Simon Stevens was a soldier in the French & Indian War, a Captain in Rogers Rangers. He was taken prisoner by the Indians on Lake George in 1758 and carried to Oswego, NY and held captive for more than a year. He was adopted by the Indians and given a young squaw for a wife. The squaw later helped him to escape.
Stevens was with Colonel Goffe in the building of the Crown Point Road, and it is said that he marked the first tree on the west side of the Connecticut River when surveying for the road. No doubt he chose a building site at that time for he returned in 1762 and built his cabin there.
Stevens was the first to settle along the Crown Point Road. On May 20, 1762, he purchased the rights to Lot 10 - 2nd Range - 3rd Division (10-2-3) from Ephraim Wright. He married Isabell Taylor on Nov 22, 1767, traveling to Fort Number Four (Charlestown) for the marriage. Isabell died a short time later and was the first person buried in the Eureka Cemetery.
My ancestors, Robert & Nicola McClellan and their six children from Scotland, purchased the property next to Capt Stevens in November of 1774. Capt Steven signed as a witness on the deed of purchase. The two oldest sons, William & John McClellan served under Captain Stevens in the American Revolution.
As one can see from the picture attached, the tombstone has not weathered well in the last two hundred years. Fortunately the authors of the History of the Town of Springfield, Vermont, Hubbard & Dartt, 1895, transcribed it's content which I have repeated here:
"Deus ipse jubet ie meminisse mortis."
(God himself commands you to remember death.)
"Simon Stevens, Esq., was b. in Canterbury, Conn., Dec 5, 1736. He was taken prisoner by the Indians on Lake George in 1758, carried from thence to Oswego and Onondaga, where he resided more than a year, and after enduring many hardships made his escape.
"He settled in this town in 1762, was captain in 1776, brigade major in the Revolutionary War, and lieutenant-colonel under the Governor of this State. He was a member of the Provincial Congress, first justice of the peace in this town, which office he sustained more than fifty years, and several years represented the town in the general assembly. He early professed the religion of Christ, (Does that mean he was a Jew?), walked upright, and on the 18th of February, 1817, exchanged his life for a more glorious immortality."
Stevens was with Colonel Goffe in the building of the Crown Point Road, and it is said that he marked the first tree on the west side of the Connecticut River when surveying for the road. No doubt he chose a building site at that time for he returned in 1762 and built his cabin there.
Stevens was the first to settle along the Crown Point Road. On May 20, 1762, he purchased the rights to Lot 10 - 2nd Range - 3rd Division (10-2-3) from Ephraim Wright. He married Isabell Taylor on Nov 22, 1767, traveling to Fort Number Four (Charlestown) for the marriage. Isabell died a short time later and was the first person buried in the Eureka Cemetery.
My ancestors, Robert & Nicola McClellan and their six children from Scotland, purchased the property next to Capt Stevens in November of 1774. Capt Steven signed as a witness on the deed of purchase. The two oldest sons, William & John McClellan served under Captain Stevens in the American Revolution.
As one can see from the picture attached, the tombstone has not weathered well in the last two hundred years. Fortunately the authors of the History of the Town of Springfield, Vermont, Hubbard & Dartt, 1895, transcribed it's content which I have repeated here:
"Deus ipse jubet ie meminisse mortis."
(God himself commands you to remember death.)
"Simon Stevens, Esq., was b. in Canterbury, Conn., Dec 5, 1736. He was taken prisoner by the Indians on Lake George in 1758, carried from thence to Oswego and Onondaga, where he resided more than a year, and after enduring many hardships made his escape.
"He settled in this town in 1762, was captain in 1776, brigade major in the Revolutionary War, and lieutenant-colonel under the Governor of this State. He was a member of the Provincial Congress, first justice of the peace in this town, which office he sustained more than fifty years, and several years represented the town in the general assembly. He early professed the religion of Christ, (Does that mean he was a Jew?), walked upright, and on the 18th of February, 1817, exchanged his life for a more glorious immortality."
Simon Stevens was a soldier in the French & Indian War, a Captain in Rogers Rangers. He was taken prisoner by the Indians on Lake George in 1758 and carried to Oswego, NY and held captive for more than a year. He was adopted by the Indians and given a young squaw for a wife. The squaw later helped him to escape.
Stevens was with Colonel Goffe in the building of the Crown Point Road, and it is said that he marked the first tree on the west side of the Connecticut River when surveying for the road. No doubt he chose a building site at that time for he returned in 1762 and built his cabin there.
Stevens was the first to settle along the Crown Point Road. On May 20, 1762, he purchased the rights to Lot 10 - 2nd Range - 3rd Division (10-2-3) from Ephraim Wright. He married Isabell Taylor on Nov 22, 1767, traveling to Fort Number Four (Charlestown) for the marriage. Isabell died a short time later and was the first person buried in the Eureka Cemetery.
My ancestors, Robert & Nicola McClellan and their six children from Scotland, purchased the property next to Capt Stevens in November of 1774. Capt Steven signed as a witness on the deed of purchase. The two oldest sons, William & John McClellan served under Captain Stevens in the American Revolution.
As one can see from the picture attached, the tombstone has not weathered well in the last two hundred years. Fortunately the authors of the History of the Town of Springfield, Vermont, Hubbard & Dartt, 1895, transcribed it's content which I have repeated here:
"Deus ipse jubet ie meminisse mortis."
(God himself commands you to remember death.)
"Simon Stevens, Esq., was b. in Canterbury, Conn., Dec 5, 1736. He was taken prisoner by the Indians on Lake George in 1758, carried from thence to Oswego and Onondaga, where he resided more than a year, and after enduring many hardships made his escape.
"He settled in this town in 1762, was captain in 1776, brigade major in the Revolutionary War, and lieutenant-colonel under the Governor of this State. He was a member of the Provincial Congress, first justice of the peace in this town, which office he sustained more than fifty years, and several years represented the town in the general assembly. He early professed the religion of Christ, (Does that mean he was a Jew?), walked upright, and on the 18th of February, 1817, exchanged his life for a more glorious immortality."
Stevens was with Colonel Goffe in the building of the Crown Point Road, and it is said that he marked the first tree on the west side of the Connecticut River when surveying for the road. No doubt he chose a building site at that time for he returned in 1762 and built his cabin there.
Stevens was the first to settle along the Crown Point Road. On May 20, 1762, he purchased the rights to Lot 10 - 2nd Range - 3rd Division (10-2-3) from Ephraim Wright. He married Isabell Taylor on Nov 22, 1767, traveling to Fort Number Four (Charlestown) for the marriage. Isabell died a short time later and was the first person buried in the Eureka Cemetery.
My ancestors, Robert & Nicola McClellan and their six children from Scotland, purchased the property next to Capt Stevens in November of 1774. Capt Steven signed as a witness on the deed of purchase. The two oldest sons, William & John McClellan served under Captain Stevens in the American Revolution.
As one can see from the picture attached, the tombstone has not weathered well in the last two hundred years. Fortunately the authors of the History of the Town of Springfield, Vermont, Hubbard & Dartt, 1895, transcribed it's content which I have repeated here:
"Deus ipse jubet ie meminisse mortis."
(God himself commands you to remember death.)
"Simon Stevens, Esq., was b. in Canterbury, Conn., Dec 5, 1736. He was taken prisoner by the Indians on Lake George in 1758, carried from thence to Oswego and Onondaga, where he resided more than a year, and after enduring many hardships made his escape.
"He settled in this town in 1762, was captain in 1776, brigade major in the Revolutionary War, and lieutenant-colonel under the Governor of this State. He was a member of the Provincial Congress, first justice of the peace in this town, which office he sustained more than fifty years, and several years represented the town in the general assembly. He early professed the religion of Christ, (Does that mean he was a Jew?), walked upright, and on the 18th of February, 1817, exchanged his life for a more glorious immortality."
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