EXPLANATION
FIRST GENERATION
SECOND GENERATION
THIRD GENERATION
FOURTH GENERATION
FIFTH GENERATION
SIXTH GENERATION.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
NINTH GENERATION.
TENTH GENERATION.
CONCLUSION.
ADDITIONALFACTS OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FAMILY.
NOTE.
JOSHUA STEPHENS, (6), the ancestor of this STEPHENS Family, was born,according to the family tradition, in what is now the County of Berkes, in theState of Pennsylvania, of Welsh parents, A. D. 1733. According to therecollection of C. C. Stephens, (176) his grandfather, E. D. Stephens, (16), sonof this Joshua Stephens, (6), stated to him in an interview at Hardin, Ohio,about 1860, that Joshua Stephens's father's name was also Joshua Stephens, (3),which would make him the senior; that Joshua Stephens, Senior, with twobrothers, David, (5), and Ebenezer, (4), came over from Wales. Of these threelast named persons nothing further is known at the present writing, than theforegoing statement.
That there was a large Welsh immigration into the present territory of BerkesCounty prior to 1733, the birth year of Joshua Stephens, Jr., (6), is a factwell corroborated by the (Stot.) history of Pennsylvania.
The principal abbreviations used in these pages are:
b. standing for born.
m. standing for married.
d. standing for died.
y. standing for young.
For convenience and distinction, as in all genealogical works, each name isgiven a number separately. Without this it would be difficult to tell whichJoshua Stephens is meant, for there are many of that name, as also others. Thenumbers are also valuable for tracing out any particular pedigree; for instance,suppose that William Stephens, of Camp Verde, should desire to know the fullline of his paternal ancestry, he would find his name on page (41) 56, where hisnumber is given as 275: then looking up the left-hand column of figures he willfind No. 275 on page (21) 27, where he will find the date of his birth, and thathis father is Samuel Stephens, No. 76; thence, running up the column to No. 76,which he will find on page (11) 12, he will find that Samuel was the son ofCharles Stephens, No. 19; the latter figure is found on page (8) 8, whereCharles is shown to be the son of David Stephens, No. 10; the last figure is tobe found on page (7) 7, showing that David was the son of Joshua Stephens, No.6; he is the son of Joshua Stephens, No. 3. His pedigree is:
Joshua Stephens, (3), father of
Joshua Stephens, (6), father of
David Stephens,