Ancestry of
John Paul Stevens

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

James Stevens

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of John Paul Stevens — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1801 
  • Birth Location:
  • Kentucky 
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Aug 1875 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Mercer County, Missouri 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Miles
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Dec 1820 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Crawford County, Indiana 
  • Children:
  
  

  Socrates Stevens (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  Anthony Stevens

  Elizabeth Stevens

  Benjamin Stevens

  Nancy Stevens

  John F. Stevens

  Sarah M. Stevens

  • Notes: 

  • Claims that James Stevens was born in Vermont and is the son of Benjamin and Lydia (Fields) Stevens appear to be false. It is almost certain that James Stevens and his wife Nancy Miles were natives of Kentucky. In the past, this parentage appears to have been accepted by both the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) based on a Stevens and Tripp genealogy published by Mary Stevens Ghastin in 1906. This genealogy should not be relied upon as it contains many errors easily disproved using primary records.

• Sources for James Stevens

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #108758.
  • ² Federal Census, MO, Mercer County, 1870, Lindley, p. 17, Image 17 of 40.
  • ³ Federal Census, MO, Mercer County, 1860, Harrison, p. 175, Image 3 of 20.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IL, Warren County, 1850, p. 8, Image 8 of 195.
  • ⁵ Indiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, Marriage record for James Stevens and Nancy Miles.
  • ⁶ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 34, New York: James T. White and Company (1948), 462, contains errors with regards to this family.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR No. 60828, Membership application for Ernest Street Stevens.
  • ⁸ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR No. 49419, Supplemental application for Ernest James Stevens.
  • ⁹ Ghaston, Mary Stevens, Genealogy of the Stevens and Tripp and Allied Families from 1520 to 1906, n.p.: n. p. (1906), THIS SOURCE IS UNRELIABLE, VERIFY WITH OTHER SOURCES, 8-9.