 Jul) 29 15Mary Prescott(24 Feb 1629/30 – 1716) 30John Prescott(1604/05 – 1681) 31Mary Platts( – 1678)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1720 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 10 Jun 1745 - Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 2 Apr 1787 - Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - Apr 1810 - Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 16 May 1810 - Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1037] Holman, Mary Lovering. The Stevens Miller Ancestry , (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948). [S232] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1904).