Lt. Col., ae 51 yrs.
In
memory
of
WILLIAM STEVENS,
who died
March 1st, 1801,
Aged 51 years.
Elizabeth Gurney, of Dedham, Mass., was his first wife, and when she died, there being no clergyman available, he made an address at her funeral. This eulogy, delivered March 2, 1796, was published in the Syracuse Herald, Sept. 1, 1886. She was the first person buried in Mount Hope cemetery. His second wife was Hannah Frisbie. He was an Englishman by birth, but came early to this country, and at the age of 26 years enlisted in the 51st Boston Light Artillery as captain. He was a member of the Boston tea party, and 2d Lieut. in Capt. Edward Craft's Co., Col. Richard Gridley's Art. Regt., Boston, May 29, '75, to end of July. He was also Capt. Stevens of Lieut. Col. Lamb's N. Y. Art., Jan. 1 '77, to Jan. 29, '80. After the war he settled in Colerain, Mass., as a merchant and was still there in 1790. In December, 1793, he came to Elbridge and settled on lot 83, part of which is now in Elbridge village, and built the first saw mill there. In this county he was a judge of Common Pleas and superintendent of salt works. It has been erroneously stated that he drew 3,600 acres for services, but it was just half that, a captain's allowance, and one lot was in this county. Administrators appointed March 10, 1801.
In
memory
of
WILLIAM STEVENS,
who died
March 1st, 1801,
Aged 51 years.
Elizabeth Gurney, of Dedham, Mass., was his first wife, and when she died, there being no clergyman available, he made an address at her funeral. This eulogy, delivered March 2, 1796, was published in the Syracuse Herald, Sept. 1, 1886. She was the first person buried in Mount Hope cemetery. His second wife was Hannah Frisbie. He was an Englishman by birth, but came early to this country, and at the age of 26 years enlisted in the 51st Boston Light Artillery as captain. He was a member of the Boston tea party, and 2d Lieut. in Capt. Edward Craft's Co., Col. Richard Gridley's Art. Regt., Boston, May 29, '75, to end of July. He was also Capt. Stevens of Lieut. Col. Lamb's N. Y. Art., Jan. 1 '77, to Jan. 29, '80. After the war he settled in Colerain, Mass., as a merchant and was still there in 1790. In December, 1793, he came to Elbridge and settled on lot 83, part of which is now in Elbridge village, and built the first saw mill there. In this county he was a judge of Common Pleas and superintendent of salt works. It has been erroneously stated that he drew 3,600 acres for services, but it was just half that, a captain's allowance, and one lot was in this county. Administrators appointed March 10, 1801.
Lt. Col., ae 51 yrs.
In
memory
of
WILLIAM STEVENS,
who died
March 1st, 1801,
Aged 51 years.
Elizabeth Gurney, of Dedham, Mass., was his first wife, and when she died, there being no clergyman available, he made an address at her funeral. This eulogy, delivered March 2, 1796, was published in the Syracuse Herald, Sept. 1, 1886. She was the first person buried in Mount Hope cemetery. His second wife was Hannah Frisbie. He was an Englishman by birth, but came early to this country, and at the age of 26 years enlisted in the 51st Boston Light Artillery as captain. He was a member of the Boston tea party, and 2d Lieut. in Capt. Edward Craft's Co., Col. Richard Gridley's Art. Regt., Boston, May 29, '75, to end of July. He was also Capt. Stevens of Lieut. Col. Lamb's N. Y. Art., Jan. 1 '77, to Jan. 29, '80. After the war he settled in Colerain, Mass., as a merchant and was still there in 1790. In December, 1793, he came to Elbridge and settled on lot 83, part of which is now in Elbridge village, and built the first saw mill there. In this county he was a judge of Common Pleas and superintendent of salt works. It has been erroneously stated that he drew 3,600 acres for services, but it was just half that, a captain's allowance, and one lot was in this county. Administrators appointed March 10, 1801.
In
memory
of
WILLIAM STEVENS,
who died
March 1st, 1801,
Aged 51 years.
Elizabeth Gurney, of Dedham, Mass., was his first wife, and when she died, there being no clergyman available, he made an address at her funeral. This eulogy, delivered March 2, 1796, was published in the Syracuse Herald, Sept. 1, 1886. She was the first person buried in Mount Hope cemetery. His second wife was Hannah Frisbie. He was an Englishman by birth, but came early to this country, and at the age of 26 years enlisted in the 51st Boston Light Artillery as captain. He was a member of the Boston tea party, and 2d Lieut. in Capt. Edward Craft's Co., Col. Richard Gridley's Art. Regt., Boston, May 29, '75, to end of July. He was also Capt. Stevens of Lieut. Col. Lamb's N. Y. Art., Jan. 1 '77, to Jan. 29, '80. After the war he settled in Colerain, Mass., as a merchant and was still there in 1790. In December, 1793, he came to Elbridge and settled on lot 83, part of which is now in Elbridge village, and built the first saw mill there. In this county he was a judge of Common Pleas and superintendent of salt works. It has been erroneously stated that he drew 3,600 acres for services, but it was just half that, a captain's allowance, and one lot was in this county. Administrators appointed March 10, 1801.
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