Ebenezer Stevens b. 1751

Stevens-Strong Connection:

1.Ebenezer Stevens b. 1751 m: Lucretia Ledyard b. 1756

2.John Austin Ledyard Stevens b. 1795 m: Abby Weld b. 1799

  Their daughter, Mary Emmeline Stevens b. 1833 m: Peter Remsen Strong b. 1823

Another historical character, their son, John Austin Stevens b. 1827 (grandson of Ebenezer); covered after Ebenezer…

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43235312&ref=acom Find A

Grave Memorial Page. John Austin Stevens b. 1827 (grandson of Ebenezer Stevens) Ebenezer Stevens, who participated in the Boston Tea Party as a young man and rose through the ranks to lieutenant colonel in the artillery. He fought in many battles and witnessed both major British surrenders, at Saratoga and Yorktown. Col. Stevens was one of the Military escorts of General Washington on his triumphal entry into New York City on the day of the British Evacuation, Nov. 25, 1783. The colonel was one of the founders of the Society of Cincinnati, an organization of Washington's Continental officers, and also served in 1799 as a "pallbearer" during the New York memorial service following Washington's death and burial in Virginia.

http://forgotten-ny.com/2013/03/state-historical-markers-in-new-york-city-part-2/ STEVENS HOUSE. Major General Ebenezer Stevens Home east of here. Born 1752; took part in Boston Tea Party; major of artillery in the Revolutionary War.

Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823) was a participant in what became known as the Boston Tea Party. A member of the Sons of Liberty, he began his career in Paddock’s Artillery Company along the likes of Paul Revere and Thomas Crafts. Together with other members of the company, and under the leadership of Jabez Hatch, he participated in the Boston Tea Party. His later recollections to his family debunked the myth that the participants had dressed up as Native Americans…

Although it is stated in several sources that Stevens was a major general in the United States Army, there is no official documentation to support this notion. He was, however, a major general in the New York state militia after the Revolution and mobilized militia-men to defend New York City in case of British attack in September 1814. He lived as a merchant in New York City.

http://oana-ny.org/history/ History of Old Astoria. Stevens House.

Built just after the American Revolution, the Stevens House was still standing when photographer Bernice Abbott visited Astoria in 1935. Courtesy of the New York Public Library.

  After the Revolutionary War, Ebenezer Stevens, one of George Washington’s generals and a participant in the Boston Tea Party, bought part of the Hallets’ pear and cherry orchards. He built a mansion that he called “Mount Bonaparte” on what is now the east side of Vernon Boulevard and 30th Road. Stevens’ lawn sloped down to the cove, where he and his descendants moored boats that took them to work in downtown Manhattan and to fish nearby for blackfish and bass.

  During the War of 1812, the military feared that the British Navy’s steamboats would make their way through Hell Gate and attack New York Harbor. General Stevens came out of retirement to command the newly constructed Fort Stevens (named in his honor) on Hallets Peninsula. A lighthouse remained at the site until 1982. Today it is a City park and baseball field…

Noteworthy, interesting website, worth a visit… also, mention of Stephen Halsey (family surname) -Phoebe Halsey b. 1690 m: Hezekiah Howell b. 1677…

http://dcmnystage.metro.dgicloud.com/islandora/object/photosnycbeyond%3A14767/compound-parent-metadata Long Island City: General Ebenezer Stevens House, Astonria, (photo) 1922.

http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/ebenezer-stevens Boston Tea Party, Ships and Museum. Ebenezer Stevens.

There are many Weblinks for General Ebenezer Stevens…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Stevens Wikipedia. Ebenezer Stevens. m1 (10/11/1774): Rebecca Hodgden, Providence, Rhode Island. m2 (5/4/1784) Lucretia Ledyard (2/22/1756-7/2/1846). He is the father of banker John Austin Stevens and surgeon Alexander Hodgdon Stevens, and was, thus, the grandfather of historian John Austin Stevens who founded the Sons of the Revolution.

John Austin Stevens b. 1827 d. 1910 m: Margaret Antoinette Morris 1830 *FAG… (Maria Antoinette Stevens b. 1825, daughter of Selah Murray Stevens b. 1799)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43235312&ref=acom Find A Grave Memorial Page

 John Austin Stevens, founder of the Sons of the Revolution, was the grandson of Ebenezer Stevens, who participated in the Boston Tea Party as a young man and rose through the ranks to lieutenant colonel in the artillery. He fought in many battles and witnessed both major British surrenders, at Saratoga and Yorktown. Col. Stevens was one of the Military escorts of General Washington on his triumphal entry into New York City on the day of the British Evacuation, Nov. 25, 1783. The colonel was one of the founders of the Society of Cincinnati, an organization of Washington's Continental officers, and also served in 1799 as a "pallbearer" during the New York memorial service following Washington's death and burial in Virginia.

 Grandson John Austin Stevens was born Jan. 21, 1827. In 1842, at the age of fifteen, he entered Harvard and graduated in 1846 with a proficiency in mathematics, logic and literary composition and thoroughly versed in English and Spanish literature. While attending college, Stevens went with his class to hear an impassioned speech by Daniel Webster at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Stevens was deeply moved and considered honoring our patriot ancestors a duty that he pursued all his life.

 Arriving in New York, he worked as a cashier before setting up a trading operation with Cuba. He married Margaret Morris of a prominent New York family, and took an active role in civic and business life while building up a private library and studying the history of the Revolution.

 Through his father, a prominent banker, John Austin Stevens met Salmon P. Chase, the future Treasury Secretary, and many other prominent people from New York, Philadelphia and Washington. He helped his father organize a large rally in New York to support the election of Abraham Lincoln.

 During the Civil War, John Austin Stevens served his country in many capacities, helping to organize logistics for the Union Army, managing an expedition to Texas and arranging for the government to receive a $150 million loan to finance the war. He also raised a regiment of volunteers, then worked with others to organize a Corps for the conquest of the Carolina coast.

 Stevens, who was offered the positions of Consul General to Paris, Commissioner of Internal Revenue and Registrar of the Treasury, was with Lincoln on the morning before his assassination, having visited Washington to urge the president to name a day of national rejoicing over the peace.

 In 1868, Stevens joined his family for a five-year tour of Europe, witnessing the downfall of the French Empire, fleeing Paris during the Franco-Russian War and then helping to organize American aid to the French after the siege of Paris.

 Stevens returned to New York to take an active role in business, government, writing of U.S. history, and the founding of the Sons of the Revolution.

 After serving as the organization's first president, he lived the last 20 years of his life in Newport, R.I., writing history and cultivating roses. He died June 10, 1910 at his home. Funeral services were held on June 18th, at his residence, followed by services at St. Paul's Chapel in New York and a procession through the city by the Sons of the Revolution, Chamber of Commerce and Historical Society.

 The funeral procession viewed by uncovered thousands, moved down Broadway on its way to Broad and Pearl where Fraunces Tavern was draped in black. The interment was in the family vault in Greenwood Cemetery, where his Revolutionary ancestor lies.

 In September 1898, Stevens had been presented by the Society of the Sons of the Revolution with the Founder's badge, a beautiful medal artistically wrought and inscribed. The new society president, Frederick Tallmadge, wrote, "The noblest tribute that can be paid to your patriotism is the fact that the Society organized by you now numbers over two thousand members, that, of itself, is the proudest monument you could ask for to your energy and patriotism.

Source: Sons of the Revolution Website

Stevens-Strong Connection: Ebenezer Stevens m: Lucretia Ledyard b. 1756; their son, John Austin Ledyard Stevens m: Caroline Weld b. 1828; their daughter, Mary Emmeline Stevens m: Peter Remsen Strong b. 1823 (son of James Strong b. 1783 and Alletta Remsen b. 1788).

Noteworthy: Paddock surname (Gray Family Connection) Lauren Austin Paddock b. 1837, Lucretia “given name” (Piper-Delong Connection) Eliza Lucretia DeLong... Stevens surname (Piper-Woodhull-Helm-Stevens Connection)

Barrett in the 1855 Census with John Austin Stevens b. 1827

Anna Barrett b. 1835; Mary Barrett b. 1837 *Olive P. Barrett b. 1840 m: Lauren Austin Paddock b. 1837; she was the daughter of Cantlin Barrett b. 1797, VT and Mary “Polly” Odell b. 1799 (Odell Family connection to Woodhull)... Martha A Barrett b. 1833 m: Eldbridge Gerry Paddock, brother of Austin Padock b. 1839…

John Austin Stevens b. 1827 d. 1910 m: Margaret Antoinette Morris 1830 *FAG… (Maria Antoinette Stevens b. 1825, daughter of Selah Murray Stevens b. 1799)...

Noteworthy, interesting website, worth a visit… also, mention of Stephen Halsey (family surname) -Phoebe Halsey b. 1690 m: Hezekiah Howell b. 1677… A member of the Sons of Liberty, he began his career in Paddock’s Artillery Company…

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General Nathaniel Woodhull b. 1722

Our Woodhull Family Branch joins the Strong Family (related through marriage, not of our “blood-lineage”). Note: “TWIGS” (of the Woodhull Family Branch) are Uncles or Aunts, and Cousins.

9th GGF Richard Woodhull I b. 1620, from England to America

8th GGF Richard Woodhull II b. 1649

8th grt-Uncle (TWIG) Nathaniel Woodhull b. 1693;

1st cousin 8x removed (TWIG), General Nathaniel Woodhull b. 1722; was captured by the British; badly wounded, his arm was amputated in an effort to save his life…

Home of Nathaniel Woodhull, Mastic, New York

Captured by the British; badly wounded, his arm was amputated in an effort to save his life; a sympathetic British officer had him removed from the prison ship and taken to a nearby home where he died with his wife by his side.

The best information I (Jody Gray) have found for Brig. General Nathaniel Woodhull and his participation in the Revolutionary War.

http://history.pmlib.org/sites/default/files/1775-1783-BrooTwn@350-pt09_.pdf  Brownhaven Town, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY. Part IX: Revolutionary Brookhaven (1775-1783)

By Order of the New York Provincial Convention.

8/24/1776. Ordered, that Brig. Gen. Woodhull, or in his absence Lieut. Col. [Gilbert] Potter, march without delay, one half the Western Regiment of Suffolk Co, with 5 days provision, into the western parts of Queens Co; that the officers of Queens order out their whole Militia, with their Troop of Horse, and use all possible diligence to prevent the stock and other provisions, falling into the hands of the enemy, by removing or killing them.

8/25/1776. In anticipation of a victory by the enemy, a Committee, consisting of the Deputies from Suffolk an Queens, brought in a report, which was adopted, ordering all the stock to the east end of Hempstead Plain, and placing Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull in charge.

8/26/1776. Ordered, that Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull take possession at any point on the Island where he can best prevent depredations by the enemy; and that he call out the whole of the Militia, if necessary, to protect the inhabitants in removing… Lt. Col. Gilbert Potter, informed that the enemy had landed between Old Mans [Mt. Sinai] and Wading River, and were shooting cattle. Col. Potter expected the enemy to be in Huntington before morning; and he asked for help.

8/27/1776. Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull reported that he had driven all the cattle to the Eastward of the boundary between Kings and Queens; and that the enemy camp was but six miles from him.

8/28/1776. Col. Josiah Smith and Col. Jeromus Remsen ordered to join Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull; and Gen. Woodhull ordered to destroy all stock and grain in Queens and Western Suffolk that could not be removed to a place of safety.

[Note: Gen. Woodhull never received these orders. Smith’s and Remsen’s orders seem to have been superseded by those of the Continental Army.]

Battle of Long Island (or Brooklyn) 1st Major Battle of the New Republic, 8/27/1776.

8/29/1776. Resolved, that it be recommended to the inhabitants of Long Island to remove as many of their women, children and slaves, and as much of their livestock and grain, to the main[land], as they can; and that this Convention will pay the expense of removing the same.

9/3/1776. A letter was received from Gen. Washington stating that he could not spare troops to protect cattle on Long Island. It having been represented that the soldiers belonging to the regiments of Col. Smith and Col. Remsen had disbanded, it was recommended to the Committees of Westchester, Horseneck [Greenwich], Stamford and Norwalk to watch all boats crossing to Long Island and to allow no armed soldier, belonging to any Regiment in the service of the State, to pass over the island.

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull, 1722-1776. A Leader in New York’s Succession from Empire, Pt.1. From New York State Assembly President to Brig. General.

Nathaniel Woodhull, scion of St. George’s Manor, Mastic, elected a military career. As a major in 1758, in the French and Indian War, he served in Abercrombie’s Ft. Ticonderoga-Crown Point campaign (along New York’s “historic invasion corridor”) and in Bradstreet’s Ft. Frontenac (Kingston, Ont., Canada) campaign. As Colonel, 3d N.Y. Provincial Infantry Regiment, he participated in Amherst’s Invasion of Canada.  He married Ruth Floyd, becoming William Floyd’s brother-in-law, in 1761. Later, he was elected to the New-York Provincial Assembly, 1769- 1775, for his objections to Crown & Parliamentary interference in Provincial affairs. He was a Suffolk County representative to the convention that selected delegates to the First Continental Congress and was elected to the New York Provincial Congress, which (May 1775) assumed (or usurped) government control of the colony. Woodhull was assigned command of the Suffolk and Queens colonial militias (inheriting the contest with the Loyalist counter-militia in Queens), and in October 1775, Woodhull was given the rank of Brigadier General.

Brig. Gen, Nathaniel Woodhull, Cowboy General? A Leader in New York’s Succession from the Empire, Pt.2. Gen. Woodhull’s Cattle Drive, Battle of Long Island, and Jamaica.

He was elected to the first New-York State Assembly, becoming its 1st President. Cowboy General?: In August 1776, with the British landing on L.I., and a major battle obviously looming in Western Long Island, Gen. Woodhull, then on leave from the Assembly at his Mastic estate, was ordered to take his Suffolk troops (under 100 men) to Jamaica, gather and drive a large herd of cattle (& remove other supplies) from the clutches of the Howe’s Army, into Eastern L.I.  It was unfortunate for him that Greene’s order hadn’t been given earlier, for while his cattle drive was temporarily successful, amid the Battle of Long Island (August 27, 1776), he returned to his former headquarters at Jamaica, requesting further orders on August 28th, which were not answered. As the Jamaica Pass had earlier been used by the main British striking force, he was effectively cut off, and was compelled to surrender to a detachment of British dragoons.  Legends: One local legend has it that he was wounded with his own sword, in the act of surrender to his captor. Another that he was saved from Simcoe’s troops by DeLancey, after having said “God save us all” on being commanded to say, “God save the king”.

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull, Cowboy General? A Leader in New York’s Succession from the Empire, Pt.3. Capture and Death.

Another account maintains that he fought, prior to surrendering.  In any event, the one consistent agreement is that he was severely wounded, compounded by subsequent ill-treatment, eventually resulting in his death.  From the perspective of official Britain, here was an example plainly made of the price and foolishness of rebellion, the rebel’s just reward.  To Americans, he became an early model of sacrifice for liberty, and as martyr to the cause of freedom and American Independence.  He was buried on his estate in Mastic.  Source: “Woodhull, Nathaniel (Dec. 30, 1722-Sept. 20, 1776)”, In Dictionary of American Biography, v. 20, Werden – Zunser. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1943: 492-93.

Other Accounts and Resources: https://archive.org/stream/LIF_27_1_1964_/LIF_27_7_1964_djvu.txt Full Text of “Long Island Forum, Vol. 27”

ON AUGUST 28, 1776, the day after the Battle of Long
Island, Sir William Erskine occupied the village of Jamaica with the 71st Highlanders and the 17th Light Dragoons. By nightfall, the first prisoners taken by the British cavalrymen began to arrive at
the Widow Cebra's tavern, where Erskine made his headquarters. Among them was the badly wounded General Nathaniel Woodhull.
  Woodhull had retired across Queens County from his advanced position on the Polhemus farm in modern Woodhaven to Carpenter's tavern in present-day Hollis. All but a handful of his command melted away in the course of the retreat. The General was waiting at the inn for the arrival of Cornelius Van Wyck of Little Neck, with word of possible reinforcements.

  Cornelius Van Wyck, a delegate from the town of Flushing to the Provincial Congress, had been negotiating for the transfer of Remsen's Queens County militia from the battlefield in Brooklyn, by boat, to Flushing, whence they would march to join Woodhull. On the afternoon of August 28th, Van Wyck was on his way to tell Woodhull that Washington needed Remsen's men with him.

http://forgotten-ny.com/2013/03/state-historical-markers-in-new-york-city-part-2/ State historical markers in New York City

Marker: Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull (1722-1776) was captured and fatally wounded by the British in Increase Carpenter’s House 200 feet north of this spot…

General Nathaniel Woodhull (1722-1776) was a leader of the New York Provincial Congressand a brigadier-general of the New York Militia during the American Revolution. He was born on December 30, 1722 in Mastic, Long Island, Province of New York, the son of Nathaniel Woodhull and Sarah Smith. His family had been prominent in New York affairs since the mid seventeenth century.

  In October 1775 he was made brigadier general of the Suffolk and Queen’s County militia. In 1776 took part in the Battle of Long Island. Leading up to the battle, his militia began removing livestock and matériel to prevent its use by the British. The Battle of Long Island resulted in his being cut off and he retired to Jamaica. Relief was not forthcoming, and his situation deteriorated.

  Woodhull was captured near Jamaica by a detachment of Fraser’s Highlanders led by captain Sir James Baird. He was struck with a sword multiple times, injuring his arm and head by a British officer purportedly for not saying, “God save the King,” as ordered, saying instead “God save us all.” He was taken to a cattle transport, serving as a prison ship in Gravesend Bay. A sympathetic British officer had him transferred to the century old house built by Nicasius di Sille in the Dutch village of New Utrecht which is now a part of Brooklyn. The house was demolished in 1850 by the owner Baret Wyckoff. It was located in the current vicinity of 84st. and New Utrecht Ave. His arm was amputated in an effort to save his life, he managed to call for his wife who was at his side when he died on September 20, 1776. He was buried at his family home.  condensed from wikipedia entry

  Both Woodhull and Carpenter are remembered by street names in this section of Holliswood on the eastern end of Jamaica.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/historians-lobby-state-signage-recognize-revolutionary-war-general-nathaniel-woodhull-article-1.443500 Historians lobby for recognition of Revolutionary War General. Memorial, at Nathaniel Woodhull School in Hollis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Woodhull Wikipedia. Nathaniel Woodhull (1722-1776)  

http://longislandgenealogy.com/Surname_Pages/woodhull.htm Long Island Genealogy. The Woodhull family of Long Island.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=WOOD&GSfn=N&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSsr=201&GRid=21423702&  Find A Grave: buried at Woodhull Cemetery; Mastic Beach, Suffolk, NY - Headstone and plaque… includes “the Story” -amputated arm…  does not list his parents… Spouse, Ruth Floyd and daughter, Elizabeth Woodhulll (1762-1839) m: John Smith (1752-1816) m: Henry Nicoll (1756-1790)

https://www.geni.com/people/Brig-Gen-Nathaniel-Woodhull/6000000007068040703?through=6000000003688583467 Geni.com General Nathaniel Woodhull.

Other Resources:
https://books.google.com/books?id=6lQOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=major+nathan+woodhull&source=bl&ots=bUzRfZldRy&sig=IarCs7G8WOEeqB_umWSIe3OoDps&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiewpHz4sbMAhVB6GMKHcfkDLMQ6AEIKzAD#v=onepage&q=major%20nathan%20woodhull&f=false New York in the Revolution. Nathan Woodhull, Major of the First Militia, Suffolk Co, NY. b. 7/5/1722

https://books.google.com/books?id=fId2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1007&lpg=PA1007&dq=Captain+Selah+Strong&source=bl&ots=WZy65Btx-i&sig=zhkUJKqbBMt_rkvTczw2WG0pwmM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNpdKI1sbMAhUQxWMKHXd3A4kQ6AEISTAL#v=onepage&q=Captain%20Selah%20Strong&f=false The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut. Pub. 1913. Capt. Selah Strong’s [7th Co.] List; includes Selah Strong 1st Sgt. and 1st Major Nathan Woodhull of Brookhaven

Historical Resources: Revolutionary War History.

http://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1099&context=hst_etd The British Occupation of Southern NY during the American Revolution and the Failure to Restore Civilian Government (2013). Contents: I. A Brief History of Colonial New York, 1609-1774. II. The American Revolution in New York. III. The Final Break with Britain and the Capture of Southern New York. IV. The New Strategy. V. The Failed Attempt to Restore Civilian Government in New York. VI. The Military Occupation of Southern New York. Chapt. VIII. The Waning of British Rule.

Blog Post: Descendants of John Strong b. 1610

http://historicalandmisc.blogspot.com/2016/08/descendants-of-john-strong-b-1610.html

Members of the Richard Woodhull I family intermarry with members of the John Strong family.