Lemuel Stevens, 17481818 (aged 70 years)

Name
Lemuel /Stevens/
Surname
Stevens
Given names
Lemuel
Birth January 10, 1748 28 22
Birth of a sisterDamaris Stevens
January 5, 1751 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Stevens
January 5, 1754 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a brotherSimon Stevens
November 2, 1756 (aged 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSimon Stevens
January 25, 1758 (aged 10 years)
Birth of a brotherGardner Stevens
February 15, 1758 (aged 10 years)
Birth of a brotherSimon Stevens
February 25, 1760 (aged 12 years)
Birth of a brotherOliver Willard Stevens
June 10, 1761 (aged 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Stevens
June 7, 1765 (aged 17 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Molly or Polly Stevens
May 8, 1767 (aged 19 years)
Birth of a brotherCyprian Stevens
April 6, 1769 (aged 21 years)
Birth of a sisterDolly or Dorothy Stevens
November 19, 1770 (aged 22 years)
MarriageHannah GreenView this family
about 1772 (aged 23 years)
Birth of a daughterDolly Stevens
1773 (aged 24 years)
Birth of a sonArtemas Stevens
December 12, 1774 (aged 26 years)
Birth of a sonThomas Stevens
February 12, 1777 (aged 29 years)
Death of a daughterDolly Stevens
October 1777 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a daughterDolly Stevens
July 17, 1779 (aged 31 years)
Birth of a sonGardner Stevens
April 24, 1782 (aged 34 years)
Birth of a sonSimon Stevens
June 17, 1784 (aged 36 years)
Death of a sonThomas Stevens
April 1786 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a sonThomas Stevens
May 29, 1786 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a daughterAnna Stevens
May 29, 1787 (aged 39 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Stevens
1787 (aged 38 years)

Death of a motherDorothy Sawyer
1787 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a daughterPolly Stevens
February 5, 1792 (aged 44 years)
Death of a wifeHannah Green
April 1, 1795 (aged 47 years)
Marriage of a childPerry CalvinDolly StevensView this family
May 31, 1801 (aged 53 years)
Marriage of a childGardner StevensDeborah HarringtonView this family
1806 (aged 57 years)

Marriage of a childArtemas StevensMillie GoddardView this family
about 1807 (aged 58 years)
Death of a brotherCyprian Stevens
July 3, 1807 (aged 59 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph Stevens Capt.
about April 1810 (aged 62 years)
Marriage of a childThomas StevensDorothy BoydenView this family
June 17, 1811 (aged 63 years)

Marriage of a childSimon StevensRuth BrownView this family
June 27, 1812 (aged 64 years)
Death July 31, 1818 (aged 70 years)
Family with parents
father
17201810
Birth: about 1720 41 40Lancaster, Mass.
Death: about April 1810Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass.
mother
17251787
Birth: March 3, 1725Lancaster, Mass.
Death: 1787Prob. Petersham, Mass.
Marriage
Marriage: June 10, 1745Prob. Hardwick, Mass.
15 months
elder sister
17 months
himself
17481818
Birth: January 10, 1748 28 22Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass.
Death: July 31, 1818Brompton, Quebec, Canada
3 years
younger sister
17511829
Birth: January 5, 1751 31 25Petersham, Mass.
Death: January 25, 1829
3 years
younger brother
17541787
Birth: January 5, 1754 34 28Petersham, Mass.
Death: 1787
3 years
younger brother
16 months
younger brother
17581838
Birth: February 15, 1758 38 32Petersham, Mass.
Death: March 17, 1838Petersham, Mass.
2 years
younger brother
17601824
Birth: February 25, 1760 40 34Petersham, Mass.
Death: August 15, 1824Guilford, Vt.
16 months
younger brother
17611845
Birth: June 10, 1761 41 36Petersham, Mass.
Death: May 15, 1845St. Johnsbury, Vt.
4 years
younger brother
1765
Birth: June 7, 1765 45 40Petersham, Mass.
23 months
younger sister
1767
Birth: May 8, 1767 47 42Petersham, Mass.
Death: Dunham/Durham, Quebec, Canada
23 months
younger brother
17691807
Birth: April 6, 1769 49 44Petersham, Mass.
Death: July 3, 1807Paris, Me.
20 months
younger sister
17701852
Birth: November 19, 1770 50 45Petersham, Mass.
Death: January 31, 1852Dunham/Durham, Quebec, Canada
Family with Hannah Green
himself
17481818
Birth: January 10, 1748 28 22Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass.
Death: July 31, 1818Brompton, Quebec, Canada
wife
17501795
Birth: October 12, 1750Worcester, Mass.
Death: April 1, 1795Newfane, Vt.
Marriage
Marriage: about 1772Newfane, Vt.
2 years
daughter
17731777
Birth: 1773 24 22Newfane, Vt.
Death: October 1777Newfane, Vt.
2 years
son
17741823
Birth: December 12, 1774 26 24Newfane, Vt.
Death: July 22, 1823Stukely, Quebec, Canada
2 years
son
17771786
Birth: February 12, 1777 29 26Newfane, Vt.
Death: April 1786Newfane, Vt.
3 years
daughter
17791847
Birth: July 17, 1779 31 28Newfane, Vt.
Death: 1847
3 years
son
2 years
son
17841863
Birth: June 17, 1784 36 33Newfane, Vt.
Death: November 9, 1863
2 years
son
12 months
daughter
5 years
daughter
Note

Much of the data for L's family and that pertaining to the next two generations is based on an old letter, written by Louisa (Stevens) Greeley to her brother Col. John-Harrington Stevens in 1865. See Family History Book for a verbatim copy. Lemuel Stevens was raised in Petersham but went to Vermont before his marriage. His father may have given him land there, as he evidently ovwned property in Vermont, for in Joseph's will he gave his son, Cyprian, land in Barnet. While resident in Newfane, Lemuel was an overseer of the highways and also saw service:"The following is a true List of Officers and soldiers who marched to Brattleboro in the Muster Dec 24, 1782, pursuant to orders received from Col. John Swegants of said Brattleboro to suppress insurrection and disturbance then subsisting in those parts, under the command of Lt. Ward Eager." (Vermont Rolls, 615.) He was still of Newfane, in 1790, being listed in the census of that year, with two males above 16, three below 16, and three females in his family. Following his wife's death, five years later, he moved to Canada, as did many others at this period, especially from Vermont. Lemuel probably felt the need of more land for his large family. These settlers were of great value to Canada and formed the dominant element in that region, called later the "Eastern Townships." He was accompanied by his son, Artemas Stevens and by his sisters, Polly (Stevens) Baker and Dolly (Stevens) Barnes. Whether his brothers, Simon and John also immigrated to Canada with him is not certain, but from the old letter, it seems probable that they did.