Isaac Stevens

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Stevens was born in 1752, in Quinebaug, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Stevens, was 31 and his mother, Experience Wheeler Coit, was 26. He married Rebekah Spalding in 1772. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1816, in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Stevens
1752–1816
Rebekah Spalding
1751–1839
Marriage: 1772
Daniel Stevens
1774–1854
Isaac Stevens
1776–
Samuel Coit Stevens
1779–
Elizabeth Stevens
1781–1852
Rachel Stevens
1782–1833
Samuel Coit
1791–
Polly Stevens
1784–1833
Lucinda Stevens
1789–1839
Augustus Nathaniel Stevens
1799–1893

Sources (2)

  • Isaac in entry for Augustus N Stevens, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
  • Isaac Stevens in entry for Augustus N. Stevens, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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