Richard Stevens

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁶⁰⁰
Richard Stevens, who origially came from Dover Neck, New Hampshire, married Abigail Treat, 7 Oct 1708. After their marriage, they moved from Eastham to Truro, Massachusetts, where he was admitted an inhabitant, 10 May 1710. He was one of the proprietors of the meadows and beaches at Eastern Harbor, and one of the selectmen of Truro in 1720. The Stevens family was very prominent in Truro.

~ The Treat Family, p. 190

• Background Information. ⁷⁰⁵
Richard Stevens, believed to be the son of Richard Stevens, Sr., was born 20 Mar 1667/68, at Taunton, Massachusetts, first appears on the records at Eastham in Plymouth county, where he married, in 1708, Abigail Treat, daughter of Rev. Samuel Treat, who himself performed the marriage ceremony. Rev. Treat was the son of Governor Treat, and the grandson of the immigrant, Richard Treat. The high social standing of the Treat family indicated that the Stevens family was likewise prominent. If Richard of Eastham and Truro was not the Richard Stevens born in Tauton, son of Richard, he was undoubtedly an immigrant himself from England.

In 1710, Richard and his wife Abigail with their eldest son Levi, removed from Eastham to Truro; was formally admitted an inhabitant of that town, which is on Cape Cod. His house was at Eastern harbor, and he was one of the proprietors of beaches and meadows of Eastern harbor; was selectman in 1720 and all his life prominent. His wife was admitted to full communion in the Truro church, 13 Jul 1712. He is buried in the North Truro graveyard, but there is nothing but his name inscribed on his gravestone. The vicinity of this homestead is still known as Stevens Bank. His descendants in the town have been prominent though not very numerous. The name, Richard Stevens, has been supported by one or more descendants, however, from the first. The town had but just been incorporated when Stevens settled there. The Truro history particularly mentions the prominence of the family in town affairs and their gift for public speaking.

~Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to Families of Middlesex , pp. 1036-1037

• Family. ^600,705
Children of Richard Stevens & Abigail Treat:

Levi, b. 27 Sep 1709, Eastham; bap. 13 Jul 1712, Truro
Richard, b. 4 Sep 1711, Truro; bap. 13 Jul 1713, Truro; d. 26 Dec 1792; m. first, 11 Jun 1741, Mary Gross and second 10 Nov 1768, Mary Nickerson
Joanna, b. 4 Aug 1713; bap. 30 Aug 1713
Abigail b. 14 Mar 1714/15; bap. 24 Apr 1715
Jerusha, b. 17 Jan 1716/1717; bap. 16 Mar 1716/1717; d. 30 Nov 1799; m. Benjamin Collins
John, bap. 7 Dec 1718; died as an infant
Mercy, bap. 23 Jul 1721
John, bap. 13 Sep 1722; d. 6 Nov 1790; m. first, 15 Arp 1742, Joanna Smith; second 14 Nov 1744, Betty Mayo; had twelve children at Truro by his second wife.

Richard married Abigail Treat, daughter of Samuel Treat Reverend and Elizabeth Mayo, on 27 Oct 1708 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Abigail Treat was born on 13 Jun 1686 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts ⁶⁰⁰.)