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The Stevens Genealogy Uria Stevens, who married his cousin, Sarah Stevens, born January 21,1708, the daughter of Richard. He had a Captain's commission in theFrench war and was a member of the Susquehannah Company, and one of theCommissioners to purchase the Connecticut claim from the Indians. He diedin October, 1764. It is supposed that he died in Canada. Captain Uriah Stephens was born at Plainfield, Connecticut, June 2, 1708.He married May 28, 1730, Sarah Stephens of Stonington, (n. S. Sch. Rec.),where he was living in April, 1739. He removed to Canaan, Connecticut,before Oct. 1739. He was one of the listers December 2, 1740; Constableand tax collector in 1741; a selectman in 1744; May 28, 1745 one of theincorporators of the town of Canaan; Clerk of the Church in 1753. In theFrench and Indian War he served as Captain under Colonel Ebenezer Marsh,at the relief of Fort William Henry, New York, August 1757. He departedthis life, October 20, 1764 and was buried in the Lower or Southcemetery. Uriah .. Revolutionary War Connecticut, Private, Colonel Cooks Regiment,Pennsylvania, Rev. War 1724-1800. *The above information was obtained from the "Stephens/Stevens Genealogy"by Plowdon Stevens (1909). * The following was taken from "The Stevens Genealogy" by Dr. ElmiraStevens Barnes Uriah Stevens, Jr., who was born on August 27, 1730 and resided inLitchfield, Conn. He married Martha Rathburn who was born in the year1731. She died June 14, 1825. He died August 14, 1800, at Caanan, where acolony of eighty-four persons, of whom nine were of the Stevens family,was formed and settled at Stillwater, N. Y. Uriah Stephens was of thisparty. He was also of the Susquehannah Company and moved to Wilkesbarre,in 1773, and was also selected a town officer at the first election ofthat place, then called Westmoreland. The Connecticut Settlers were alldriven from that valley, along the Susquehannah and Uriah settled for awhile at Canisteo, N. Y. He had nine children: 1. Sarah Stevens, 2. Benjamin Stevens, 3. Polly Stevens, 4. Uriah Stevens, who was born on January 26, 1761, and married onJanuary 13, 1785, Elizabeth Jones, in Wyoming, Pa. She was born inSteuben county, N. Y.,and died on March 30, 1849. He was a farmer andresided in Canisteo, Steuben county, N. Y. He was in the Army of 1812 anddied August 2, 1849, at Canisteo.They had one daughter: Mary Stevens, whowas born on February 27, 1792, in Canisteo, Steuben county, N. Y. Shemarried there in 1807, Silas Coray, who was born on March 18, 1788 inProvidence, Luzern county, Pa. He was the son of John Coray and PhebeHowe. He died January 22, 1841, at Perry, Pike county, Ills. She died atLuzern, Pa. He was a captain in the war of 1812. They had elevenchildren: The following was taken from: "Stevens - Stephens Genealogy and Family History" Author: Clarence Perry Stevens Call Number: CS71.S844 This book contains the history and genealogy of the Stevens-Stephensfamily of North Carolina. Bibliographic Information: Stevens, Clarence Perry. Stevens-StephensGenealogy and Family History. Privately Published. 1968. 40) URIAH6 STEVENS, 1708-1764 was the first of many by that name, and abrother to Capt. Phineas (not to be confused with the hero of Post No.4). 40) Uriah held a Captain's commission in the French and Indian Warand with his troops served at the relief of Fort William Henry, N. Y.1757. His son, 67) Uriah II and several others of the family were in thebloody Wyoming Massacre of 1778 in Penn. during the Revolution. In 1809the famous post Thomas Campbell published Gertrude of Wyoming, a poem ofsome 23 pages and in the foreword he says: "Most of the popular histories....give an authentic account of thedesolation of Wyoming, in Pennsylvania, which took place in 1778... Thescenery and Incidents of the following poem are connected with thatevent." He describes the beautiful valley and then says: "And waters to their resting place serene Came freshening, and reflecting all the scene: (A mirror in the depth of flowery shelves;) So sweet a spot of earth, you might (I ween) Have guessed some congregation of the elves, To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves." "And must I change my song? and must I show, Sweet Wyoming! the day when thou wert doomed, Guiltless, to mourn thy loveliest bowers laid low! When where of yesterday a garden bloom'd, Death overspread his pall, and blackened ashes gloom'd!" 45) Jedidiah and 67) Uriah and another were doing scout duty when theysaw the Indians coming down the river in their canoes in great numbers sothey hurried back to warn the others. Uriah was shot at by an Indian just as his shoe came off in the mud andas he stooped over to pick it up the movement probably saved his life forthe bullet went over his back and killed one of his oxen, but he and hisson Phineas managed to make their way back to the fort. Many of theothers were not so lucky, Jedediah and his son Rufus found themselvesgreatly outnumbered and ran toward the fort, Jed shot one Indian andreloaded his mizzle loading rifle as he ran, a feat which requiredconsiderable skill. They shot down another Indian but just as Rufus wasgoing over a fence he was killed by an Indian. Jed managed to get to thebank of the river for a shelter. He followed the bank for a long way tillhe thought he could come out but when he did two redmen appeared and oneshot him in the shoulder. Suddenly he heard a footfall behind him andwhirled just in time and struck the Indian with his gun breaking it. Theother Indian then lost his nerve and gave up the chase. By this time itwas getting dark. He saw a fire on an island in the river, so he crossedto the island on driftwood and crawled into a hollow log but soon hecould see the Indians butchering a large party of wounded settlers; so hebacked out of the log and got out of there. He dared not sleep so hewandered around all night, till at dawn he saw a party of friends on theopposite bank who, when they saw who it was, came in a canoe and got himand they eventually got to the fort but the Indians were in suchoverwhelming numbers that the fort was forced to surrender. The Indiansheard that Washington was sending troops so they did not linger, and in afew days retreated. In the confusion Jed managed to escape from theIndians and return home. Not only during the battle but at night theIndians committed many atrocities. Capt. Biddock was cast on the fire andheld down with pitch-forks by the red devils till burned. A girl, MeribahDyke was spared but was forced to look on while a savage dashed out herinfant brother's brains against a tree. She later married Uriah Upsom, agrandson of Uriah Stevens.1 Such were a few highlights of the WyomingMassacre as related by eye witnesses to the father of, and written downby Joshua C. Stevens, b. 1812. In arming the Indians, first the Frenchand then the British contributed greatly to the suffering of thecolonists from the Indian attacks. Later in 1825 Joshua Stevens 1791-1825 was foully murdered by Indianswhen there was supposed to be peace and Asa Upsom, husband of SarahStevens, was killed by Indians as he worked at his sugar camp. At another time, about ten years after the Wyoming Massacre, and afterpeace had been declared, 67) Uriah Stevens and others were standing abouta campfire when a group of Indians came up. One, whom they called Col.John, looked at Uriah and began laughing at him as if he would laugh hishead off. Phineas, son of Uriah, went for him with the intention of teaching him alittle better manners but others parted them. The Indian explained that he was the one who had shot atUriah during the war at the time Uriah had lost his shoe in the mud andstooped over to pick it up. The explanation was accepted as satisfactory.Doubtless it was funny to the Indian. The Stevens family, including many referred to above, and the inlaws werethe most numerous in the settlement around Kanisteo in Steuben County, N.Y. At a church meeting they were much disturbed by Uncle Sammy Reynoldswho insisted on shoutin and carrying on until the service could notproceed; so it was ordered that he be removed. As he was carried out onthe shoulders of two men he yelled: "I am greater than Christ; he onlyrode one ass while I ride two." The first white child born in Steuben Co., N. Y. was Olive Stevens, dau.of Jedediah and the first male white child was Jeremiah Baker, b.Nov. 10,1790, a son of Ann (Stevens) Baker. The city of Stevens Point, Wis. witha population of over 17,000 people was named in honor of George Stevens,nephew of 67) Uriah Stevens. I do not have the links but I believe thatUriah Smith Stevens, b. 1821 near Cape May, N. J. and settled atPhiladelphia, Pa. was probably a descendant of 40) Uriah Stevens. Hefounded the first large industrial labor union in the U. S. A. called theKnights of Labor, which reached a membership of over 700,000 people. 1 Stuart, Wm. H. "Stories of the Kanisteo Valley, used by permission ofthe author. This book is based on the manuscript of Joshua C. Stevens,Plowden Stevens and other reliable sources. -----William Lackey Stephens;http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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