WILLIAM STEVENS BIOGRAPHY  BROOKE CO. (W)VA 
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WILLIAM STEVENS--was born Wilhelm Stephan in March of 1754 in Germany. He came 
to America with his parents when he was ten years old. William served in the 
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War as an artillery private in Captain 
Gib Jones' Company of the Pennsylvania Line. He took part in the ill-fated 
campaign into Canada, and was then stationed at Fort Ticonderoga. On June
18, 1780, William married Margaret Stolz, the daughter of Jacob and Juliana 
Stolz, in Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
 The founder of Lutheranism in America, the Reverend Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg, 
performed the wedding service. In 1795, William moved his family to Brooke County,
Virginia, settling near Wellsburg. William and Margaret had sons Jacob 
and William Jr., and daughters Anna, Juliana, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, and 
Martha. They may have had other children as yet unknown. William Stevens died in 
Brooke County on January 10, 1838. 


Submitted by: Richard M. Stevens II, 301 Beaver Trail, Winchester, Va 22602-1412 
email gandolf@visuallink.com