Sylvester STOVER^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1625 - Bef 1689  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Sylvester STOVER
  Born	Abt 1625	Ipswich, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigrant?	Y
  Owned Slaves?	Y
  Died	Bef 14 Feb 1689	York, York, Maine
  Person ID	I44720	Main
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth NORTON,   b. Abt 1631, England ,   d. Bef Sep 1722, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Married	25 May 1652	York, York, Maine   [1]
  Children	+ 1. John STOVER,   b. May 1653, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. Bef 12 Apr 1748, York, York, Maine  (Age ~ 94 years)   2. Elizabeth STOVER,   b. 17 Aug 1654, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. 21 Jun 1731, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 76 years)   3. Sarah STOVER,   b. 1656, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. 1717, Wells, York, Maine  (Age 61 years) + 4. Dependence STOVER,   b. Abt 1658, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. 25 Sep 1723, York, York, Maine  (Age ~ 65 years)   5. Mary STOVER,   b. 1664, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. 6 Apr 1736, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years) + 6. George STOVER,   b. Apr 1668, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. Bef 2 Apr 1748, York, York, Maine  (Age ~ 79 years)   7. Deborah STOVER,   b. Abt 1672, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. ?   8. Josiah STOVER,   b. 1675, Cape Neddick, York, Maine ,   d. 9 Apr 1743, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age 68 years) + 9. Hannah STOVER,   b. 17 Aug 1684, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Jun 1731, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2019
  Family ID	F28774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 25 May 1652 - York, York, Maine Died - Bef 14 Feb 1689 - York, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  He seems to be the only Stover who settled in New England, the other having settled in Virginia. —— Early settler of York, ME. First appears in New England on 13 Jul 1649, when, with other men, he received a grant of land at Cape Neddick, York, consisting of a neck of land on the south side of the river. —— Will mentions wife Elizabeth, sons John, Dependence, Josiah, and George, and “the rest of my children”. —— He had 3 indentured Negroes: 2 female 1 male Jerusha the mother, son Johnathan, daughter Phebe History of York, York, Maine [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 85:300. [S116] The Families of my Grandparents, Douglas. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 85;301.