Location
In the Quiet Room to the north of St. Thomas's Chapel (see Cathedral Plan).
Memorial
Inscription
Sacred to the
Memory of
FRANCIS STEPHENS
Master in the Royal Navy
Who departed this life
on the 2nd day of December 1804
on his passage from Jamaica
in the 26th year of his age
Beloved he lived Lamented he died
His life was desired but God denied
also ANNE FRANCES
Wife of the above who
Died October 12th 1805 in
the 26th year of her age.
Memory of
FRANCIS STEPHENS
Master in the Royal Navy
Who departed this life
on the 2nd day of December 1804
on his passage from Jamaica
in the 26th year of his age
Beloved he lived Lamented he died
His life was desired but God denied
also ANNE FRANCES
Wife of the above who
Died October 12th 1805 in
the 26th year of her age.
Further Information
Francis Stevens was born on in 1779 to parents Benjamin and Mary (nee Haskell) Stevens who were married on 28th April 1778. He married Ann Frances Cole on 6/10/1802. She was the daughter of William and Esther Cole. A son Daniel was born in 1803, followed by another, Francis, in 1805, the same year that his mother died.
