1629 – 1669) was the Governor of the Albemarle Settlements (which would later become North Carolina) from 1667 until his death in late 1669.
He was appointed by the Lords Proprietor to succeed William Drummond.
In 1652, Stephens married Frances Culpepper, the sister of Lord John Culpeper.
[2] Before King Charles II of England established the Province of Carolina, Stephens had served as "Commander of the Southern Plantation" for the Colony of Virginia between 1662 and 1664.
The "Southern Plantation" roughly corresponded to what would later be northeastern North Carolina.