Family:James Stevens and Mary Wakelee (1)
Parents: Thomas Stevens and Mary Fletcher
James Stevens
b. 21 Feb 1651 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
d. Abt 1695
Parents: Henry Wakley and Sarah Burt
Mary Wakelee
b. Est 1652
d. Abt 1729
m. Abt 1673
Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2][3][4] Abt 1673 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Mary Stevens
3 Dec 1674 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
5 Jun 1764 Moodus, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
2.
James Stevens
27 Mar 1676 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
 
3.
Hannah Stevens
8 Apr 1679 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
18 May 1755 Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
4.
Sarah Stevens
20 Jan 1680 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
4 Jan 1752 New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
5.
Patience Stevens
24 Apr 1683 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
13 Mar 1771 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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James Stevens married one Mary. Mary Wakelee was called Mary Stevens in her father's will. Based on those facts, this marriage is probable but not proven.

References
  1. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:582.

    'Stevens ...
    the eldest son of Thomas was:
    James, b. 21 Feb. 1651, went to sea 1695 and was never heard from; Inv. 21 May 1699; names and ages of the six children stated. He m. Mary, perhaps the dau. of Henry Wakelee, who was called Mary Stevens in the will of her father 1689.'
    Their eldest known child was born Dec 1674.

  2. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:628.

    'Children [of Henry and Sarah (Burt) Wakelee]: ...
    Mary, m. ----- Stevens, prob. James Stevens of Killingworth.'

  3. ↑ 6 James Steevens, in Holmes, Charlotte Steevens, and Clay W. (Clayton Wood) Holmes. A Genealogy of the Lineal Descendants of John Steevens, Who Settled in Guilford, Connecticut in 1645. (Elmira, N. Y.: Privately Printed by the Advertiser Press, 1906)
    16.

    "James Steevens … Married Mary, …"

  4. ↑ Stevens, in Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (CD-ROM)
    31271.

    "James & Mary [?WAKELEE]; by 1674; Killingworth, CT {TAG 12:39, 20:190; Stevens (1896) 7, (1906) 16; Fairfield Fam. 1:582, 628; Reg. 56:358}"

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