Lieutenant John Stevens

1639 - 1689  (49 years)

• Name	John Stevens
  Title	Lieutenant
  Birth	20 Jun 1639	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1674 - 1689	Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
  	King Philips War King Williams War Killed at Casco Bay 1689
  Death	04 Mar 1689	Casco Bay, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA
  Notes	Serves as a selectman for several years from 1671 - 1685. Grants of land within the town were a subject of dicussion and dificulty. In 1674, John Stevens was one of ten men chosen to see "if it be convenient to give away any more land or how & to whome". On February 11, 1678, he took the oath of allegiance to the king. His name was on the list of "proprietors" of Andover who had also been householders before 1681. In 1682, John was one of five men chosen "to make articles with such person or persons as they shall judge fit" about setting up a saw-mill, fulling mill, and grist mill upon Shawshin river. The first record of alarms of hostile Indians @ Andover was in October 1675. In spite of all vigilance & precautions, they attacked on April 8, 1676. The town was never safe from Indians. In winter they came on snowshoes, and in summer, by the rivers, plundering and killing and then disappearing as suddenly as they had come. John Stevens was in active military service. He was Sergeant as early as 1674, Ensign in 1685, and Lieutenant in 1689, when he was serving in the Indian wars at Casco Bay, where he died on March 4th or 5th, 1688/89. The inventory of his estate amounted to
  Person ID	I9842	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	Sergeant John Stevens,   b. 07 Jul 1605, Caversham, Oxford Co., England d. 11 Apr 1662, Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Parker,   b. Abt 1613   d. 1 May 1694, Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 81 years)
  Family ID	F2433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Barnard,   b. 1646, Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Mar 1675, Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1662	Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Children	+ 1. Sergeant John Stevens,   b. 30 Aug 1663, Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 08 Nov 1728 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F2432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Jun 1639 - Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 13 Jun 1662 - Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA Military Service - King Philips War King Williams War Killed at Casco Bay 1689 - 1674 - 1689 - Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA Death - 04 Mar 1689 - Casco Bay, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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