Sir John Carr Stone, Sr., of Bretherton in Lancashire

John Stone was the son of another John Stone of Bretherton, Lancashire. John Stone, Sr. was the son of Richard and Isabel (Girdler) Stone of the same place.

In the year 1613 two brothers of John built him a house in Bretherton this house still stands today and is called Carr House. An inscription over a doorway in raised letters reads Thomas Stones of London haberdasher and Andrewe Stones of Amsterdam merchant hath builded this howse of their owne charges and giveath the same unto their brother John Stones ano domni 1613. In the year 1633 John Stones was the donor of the font to Hoole Church. This information comes from Townships: Bretherton - British History On Line.

Family

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=madagtenet&id=I42798

1. John * STONE (Richard * de Croston STONE5, William * 'de Twiste' STONE4, John * STONE3, Richard * STONE2, William * STONE1) was born BET 1572 AND 1578 in Croston, Lancashire, England, and died 8 AUG 1606 in CT [SIC]

He married

1. Katherine GRIFFIN in Lancashire, England. She was born ABT 1581.
2. Mary WARREN.
3. Joan UNKNOWN ABT 1592 in Banbury, Cheshire, England. She was born ABT 1581 in Northhampton, England.
4. Jennett UNKNOWN 10 AUG 1600 in Croston, Bretherton, Lancashire, England. She was born ABT 1579.

	  Children of John * STONE and Katherine GRIFFIN are:

• 2 i. Katherine STONE was born BEF 8 APR 1595.
• 3 ii. John STONE was born ABT 1600.
• + 4 iii. William * STONE was born 1603 in Northampton Co, England or Twiston, Lancashire Co, England, and died BEF 21 DEC 1660 in SMC, MD.
• + 5 iv. Bridget STONE was born ABT 1604, and died BEF 1657 in Northampton Co, England or VA or NY?.
• 6 v. Andrew STONE was born ABT 1605.
• 7 vi. Mathew STONE was born BEF 1606.
• 8 vii. Richard STONE was born ABT 1606.

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From "Pillars of Maryland" by Francis Sims McGrath: p. 111:

This John’s son -

" Gov. Stone was important in his day in VA as well as MD, but his father, Captain John Stone, was a more amusing member of the family. The carousals of this gentleman with Gov. Van Twiller of Manhattan have gained a place in history. On one of these cheerful occasions his prank was to seize a New England and force the crew to steer for VA. When followed and brought back, Van Twiller saved him from punishment in Manhattan, but New England brooded over the insult. His folly having taken him to Massachusetts bay, Miles Standish traveled from Plymouth to prosecute him for piracy. He was also charged with adultery, and a few other offences of the kind, all of which he staved off until he referred to Justice Lodlow, the trial judge as "Just Ass Lodlow", a brutal play on the word justice. His other crimes were forgiven but for those words of ridicule he was heavily fined. Proceeding to Plymouth, he threatened Gov. Bradford with a dagger before sailing into the Connecticut River to make the last mistake of his life. He quarreled with the Pequot Indians, who listened for a time to his sharp tongue and then silently killed him. This led to the Pequot War which caused the death of many innocent people, so one mischief led to another and all stemming from revelries in Manhattan, as many mischiefs do to this day."

courtesy Larry R Alexander alexlary@crosslink.net

References

• 'The parish of Croston', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 81-91. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp81-91 [accessed 7 February 2019].

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In the year 1613 two brothers of John built him a house in Bretherton this house still stands today and is called Carr House. An inscription over a doorway in raised letters reads Thomas Stones of London haberdasher and Andrewe Stones of Amsterdam merchant hath builded this howse of their owne charges and giveath the same unto their brother John Stones ano domni 1613. In the year 1633 John Stones was the donor of the font to Hoole Church. This information comes from Townships: Bretherton - British History On Line.