James Stevens

1651 - Aft 1695  (44 years)

• Name	James Stevens
  	Father: Thomas Stevens (1628-1685) Mother: Mary Clark Fletcher (1630-1683) [1, 2]
  Birth	21 Feb 1651	Guilford, New Haven County, New Haven Colony   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  History	May 1662 (11 years)	Royal Charter for the Colony of Connecticut signed, ending the New Haven Colony.
  Death	Aft 1695	Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony   [3, 4]
  James went to sea in 1695, and was never heard from again. [4]
  Burial	Aft 1695	Old Killingworth Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Old Killingworth Cemetery, Killingworth, Connecticut   [3]
  Inventory	21 May 1699 (48 years)  [4]
  Person ID, Branch	I25654
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2026

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Mary Whelpley
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [6]
  Children	1674 to 1686  [7]
  1. Mary Stevens (1674-____) 2. James Stevens (1676-1764) 3. Hannah Stevens (1679-____) 4. Sarah Stevens (1681-____) 5. Patience Stevens (1683-1771) 6. Mercy Stevens (1686-____)
  Family ID	F9277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1James Stevens(1651 – Aft 1695) 2 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Feb 1651 - Guilford, New Haven County, New Haven Colony Death - Aft 1695 - Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony Burial - Aft 1695 - Old Killingworth Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, 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

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S2343] Holmes, Charlotte Stevens A Genealogy of the Lineal Descendants of John Steevens, who Settled in Guilford, Conn., in 1645, (Elmira, New York: Elmira Advertiser Press, 1906), p 14. [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 162824209 James Stevens I . [S767] Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), p 582. [S298] Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Guilford - p 288. [S767] Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), pp 582, 628. [S767] Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), pp 582-583.