ALLEN R.
STEVENS/STEPHENS:
Allen R. Stevens was
born circa 1786 son of William and Anne Stevens Jr at
Cambridge, Washington
County in the State of
New York. Allen R's father
William Stevens Jr lived near his parents Wm & Mrs. Stevens
Sr at the Cambridge NY during the later half of the 1700's. By 1810
William Stevens Sr and his son Wm Stevens Jr and families removed from
Cambridge, Washingon Co NY for Onondaga County, NY, respectively in
Onondaga Town and Marcellus. Before 1819 William Stevens Jr removed
from Marcellus, NY to live at
Scarborough,
Ontario
Canada. William Stevens Jr was
a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. Children of William/Anne
Stevens Jr., are believed to be: William Stevens who married
Elizabeth Wixson and lived at Worth Twp, Jeremiah Stevens who
also lived in Worth Twp and never married, John R.
Stevens who married Martha is found living in 1850 at Worth
Twp and his children born in both Canada and in the
State of Ohio, Seneca S. Stevens who married Mary
Green at Marcellus, Onondaga Co, NY and who are found living at
Lexington, MI in 1845 and later of Sandstone, Jackson County,
Michigan,
Ann Stevens who married Joseph Palmer s/o Joseph
Palmer at Scarborough, Ontario Canada, and Clarissa Stevens who
married Andrew Thompson and there are other children yet to be
determined.
Allen R. Stevens married about 1804 Miss
Sarah "Sadie" Baker, daughter of Herrington Baker and Lydia James/Jeems. Herrington
Baker was born in the State of Rhode Island to Elisha and Sarah
(Herrington) Baker d/o Job. Allen R. Stevens, and his wife Sarah
shortly after marrying at Cambridge, Wash County, NY along with his
in-laws; Herrington & Lydia Baker removed from Cambridge, Washington
Co, NY and settled in what was then known as Boyle, Ontario Co, NY,
later parts became known as Penfield, in the newly formed county of
Monroe Co in the State of New York. Record found establish that Allen
R. Stevens was of Ontario County, NY no later than 1807. Allen R and
Sarah, children were members of the First Baptist Church of Penfield.
Allen R. and Sarah, and their children
lived in Penfield, Monroe Co, NY until about 1833. After Sarah's
father died in 1833 they removed from Penfield NY for Pickering,
Ontario County, Canada
where they lived but a few short years. About 1839 Allen
R. Stevens and his cousin Webster Stevens [born 1801 and son of Weston
and Hannah Stevens] and other men removed from Canada; based upon
recollections of Clifford Stevens s/o Kenyon Stevens recalling family
information about his "Grandfather Stevens" and others who canoed to
the shores of Michigan, founding what was once referred to as "Stevens
Landing". Allen R. Stevens later went back to Canada and brought back
his wife and children to Lexington,
St.Clair County, settling in what later would known as
Worth
Township,
Sanilac County,
Michigan. In 1839 Baker Stevens, s/o Allen R.
and Sarah Stevens removed from Pickering Ontario, where he had married
in 1834, for Penfield, Monroe Co, NY and by 1845 we find
that they removed from Penfield for Worth Twp, Sanilac County, MI.
The known children of Allen R and Sarah (Baker) Stevens
are:
Mary Margaret "Polly" Stevens (b.1806) who
1st married Lyman Munroe who died at Gaines, New York on July 31, 1835
and 2nd married Hiram Woodruff at Pickering Ontario and removed from
Pickering Ontario to Worth Twp, Sanilac County in the early to mid
1860's; Kenyon Stevens (b.1807) who married Mary Jane
Reynolds d/o of Arnold/Mary (Thomas) Reynolds; Baker Stevens
(b.1809) who married Jane Granger;
Jonathan B. Stevens (b.1813) who married
Louisa Wixson; Chauncey F. Stevens (b.1817) who
married Susan Brown and lived at Stouffville, Ontario, his occupation
was Merchant Tailor;
Celestia Stevens (b.1820) who married
George Long and lived at Uxbridge, Ontario Canada, their son
Leonard Long who married Charlotte Spring and lived
at Lexington, Sanilac CO, MI;
Sarah Ann "Sally" Stevens (b.1822) who married
Hiram Thomas Reynolds s/o Arnold & Mary (Thomas) Reynolds; Asa
C. Stevens (b.1823) who married Susanna Ward d/o of M.J. Ward
- Asa and wife removed to live in Leelanau County, Michigan.
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SENECA
J. STEVENS/STEPHENS:
Was
born 1823 in the Town of
Penfield, Monroe County,
New York.
Seneca was the son of Seneca S. Stevens and Mary Green d/o of
John and Mary (Hill) Green of Marcellus, Onondaga County,
New York.
John and Mary (Hill) Green were neighbors, in 1810, of William
and Anne Stevens, Seneca J. Stevens Grandparents.
Seneca
S. Stevens the father of Seneca J. Stevens, was born October 5, 1791
in New York
State
to William and Anne Stevens.
Seneca S. Stevens, the father,
is believed to be the brother of Allen R. Stevens who also a resident of
Penfield,
New York
during the same time Seneca
makes Penfield,
NY
his home in the l820’s.
Seneca S. Stevens, in 1812, married Mary Green in Marcellus,
NY
and by 18l8 they were living
in Ontario
Canada near
Toronto
where their daughter Rebecca
was born c.1819. Seneca S
and Mary Stevens left Ontario,
Canada
and moved back to the states
and settled for a time in Allegheny County,
NY
and removed to Sandstone,
Jackson County, Michigan by 1835, living upon Section 14, thus becoming
a pioneer of that area. It is in
Sandstone
Township
where they lived for the
remainder of their lives. Together
they had a family, the children being; Olive Stevens born 1813 and who
married William Raymond, Sally Stevens born 1815 and who married Abram
(Abraham) Raymond, Rebecca Stevens born 1819 near Toronto Canada and who
married Joshua Palmer, Seneca J. Stevens born July 4, 1823, Amon Robert
Stevens who married three times, they being 1). Anna Mattison, 2) Helen
Carver and 3) Cora Booth Moulton, Henry Stevens born 1827 and who
married Mariah Sammons, and possibly a William Stevens born about 1821.
The father Seneca S. Stevens passed from this life on April 9, 1856
and his wife Mary Green
Stevens who was born September
1, 1794
died October 6, 1852
, both are buried along with
their son Seneca J. Stevens in Pherdun
Cemetery
in Sandstone
Township, Jackson County, MI.
Seneca
J. Stevens,
subject of this sketch, when a lad of 13 years old came with his parents
and settled in Sandstone Township, Jackson County, MI. Seneca J.
Stevens, as a young man, however, ventured out and removed himself to
live among his cousins and his Uncle Allen R. Stevens in the Worth
Township and Lexington area of Sanilac County, Michigan and it was there
in Sanilac County that young Seneca J. Stevens first met and then
married his first wife Rhoda Matilda Baker on January 2, 1845. From this
union two children were born, they being 1) Jerome Stevens born September 11, 1845
at
Lexington
and a daughter 2) Julietta
Stevens, the wife of John Kent who was a resident of Bay County,
Michigan.
Jerome Stevens, a Civil War Veteran, married thrice, his first
marriage was to Miss Henrietta Losey and second was to Miss Susie Leona
Kent. It was Jerome and
Susie Leona Kent Stevens that were blessed with three children, they
being; Viola Stevens who later married Mr. Lawrence Blair, Bernice
Stevens who became the wife of LeRoy Cole and Beatrice Stevens wife of
Jerry Ruchenback and who later married Mr. Carl Shaffer.
Rhoda Matilda Baker, Seneca J. Stevens wife, passed from this
life in 1848 after being wed only four short years.
Seneca then remained in Sanilac
County
for a time before taking
Phoebe Mary Phillips as his second bride.
After Phoebe died, Seneca J. Stevens married Miss Fanny Wilson on
January 12, 1854
.
Fanny Wilson was born
December 23, 1833
in Cayuga County,
NY
to George and Betsey (Mattison)
Wilson who were natives of the New York
State, also known as the
“Empire
State”.
Seneca J. Stevens and Fanny Stevens lived in
Bay County
,
MI
for several years before
removing to Jackson
County
in l864.
Seneca J. Stevens and wife Fanny were blessed with five children,
they being; George Stevens, Lester Stevens, Seneca Stevens, William
Stevens (deceased by l884), and Laura Stevens (also deceased by 1884).
Seneca
J. Stevens and wife Fanny Wilson Stevens are buried in
Pherdun
Cemetery
in
Sandstone
Township, Jackson
County,
MI.
Rhoda Matilda Baker Stevens, his first wife, is buried in
Sanilac County,
Michigan.
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ARNOLD
Z. AND MARY (THOMAS) REYNOLDS:
Was
born in 1793 in Whitehall,
Washington
County New York
to Nathan and Mrs. Reynolds.
Arnold Z. Reynolds was a named after his paternal Grandfather. The Grandparent Reynolds were natives of the State of Rhode
Island and who were living in North Kingston, Washington County RI later
died in Chenango County, NY, they being Arnold and Ruth Reynolds.
Nathan
and Mrs. Reynolds were parents of at least 11 children, only 2 are known
to date, Arnold Reynolds and Brother Joseph Reynolds.
Joseph Reynolds was the only child of Nathan Reynolds named in
his Grandfather Arnold Reynolds Will which was dated 1826.
Arnold
Z. Reynolds, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1810 to Miss
Mary Thomas, d/o Ephraim Thomas and Mrs. Thomas both formerly of Tyringham,
Massachusetts.
Ephraim Thomas was a Solider in the American Revolutionary War
and who had many an adventure while in service of the United States
during the war.
It was in Whitehall,
New York
where Arnold Z. Reynolds met
and married his wife Miss Mary Thomas. Ephraim Thomas removed from
Whitehall
and lived his days out in Crawford County,
Pennsylvania.
Nathan
Reynolds was born 1766 in North Kingston,
Washington
County,
Rhode Island
and passed from this life in March 17, 1813
in Whitehall,
New York
leaving his wife and children.
It was shortly after his father Nathan died that Arnold Z and
wife Mary Reynolds and young children; Mary Jane Reynolds and Hiram
Thomas Reynolds left New York
State
for Scarborough,
Ontario
Canada
and were living there by and
during the early 1820’s. By 1837 they were living in Pickering,
Ontario
Canada.
Around 1846-47 Arnold Z. and Mary Reynolds left that area in Canada
to settle, for the remainder
of their lives, with their adult children already established at Worth
Township
in Sanilac
County.
Arnold and Mary Thomas Reynolds were parents of 8 children, six
known and they being: 1) Mary Jane Reynolds who married Kenyon Stevens
of Worth Township 2) Hiram Thomas Reynolds born in New York State 1817
and who in 1842 married Miss Sarah Stevens d/o Allen R and Sarah Stevens
who all were living in Worth Township and both are buried in Speaker
Cemetery in Sanilac County, MI, 3) Eli Lewis Reynolds born 1824 in
Canada and who married Matilda (?), Eli died in l906 and is buried in
Downing Cemetery in Wheatland Township, 4)George W. Reynolds who born in
Canada in l835, married Mary (?) George died by l875 while living in
Worth Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, 5) James Reynolds who married
Lydia 6) Josiah Reynolds, a Civil War Veteran who enlisted in 1862 with
the Company C, Michigan 6th Cavalry who served as a Sergeant
and who served in battles one of significance being the Battle of
Gettysburg serving under General George Armstrong Custer, he was wounded
in action at the Battle of Falling Waters in Maryland July 14, 1863.
Josiah Reynolds, in 1858, married Miss Eliza Foe and they
established/owned/ran the Reynolds Hotel which was once located in
Amadore, Sanilac County,
MI.
Josiah Reynolds died in l901, he and his wife Eliza Foe Reynolds
are buried in the Croswell
Cemetery.
Arnold
Z. Reynolds served Sanilac
County
as a Justice of the Peace.
Mary
Thomas Reynolds passed from this life around 1854, exact date is not yet
determined, and Arnold Z. Reynolds, her husband died between 1860-1864.
Both, at the time of their deaths, were residents of Worth
Township, Sanilac County,
Michigan.
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William
Stevens/Stephens:
William
Stevens was the son of William and Anne Stevens and he was born 1801 in
the State of New
York.
William married Elizabeth Wixson, they married March
8, 1827
in
Brock,
Ontario
Canada,
near
Toronto.
William Stevens was the…
Sibling of Jeremiah Stevens of Worth, Sanilac Co, Michigan.
Sibling of Allen R. Stevens of Worth, Sanilac Co, Michigan.
Sibling of Seneca S. Stevens of Sandstone, Jackson Co, Michigan.
Sibling
of Ann Stevens, wife of Joseph Miller of Canada.
Sibling of Miranda Stevens, wife of Andrew Thompson of Canada.
Children of William and Elizabeth Wixson Stevens were the following:
George
Stevens born 1832, Jeremiah W. Stevens born April 18, 1834 Ontario
Canada who married Mary L. Sly, Seneca Stevens born 1838 in Michigan and
who died as a POW on June 8, 1864 at the Andersonville Prison in
Andersonville, Georgia, he enlisted with Company K , Michigan 22nd
mustered at Pontiac Michigan. Seneca
Stevens participated at the Battle of Chickamauga where he was taken
prisoner, Ralph Stevens who was born April 22, 1840 Canada, William
Stevens who was born July 1, 1842 and who married Esther Ann Stevens d/o
of *Chauncey F. Stevens and
Susan Brown Stevens of Stouffville, Ontario Canada, Electa Stevens who
was born 1845, Deborah A. Stevens born 1848 and Sophia Stevens born
1849.
William Stevens died on April
16,1887
in Argyle, former resident of Worth
Township
and he along with his wife Elizabeth are buried in Argyle
Cemetery,
Sanilac
County,
Michigan.
*Note:
Chauncey F. Stevens was the son of Allen R. Stevens and Sarah Chase
Stevens. Making William
Stevens, subject of this sketch, the Uncle to Chauncey F. Stevens.
William Stevens son William married Chauncey’s daughter Esther
Ann Stevens.
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