John cox stevens biography

John Cox Stevens (September 24, 1785 – June 10, 1857) was the.
He was the first Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and a member of the American syndicate that in 1851 won the trophy that would become the America's Cup.
John Cox Stevens was the founding Commodore of the New York Yacht Club.

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Stevens, John Cox, 1785-1857

Dates

Biography

John Cox Stevens; son of Col. John Stevens (1749-1838); Hoboken, N.J.; horse-breeder & yachtsman) 670 __ |a Herringshaw’s Encycl. Amer. biog., 1907 |b (Stevens, John Cox, 1785-1857; founder NY Yacht Club; headed 1st group to sail America Cup race; res.: Hoboken, N.J. https://lccn.loc.gov/n86114757

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Stevens Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCW-SC-002

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials written by and related to members of the Stevens family dating from 1699 to the later part of the twentieth-century. Materials exist in a variety of media including correspondence (original and photocopied), photographs, newspaper clippings, handwritten manuscripts, scrapbooks, subject file articles, pamphlets, general history articles, and oral history transcripts.

Dates: 1699 - 1981

Found in: Samuel C. Williams Library - Special Collections / Stevens Family Collection

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Stevens, John Cox (1785-1857) USA

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John C. Stevens (September 24, 1785 – June 13, 1857), first commodore of the N.Y.Y.C. was the son of Col. John Stevens, a contemporary of Fulton and Livingston, and like them a pioneer in the application of steam to the propulsion of vessels, he being the inventor County of the steam screw-propeller. He was educated at Columbia College, and married Miss Maria Livingston, a famous New York belle, who presided over his household with distinguished grace.

John C. Stevens had three brothers, James, Robert L. and Edwin A., all three of whom, like him, were deeply interested in invention and the development of steam navigation. With his brother Robert, John C. Stevens started the first day-line of steamers between New York and Albany, in 1817, and throughout his life he was interested in building various kinds of steam craft, from ferry boats for the Hudson to floating batteries, at the Stevens yards in Hoboken.

John Cox Stevens,

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John Cox Stevens

Sport: Horse Racing & Sailing

Born: September 24, 1785

Died: June 10, 1857

Town: Hoboken

John Cox Stevens was born September 24, 1785 in Hoboken. He was one of three sons born to railroad and steamship pioneer Colonel John Stephens, whose family founded the city on the Hudson. While brothers Robert and Edwin (whose will established Stevens Institute) became engineers and inventors, John was more of a sportsman. He was fascinated with speed and competition. He sponsored foot and boat races, and created the Elysian Field amusement and recreation park in his hometown to increase ridership on the Stevens ferry line. In 1846, the Knickerbockers played the first “official” game of baseball on this site.

John's nephew, Richard Fowler Stevens, was a member of the Knickerbockers in the 1850s and played many a game on his uncle's ballfield. Richard was one of the first pitchers to figure out how to throw a fastball with the elbow-stiff, underhand delivery tthat was dictated by the rules of the day. It has been observed that, had the Knickerbock