Stevens Family

Generation One

1. Erasmus¹ Stevens married Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of Thomas Clarke. He died in 1690.
He resided in 1674 at Boston, MA. He was an Ensign in the Marblehead Company of Foot in 1683.
Known children of Erasmus¹ Stevens and Elizabeth Clarke were as follows:

i. John² Stevens was born on 16 Aug 1671 at Boston, MA. He married Grace Gammon on 6 Jun 1694. He died on 2 Apr 1721 at age 49.

ii. Mary Stevens was born in 1673.

2. iii. Lt. Erasmus Stevens, born 1686; married Persis Bridge; married Susanna Welch.

Generation Two

2. Lt. Erasmus² Stevens (Erasmus¹) was born in 1686. He married Persis Bridge, daughter of Samuel Bridge and Hannah, on 25 Sep 1707; 1st wife. He married Susanna Welch, daughter of John Welch, on 27 Dec 1739; 2nd wife, 3rd husband. He died on 22 Jun 1750 at Boston, MA.
He was a carpenter. He resided at Boston, MA. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He left a will on 19 Mar 1744.
Persis Bridge was born on 30 Mar 1683 at Boston, MA. She was baptized 2mo 1 1683 at Boston, MA.
Known children of Lt. Erasmus² Stevens and Persis Bridge all born at Boston, MA, were as follows:

i. Peirses³ Stevens was born on 20 Oct 1708. She died; young.

ii. Samuel Stevens was born on 15 Dec 1709. He married Catherina Mather Willard, daughter of Daniel Willard and Abigail Mather, on 11 Jul 1738 at Boston, MA. He died circa 1754 at Charleston, SC.

iii. Peirses Stevens was born on 21 Nov 1711. She married Moses Deshon, son of Moise Deshon and Susanna Hovrian Maviniere, on 3 Jun 1731 at Boston, MA; 1st wife. She died on 21 Jul 1738 at Boston, MA, at age 26.

iv. Erasmus Stevens was born on 31 Aug 1713. He died; young.

v. John Stevens was born on 8 Nov 1715.
He was living in 1744.

vi. Elizabeth Stevens was born on 5 Aug 1717. She married Pearne Cowell on 16 Dec 1742 at Boston, MA; 1st wife.

vii. Erasmus Stevens was born on 20 Dec 1719. He died on 1 Nov 1721 at age 1.

viii. Erasmus Stevens was born on 18 Dec 1721. He died in 1778.

3. ix. Ebenezer Stevens, born 21 Oct 1726; married Elizabeth Weld.

x. Benjamin Stevens was born on 21 Oct 1726.

Susanna Welch married Edward Eades on 15 Jul 1714; 1st husband. She married John Pinckney in 1733; 2nd husband.

Generation Three

3. Ebenezer³ Stevens (Erasmus², Erasmus¹) was born on 21 Oct 1726 at Boston, MA. He married Elizabeth Weld, daughter of Edmund Weld and Clemence Dorr, on 9 Jul 1750 at Roxbury, MA. He died in 1763.
He resided at Roxbury, MA. He resided at Boston, MA.
Elizabeth Weld was born on 30 Oct 1727. She died after 1793. She resided at Roxbury, MA.
Known children of Ebenezer³ Stevens and Elizabeth Weld were as follows:

4. i. Maj. Gen. Ebenezer⁴ Stevens, born 12 Aug 1751 at Boston, MA; married Rebecca Hodgdon; married Lucretia Ledyard.

ii. Benjamin Stevens was born on 29 Mar 1753. He died after 1793.

Generation Four

4. Maj. Gen. Ebenezer⁴ Stevens (Ebenezer³, Erasmus², Erasmus¹) was born on 12 Aug 1751 at Boston, MA. He married Rebecca Hodgdon, daughter of Benjamin Hodgdon and Rebecca Marshall, on 11 Oct 1774 at Providence, RI; 1st wife. He married Lucretia Ledyard, daughter of John Ledyard and Mary Austin, on 4 May 1784 at New York, NY; 2nd wife, 2nd husband. He died on 2 Sep 1823 at Rockaway, NY, at age 72. He died on 5 Sep 1823 at Rockaway, NY, at age 72. He was buried at Astoria, NY.
He was a merchant. He was a Lt. Col. during the Revolutionary War in Nov 1778. He was a Major General of militia during the War of 1812. He left a will on 26 Feb 1820 at New York, NY; proved 3 May 1824.
Rebecca Hodgdon died on 7 Oct 1783 at West Point, NY.
Known children of Maj. Gen. Ebenezer⁴ Stevens and Rebecca Hodgdon were as follows:

i. Elizabeth⁵ Stevens was born in Jul 1775 at Providence, RI. She died on 1 Jun 1777 at Boston, MA, at age 1.

ii. Gen. Horatio Gates Stevens was born on 19 Sep 1778 at Stamford, CT. He married Eliza Lucille Rhinelander, daughter of William Rhinelander and Mary Elizabeth Robert. He died on 16 Jun 1873 at New York, NY, at age 94.
He was a Major General of the New York state militia.

iii. Rebecca Hodgdon Stevens was born on 24 Nov 1780 at New Windsor, NY. She married John Peter Schermerhorn, son of Peter Schermerhorn and Elizabeth Bussing, on 27 May 1802 at New York, NY. She died on 1 Jun 1815 at age 34.

iv. George Alexander Stevens was born on 21 Sep 1782 at West Point, NY. He died in 1807; at sea, unmarried.

Lucretia Ledyard was born on 22 Feb 1756 at Hartford, CT. She married Richardson Sands, son of John Sands and Elizabeth Cornell, in 1777 at Philadelphia, PA; 1st husband. She died on 2 Jul 1846 at Astoria, NY, at age 90.
Known children of Maj. Gen. Ebenezer⁴ Stevens and Lucretia Ledyard all born at New York, NY, were as follows:

i. Samuel⁵ Stevens was born on 14 Mar 1785. He died on 25 Nov 1844 at New York, NY, at age 59; unmarried.
He was a lawyer. He was graduated in 1805 at Yale College, New Haven, CT.

ii. William Stevens was born on 4 May 1787. He died on 1 Nov 1867 at Poughkeepsie, NY, at age 80; unmarried.

iii. Dr. Alexander Hodgdon Stevens was born on 4 Sep 1789. He married Mary Jane Bayard, daughter of John Murray Bayard and Margaret; 1st wife. He married Catherine Morris, daughter of James Morris and Helen Van Cortland, on 29 Apr 1835; 2nd wife. He married Phebe Coles Lloyd, daughter of John Nelson Lloyd and Phebe Coles; 3rd wife. He died on 30 Mar 1869 at New York, NY, at age 79.
He was a surgeon. He was graduated in 1807 at Yale College, New Haven, CT. He was graduated in 1811 at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; M.D.

iv. Byam Kerby Stevens was born on 20 Apr 1792. He married Frances Gallatin, daughter of Albert Gallatin and Hannah Nicholson, on 6 Apr 1830 at New York, NY. He died on 15 Feb 1870 at age 77.
He was graduated in 1811 at Yale College, New Haven, CT.

5. v. John Austin Stevens, born 22 Jan 1795; married Abigail Perkins Weld.

vi. Henry Hewgill Stevens was born on 28 Feb 1797. He married Caroline Clarkson Crosby, daughter of William Bedlow Crosby and Harriet Ashton Clarkson, on 9 Nov 1836 at New York, NY. He died on 6 Oct 1869 at Poughkeepsie, NY, at age 72.
He was a merchant at New York, NY.

vii. Mary Lucretia Stevens was born on 16 Apr 1798. She married Frederic William Rhinelander, son of William Rhinelander and Mary Elizabeth Robert, on 10 May 1823 at New York, NY. She died on 26 Aug 1877 at Newport, RI, at age 79.

Generation Five

5. John Austin⁵ Stevens (Ebenezer⁴, Ebenezer³, Erasmus², Erasmus¹) was born on 22 Jan 1795 at New York, NY. He married Abigail Perkins Weld, daughter of Benjamin Weld and Abigail Perkins, on 30 Sep 1824 at Brunswick, ME. He died on 19 Oct 1874 at New York, NY, at age 79.
He was President of The Bank of Commerce of New York at New York, NY. He was graduated in 1813 at Yale College, New Haven, CT.
Abigail Perkins Weld was born on 21 Mar 1799 at Boston, MA. She died on 3 Sep 1886 at New York, NY, at age 87. She resided at Brunswick, ME.
Known children of John Austin⁵ Stevens and Abigail Perkins Weld were as follows:

i. John Austin⁶ Stevens was born on 21 Jan 1827 at New York, NY. He married Margaret Antoinette Morris, daughter of William Lewis Morris and Mary Elizabeth Babcock, on 5 Jun 1855 at New York, NY. He died on 16 Jun 1910 at Newport, RI, at age 83.
He was graduated in 1846 at Harvard College, Cambridge, MA.

ii. Caroline Weld Stevens was born on 21 Jan 1828 at New York, NY. She married Alfred Colvill in Jun 1860. She died on 24 Feb 1904 at New York, NY, at age 76.

iii. Ebenezer Stevens was born on 5 Feb 1828 at New York, NY. He died; young.

iv. ___ Stevens was born on 5 Jun 1829. He died; young.

6. v. Lucretia Ledyard Stevens, born 9 Oct 1830 at New York, NY; married John Gustave Richard Heckscher.

vi. Laura Gibbs Stevens was born on 9 Oct 1832 at New York, NY. She died on 14 Jun 1898 at Bar Harbor, ME, at age 65; unmarried.

vii. Mary Emeline Stevens was born on 27 Sep 1833 at New York, NY. She married Peter Remsen Strong, son of James Strong and Alletta Remsen, on 18 May 1853; 1st husband. She married Maurice Bonjour de Limoelan on 2 Jun 1881; 2nd husband. She died on 7 Oct 1895 at Paris, France, at age 62.
She and Peter Remsen Strong resided at Newtown, NY. She and Maurice Bonjour de Limoelan resided at Paris, France.

viii. Frances Ann Stevens was born on 2 Mar 1835 at New York, NY. She married Col. Joseph Parker Norris, son of Charles Norris, on 5 Feb 1857. She died on 4 Feb 1906 at age 70.

ix. Abby Austin Stevens was born on 23 Aug 1836 at New York, NY. She married Maj. Gen. Robert Brown Potter, son of Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter and Sarah Maria Nott, on 28 Sep 1865 at New York, NY; 2nd wife. She died on 23 Nov 1913 at Boston, MA, at age 77.

x. Samuel Stevens died; young.

xi. Gertrude Stevens was born on 17 Sep 1841 at New York, NY. She married William Bordman Rice, son of Henry G. Rice, on 1 Jun 1869; no issue.

xii. Julia Curtis Stevens was born on 29 Dec 1843 at New York, NY. She died in Aug 1929 at age 85.

Generation Six

6. Lucretia Ledyard⁶ Stevens (John⁵, Ebenezer⁴, Ebenezer³, Erasmus², Erasmus¹) was born on 9 Oct 1830 at New York, NY. She married John Gustave Richard Heckscher, son of Carl Martin Adolph Heckscher and Johanna Barbara Steiger, on 7 May 1857 at New York, NY. She died on 22 May 1907 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 76. She was buried on 25 May 1907 at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
She and John Gustave Richard Heckscher resided in 1857 at New York, NY. She and John Gustave Richard Heckscher resided in 1869 at 260 S. 18th St., Philadelphia, PA. She and John Gustave Richard Heckscher resided in 1874 at 'Greenwood Farm', Strafford, Chester Co., PA.
John Gustave Richard Heckscher was born on 6 Aug 1822 at Hamburg, Germany. He died on 10 Jul 1901 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 78. He was buried on 13 Jul 1901 at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. He was a banker in Germany and France and a coal/steel merchant in America. He resided at Hamburg, Germany. He resided at Paris, France. He immigrated on 18 Apr 1844 to New York, NY; on ship 'St. Nicholas.' He was naturalized on 8 Sep 1851 at Schuykill Co., PA.

Additional Generations

11. Stevens⁷ Heckscher (Lucretia⁶ Stevens, John⁵, Ebenezer⁴, Ebenezer³, Erasmus², Erasmus¹) married Henrietta Armitt Brown.
22. Lucretia Stevens⁸ Heckscher (Stevens⁷, Lucretia⁶ Stevens, John⁵, Ebenezer⁴, Ebenezer³, Erasmus², Erasmus¹) married Joseph Harrison Jr.
48. Henrietta Armitt⁹ Harrison (Lucretia⁸ Heckscher, Stevens⁷, Lucretia⁶ Stevens, John⁵, Ebenezer⁴, Ebenezer³, Erasmus², Erasmus¹) married Julian McIlvaine Marshall.
88. John Randolph¹⁰ Marshall (Henrietta⁹ Harrison, Lucretia⁸ Heckscher, Stevens⁷, Lucretia⁶ Stevens, John⁵, Ebenezer⁴, Ebenezer³, Erasmus², Erasmus¹) married Deborah Lynn Reilly.

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11 - Stevens Heckscher
3 - Ebenezer Stevens

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