Stephen Balliet, the son of Paul Balliet, was born in 1753. He married Magdalena Burkhalter, a daughter of Peter Burkhalter. He became a Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolution, his name appearing as such in a return of the officers of the Second Battalion of Northampton county militia, dated May 21, 1777. Under dates of June 1, 1780 and November 1, 1781, his name appears as Lieutenant Colonel of the First Battalion.

In the Journals of the Assembly, under date of December 14, 1780, appears the following: "A petition from Stephen Balliet, Lieutenant Colonel of the First Battalion of Militia in the county of Northampton, was read stating that in the month of August, 1778, he enlisted twenty men to serve in the militia on the frontiers of the said county, at his private expense, and representing certain difficulties he meets with in obtaining re-payment of the monies so expended; and praying relief from the house, etc., was ordered to lie on the table for consideration." On February 13, 1781, the petition was referred to the Supreme Executive Council.

In October, 1783, Col. Balliet was elected a member of the Supreme Executive Council; in 1789, a member of the Assembly; and in 1797 was appointed Revenue Collector for the Second District of Pennsylvania. He died August 4, 1821 , and is buried in the old graveyard at Unionville.