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Abel Stevens, I

Abel Stevens, I

Male 1755 - 1826  (75 years)Deceased

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  • Name Abel Stevens  [1
    Suffix
    Birth Between 11 Nov 1750 and 1755  Quaker Hill,Dutchess,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation
    • Noted trapper
    Link to Find-A-Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42407564 
    Find-A-Grave ID 42407564 
    Ancestor Interest HIGH 
    Descendant Interest HIGH 
    Death 9 Oct 1826  Delta,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Delta,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Notes 
    • Quaker Hill is a short distance east of Poughkeepsie.
      In 1770 he moved to Pittsford, VT
      1786 - Deacon of the Baptist Church Abel STEVENS  would have been a remarkable man in any period.
      1793 - Granted a total of 1200 acres. Stated Feb 1798 "improving lots and has built Mills on them,"
      Early in 1793 he followed his older brother Roger into Augusta Twp. in the wilderness of Upper Canada and by 1803 ... a period of only 10 years....he had brought over 100 families to settle in two townships, in an area unknown to any white person in 1793 and still not surveyed. In a Petition 12 July 1796 he stated that half the townships of Bastard and Kitley had been granted to him and he prayed for the remaining half (not granted). He built a mill on his property on Upper Beverly Lake to serve the interest of the pioneering families. He mapped out and supervised the building of a 31 mile road from the settlement to Kingston over a very difficult terrain*. He was very occupied with his settlement and road so he chose to sell the mill site to his son Abel Jr. for £100 "east of a small creek running southerly into Mattis Mill Creek and north of Upper Bevgerly Lake" made 1799

      Abel had discovered an iron ore mining area near by...the only one in the province...and laid out a blue print for its operation...all this in less than 7 years...and by 1803 there was even a non-conformist church established, he even established the doctrine "The Bible itself was sufficient for Faith & Practice, Church & State would be separate". No one knew this rugged land better than Abel STEVENS for he was completely at home in the wilderness as he walked,... walked alone- except for his gun - from one end of the province to the other, and back and forth to Vermont.  He was not discouraged by the mysterious death in 1793 of his older brother Roger, with whom he had closely collaborated throughout the Revolution, or with the loss to the family of that brothers valuable 400 acres north of the Rideau. *correspondence C2808 S Bundle Reg 1 L3 Vol 453

      * "Our STEVENS Story on the Move" by E Stevens Stuart.
      On Feb 8, 1798 Abel makes a list of his children at York


      PLAQUE #18 In Leeds Co.

      Location: At the cemetery at Bellamy's Lake, County Road 8,
      west of H-way #29, west of Toledo
      ABEL STEVENS Born at Quaker Hill, New York, about 1750, Stevens served as a British agent during the Revolutionary War despite being enrolled in the rebel militia. After the war he lived in Vermont where, as an ardent Baptist, he became a deacon in 1786. Attracted by Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe's offer of land in Upper Canada, he moved to the province and settled in this area in 1796. A vigorous colonizer, Stevens within two years of his arrival had encouraged some 100 families, many of them Baptists, to locate in Kitley and Bastard Townships. He built mills and laid the foundation for the establishment of ironworks at present-day Lyndhurst. Stevens remained a leader in the Baptist Church in which he had been ordained a minister in 1804.  Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation,  Ministry of Culture and Recreation
    Person ID I11584  Rgstrong Family genes. | Descendants of Roger Stevens II, 1730-1808
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father AncestorsRoger Stevens, II,   b. 25 May 1730, Quaker Hill,Dutchess,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1808, Stevenstown,Leeds,,Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother AncestorsMary Doolittle,   b. 16 Feb 1728/29, Stafford,Windham,Connecticut,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1803, Leeds Township,Leeds,,Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1745  Palmer,Hampden,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F84  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsEunice Buck,   b. 11 Nov 1758, New Milford,Litchfield,Connecticut,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Delta,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1775  Pittsford,,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Dr. Uriah Stevens,   b. 5 Jan 1776, Pittsford,,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1849, ,Jasper,Illinois,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Abel Stevens, II,   b. 11 Nov 1779, Pittsford,,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1858, Delta,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Elizabeth Stevens,   b. 1782   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Marion Stevens,   b. 1786   d. Aft 1802 (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Eunice Stevens,   b. 1786   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Isaac Buck Stevens,   b. 28 Mar 1787, Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1849, Newboro,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. David Buck Stevens,   b. 9 Mar 1790, Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1877, ,,,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. Sarah Ann Stevens,   b. 1792, Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, ,,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. Alfred Stevens,   b. 1794, ,,,Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1873, Lindsay,Victoria,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Elihu Stevens,   b. 1796, Bastard Township,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1806, Kitley Township,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Henry Stevens,   b. 1801, Bastard Township,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1802, Bastard Township,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +12. Horace Stevens,   b. Abt 1802, Plum Hollow,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1838, Perry,Pike,Illinois,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2006 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Between 11 Nov 1750 and 1755 - Quaker Hill,Dutchess,New York,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1775 - Pittsford,,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Dr. Uriah Stevens - 5 Jan 1776 - Pittsford,,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Abel Stevens, II - 11 Nov 1779 - Pittsford,,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Isaac Buck Stevens - 28 Mar 1787 - Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - David Buck Stevens - 9 Mar 1790 - Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sarah Ann Stevens - 1792 - Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Alfred Stevens - 1794 - ,,,Upper Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Elihu Stevens - 1796 - Bastard Township,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Henry Stevens - 1801 - Bastard Township,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Horace Stevens - Abt 1802 - Plum Hollow,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Oct 1826 - Delta,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Delta,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend Address Cemetery Farm Town Parish City County/Shire State/Province Country Region Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S117] Elizabeth Stevens Stuart, "Our Stevens Story - On The Move", (Private Printing, ISBN 1-895638-00-3, Osgoode, Ontario, Canada, 1991), pp. 12-18 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S13] Jill Fyffe rfyffe@peterboro.net, Descendants of Roger Stevens, b.1700, (Outline report 01/10/1999), pg. 1,paragraph A (Reliability: 0).