Benjamin Stephens and [Unk] Caldwell

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Husband Benjamin Stephens ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1735
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           Died: 1814 - Bedford Co, PA 2
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       Marriage: 1758 - Somerset Co, MD 2

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Wife [Unk] Caldwell ²

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Children

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1 M Thomas Stephens ²

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           Born: 1759 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Benjamin Stephens, Jr. ²

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           Born: 1761 2
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3 M William Stephens ²

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           Born: 1763 2
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4 M Richard Stephens ²

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           Born: 1765 2
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5 F Rebecca Stephens ²

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           Born: 1767 2
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         Spouse: Joseph Pitman (      -      ) 2

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6 M Samuel Stephens ^{3 4}

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           Born: Feb 1769 - Kentucky 2
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           Died: 23 Mar 1843 - Indiana 5
         Buried:  - near Rushville, Rush Co, IN

         Spouse: Miriam Pitman (      -1809) 1 2
           Marr: 1793 - Morrisons Cove, Bedford Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Catherine McCartney (      -1825) 1 6
           Marr: 1811 5

         Spouse: Frances "Fannie" Thompson (Abt 1802-1886) 1 5
           Marr: Feb 1826 5

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7 M John Stephens ²

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           Born: 1771 2
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Stephens

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The pioneer of this family in America, he was born about 1735, and embarked from Plymouth, England, at the age of twenty-one, to seek his fortune in the "land of the free." His ship was wrecked off the coast of Maryland. In his struggle for life he found the small boats filled to overflowing, and when he tried to hold on with one hand and swim with the other, there were cries of "Cut him off," but a voice said, "No, I'll balance him," and the owner of the voice got to the other side of the boat. The distance to the shore was about three miles, and by the time it was reached Benjamin was very much exhausted. He had a sum of money in his belt, and with that he began life in the new world.

He emigrated to America about the year 1756, and was a soldier in the French and Indian war, serving in the campaign against the French posts on the Canadian border, and was present at the capitulation of Montreal on the 8th day of September, A. D. 1760.

"During the Revolutionary war Benjamin Stephens and two of his sons served loyally in the struggle for American independence; father and two sons, Thomas and Benjamin, Jr., being at one time members of the same company." Benjamin Stephens served as one of the Rangers on the frontier from 1778 to 1783 (Pa. Archives, Vol. XXIII, 3d Series, page 236).

Some of the original family located in Maryland and some in Missouri. William and Richard went to the State of Indiana, and Benjamin, Jr., pushed on to the state of Illinois. Thomas lost one arm in the Revolutionary war; he was never married.

He settled in Kentucky about the time of his son Samuel's birth.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 541.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 671.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 529, 541.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 671, 1224.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 672.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 672, 1224.