Genealogy of Thomas E Cady - Person Sheet
Genealogy of Thomas E Cady - Person Sheet
NamePhineas Stevens 
Death6 Feb 1756, Cape Breton
FatherJoseph Stevens - Deacon (~1683-1769)
MotherPrudence Rice (1685-)
Misc. Notes
From WILLARD MEMOIR - MAJOR SIMON WILLARD by Joseph Willard.Captain Phineas Stevens was an officer distinguished for his bravery and conduct in the old French war. Early in his life he was taken captive by Indians and carried to Canada. he was redeemed a year later He was made famous for defending a fort at Charleston, N.H. with thirty some soldiers against a combined force of 400 Indians and French. He was presented a fine sword for the action from the British fleet commander, Commadore Knowles. He died of fever at Cape Breton, 6 Feb. 1756. He was a noted Indian fighter.
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From THE HISTORY OF CHARLETOWN NH by Rev. H.H.Saunderson CAPT.PHINEAS STEVENS.pg 89
Probably our country, in all her wars and conflicts, has never nourished up a more fearless and determined set of men that were brought out by the times. Stevens, in ranger service was the commanding spirit of the times. Dearly did the Indians pay for the raid on Rutland, Massachusetts, when they killed two of this little brothers and took him, then a youth of sixteen, prisoner and carried him to Canada to learn their habits and mode of warfare. They got the better of him in that transaction, but never afterward, for in all his battles and skirmishes with them, which in number were many, he was never in a single instance was overcome! And in this service he was the exemplar and teacher of all that followed.
From THE HISTORY OF CHARLESTOWN N.H. by H.H.Saunderson pg 557
On Aug 20,1723 five Indians slew Samuel and Joseph, brothers of Phineas Stevens and took Pheneas and Isaac prisoners. From the time of his capture to the time of his return from captivity nothing has come down of interest until his marriage. In 1734 he married his first cousin, Elizabeth Stevens of Petersham, Ma. after which, he remained in Rutland until circumstances led him to become one of the earliest settlers of Fort 4, Charleston, N.H.
They moved to Fort No. 4 at Charlestown not earlier that 1745. In 1755 he moved his family to Deerfield, Ma where they were at the time of his death. Seven of his children were born at Rutland, two at Fort No.4 and one at Deerfield. His first military commission was received from Gov. Benning Wadsworth (N.H.) in 1743. He was commissioned as a lieutenant of the foot co of militia in the regiment of Col Josiah Willard
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From THE HISTORY OF CHARLETOWN NH by Rev. H.H.Saunderson CAPT.PHINEAS STEVENS.pg 89
Probably our country, in all her wars and conflicts, has never nourished up a more fearless and determined set of men that were brought out by the times. Stevens, in ranger service was the commanding spirit of the times. Dearly did the Indians pay for the raid on Rutland, Massachusetts, when they killed two of this little brothers and took him, then a youth of sixteen, prisoner and carried him to Canada to learn their habits and mode of warfare. They got the better of him in that transaction, but never afterward, for in all his battles and skirmishes with them, which in number were many, he was never in a single instance was overcome! And in this service he was the exemplar and teacher of all that followed.
From THE HISTORY OF CHARLESTOWN N.H. by H.H.Saunderson pg 557
On Aug 20,1723 five Indians slew Samuel and Joseph, brothers of Phineas Stevens and took Pheneas and Isaac prisoners. From the time of his capture to the time of his return from captivity nothing has come down of interest until his marriage. In 1734 he married his first cousin, Elizabeth Stevens of Petersham, Ma. after which, he remained in Rutland until circumstances led him to become one of the earliest settlers of Fort 4, Charleston, N.H.
They moved to Fort No. 4 at Charlestown not earlier that 1745. In 1755 he moved his family to Deerfield, Ma where they were at the time of his death. Seven of his children were born at Rutland, two at Fort No.4 and one at Deerfield. His first military commission was received from Gov. Benning Wadsworth (N.H.) in 1743. He was commissioned as a lieutenant of the foot co of militia in the regiment of Col Josiah Willard