12 STEPHENS-STEVENS GENEALOGY
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oth of these traditions agree that one of the brotherswas named Thomas, and there was a Thomas Stephens,whose name appears on the list of free inhabitants ofWesterly, R. I., who married Mary, daughter of HenryHall., Sr., of Westerly, R. I., and removed to Stoning-ton, Conn., where he died May 14, 1736. His will wasprobated June 4, 17306. No children are mentioned in the will, nor are anyfound recorded at Westerly, R. I., or Stonington, Conn.He is believed to be one of the brothers of the traditions,and this view is confirmed by the late Hon. Richard A.Wheeler, historian of the town and church of Stoning-ton, Conn., who has repeatedly stated that Henry Ste-phens of Stonington and Thomas Stephens of Westerlywere brothers. Richard Stephens of Taunton, Mass., a contemporaryof Henry Stephens of Stonington, Conn., married about1666 Mary Linkon, the widow of William Hacke, anddaughter of Thomas Linkon of Taunton.
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