Nielsen Hayden genealogy
William Stevens
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Name William Stevens [1, 2] Birth England 
[2] Gender Male Death Massachusetts [2] Person ID I18459 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS Last Modified 5 Nov 2017
Family Philippa d. 3 Aug 1681, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Children + 1. James Stevens, b. Abt 1630, England d. 27 Sep 1688, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 58 years)+ 2. Mary Stevens, b. Bef 2 Jan 1640, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 7 Nov 1692, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 52 years)Family ID F11458 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Jun 2018
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Notes - A ship-builder. He emigrated with his wife Philippa and perhaps their son James at some point prior to 1632.
He appears to have been a fantastically wilful and stubborn man. In the midst of dire financial problems, he publicly declared his disdain for the recently-restored Charles II, and no record of the rest of his life can be found. The best guess is that he, as Dawes-Gates puts it, "accepted the imprisonment and then disappeared."
- A ship-builder. He emigrated with his wife Philippa and perhaps their son James at some point prior to 1632.
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Sources - [S1785] The Coit family; or, The descendants of John Coit, who appears among the settlers of Salem, Mass., in 1638, at Gloucester in 1644, and at New London, Conn., in 1650 by the Rev. F. W. Chapman. Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1874.
- [S647] Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines by Mary Walton Ferris. Volume 1, 1943; volume 2, 1931.
- [S1785] The Coit family; or, The descendants of John Coit, who appears among the settlers of Salem, Mass., in 1638, at Gloucester in 1644, and at New London, Conn., in 1650 by the Rev. F. W. Chapman. Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1874.