STEPHENS, Richard

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Colonial America
• Baptism: 18 Feb 1693, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America

Notes:

Lots of information on STEPHENS including people who arrived before Richard in the Connecticut Church Record Abstracts.

Obviously, he cannot have been married to both since divorce in Puritans was unheard of. So which one is the correct one for Richard?

Birth: Going with the date that has two sources.
Baptism: Heritage Consulting has the year 1692; I prefer 1693 in the church records.
Death: The New England marriages source has death year as 1753 re his marriage to Hannah HALD/HEALD. The millennium file has more data but we cannot see the original document.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married HEALD, Hannah on 15 Nov 1699 in New England, Colonial America. Hannah was born in 1676; died in 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married HARKER, Sarah on 9 Jun 1704 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America. Sarah (daughter of HARKER, John Ebenezer and FOWLER OR FOGLER, Patience) was born on 21 Sep 1681 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America; died about 1754 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America; was buried on 13 Jun 1754 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
"...married by Rev. Samuel Willard of the South South Church, of which her mother had become a member." ~ from Stephens-Stevens Genealogy by Plowdon.

1. STEVENS, Sarah was born on 4 May 1708 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America.
2. STEPHENS, Mary was born on 2 Feb 1710 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America.