In an August 1832 court statement, Stephen was called "aged seventy last May."
Stephen was the son of Winthrop Watson and Abigail Sias of Newmarket and Exeter, New Hampshire. He was married in Epping, NH about 1788 to Mary "Polly" FOGG, b. Epping 23 June 1770, d. Acton, ME 10 May 1835, aged 64, the daughter of Seth Fogg and Eleanor Philbrick. He was a Rev. War soldier, and enlisted in May 1780 into Capt Penniman's company of Col Henry Dearborn's 1st New Hampshire Regiment, hired by the town of Brentwood, NH. He marched with his company to West Point, NY, spent the summer of 1780 in the vicinity of Orange, New Jersey, and was discharged in New York on 1 Jan 1781.
Stephen lived in Exeter from the time of his birth until 1786 when he moved to Epping. A few years later, in 1789, he moved to the part of Rochester that was set off as Milton in 1802. He lived in Wakefield briefly, from 1802 to 1805, then returned to Milton. Finally, in 1825 he moved to Acton, Maine, where he lived until his death. He appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses in Rochester, 1810 in Milton (whose returns were missing in 1820), and on the 1830 census in Acton. Stephen was a farmer and trader, and he ran a store, a tavern, and a saw mill. He applied for a pension under the law of 22 April 1832, but having lost his discharge papers, he travelled 55 miles in August 1832 to Barlett, Coos Co., NH to get a written deposition from fellow soldier Richard Gailand. His pension was allowed the following year in the amount of $30 per year. Stephen was mentioned in his father's 1777 will as being under 21 years of age, and was also mentioned in the 1813 will of his sister, Mary. Children:
* Mary Fogg, b. Wakefield, NH 9 Aug 1791, m. Josiah MOULTON.
* Winthrop, b. Wakefield, NH 29 May 1793, m. (1) Lovey THOMPSON; m. (2) Sarah L. (ALLEN) Bean
* Harriet, b. Rochester, NH 9 April 1795, m. Stephen DREW
* Eleanor, b. Rochester c. 1797, m. Samuel C. GOODWIN.
* Clarissa, b. Rochester, 17 June 1799, d. Milton, NH 16 Jan 1824, m. Stephen M. MATHESs.
* Lydia L., b. Milton, NH c. 1812, m. her sister's widower, Stephen M. MATHES
* Octavia Augusta, b. Milton, NH 1815, m. Charles Octavus LORD
* Daniel, b. Milton, NH 18 Sep 1815, m. (1) Eliza J. WOOD; (2) Mary A. MARTIN; (3) Lydia O. (MOULTON) Robertson.
Stephen was the son of Winthrop Watson and Abigail Sias of Newmarket and Exeter, New Hampshire. He was married in Epping, NH about 1788 to Mary "Polly" FOGG, b. Epping 23 June 1770, d. Acton, ME 10 May 1835, aged 64, the daughter of Seth Fogg and Eleanor Philbrick. He was a Rev. War soldier, and enlisted in May 1780 into Capt Penniman's company of Col Henry Dearborn's 1st New Hampshire Regiment, hired by the town of Brentwood, NH. He marched with his company to West Point, NY, spent the summer of 1780 in the vicinity of Orange, New Jersey, and was discharged in New York on 1 Jan 1781.
Stephen lived in Exeter from the time of his birth until 1786 when he moved to Epping. A few years later, in 1789, he moved to the part of Rochester that was set off as Milton in 1802. He lived in Wakefield briefly, from 1802 to 1805, then returned to Milton. Finally, in 1825 he moved to Acton, Maine, where he lived until his death. He appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses in Rochester, 1810 in Milton (whose returns were missing in 1820), and on the 1830 census in Acton. Stephen was a farmer and trader, and he ran a store, a tavern, and a saw mill. He applied for a pension under the law of 22 April 1832, but having lost his discharge papers, he travelled 55 miles in August 1832 to Barlett, Coos Co., NH to get a written deposition from fellow soldier Richard Gailand. His pension was allowed the following year in the amount of $30 per year. Stephen was mentioned in his father's 1777 will as being under 21 years of age, and was also mentioned in the 1813 will of his sister, Mary. Children:
* Mary Fogg, b. Wakefield, NH 9 Aug 1791, m. Josiah MOULTON.
* Winthrop, b. Wakefield, NH 29 May 1793, m. (1) Lovey THOMPSON; m. (2) Sarah L. (ALLEN) Bean
* Harriet, b. Rochester, NH 9 April 1795, m. Stephen DREW
* Eleanor, b. Rochester c. 1797, m. Samuel C. GOODWIN.
* Clarissa, b. Rochester, 17 June 1799, d. Milton, NH 16 Jan 1824, m. Stephen M. MATHESs.
* Lydia L., b. Milton, NH c. 1812, m. her sister's widower, Stephen M. MATHES
* Octavia Augusta, b. Milton, NH 1815, m. Charles Octavus LORD
* Daniel, b. Milton, NH 18 Sep 1815, m. (1) Eliza J. WOOD; (2) Mary A. MARTIN; (3) Lydia O. (MOULTON) Robertson.
In an August 1832 court statement, Stephen was called "aged seventy last May."
Stephen was the son of Winthrop Watson and Abigail Sias of Newmarket and Exeter, New Hampshire. He was married in Epping, NH about 1788 to Mary "Polly" FOGG, b. Epping 23 June 1770, d. Acton, ME 10 May 1835, aged 64, the daughter of Seth Fogg and Eleanor Philbrick. He was a Rev. War soldier, and enlisted in May 1780 into Capt Penniman's company of Col Henry Dearborn's 1st New Hampshire Regiment, hired by the town of Brentwood, NH. He marched with his company to West Point, NY, spent the summer of 1780 in the vicinity of Orange, New Jersey, and was discharged in New York on 1 Jan 1781.
Stephen lived in Exeter from the time of his birth until 1786 when he moved to Epping. A few years later, in 1789, he moved to the part of Rochester that was set off as Milton in 1802. He lived in Wakefield briefly, from 1802 to 1805, then returned to Milton. Finally, in 1825 he moved to Acton, Maine, where he lived until his death. He appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses in Rochester, 1810 in Milton (whose returns were missing in 1820), and on the 1830 census in Acton. Stephen was a farmer and trader, and he ran a store, a tavern, and a saw mill. He applied for a pension under the law of 22 April 1832, but having lost his discharge papers, he travelled 55 miles in August 1832 to Barlett, Coos Co., NH to get a written deposition from fellow soldier Richard Gailand. His pension was allowed the following year in the amount of $30 per year. Stephen was mentioned in his father's 1777 will as being under 21 years of age, and was also mentioned in the 1813 will of his sister, Mary. Children:
* Mary Fogg, b. Wakefield, NH 9 Aug 1791, m. Josiah MOULTON.
* Winthrop, b. Wakefield, NH 29 May 1793, m. (1) Lovey THOMPSON; m. (2) Sarah L. (ALLEN) Bean
* Harriet, b. Rochester, NH 9 April 1795, m. Stephen DREW
* Eleanor, b. Rochester c. 1797, m. Samuel C. GOODWIN.
* Clarissa, b. Rochester, 17 June 1799, d. Milton, NH 16 Jan 1824, m. Stephen M. MATHESs.
* Lydia L., b. Milton, NH c. 1812, m. her sister's widower, Stephen M. MATHES
* Octavia Augusta, b. Milton, NH 1815, m. Charles Octavus LORD
* Daniel, b. Milton, NH 18 Sep 1815, m. (1) Eliza J. WOOD; (2) Mary A. MARTIN; (3) Lydia O. (MOULTON) Robertson.
Stephen was the son of Winthrop Watson and Abigail Sias of Newmarket and Exeter, New Hampshire. He was married in Epping, NH about 1788 to Mary "Polly" FOGG, b. Epping 23 June 1770, d. Acton, ME 10 May 1835, aged 64, the daughter of Seth Fogg and Eleanor Philbrick. He was a Rev. War soldier, and enlisted in May 1780 into Capt Penniman's company of Col Henry Dearborn's 1st New Hampshire Regiment, hired by the town of Brentwood, NH. He marched with his company to West Point, NY, spent the summer of 1780 in the vicinity of Orange, New Jersey, and was discharged in New York on 1 Jan 1781.
Stephen lived in Exeter from the time of his birth until 1786 when he moved to Epping. A few years later, in 1789, he moved to the part of Rochester that was set off as Milton in 1802. He lived in Wakefield briefly, from 1802 to 1805, then returned to Milton. Finally, in 1825 he moved to Acton, Maine, where he lived until his death. He appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses in Rochester, 1810 in Milton (whose returns were missing in 1820), and on the 1830 census in Acton. Stephen was a farmer and trader, and he ran a store, a tavern, and a saw mill. He applied for a pension under the law of 22 April 1832, but having lost his discharge papers, he travelled 55 miles in August 1832 to Barlett, Coos Co., NH to get a written deposition from fellow soldier Richard Gailand. His pension was allowed the following year in the amount of $30 per year. Stephen was mentioned in his father's 1777 will as being under 21 years of age, and was also mentioned in the 1813 will of his sister, Mary. Children:
* Mary Fogg, b. Wakefield, NH 9 Aug 1791, m. Josiah MOULTON.
* Winthrop, b. Wakefield, NH 29 May 1793, m. (1) Lovey THOMPSON; m. (2) Sarah L. (ALLEN) Bean
* Harriet, b. Rochester, NH 9 April 1795, m. Stephen DREW
* Eleanor, b. Rochester c. 1797, m. Samuel C. GOODWIN.
* Clarissa, b. Rochester, 17 June 1799, d. Milton, NH 16 Jan 1824, m. Stephen M. MATHESs.
* Lydia L., b. Milton, NH c. 1812, m. her sister's widower, Stephen M. MATHES
* Octavia Augusta, b. Milton, NH 1815, m. Charles Octavus LORD
* Daniel, b. Milton, NH 18 Sep 1815, m. (1) Eliza J. WOOD; (2) Mary A. MARTIN; (3) Lydia O. (MOULTON) Robertson.
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