. The Stevens genealogy, embracing branches of the family descended from Puritan ancestry, New England families not traceable to Puritan ancestry, and miscellaneous branches wherever found, together with an extended account of the line of descent from 1650 to the present time of the author. bore awa\ and ran down under lee of the (^icneral Stark,and on l)eing hailed, ga\e the name of an hjiglish shi]) from W hite-haven. Idle crew of the (leneral Stark were then mustered to theirf|uarters, the bjiglish ensign lowered and the -\merican flag run uoand the i^nglish vessel ordered to strike her col
. The Stevens genealogy, embracing branches of the family descended from Puritan ancestry, New England families not traceable to Puritan ancestry, and miscellaneous branches wherever found, together with an extended account of the line of descent from 1650 to the present time of the author. bore awa\ and ran down under lee of the (^icneral Stark,and on l)eing hailed, ga\e the name of an hjiglish shi]) from W hite-haven. Idle crew of the (leneral Stark were then mustered to theirf|uarters, the bjiglish ensign lowered and the -\merican flag run uoand the i^nglish vessel ordered to strike her colors : l)Ut instea<l of com-phiug with orders, the luigiish vessel luffed, intending to cross theStarks fore-foot and escajje to the wind. The (leneral \er, luffed at the sauie time and gave the kjighsh a broadsideujniu which the latter surrendered. The prize was taken to iUlboa. ALMA CROSBYSon of Carolina Barnes Crosb\ STEVENS FAMILIES OF PURITAN ANCESTRY 77 and sold for $, to which was added the stipulated sum of $i,ooofor taking her. From Bilboa, the General Stark sailed for home in Julv, andwhen a few days out, decoyed an English cutter, but while the lieu-tenants boats crew were on board the General Stark, her secretcharacter was discovered and the cutter escaped. Ten days later,after a chase she came up with the cutter and the latter hauled up and]>repared for action, but after a brave resistance for two hourssurrendered, having first sunk the mail she was carrying from Jamaicato England. Her topmast was all shot away by the Stark, six menwere killed and nine wounded. The General Stark had one boykilled and five wounded. The next prize taken was a brig loaded with fish and bound fromNewfoundland to Lisbon, of fourteen guns. Ten of the guns werefound to be Quaker or wooden guns. The Stark next took twobrigs loaded with fish, but was prevented from
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