Birth: Stephen Deane was born in England about
1605 (based upon his estimated date of marriage).
Death: He died in Plymouth between March 10, 1633/4 and
October 2, 1634.
Ship: Fortune, 1621
Life in England: Nothing is known of his life in England,
but he may have trained as a miller there.
Life in New England: Stephen came over as a single man in
the summer of 1623. He was a freeman of Plymouth by 1633. In January
1632/3, he received permission to set up a mill to pound corn on the
brook near the town. The wording of the court record indicates that he
already had a mill elsewhere. His inventory at the time of death listed
the mill, a dwelling house and garden, and the house and fens at Fresh
Lake (now Billington Sea).
Family: Stephen Deane married Elizabeth Ring by 1630 in
Plymouth and had three daughters. She married (2) Josias Cooke in
Plymouth on September 16, 1635, and had three children, and possibly
more.
Children of Stephen and Elizabeth Deane:
- Elizabeth was born about 1630. She married William Twining in
Eastham about 1650 and had seven children.They became Quakers and moved
to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the 1690s. She died there February 12,
1708/9.
- Miriam was born about 1632. She married John Wing as his second wife
sometime after January 31, 1692/3, but had no children. She died in
Harwich in 1702.
- Susanna was born about 1634. She married (1) Joseph Rogers on April
4, 1660, at Eastham. He died the following January and they had no
children. She married (2) Stephen Snow on October 28, 1663, at Eastham
and had six children. She died before April 1701.