Ebenezer Stevens
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Ebenezer Stevens was a Major General in the United States Army
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He was born on 11 Aug 1751 in Roxbury, Massachusetts
, the son of Ebenezer Stevens and Elizabeth Weld. His first wife was Rebecca Hodgden - they married in Providence, Rhode Island
on October 11, 1774. He married secondly on 4 May 1784 in New York City to Lucretia Ledyard (22 Feb 1756 - 2 Jul 1846). He died in 1823 in Rockaway, New York. He is also the Great-Great Grandfather of Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie
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. A member of the Sons of Liberty, he began his career in Paddock's Artillery Company along the likes of Paul Revere
and Thomas Crafts. Together with other members of the company, and under the leadership of Jabez Hatch, he participated in the Boston Tea Party
. His later recollections to his family debunked the myth that the participants had dressed up as Native Americans..
he moved to Rhode Island
and there, upon receiving news of the Battle of Lexington, volunteered for the Continental Army. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Artillery in 1775, and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill
under Major General Nathanael Greene
.. Ebenezer was selected by George Washington to raise battalions against Quebec, Canada. Ebenezer was present at the surrender of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York, on October 17, 1777. He served under the French general the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia with distinction, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was later transferred to the New York artillery and in 1781 was one of the commanders at the siege of Yorktown
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United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
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He was born on 11 Aug 1751 in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868...
, the son of Ebenezer Stevens and Elizabeth Weld. His first wife was Rebecca Hodgden - they married in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
on October 11, 1774. He married secondly on 4 May 1784 in New York City to Lucretia Ledyard (22 Feb 1756 - 2 Jul 1846). He died in 1823 in Rockaway, New York. He is also the Great-Great Grandfather of Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie
Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie
Eugenie Mary "May" Ladenburg Davie was a noted Republican activist in New York and a director of the controversial Pioneer Fund at the end of her life. She was second wife to influential lawyer Preston Davie.-Political activism:...
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Involvement in Boston Tea Party
Ebenezer Stevens was a participant on what became known as the Boston Tea PartyBoston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies...
. A member of the Sons of Liberty, he began his career in Paddock's Artillery Company along the likes of Paul Revere
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, Paul Revere's Ride...
and Thomas Crafts. Together with other members of the company, and under the leadership of Jabez Hatch, he participated in the Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies...
. His later recollections to his family debunked the myth that the participants had dressed up as Native Americans..
Revolutionary War Involvement
Not long after the Boston Tea PartyBoston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies...
he moved to Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
and there, upon receiving news of the Battle of Lexington, volunteered for the Continental Army. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Artillery in 1775, and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...
under Major General Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United...
.. Ebenezer was selected by George Washington to raise battalions against Quebec, Canada. Ebenezer was present at the surrender of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York, on October 17, 1777. He served under the French general the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia with distinction, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was later transferred to the New York artillery and in 1781 was one of the commanders at the siege of Yorktown
Siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis...
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