Retired history professor (Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA),
Author of "A History of the Bly Family of Virginia" 1992.
Author of "From the Rhine to the Shenandoah", a three volume work on German Swiss pioneer families in the Shenandoah Valley and their European origins.1992, 1996, 2003.
Author of "Strasburg, Virginia, a New Look at the first Fifty Years (1760-1810)For the 250th Anniversary of the town.
Author of "Here to Stay" the Founding of a Jewish Community in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia 1840-1900 (2016).
REMEMBER: Memorials are not actual tombstone inscriptions. They contain information posted by people who want to honor a deceased relative, ancestor, friend or admired role model, for whom an actual grave marker does not exist. Not all the information posted will be accurate or property documented.
NOTICE TO ALL WHO ACCESS THE PETER STEPHENS FAMILY MEMORIALS: There has been a concerted effort by a group of people to deliberately post erroneous and totally fabricated information on memorials of Peter Stephens and his family. Please disregard any posting that are undocumented (with precise reference to the source) and posted anonymously by contributors with first names or nicknames only, without any contact address.
ALSO NOTE: a memorial to my ancestor, PHILIP BLY (1722-1786), Shenandoah County, Virginia, was not posted by me and contains totally erroneous information on his wife, Magdalena. The person who posted it refuses to change it. So much for being dedicated to accuracy and documented facts!!

Retired history professor (Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA),
Author of "A History of the Bly Family of Virginia" 1992.
Author of "From the Rhine to the Shenandoah", a three volume work on German Swiss pioneer families in the Shenandoah Valley and their European origins.1992, 1996, 2003.
Author of "Strasburg, Virginia, a New Look at the first Fifty Years (1760-1810)For the 250th Anniversary of the town.
Author of "Here to Stay" the Founding of a Jewish Community in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia 1840-1900 (2016).
REMEMBER: Memorials are not actual tombstone inscriptions. They contain information posted by people who want to honor a deceased relative, ancestor, friend or admired role model, for whom an actual grave marker does not exist. Not all the information posted will be accurate or property documented.
NOTICE TO ALL WHO ACCESS THE PETER STEPHENS FAMILY MEMORIALS: There has been a concerted effort by a group of people to deliberately post erroneous and totally fabricated information on memorials of Peter Stephens and his family. Please disregard any posting that are undocumented (with precise reference to the source) and posted anonymously by contributors with first names or nicknames only, without any contact address.
ALSO NOTE: a memorial to my ancestor, PHILIP BLY (1722-1786), Shenandoah County, Virginia, was not posted by me and contains totally erroneous information on his wife, Magdalena. The person who posted it refuses to change it. So much for being dedicated to accuracy and documented facts!!