John STEVENS

1605 - 1662  (56 years)

• Name	John STEVENS
  Birth	7 Jul 1605	Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Apr 1662	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I22204	kirkpatrick
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth PARKER,   b. Abt 1613, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England d. 1 May 1694, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 81 years)
  Marriage	Apr 1638	Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
  Children	1. John STEVENS,   b. 20 Jun 1639, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 4 Mar 1689, Casco Bay, Cumberland, Maine (Age 49 years)   2. Mary STEVENS,   b. 6 Jul 1652, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts d. 1 May 1703, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F7367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2007

  
  

• Notes

  John Stevens (Stephens), arrived in July, 1638 on the Confidence fromSouthampton. He traveled with his wife Elizabeth, mother Alice, brotherWilliam, and two servants John and Grace Lougie. John is listed at age31, "of Caversham, county Oxford, husbandman", and bound forNewbury.Elizabeth's age is not given; nor is Alice's. William is listedat age 21 with the same origin. He lived for a few years at Newbury, where he was admitted Freeman on May18, 1642, and in 1645 removed to Andover, Massachusetts, where he stayeduntil his death in 1662. Tradition says that their son Nathan, born about1645, was the first born of Andover. John and his son were both proprietors of Andover, Mass. He was a man ofnote and substance. He died Apr 11, 1662, at 56 years old, leaving hiswidow, Elizabeth. On 24 June 1662, administration of the estate wasgranted to her. She died 1 May 1694 at 80 years old. His gravestone has been enclosed in granite and placed near the old lotin the First Cemetery.