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Note: N52 She resided a few years in New Haven, but most of her long life was spent in West Haven.
She died in her own home diagonally across the street from her birthplace.
A great-granddaughter of Deacon Thomas Stevens married Pres. Caswell of Brown Univ. and came to Emily Stevens Tallmadge in 1849 to learn of her ancestry. In a letter to Emily S. Tallmadge after her return home, Mrs. Caswell writes, "Our greatgrandparents preserved with great care a little book containing their family record, but it was lost. She was the wife of an Episcopal clergyman, poor but very hospitable, much beloved. He died before the Revolutionary War. The widowed moth r died in 1813, aged 99 yrs., retaining her mental powers until the very last. She was honored through her long life. Her mortal remains rest beside her husband's in the Episcopal Burying Ground in Scituate, Massachusetts, and there are gathered their descendants to the fourth generation side by side. (signed) Mrs. Esther Lois Thompson Caswell, Providence, R.I., November 27, 1849."
Later, in 1855, Mrs. Tallmadge received a letter from the daughter of Mrs. Caswell, who married Prof. Angell of Brown Univ. The letter was written for her aunt, Miss Thompson, in response to one written by Emily Stevens Tallmadge, telling of the death of "Aunt Cena" (Lucena Stevens Smith). In closing, she writes, "Should you even come to our city (Providence) hope to see you at No. 10 Brown Street. Believe me, Yours truly, (signed) Sarah C. Angell, December 15, 1855."
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