In the 1790's Stephen Bevan was born. More than that I cannot say about his origins. He is a brick wall ancestor.
Stephen was alive until 1850, he lived in Redcliff, Bristol with his wife Ann (also of unknown background). Stephen had 3 sons. The two youngest Edwin Verry Bevan and Henry Verry Bevan were both born in Bristol, but his eldest son John Bevan (born on April 4th 1823) was not. I have no place of birth for him either.
John married Martha Lucas (b.1825) on 19 Jul 1843 at St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol. Their eldest son William Stephen Bevan was born a year later, followed by a daughter, Emma three years later and two more sons, John born in 1846 and Samuel Lucas born in 1851 shortly after the death of father Stephen Bevan.
The family then decided they would start a new life in America, so boarded a ship together. Sadly, the youngest of their children Samuel would die during the voyage.
William Stephen Bevan enlisted in the 127th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Statton Island in 1862 and fought under the command of Col. William Gurney until the cessation of the American Civil War.
The following detailed information about the 127th is taken from Wikipedia.
"Left New York for Washington, D.C., September 10, 1862. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until April 1863. Moved to Suffolk, Virginia, April 18. Siege of Suffolk, April 20 – May 4. Dix's Peninsula Campaign, June 24 – July 7. Ordered to Washington, D.C., July 10. Pursuit of Lee to Berlin, Maryland, July 13–22. Moved to Folly Island, South Carolina, August 1–8. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg on Morris Island and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina, August 9 – September 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, August 17–23. Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly and Morris Islands, South Carolina, until October 1864. Assault on Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins, James Island, South Carolina, July 3, 1864. Duty at Beaufort, South Carolina, until November 1864. Hatch's Expedition up Broad River, November 28–30. Battle of Honey Hill, November 30. Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad, December 6–9. Deveaux's Neck, Tullifinney River, December 6. Tullifinney River, December 9. Charleston & Savannah Railroad, December 19 and 29. Duty in the Northern District and at Charleston, South Carolina, Department of the South, until June 1865."
