Abiathar Stevenson

Ancestor Number

A109210 »

Date of Birth

March 28, 1754

Place of Birth

Springfield, Massachusetts

Date of Death

December 26, 1829

Place of Death

Phelps, New York

Spouse(s)

Olive Lombard

Children

Abiather Jr, Caleb, Anne, Delane, Herman, Harvey, Betsy, Caleb, Olive, William Henry, Sophronia

American Revolution Service

Capts Rowle, Munn, Jacobs, and Dike. Artificer for Capts Faxon, Eayers, Flowers, and Cheevers

State of Service

Massachusetts

Donor

Mrs. Nancy Caroline (Furniss) Azzam of Golden Valley, Minnesota, a direct descendant of Abiathar Stevenson

Abiathar Stevenson was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 28, 1754, and he died in Phelps, New York on December 26, 1829.

Stevenson and his wife, Olive Lombard, were married on April 23, 1772, in Springfield, Massachusetts. They had 11 children.

His pension application reads “Enlisted for a term of three years, on the 18th day of September in 1779, in the state of Massachusetts.”

Despite this confident statement, his pension documents reflect confusion as to whether Private Stevenson enlisted in 1778 or 1779. If his war history is to be believed, it would seem he enlisted in 1778, as the initial battles he participated in took place in that year.

The pension application states that Stevenson saw some action for the Continental Army at Bristol Ferry, in Rhode Island, under Major Gad Warriner and General John Sullivan. After this initial service, Stevenson returned home. He re-enlisted and entered the artificer company of Captain Faxon as a blacksmith. Stevenson mentions also that Colonel David Mason “commanded the regiment to which I belonged.” Abiathar Stevenson was released a little early from this service, due to, as he states, “a lameness contracted in bearing cannon.”