DUDLEY O. STEPHENS FAMILY GENEALOGY

 

STANCLIFF FAMILY GENEALOGY

From book "Descendants of James Stanclift of Middletown, Connecticut and Allied Families", By Robert C. and Sherry [Smith] Stancliff

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DUDLEY O. STEPHENS FAMILY

(313) CANDACE6 STANCLIFT (John Jr.5, John4, Comfort3, James2, James1) Daughter of John Jr and Rhoba [Smith] Stanclift born North Collins, Erie County, NY July 26, 1817, married North Collins, Erie County, NY DUDLEY O. STEPHENS born NY 1811.

Dudley O. Stephens owned 100 acres of land in Lot 56, North Collins, Erie County, NY, which he purchased Oct. 10, 1837(1).

He appeared in the 1840 Census living Collins, Erie County, NY between Candace's father, John Stanclift Jr, and her uncle, Jesse Stancliff. They had one son under 5 years of age that date(2). They remained in North Collins when Candace's family moved to Iowa. Dudley was listed as a Surveyor in 1850(3). Dudley O. Stephens was a witness to the Will of Jesse Stancliff in 1851, and to the Bond of Administration in 1865.

CHILDREN: Dudley O. and Candace [Stanclift] Stevens

1. DEMSTER O. STEPHENS born North Collins, Erie County, NY 1839,

2. ABRAM M. STEPHENS born North Collins, Erie County, NY 1843

3. ELLEN ALLARD STEPHENS born North Collins, Erie County, NY 1847, married ____ STRONG, lived Erie County, NY.

4. JOHN STEPHENS born North Collins, Erie County, NY July 1850

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Footnotes:

1. .HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF CONCORD, 1883, by Erasmus Briggs, page 719

2. .NY 1840 CENSUS, Erie County, Collins, page 128.

3. .NY 1850 CENSUS, Erie County, North Collins, page 325/649, Dwelling 655, Family 681.

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