genealogy

grandma-fredas-letter.txt

Sean,
  Here is the genealogy of the Stebbins
family going back to their coming to
America in 1594.
  The 10th generation that shows
Charles C. Stebbins is the generation of
my grandfather George K. Stebbins.
There were 4 brothers that settled in
Jefferson Twp. (Montgomery  Co. Ohio)
George, Charles, Howard and Edward.
So, Levi Stebbins was my Father's
grandfather, my great grandfather,
your mother's great, great grandfather
and your great, great, great grand-
father.
  George was my grandfather,
E. Ray Stebbins was my father,
your mother's grandfather and your
great grandfather.
My father's generation was the 11th.
11- My father's generation
12- My generation
13- Your mother's generation
14- Your generation.
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Kind of interesting, isnt' it?
Now, you know where you fit in!
  Hope you enjoy this, you might
want to share it with your mother
and Scott.
    Love you lots!
      Grandma Freda
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posted 21 Aug 2017
received 24 Aug 2017

stebbins.txt

                                   STEBBINS
                       1594 -- 1634 -- 1985,   351 years in America
ROWLAND STEBBINS, (son of Thomas) born 1594 at Bocking, Essex County, England:
died Dec. 14, 1671 at Northampton, Massachusetts; married in England to Sarah
Whiting in 1618. Came to America 1634: settled in Springfield, Mass. in 1639.
Sarah Whiting was born 1591 in England; died Oct 1649.
     From Springfield Records at Boston in New England: Historical and
Genealogical Register, Vol. 9, page 171.
     Their children:  1. Thomas born 1620    married Hannah Wright
                      2. Sarah   "   1623       "    Thomas Mearick
                      3. John    "   1626       "    Ann Munden; 2nd Elizabeth
                      4. Elizabeth " 1628       "    John Clark            Bartlett

     First orginal lists we have of Rowland Stebbins are in "The Original
Lists of Persons of Quality" (Hotten's List of Emigrants).
Ipswich, Mr. John Cutting, Captain, bound for New England   1634.
                 Rowland Stebbins     40 years
                 Sarah (his wife)     43 years
See Greenlees:  Stebbins in America, Vol I, page 51. (2 volumes)
also Brimfield, (Hampton County, Mass.) History.

     Three members of Stebbins family original proprietors of Brimfield, Mass.
Thomas Stebbuns with his brother and nephew, Deacon John Stebbins and John Jr.
They were descended from Sir Thomas Stebbins, baronet of Yorkshire County,
England.  Rowland Stebbins came to America with wife and four children, and was
one of the company that settled Springfield, Massachusetts in 1636 <Dec 14, 1671>; afterward he
moved to Northampton with his son, John, and died there.  Lieutenant Thomas
Stebbins died in Springfield in 1683; his children being: Samuel; Thomas;
Joseph; Sarah; Edward; Benjamin; and Hannah.
     Samuel removed to Longmeadow and his children were: John; Ebenezer;
William; Abigail;Joanna; Thomas; Benjamin and Mercy;  of whom John and Thomas
came to Brimfield with their families, though Thomas moved to Monson in 1762
and was the Stebbins ancestor there.  (Brimfield, Monson and Long Meadow are
all in Hampton Count, Mass.)

  1. Rowland Stebbins   married     Sarah Whiting
  2. Thomas Stebbins       "        Hannah Wright
  3. Samuel Stebbins       "        Abigail Brooks
  4. John Stebbins         "        Patience Wright
  5. John Stebbins         "        Margaret Brooks
  6. John Stebbins         "        Sarah Moffatt
  7. Elijah Stebbins       "        Elizabeth Blackford
      (The above was compiled by Mrs. Charles T. McGrew, Long Beach California
       1927; with the help of Charles C. Stebbins and others.)
  8. Levi Stebbins      married     Susanna Hyer
  9. John H. Stebbins      "        Sarah Keen
 10. Charles C. Stebbins   "        Luella Shew
 11.
 12.

Elijah Stebbins born May 20, 1775 (town record of Brimfield).  His father, John,
born Feb 6. 1774: died Oct. 3, 1775 at Brimfield;   married Dec. 5, 1765 at
Brimfield, Mass. to Sarah Moffatt, who died there in May, 1797.  Their children,
all born at Brimfield, were:
     1. Mary      born Oct. 4, 1766;  died Oct. 19, 1773
     2. Uriah       "  July 30, 1768
     3. Phoebe      "  Nov. 15, 1770
     4. Titus       "  June 14, 1773
     5. Elijah      "  May 20, 1775