Robert Stephens

Robert married Mary Hathaway on 3 Jan 1745 in Berkley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of John B. Hathaway and Marcey Jones) was born on 8 Nov 1726 in Berkley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Dec 1804 in Thompson, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Ann Stephens was born on 23 Nov 1746 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Mary Stephens was born on 2 May 1749 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Oct 1823 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Mercy Stephens was born on 5 May 1751 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Mar 1819 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Robert Stephens was born on 21 Jun 1753 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Feb 1815 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Darius Stephens was born on 25 Feb 1755 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jun 1775 in Berkeley, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Lemuel Stephens was born on 12 Jun 1757 in Aillingby, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA; died in Mar 1838 in Aillingby, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA.
7. Sylvia Stephens was born on 25 Mar 1763 in Canterbury, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA; died on 26 Aug 1818 in Canterbury, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA.
8. Patty Stephens was born about 1765 in Canterbury, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA.
9. John Hathaway Stephens was born on 20 Sep 1766 in Canterbury, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 Aug 1851 in Canterbury, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA.

Nicholas married Anne Spur. Anne (daughter of John Spur and Mercy Hoar) was born on 8 Jul 1675 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/p/o/Russell-E-Spooner/BOOK-0001/0002-0020.html#CHILD84148739

Notes:

REG. VOL 16 says married 12-02-1676 by JOSEPH DUDLOW (DUDLEY)

John married Mercy Hoar on 26 Dec 1676. Mercy (daughter of Hezekiah Hoar and Rebekah (Unknown)) was born on 31 Jan 1654 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

REG. VOL 16 says married 12-02-1676 by JOSEPH DUDLOW (DUDLEY)

Notes:

http://www.oursussexroots.com/spurr/d1.htm#c1525

Robert married Anne (Unknown). Anne was born about 1624; died on 12 Dec 1712 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.oursussexroots.com/spurr/d1.htm#c1525

Notes:

Book:
A Record of Descendants of Hezekhiah Hoar of Taunton, Massachusetts : with an historical introduction, compiled by Norton T. Horr
http://archive.org/details/recordofdescenda00horr
and...
Same book, text only:
http://archive.org/stream/recordofdescenda00horr/recordofdescenda00horr_djvu.txt

Christening:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N5ZG-Y4X

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/r/Virginia--Core/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0889.html

Passengers of the Recovery - 1633
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/earlydib/boat1.htm

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37081125

[[The following records are compliments of Mr. Bill Gawne:

From: The Great Migration Study Project - New Enland HistoricGenealogical Society

HEZEKIAH HOAR
ORIGIN: Sidmouth, Devonshire.

MIGRATION: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/l/Dorene-Morris-Ohio/GENE3-0039.html
1634 on the Recovery (on 31 March 1634, "Ezechia Hore" appears as a passenger on the Recovery of London, sailing for New England fromWeymouth [NGSQ 71:171-72, 77:250]).

REMOVES TO: Taunton 1639.
(The Taunton fire of 1838 destroyed the original town records.)

FREEMAN: Oath of fidelity at Taunton (as "Hezekiah Hore"), 1639 [PCR8:186]. Propounded for freemanship, 7 June 1653, 8 June 1655 [PCR 3:31,78].

OFFICES: Plymouth Colony grand jury, 6 June 1654, 7 June 1665 (absent) [PCR 3:49, 4:91]. Coroner's jury, 5 July 1664 [PCR 4:71].

Taunton highway surveyor, 5 June 1651 [PCR 2:168]. Constable, 3 June1657, 1 June 1663 [PCR 3:116, 4:37].

In Taunton section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:195]. "Hezekiah Hoare of Taunton [chosen] for ensign" inexpedition against the Dutch, 3 May 1653 [PCR 3:29].

EDUCATION: Signed his name to deeds and to return of coroner's jury.

ESTATE: On 5 June 1666, "forty acres of land is granted by the Court unto Rebecka, the wife of Hezekiah Hoare, of Taunton, in some convenient place near Taunton bounds [PCR 4:131].

On 12 December 1679, "Hezekiah Hoar of Taunton ..., planter, ... with the consent of Rebecah his wife," sold to "Thomas Leonard of Taunton aforesaid, bloomer ... a certain parcel of land, containing by estimation three acres more or less and was granted unto the said Hezekiah Hoar by the town of Taunton aforesaid as his proportion to a division of swamp" [BrLR 6:302]. On 1 December 1684, "Hezekiah Hoar of Taunton ..., yeoman, "sold to "Nathaniel Williams of the same Taunton ... all that my lot of land of ten acres ... commonly called the Great Lots"; on 2 March 1684/5, "Rebecah the wife of Hezekiah Hoar" appeared to relinquish dower [PCLR5:305].

On 27 February 1692/3, "Hezekiah Hoare Senior of Taunton" settled lands in Taunton on "my two sons Edward Hoare & Hezekiah Hoare" [BrLR 1:165]. On 27 February 1692/3, "whereas I Hezekiah Hoar Senior of Taunton has made deeds of diverse tracts of land to my two sons Edw[ar]d Hoar &Hezekiah Hoar bearing date 27 February 1692/3, before the confirming of which deeds I the said Hezekiah Hoar gave instructions to my said son Edw[ar]d Hoar that he should pay a debt of about eighty pounds to Capt. Thomas Leonard, clerk of the iron works, also that I his said father am to have during my natural life about half of the apples annually produced by my old orchard, also that said Edward is to make deeds of land in the North Purchase to my son Nathaniel Hoar and to my daughters Sarah, Elizabeth's child, Lidia, Mary & Rebeckah to each one hundred acres if the North Purchase will afford it" [BrLR 8:88].

http://mdhervey.com/archives/HERVEY/BRISTOL.PDF
"Five of the original purchasers outlived the Plymouth government, viz., William
Harvey, Richard Williams, Walter Deane, Hezekiah Hoar, and George Macey. The place of their graves no man knoweth unto this day."

Hezekiah Hoar, under these same conditions, executed four more deeds of confirmation of one hundred acres in Taunton North Purchase. On 2 June1711, he deeded to "William Turpin of the town of Providence ... being the only child of Elizabeth Turpin whose maiden name was Elizabeth Hoar the daughter of the aforesaid Hezekiah Hoar deceased" [BrLR 7:319]. On 9June 1710 [recte 1711], "whereas Sarah Hoar the daughter of the said Hezekiah Hoar married to Nicholas Stoughton of Saybrook, Hezekiah Hoar deeded to "Nicholas Stoughton ... for the confirmation of his wife's portion" [BrLR 8:88-89]. On 9 June 1710 [recte 1711], "whereas Rebecah Hoar the daughter of the said Hezekiah Hoar deceased married to Samuel Smith of Taunton aforesaid and by him had one son named Samuel Smith also which Samuel Smith Junior (the grandson of the said Hezekiah Hoar by his daughter Rebecah) doth request that he may have a deed of confirmation of his mother's share or part in Taunton North Purchase according to the right of his father Samuel Smith Senior and his sister Sarah Smith,"Hezekiah Hoar deeded to Samuel Smith Junior [BrLR 8:404]. On 30 May 1711,at the request of "Mary Hoar now Mary Miacum," Hezekiah Hoar deeded to "my sister Mary Miacum" [BrLR 9:573].

BIRTH: Sidmouth, Devonshire, 10 July 1608, son of Barnard and Mary(Channon) Hoar [NEHGR 141:32].

DEATH: After 27 February 1692/3 [BrLR 1:165].

MARRIAGE: By 1654 Rebecca _____. She was living on 2 March 1684/5 [PCLR5:305].

CHILDREN:

i MERCY HOAR, b. Taunton 31 January 1654[/5?] [PCR 8:39; MD18:169]; m. Dorchester 26 December 1676 John Spurr [DVR 23].

ii NATHANIEL HOAR, b. Taunton 31 March 1656 [PCR 8:39; MD18:169]; m. Taunton 2 February 1681[/2?] Sarah Wilbore [PCR 8:80], daughter of Shadrach Wilbore [NEHGR 64:29-30, citing BrPR 1:213].

iii SARAH HOAR, b. Taunton 1 April 1658 [PCR 8:39; MD 18:169]; m. Taunton 25 February 1691/2 Nicholas Stoughton.

iv ELIZABETH HOAR, b. Taunton 26 May 1660 [PCR 8:39; MD18:169]; m. by about 1690 (and perhaps a few years earlier) WilliamTurpin [Austin 209-10].

v EDWARD HOAR, b. Taunton 25 September 1663 [PCR 8:39; MD18:169]; removed to Philadelphia by 21 March 1710/1 [BrLR 8:87].

vi LYDIA HOAR, b. Taunton 24 March 1665[/6?] [PCR 8:39; MD18:169]; m. Taunton 16 November 1688 John Whipple. (Lydia had an illegitimate son, named variously "Job Liddeason" or "Job Whipple," and born close to the date of her marriage [TAG 44:187-88].)

vii MARY HOAR, b. Taunton 22 September 1669 [PCR 8:39; MD18:169]; m. Boston 2 December 1698 Duncan Mackum [BVR 244].

viii REBECCA HOAR, b. say 1671; m. Taunton 20 February 1690[/1?]Samuel Smith.

ix HEZEKIAH HOAR, b. Taunton 10 November 1678 [PCR 8:83]; m. by about 1701 Sarah Brightman, daughter of Henry Brightman [NEHGR 142:18,citing BrPR 6:121-23]. (Forty-six years elapsed between the birth of Hezekiah in 1678 and the birth of the eldest child of his eldest child in1724 [NEHGR 142:20]. His date of marriage has been estimated simply by splitting this difference.)

ASSOCIATIONS: Hezekiah Hoar was first cousin of ROGER CLAP {1630,Dorchester} [GMB 1:364-70], the mothers of the two men being sisters [NEHGR 144:144; Kempton Anc 4:122-23]. Perhaps Hezekiah resided at Dorchester prior to his emergence at Taunton.

Savage states that this immigrant was "brother of John," meaning John Hoar of Scituate [Savage 2:430-31]. John Hoar and his siblings and mother were from Gloucester, Gloucestershire [NEHGR 53:92-101, 186-98, 289-300]. [There is no known relationship between these two families.]

COMMENTS: Given the lapse of forty-six years between the birth of this immigrant and the date of birth of his first child, one might wonder whether an additional generation should be inserted in this lineage. Hezekiah Hoar appeared rarely in Taunton from 1639 to 1653 [PCR 2:168,3:31, 8:186, 195]. On the earliest of these dates, the immigrant would have been about thirty-one years old, and so it must be he rather than a putative son of the same name who took the oath of fidelity. In the remaining records down to 1654, the designations of Senior and Junior are not used, and there is no other indication that one generation was succeeded by another. For whatever reason, the immigrant did not marry until he was about forty-five.

Hezekiah Hoar was propounded twice for freemanship [PCR 3:31, 78], but was never admitted to this franchise, as he does not appear in any of the later lists of freemen [PCR 5:276, 8:199, 205-6]. This clearly did not prevent him from serving in a number of minor town and colony offices.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1987 Lyon J. Hoard identified the English origin of this immigrant, and published four generations of his agnate ancestry [NEHGR 141:22-33, 142:17-24]. In 1990 Ken Smallbone published additional data which solidified the identification of the immigrant, and provided leads to extending the agnate ancestry a number of generations further back [NEHGR 144:143-46].[robby1940.FTW]
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The following is compliments of Robby Robinson
Will
Hezekiah was named in his grandmother Channon's will in 1616,
and he witnessed Combpyne leases inreversion for his two older
half-brothers in 1633, at which time he had already made
arrangements to sail for New England. Record of Hezekiah's
iemigration is found in documents discovered by Peter Wilson
coldham in the Public record Office in London. A port book
entry dated 31 March 1633 lists Ezechia Hore among other
"planters" going to New England with household goods, apparell
and other goods allowed free of customs by patent to sail aboard
the ship "Recovery" of London, Gabriel Cornish master, sailing
from Weymouth, Dorset. Weymouth is about fifteen miles east of
Combpyne by sea, somewhat farther by land. The date of sailing
is not stated, but since a month's time elapsed between the port
book entry and the date on which Hezekiah witnessed the leases,
it is clear that he did not actually leave England until after
30 April 1633.

FREEMAN: Oath of fidelity at Taunton (as "Hezekiah Hore"), 1639 [PCR8:186]. Propounded for freemanship, 7 June 1653, 8 June 1655 [PCR 3:31,78].

OFFICES: Plymouth Colony grand jury, 6 June 1654, 7 June 1665 (absent) [PCR 3:49, 4:91]. Coroner's jury, 5 July 1664 [PCR 4:71].

Hezekiah married Rebekah (Unknown) about 1653. Rebekah was born about 1630; died after 12 Dec 1679 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Event: Timeline Abt 1653 Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA Note: She married Hezekiah
Event: Timeline 1666 Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA Note: On 5 June 1666, "forty acres of land is granted by the Court unto Rebecka, the wife of Hezekiah Hoare, of Taunton, in some convenient place near Taunton bounds [PCR 4:131].
Event: Timeline May 1684 Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA Note: On 1 December 1684, "Hezekiah Hoar of Taunton ..., yeoman, "sold to "Nathaniel Williams of the same Taunton ... all that my lot of land of ten acres ... commonly called the Great Lots"; on 2 March 1684/5, "Rebecah the wife of Hezekiah Hoar" appeared to relinquish dower [PCLR5:305].
Event: Timeline Bef 1692 Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA Note:
She probably died before 1692, as she does not join in Hezekiahs deed in the year.
http://sjhoard.tripod.com/hoardfamilygenealogysite/id21.html