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Silas Stevens

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Silas Stevens

Birth
Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
18 Nov 1848 (aged 93)
Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Belleville, Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
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From the Fonda List found at the Jefferson county genweb page;

SILAS STEVENS

Born: May 20, 1755
Died: November 18, 1848, aged 95 yrs.(g.s.) in town of Ellisburg, N.Y.
Married: 1st LUCY SIMONDS
Born: Keene, N. H.
Married: 2ND MARY, wife of son Jared Stevens, Jr.
Born: 1786
Died: June 17, 1835 aged 67 yrs. (g.s.) in town of Ellisburg, N.Y.

Service: Silas Stevens enlisted October 6, 1775 at Southwick, Berkshire Co., Mass., for eight months. Was stationed at Roxbury, Mass. during the whole time of enlistment. Was at Bunker Hill and Charleston.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. S.C. 23942

Remarks: Silas Stevens and his wife, Mary are buried in the Mixer Cemetery in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, N.Y. Silas Stevens came to Jefferson County from Southwick, Mass., about twenty years after the War. He must have had a first wife, not shown in the records, as he had a son Jared, who was 61 years old in 1848, which would make him born in 1787, one year after Mary was born. Silas Stevens or Stephens had a sister, Lovina Norton. Silas Stevens also was in the Militia in Jefferson County, N.Y. in 1806. This additional information taken from the War of 1812 papers of Mrs. Jenny Marsh Coolidge, 49 Parkside Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Nat. No. 5945. State, No. 710.

Silas Stevens served in the American Revolution and is listed with the DAR.

DAR# A109134
Service: MA
Rank: Private
Birth: 20 May 1755 Southwick, MA
Death: 18 November 1848 Ellisburg, NY
Service Description: Captains Libbeus Ball & Silas Fowler, Col. Danielson
Spouse: 1)Lucy Simons 2) X Deming

From FAG Member CMaz 49467853
Suggested edit: Silas first married Lucy Simons February 27, 1780
Lucy died August 22, 1811
Silas 2nd married Widow Deming July 1812
Son Jared married Mary Brown January 21 1806
Son Jared 2nd married Ann Van Duzer December 12, 1859
From the personal papers of Bertha Stevens Balch grand daughter of Alvah T. Stevens
From the Fonda List found at the Jefferson county genweb page;

SILAS STEVENS

Born: May 20, 1755
Died: November 18, 1848, aged 95 yrs.(g.s.) in town of Ellisburg, N.Y.
Married: 1st LUCY SIMONDS
Born: Keene, N. H.
Married: 2ND MARY, wife of son Jared Stevens, Jr.
Born: 1786
Died: June 17, 1835 aged 67 yrs. (g.s.) in town of Ellisburg, N.Y.

Service: Silas Stevens enlisted October 6, 1775 at Southwick, Berkshire Co., Mass., for eight months. Was stationed at Roxbury, Mass. during the whole time of enlistment. Was at Bunker Hill and Charleston.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. S.C. 23942

Remarks: Silas Stevens and his wife, Mary are buried in the Mixer Cemetery in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, N.Y. Silas Stevens came to Jefferson County from Southwick, Mass., about twenty years after the War. He must have had a first wife, not shown in the records, as he had a son Jared, who was 61 years old in 1848, which would make him born in 1787, one year after Mary was born. Silas Stevens or Stephens had a sister, Lovina Norton. Silas Stevens also was in the Militia in Jefferson County, N.Y. in 1806. This additional information taken from the War of 1812 papers of Mrs. Jenny Marsh Coolidge, 49 Parkside Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Nat. No. 5945. State, No. 710.

Silas Stevens served in the American Revolution and is listed with the DAR.

DAR# A109134
Service: MA
Rank: Private
Birth: 20 May 1755 Southwick, MA
Death: 18 November 1848 Ellisburg, NY
Service Description: Captains Libbeus Ball & Silas Fowler, Col. Danielson
Spouse: 1)Lucy Simons 2) X Deming

From FAG Member CMaz 49467853
Suggested edit: Silas first married Lucy Simons February 27, 1780
Lucy died August 22, 1811
Silas 2nd married Widow Deming July 1812
Son Jared married Mary Brown January 21 1806
Son Jared 2nd married Ann Van Duzer December 12, 1859
From the personal papers of Bertha Stevens Balch grand daughter of Alvah T. Stevens


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  • Created by: Bruce Coyne
  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76961649/silas-stevens: accessed ), memorial page for Silas Stevens (20 May 1755–18 Nov 1848), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76961649, citing Woodside Cemetery, Belleville, Jefferson County, New York, USA; Maintained by Bruce Coyne (contributor 47569362).