He was probably born in England. There is reason to believe that his wife's name was Heath. He settled in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Records show that they had six children.
1790 Census records from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, show a family of three sons and four daughters. He is believed to be the Stephen Calvin who went down the Ohio River to Mason County, Kentucky, and that settled across the Ohio River in Brown County, Ohio, where he died in 1821. Prior to 1811 she was married to Joseph Eakin . To them were born at least eight children. Catherine died in 1851 and is buried in VanZant Cemetery, Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio.