Bryant/Williams/Cooley/Stephens Genealogy: From Henry Stephens to Martha Stephens

*12th Generation: Richard Stephens

• Richard was born in 1641 in Gloucestershire, England.
• Richard immigrated with his family in 1665 to Boston.
• He married Mary Lincoln in 1666 in Bristol, Massachusetts. They had six children together: Richard, Nicholas, Mary, Thomas, Thomasine, and Nathaniel.
• Richard died in 1726 (85 years old) in Bristol, Massachusetts.

12th Generation: Mary Lincoln

• Mary was born on October 6, 1642, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• She married Richard in 1666 in Bristol, Massachusetts. They had six children together:
  • Richard (1667-1751)
  • Nicholas (who we are descended from) (1669-1747)
  • Mary Miner (1672-1748) Died in New London, Connecticut
  • Thomas (1674-1751) Died in Craven County, North Carolina.
  • Thomasine Wilcox (1677-1715) Died in Westerly, Rhode Island
  • Nathaniel (1680-1722) Died in Roxbury, Massachusetts
• Mary died in 1716 (74 years old) in Bristol, Massachusetts.