Details of John's birth are not known.

John married Elizabeth Davis on Sunday 8 November 1812 in Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Elizabeth Davis:

- Ann Davis Stevens	born around 1813.
- John Stevens	born around 1815.
- Sarah Howl Stevens	born around 1818.
- Ann Stevens	born around 1820.
- James Stevens	born on 1 January 1823.

John was a Gun Lock Filer.