Benajah Stone I

• BIRTH 1647 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 3 Jul 1738 (aged 90–91) Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Village Green Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 163063489

Biography

There is neither birth or marriage record for Ester Kirby. She was mentioned in the settlement of her father's estate, in 1677. "Ester Kirby wife of Benajah Stone about twenty five years of age."[1] Therefore born about 1652, probably in Middletown, Connecticut, where the family lived.

She is listed in the Middletown Congregational Church Records[2] as one of "seven children of Mr. Kirby, listed as covenanter Jan 21, 1668," along with siblings John, Sarah, Joseph, Bethia, Susannah, and Abigail. Esther owned the covenant 9th month 4th day 1668 (4 Nov 1668), and was baptized and/or accepted into full communion 11th month 10th day 1668 (10 Feb 1668/9). Esther and Benajah Stone lived in Guilford, Connecticut and had 4 children.

Benajah was a weaver in Guilford, which was a part of New Haven Colony until New Haven merged with the Connecticut Colony in 1664. He married Hester/Esther Kirby, daughter of John and Elizabeth Kirby in 1673 in Middletown, Upper Houses, Connecticut Colony. Benjah Stone (1647-1738) was also married to Sarah Shepard (Daughter of John and Rebecca Shepard).[4] William Stone (1642-) married Hannah DeWolfe.

Inscription
Although this person was likely interred in Guilford's original village cemetery (now the commons and public park in downtown Guilford), no surviving gravestone was known in 1818 when all gravestones at the Village Green, but not the people's remains, were dispersed to other town cemeteries.

Gravesite Details
Time and weather had erased the location of this grave when the cemetery was moved

Parents
William Stone 1616–1683
Hannah Hatch Bradley Stone 1614–1655

Spouse
Esther Hester Kirby Stone 1652–1683 (m. 1673)
Sarah Shepard Stone

Siblings
Jedediah Stone 1640–1735
William Stone 1642–1730
Hannah Stone Norton 1644–1712

Children
Benajah Stone 1674–1714 m. Hannah DeWolfe 1676-1755 dau. of Edward and Rebeccah Tinker DeWolfe
Hester Stone Bristol 1676–1711 m. 1709 Hannah DeWolfe
Mary Stone 1681–1681 m. 1709 Bezaleel Bristol
Abraham Stone 1683–1703 died unmarried

Notes

Not a known husband of Sarah Hubbard There are many different versions of early marriage records.

References

[1] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kirby-96

[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163063489/benajah-stone

[3] http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shopefamily/misc/Tree/famf431.html

[4] US New England Marriages Prior to 1700