John Stevens (1752 - abt. 1776)

Born 7 Mar 1752 in Boscawen, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Jackman) Flanders — married 8 May 1774 in Boscawen, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Died about 1776 at about age 23 in Boscawen, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

JOHN STEVENS, b. at Boscawen, 7 Mar 1752^[1] son of Phineas Stevens and Sarah Sanders; d. at Boscawen by 1780 (wife’s remarriage); m. at Boscawen, 8 May 1774, ELIZABETH JACKMAN, b. at Boscawen, 4 Jul 1758^[2] daughter of George and Martha (Webster) Jackman;^[3] Elizabeth d. at Boscawen, 27 May 1834.^[4] Elizabeth married second John Flanders.

John and Elizabeth resided in Boscawen where John died by 1780. Elizabeth’s first child (John Stevens Flanders) with her second husband was born in 1781. There are records of two children of John Stevens and Elizabeth Jackman born at Boscawen.

John Stevens served in the company of Capt. Henry Gerrish which marched to Cambridge from Boscawen on 21 April 1775. Also in the company was John Flanders the second husband of Elizabeth Jackman.^[5]

Children of John Stevens and Elizabeth Jackman

i PHINEAS STEVENS, b. 9 Dec 1774; d. at Boscawen, 11 Apr 1788.

ii JANE STEVENS, b. 16 Dec 1776; d. at Plainfield, NH, 1853; m. 10 Apr 1799, WILLIAM SHATTUCK, b. at New Ipswich, NH, 5 Jan 1774 son of William and Mary (Dustin) Shattuck;^[6] William d. at Meriden (Plainfield), NH, 30 Oct 1847 (will proved 17 Nov 1847).

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5M-7P6 : 23 February 2021), John Stevens, 07 Mar 1752; citing Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,040.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGW-WD3 : 23 February 2021), Elisabeth Jackman, 04 Jul 1758; citing Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,007.
3. ↑ Coffin, Charles Carleton. 1878. The History of Boscawen and Webster [N.H.] from 1733 to 1878. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association. p 557
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2M-XX8 : 23 February 2021), Elizabeth (John) Flanders, 27 May 1834; citing Boscawen, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,076.
5. ↑ Coffin, Charles Carleton. 1878. The History of Boscawen and Webster [N.H.] from 1733 to 1878. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association. p 247
6. ↑ Shattuck, L'emuel. 1855. Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the Progenitor of the Families in America that Have Borne His Name. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, printed for the family. p 161

• Price, Ebenezer. A Chronological Register of Boscawen (J.B. Moore, Boscawen, N.H., 1828) Page 104.

• "Names of those who died, or were killed in the Army... John and Phineas Stevens, brothers and sons of the Rev. P. Stevens died in 1776."