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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