FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From:	Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth

Surname: STEVENS
Source: The History of Charlestown NH by Rev. H. H. Saunderson

p.556
Col. Thomas Stevens of Devonshire England who in the latter part of the reign of King
Charles I or during the Protectorate, removed to London.  Very little is known of this
ancestor but it may be inferred from his title that he was a man of some distinction
as he lived in times when such offices were not easily attainable, except through
personal merit, or the influence of considerable wealth.  He had four sons, from
Cyprian the youngest of whom is traced the decent of the subject of this memoir.
The date of emigration of Cyprian Stevens to this country has not been ascertained;
but we find that Jan. 22, l67l he married Mary Willard, dau of Major Simon Willard
and his 3rd wife, Mary Dunster.  On arriving in this country, his lst residence was 
at Chelsea, MA but at the time of his marriage he was of Lancaster at which place
afterwards he became a man of considerable consequence.  He survived his wife
and married a 2d time.  Cyprian and Mary Stevens had four children of whom
Joseph married Prudence Rice the dau of John Rice and settled in Sudbury.  In
this place he resided several yrs when he removed to Framingham.  He was of
Lancaster from l7l6 to l7l9 where he had two children: Joseph and Isaac.  The next
year he probably removed to Rutland where after its incorporation he became one
of its most prominent citizens being honored by his townsmen with various import-
ant offices and with a deaconship with the church.  He had children born at
Sudbury, Framingham and Rutland..eleven in all. Phineas Stevens was born in
Sudbury Feb 20, l706

p.557  Capt Phineas Stevens
On Aug 20, l723 five Indians slew Samuel, Joseph, brothers of Phineas Stevens
and took Phineas  and Isaac prisoners.  From the time of his capture to the
time of his return from captivity nothing has come down of interest until his
marriage.  In l734 he married his cousin, Elizabeth Stevens of Petersham, MA.,
after which, he remained in Rutland until circumstances led him to become one
of the earlier settlers of Fort 4, Charlestown, NH.

They moved to Fort No. 4, Charlestown not earlier than l745.  In l755 he moved his
family to Deerfield, MA where they were at the time of his death.  Seven of his
children were born at Rutland, MA two at Fort No. 4 and one at Deerfield MA.  
His lst military commission was rec'd from Gov. Benning Wentworth (N.H.) in l743.
(commissioned as a Lieutenant of the foot company of Militia in the Regiment of
Col. Josiah Willard.) 

p.568
Children of Capt. Phineas Stevens and his wife Elizabeth (Stevens) Stevens:

l. Samuel Stevens b. l735 at Rutland, MA m. Talitha (Polly) Bingham of Lempster 
          Children of Samuel Stevens and wife, Talitha Bingham:
          l. Solon Stevens b. l778  d. l809  Practiced law at Exeter NH and Boston.
          2. Enos Stevens b. l780 m. l8ll Martha Hunt dau of  Roswell Hunt and Mary
              (Willard) Hunt of Charlestown.  Martha b. l792.
                   l. Samuel Hunt Stevens b. l8l2 m. l836 Lucetta Putnam  He d.  l839
                      a farmer at Rochester Illinois.
                              l. Samuel Phineas Stevens b. l838 m.  Olive Slater res: Miss-
                                 ouri.
                  2. Mary Ellen Stevens b. l8l4 at Fort No. 4 m. l835 John Swain MD b.
                      Newburyport, MA  Res: Ballardsville KY
                  3. Harriet Stevens b. l8l7  d. l826
                  4. Martha Ann Stevens b. l82l m. l839 George HUBBARD son of 
                       Samuel Hubbard  
                  5. Sarah Elizabeth Stevens b. l826 m. at Ballardsville KY in l846
                      Robert Greene Blakemore of KY b. l8l5 He d. l853 at Oldham Co.
                      KY
                  6. George Enos Stevens b. l830 d. l832
                  7. Harriet Prudence Stevens b. l832 
         3. Polly Stevens dau of Samuel and Talitha (Polly) (Bingham) Stevens
             b. l782 m. l808 James Hervey Bingham Res: Alstead, NH She d. l8l8
             
        4. Samuel Bingham Stevens b. l783 m. l8l0 Joanna Folsom of Exeter b. l787
            He d. l824 She d. l873 Res: Exeter NH
            l. Samuel Folsom Stevens b. l8ll d. l854 Island of St. Thomas (4 children)
            2. Elizabeth Stevens b. l8l6  m. l839 Prof. Wm. Norton son of Heman 
                Norton and Julia (Strong) Norton  He b. l8l0 grad West Point l83l
                Prof. of civil engineering at Yale
       5. Elizabeth Stevens b. l788 d. l789
       6. Tabitha Stevens b. l792 d. l873
       7. Prudence Stevens  b. l794 m. l8l7  Hiram Bingham of Claremont.  She d.
           at Charlestown NH l872
2.Willard Stevens son of Capt Phineas Stevens and his wife Elizabeth, was twin
   of his brother, the Hon. Samuel Stevens.  Willard b. at Rutland MA l735 m.
    l773 Olive Willard  Res: Barnet Vt.  He d. l789 age 54
      l. Dorothy b. l774
      2.______
      3. Clory Allen Stevens b. l776
      4. Olive Stevens b. l78l d. l786
3. Simon Willard Stevens b. l737 at Rutland MA
4. Enos Stevens b. l739 at Rutland MA m. l79l Sophia Grout dau of Elijah Grout
    and Mary (Willard) Grout b. Lunenburg, MA l765
5. Mary Stevens b. l742 at Rutland, MA m. Elijah King
6. Capt. Phineas Stevens, Jr. b. Rutland MA a physician
7. Catherine Stevens b. l747 at Rutland MA m. (1) David Stone Res: Windsor Vt
    She m. (2) Capt. Jonathan Willard who d. l832 age 88  She d. l824
8. Prudence Stevens b. l750 m. Hon. John HUBBARD
9. Solomon Stevens b. l753 Res Barnet Vt  (born at Fort No. 4.)
l0. Dorothy Stevens b. l755 at Deerfield MA    d. l758

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