Stephens Ancestors: Lawrence Stephens, 1722?-1776


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note: Locations within Frederick County are often given in sources as 
Stephensville or Stephensburg; current sources show only Stephens City and 
Stephens Fort in Frederick County.


			     Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Lawrence Stephens
born: about 1720 in Frankenthal, Bayern
marr: abt 1740 in Virginia
died: 18 October 1776 in  Frederick County, Virginia
buried:  unknown
other spouse: Mary (Emma Maria) Bowman, 1735-1820, marr. 1752 in Frederick 
County, Virginia
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Wife: Elizabeth Mercer Jones
born: abt 1722
died: about 1749 in Stephensburg, Frederick County, Virginia
buried:  unknown
note: name uncertain
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CHILDREN
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#1 Mary Stephens
born: 1742 in Frederick County, Virginia
marr: 1760 in Newton, Frederick County, Virginia
died: 4 August 1838 in Greene County, Tennessee
buried:  Ebenezer Methodist Church, Greene County, Tennessee
spouse: Henry Earnest (Henrich Ernst) 1730-1809
known children: 5 sons, 6 daughters
note: Henry was bound as an orphan to Lawrence Stephens.
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#2 Sarah Stephens
born: 25 Mar 1745 in Frederick County, Virginia
marr: 1766 in Frederick County, Virginia
died: 7 May 1839 in Garrard County, Kentucky
buried:  unknown
spouse: John Jacob Bowman (brother to Sarah's stepmother Mary Bowman), 1733-1781
known children: one son
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#3 Peter Stephens
born: about 1746 in Stephensburg, Frederick County, Virginia
marr: unknown
died: about 1794 in Rockbridge County, Virginia
buried: unknown
known children: none
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#4 John Stephens
born: about 1748 in Frederick County, Virginia
marr: 9 March 1779 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
died: 17 March 1819 in Preble County, Ohio
buried: unknown
spouse: Jeannette Vance, abt 1760-1828
known children: 12 sons
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