Taylor Family Genealogy
Lewis STEPHENS
Abt 1713 - Abt 1790 (~ 77 years)-
Name Lewis STEPHENS [1] Born Abt 1713 [1] Gender Male Died Abt 1790 Shenandoah Co. Va. 
[2] Person ID I1374 Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree Last Modified 1 Nov 2019
Father Peter STEPHENS, b. Abt 1690, Germany ? , d. 1757 (Age ~ 67 years) Relationship natural Mother Maria Christina RITTENHOUSE, b. Germantown, Pa. ? Relationship natural Family ID F523 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary UNKNOWN, d. Between 1797 and 1798 Married Abt 1743 [1] Children 1. Peter STEPHENS, b. 1744, Frederick Co., Va , d. Abt 1782, Frederick Co., Va (Age 38 years) [natural]2. Lewis STEPHENS, Jr, b. Abt 1746, Frederick Co., Va , d. Abt 1822, Stephensberg, Va (Age ~ 76 years) [natural]3. Mary STEPHENS, b. Abt 1750, Frederick Co., Va , d. Frederick Co., Va [natural]Last Modified 1 Nov 2019 Family ID F528 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Thought to have been a friend of and in service with George Washington. See notes under Lawrence Stephens.
"That he was an energetic, wide awake business man is shown by the Frederick County Records. He was interested in making iron, having his iron works at Marlboro. Later, he sold the iron works to General Isaac Zane. He received from Lord Fairfax, in 1752, a grant of 1384 acres of land, and in 1754, he purchased of his father, 424 acres of the 674 acre patent to Peter Stephens, Sr. In 1758 he applied to the General Assembly for a charter for the town of Stephensburg and until about 1790, did a thriving business in town lots. [On the preceding page, this author notes that Peter Stephens, Sr. had founded Stephensburg, later Stephens City!] He died in 1805 leaving the bulk of his estate to his son Lewis, Jr. Mary, his wife, died sometime between September 4 1797 and April 2, 1798. The first deed that she signed was on May 7, 1745 and the last was on September 4, 1797. The next deed made by Lewis Stephens, Sr. in which she is not mentioned is on April 2. 1798
- Thought to have been a friend of and in service with George Washington. See notes under Lawrence Stephens.
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Sources - [S135] Stephens Family Genealogies... 1690-1938, Stevens, Dan V., (Name: Fremont, Neb. Hammond & Stephens Co., 1940;), CS71 S844 1940., unnumbered [1].
- [S135] Stephens Family Genealogies... 1690-1938, Stevens, Dan V., (Name: Fremont, Neb. Hammond & Stephens Co., 1940;), CS71 S844 1940., unnumbered [1 & 2].
- [S135] Stephens Family Genealogies... 1690-1938, Stevens, Dan V., (Name: Fremont, Neb. Hammond & Stephens Co., 1940;), CS71 S844 1940., unnumbered [1].