THE SPELLING.
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enry Stephens and Henry Stevens are both used inthe Stonington, Conn., records, but on the land-books,where the deeds and agreements are copied, the name ismore frequently written Stephens. Thomas, the eldest son, who settled in Plainfield,Conn., used the Stevens mode and so did all of the sons,there and at Canaan, Conn., and all of the family, ex-cept the descendants of Uriah of Canisteo, have con-tinued to use that form, so far as reported. At Canis-teo all use the Stephens form. Richard, the second son, used the Stephens form, buthis son, Ebenezer, changed to Stevens and all of his de-scendants continue to spell that way. Henry, the youngest son, generally spelled his nameStephens, but sometimes Stevens. Most of his descend-ants, except the Abel Stevens branch of Canaan, use theStephens form.
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