Simon Stone, Jr.

Deacon

• Simon Stone, Jr
• Birth: 1631 Essex, England
• Death: Feb. 27, 1708 Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Husband of Mary Whipple Stone, married about 1655.
• Children: (poss.)Simon Stone III, John Stone, Matthew Stone, Nathaniel Stone, Ebenezer Stone, Mary Stone Stearns, Nathaniel Stone, Elizabeth Stone Stearns, David Stone, an infant child, Susanna Stone Goddard, and Jonathan Stone.
• Watertown deaths: Mr: Simon Stone Deced: February the 27th: 1707/8.
• Simon Stone, eldest son of the Deacon [Simon Stone], was b. in Eng. in 1631, mar. [abt. 1656] Mary Whipple, dau. of John of Ipswich, and was repeatedly selectman, town clerk, and representative. He had twelve children, many of whose descendants are here buried. His sixth child, Nathaniel, graduated at Harvard College and was a preacher at Harwich. (Harris' Epitaphs)
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Simon Stone (1585 - 1665)
• Joan Clarke Stone (1596 - 1654)
• Spouse:
• Mary Whipple Stone (1633 - 1720)
• Children:
  • Simon Stone (1656 - 1741)*
  • Ebenezer Stone (1663 - 1754)*
  • Mary Stone Starr (1664 - 1735)*
  • Elizabeth Stone Stearns (1670 - ____)*
  • David Stone (1672 - 1750)*
  • Susanna Stone Goddard (1675 - 1754)*
  • Jonathan Stone (1677 - 1754)*
• Siblings:
• Frances Stone Greene Horne (1619 - 1679)*
• Mary Stone (1621 - ____)*
• Simon Stone (1631 - 1708)
• John Stone (1635 - 1691)*
• Inscription:
• Here Lyes ye
• Body of SIMON
• STONE Died Febry.
• ye 27th 1708
• Ætatis suæ 77
• the memory of
• the just is blesed
• Note: 1900 cemetery map shows Simon buried between Hepzibah Stone (d.1763) and Mary Stone (d.1720). Their stones are on the left and right, respectively - the downed stone in the middle is most likely Simon's.
• Burial: Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Plot: 23
• GPS (lat/lon): 42.37186, -71.15619
• Find A Grave Memorial# 27163015
• From : http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27163015 ___________________
• WHIPPLE, Mary
• b. 20 FEB 1633/4 Bocking, Essex, England
• d. 2 JUN 1720 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: WHIPPLE, John
• Mother: HAWKINS, Sarah
• Family:
• Marriage: 8 SEP 1656 Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.
• Spouse: STONE, Simon
• b. 1630 Boxted, Essex, England
• d. 27 FEB 1707/8 Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: STONE, Simon
• Mother: CLARK, Joane
• Children:
  • STONE, Simon
  • STONE, John
  • STONE, Matthew
  • STONE, Ebenezer
  • STONE, Nathaniel
  • STONE, Elizabeth
  • STONE, David
  • STONE, Susanna
  • STONE, Jonathan
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_1a9.htm#67 ___________________________
• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 2 edited by William Richard Cutter
• https://books.google.com/books?id=ofcsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA533&lpg=PA533&d...
• Pg.805
• .... etc.
• (II) Simon (2), son of Simon (1) Stone, was born in 1631, died February 27, 1708. he and his brother John divided the real estate left by their father, and he kept the paternal homestead for his residence. He was deacon of the church, selectman several years, town clerk ten years, representative to the general court, 1678 to 1684 inclusive, and in 1686-89-90; one of the original proprietors of Groton, Massachusetts. He married Mary Whipple, born in 1634, died June 2, 1720, daughter of Elder John Whipple, an early settler of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Children: Simon, born September 8, 1656; John, July 23, 1658; Matthew, February 16, 1660; Nathaniel, February 22, 1661-62, died 1661-62; Ebenezer, mentioned below; Mary, 1665; Nathaniel, 1667; Elizabeth, October 9, 1670; David, October 19, 1672; Susanna, November 4, 1675; Jonathan, December 26, 1677.
• (III) Hon. Ebenezer Stone, son of Simon (2) Stone, was born February 27, 1662-62, died in 1747. He was admitted a freeman, March 26, 1690. He married (first) in 1686, Margaret Trowbridge, born April 30, 1666, died May 4, 1710, daughter of James and Margaret (Atherton) Trowbridge, of Dorchester and Newton, Massachusetts. He married (second) Abigail Wilson, who died in 1720. He married (third) April 8, 1722, Sarah Livermore, widow of Lieutenant Samuel Livermore of Watertown; .... Sarah, widow of Nathaniel Stearns and daughter of John and Elizabeth Nevinson, .... etc. ______________________
• History and genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts : his English ancestors and American descendants by Whipple, Blaine
• https://archive.org/details/historygenealogyo00whip
• https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogyo00whip#page/n64/mode/1up
• Pg.53
• .... etc.
• John1 Whipple (MatthewA) baptized 29 August 1596 in Bocking, Essex County, England; died 30 June 1669 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married (1) Susanna (probably Stacey) abt 1620 at Bocking; died after 13 July 1661 in Ipswich, Massachusetts (2) the widow Janet (Jennet) Dickinson after 1662 at Ipswich. A clothier, John appears to have emmigrated in 1638. He farmed and engaged in several business ventures, was an eight term delegate to the general court, Ipswich clerk of writs for several terms, deacon and ruling elder of the Ipswich church.
• Children of John and Susannah Whipple, all but Sarah born in Bocking:
  • i. Susanna, born 1 July 1622; married Lionel Worth in Ipswich.
  • ii. John, born 11 January 1623/24; buried 4 August 1624 in Bocking.
  • iii. John (Captain), born 21 December 1625; died 10 August 1683 in Ipswich; married (1) Martha Reynor, (2) Elizabeth (Coggswell) Paine, both in Ipswich
  • iv. Elizabeth, born 1 November 1627; died 15 December 1648 without issue; married Anthony Potter in Ipswich.
  • v. Matthew, born 7 October 1628; died 12 October 1634 in Bocking.
  • vi. William, born October
  • vii. Anne, born 2 June 1633; died 4 May 1634 in Bocking.
  • viii. Mary, born 20 February 1634; died 2 June 1720 in Watertown, Mass.; married Simon Stone in Watertown.
  • ix. .... etc.
• JOHN'S FIRST MARRIAGE is not listed in St. Mary's parish register. Some genealogists have identified his wife as Sarah Hawkins, others as Susannah Stacy or Clark. It seems more plausible to this author that is was Susannah Stacy or Clark. Hawkins has been proposed by those who claim that the Whipple brothers married Hawkins sisters. Sarah and Ann Hawkins were married in Bocking in 1622; Anne to Matthew Whipple on May 7 and Sarah to William Coppin on September 26. .... etc. _____________
• 15 Generations of Whipples Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Blaine Whipple
• https://archive.org/details/15generationsofw01whip
• https://archive.org/stream/15generationsofw01whip#page/48/mode/1up
• THE CHILDREN of Matthew and presumably Joan (maybe Stephens) Whipple were born and married in Essex County, England. Following are their christening dates:
  • i. .... etc.
  • vi. John, 8-29-1596, died Ipswich, Mass. 6-30-1669; married (1) Susanna Clark, 8-28-1621 in London, (2) Janet Dickinson after 1662 in Ipswich.
  • vii. .... etc.
• INFORMATION ON THE Matthew Whipple, Sr. family is sketchy but enough is known to establish the beginning.1 Parents of Matthew and his wife Joan have not been identified. The Margaret Whipple buried in Bocking June 13, 1577 is presumed to be Matthew's mother.2 .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/15generationsofw01whip#page/49/mode/1up
• .... Matthew was buried January 16, 1618-19, probably in his late fifties. .... etc.
• Matthew's will was very particular in it details. He noted his "messauge with the yard and garden and orchards" was located on "Bradford street in Bocking." He named eldest son Matthew and son John, daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Maria, Amye, Johane, and Anne Pepper; grandchildren Hercules and Margaret Arthur and Henry and Ande Caldam, "my sister, the wife of Richard Rathbone," and Hercules Stephens. With the exception of Stephens, every beneficiary was identified as a relative.
• Stephens may have been a brother to the Joan Whipple buried in 1612, making him Matthew's brother-in-law. The Bocking parish records include a Joanna Stephens christened November 15, 1562. This make her a plausible age to be the mother of Anna christened September 1, 1583 and identified as the daughter of Matthew Whipple. .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/15generationsofw01whip#page/1141/mode/1up
• John1 Whipple (MatthewA) baptized 29 August 1596 in Bocking, Essex County, England; died 30 June 1669 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married (1) Susanna Clarke 28 August 1621 at St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London. Daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth ( ___ ) Clark, Susanna was baptized 11 January 1595/96 at Theydon Garnon, Essex and died after 13 July 1661 in Ipswich.1 (2) the widow Janet (Jennet) Dickinson after 1662 at ipswich.2 A Clothier, John emigrated in 1638. He farmed and engaged in several business ventures, was an eight term Delegate to the General Court, Ipswich Clerk of Writs for several terms, Deacon, and Ruling Elder of the Ipswich Church.
• CHILDREN OF JOHN AND SUSANNA WHIPPLE:
  • i. Susanna, born 1 July 1622; married Lionel Worth. She had five living children.
  • ii. John, born 11 January 1623-24; buried 4 August 1624.
  • iii. John (Captain), born 21 December 1625; died 10 August 1683. Married (1) Martha Reynor, (2) Elizabeth Coggewell) Paine. He had six children including three sons.
  • iv. Elizabeth, born 1 November 1627; died 15 December 1648 without issue. Married Anthony Potter.
  • v. Matthew, born 7 October 1628; died 12 October 1634.
  • vi. William, born in October 1631; died 4 June 1641.
  • vii. Anne, born 2 June 1633; died 4 May 1634.
  • viii. Mary, born 20 February 1634; died 2 June 1720. Married Simon Stone. They had 12 children, two of whom died at an early age.
  • ix. .... etc. ____________
• A partial list of the descendents of Matthew Whipple, the elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England Vol.II by Whipple, Henry Burdette
• https://archive.org/details/partiallistofdes00whip
• https://archive.org/stream/partiallistofdes00whip#page/1/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• 2. JOHN WHIPPLE (Matthew-1), known as "Elder John Whipple," baptized August 29, 1596, in Bocking, England; died June 30, 1669, in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
• Married first, 1620 SUSANNA (STACY or CLARK) who was living July 13, 1661. Married second, after 1662, JANET ( ___ ) DICKINSON, who died in Ipswich January 30, 1686/87, widow of Thomas Dickinson of Rowley. See Volume I for a full account of Elder John and his brother, Deacon Matthew.
• Children born in Bocking, England, and Ipswich, Mass.:
  • 3. Susannah, born July 1, 1622; married Lionel Worth.
  • John, born January 11, 1623/24; buried August 4, 1624.
  • 3. Captain John, born December 21, baptized December 25, 1625; died August 10, 1683. See Volume I, page 9.
  • Elizabeth, born November 1, 1627; married Anthony Potter about 1647; died December 15, 1648, without issue. Potter married in 1652, Elizabeth Stone, daughter of Deacon Gregory Stone, by whom he had seven children.
  • Matthew, born October 7, 1628; died October 12, 1634.
  • William, born October, 1631; died June 4, 1641.
  • Anne, born June 2, 1633; died May 4, 1634.
  • 3. Mary, born February 20, 1634; died June 2, 1720, Watertown, Massachusetts, age 86 years; married about 1656, Simon Stone, born about 1630, died February 27, 1707/08, age 77 years, son of Deacon Simon and Joane (Clark) Stone. Simon Stone came from London in April, 1635.
  • .... etc. _______________

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Deacon Simon Stone
b.Bet 1630 and 1631 Boxted, Essex, England
d.27 Feb 1707 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Parents and Siblings

F. Deacon Simon Stone
1585/86 - 1665

M. Joane Clark
1596 - Bef 1654
m. 5 Aug 1616

David Stone
1617 - 1625

Frances Stone
1618/19 - Bef 1679

Mary Stone
1621 -

Anne Stone
1624 - Bef 1665

Deacon Simon Stone
Bet 1630 & 1631 - 1707

Mary Stone
1632 - 1684

John Stone
1635 - 1691

Elizabeth Stone
1639 -

Spouse and Children

H. Deacon Simon Stone
Bet 1630 & 1631 - 1707

W. Mary Whipple
1634 - 1720
m. 8 Sep 1656

Deacon Simon Stone
1656 - 1741

John Stone
1658 - Abt 1735

Mathew Stone
1659 - 1743

Nathaniel Stone
1661 - 1661

Hon. Ebenezer Stone
1662 - 1754

Mary Stone
1664 - 1735

Rev. Nathaniel Stone
1667 - 1755

Elizabeth Stone
1670 -

David Stone
1672 - 1750

Child Stone
1674 - 1674

Susanna Stone
1675 - 1754

Jonathan Stone
1677 - 1754

From Find a Grave contributor:

Husband of Mary Whipple Stone, married about 1655.

Children: (poss.)Simon Stone III, John Stone, Matthew Stone, Nathaniel Stone, Ebenezer Stone, Mary Stone Stearns, Nathaniel Stone, Elizabeth Stone Stearns, David Stone, an infant child, Susanna Stone Goddard, and Jonathan Stone.

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Watertown deaths: Mr: Simon Stone Deced: February the 27th: 1707/8. ________________________________

Simon Stone, eldest son of the Deacon [Simon Stone], was b. in Eng. in 1631, mar. [abt. 1656] Mary Whipple, dau. of John of Ipswich, and was repeatedly selectman, town clerk, and representative. He had twelve children, many of whose descendants are here buried. His sixth child, Nathaniel, graduated at Harvard College and was a preacher at Harwich. (Harris' Epitaphs) ________________________________

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"The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson, pp. 553-558: "SIMON STONE: ORIGIN: Boxted, Essex [Simon Stone Gen 41]. MIGRATION: 1635 on the Increase (on 15 April 1635, "husbandman Symon Stone," aged 50, "uxor Joan Stone," aged 38, "children Francis Stone," aged 16, "Ann Stone," aged 11, "Symon Stone," aged 4, "Marie Stone," aged 3, and "Jo[hn] Stone," aged 5 weeks, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Increase [Hotten 66]). FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. OCCUPATION: Husbandman [Hotten 66]. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 25 May 1636 implied by freemanship. Chosen deacon by 1644 [WaBOP 19]. On 25 October 1658, it was "ordered, & appointed by the whole town that the ordering & regulating of the sitting in the meeting house, should be committeed unto the care & trust of Simont Stone, Senior, & Tho[mas] Hastings & Ephr[aim] Child, the town engaging to stand to what they do according to rule" [WaTR 1:58]. FREEMAN: 25 May 1636 (eighth in a sequence of eight Watertown men) [MBCR 1:372] EDUCATION: Signed his will by mark. His inventory included a chest and 2 books" valued at 7s. and "a Bible & 2 books" valued at 12s. [MPR 2:317-18, Case #21730]. OFFICEHOLDING: Watertown selectman, 10 October 1636, 29 December 1640, 29 November 1641, 10 December 1649, 16 December 1650 (as "Deacon Stone"), 29 November 1654 (as "Deacon Stone") [WaTR 1:2, 6, 7, 19, 20, 39]. His inventory included "1 musket" valued at 8s. [MPR 2:317, Case #21730]. His widow's inventory included "a fowling piece without a stock" valued at £1 6s. [MPR 2:131, Case #21723]. ESTATE: On 25 July 1636, "Simon Stone" was granted seventy acres in the Second Division of the Great Dividend at Watertown [WaBOP 4]. On 28 February 1636/7, "Simon Stone" was granted fourteen acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands [WaBOP 7]. On 26 June 1637, "Simon Stone" was granted fourteen acres in the Remote Meadows [WaBOP 8]. On 9 April 1638, "Simon Stone" was granted six acres at the Town Plot [WaBOP 11]. On 10 May 1642, "Simon Stone" was granted a Farm of one-hundred fifty-eight acres [WaBOP 12]. In the Watertown Inventory of Grants, "Simon Stone" held six parcels: "twelve acres of upland by estimation adjoining to his homestall"; "two acres & half of meadow"; "fourteen acres of Plowland in the Farther Plain"; "seventy acres of upland by estimation being a Great Dividend in the Second Division & the seventh lot"; "fourteen acres of Remote Meadow by estimation & the third lot"; and "six acres of upland at the Townplot" [WaBOP 73]. In the Watertown Inventory of Possessions, "Simon Stone" held five parcels: "an homestall of thirty-eight acres"; "six acres of meadow"; "two acres & half of meadow"; "three acres of marsh"; and "seven acres of upland" (WaBOP 115]. In the Watertown Composite Inventory, "Simon Stone Deacon" held six parcels: "an homestall of fifty acres ..., twenty acres bought of Edward How, eight of John Swaine, ten of Robert Feke, and twelve acres granted to him six acres of meadow bought of Robert Feke five acres of meadow ... bought two acres & half of John Swaine, & the rest granted"; "a Farm of one-hundred fifty-eight acres upland in the 2 division"; "three acres of marsh ... bought of Richard Browne" and "seven acres of planting ground ... bought of Richard Browne" [WaBOP 19]. On 22 October 1653, "Simon Stone and Charles Chadwick had 30 foot square of land granted them upon the meeting house common for to [set] up a stable" [WaTR 1:33]. On 12 June 1660, "Sarah Stone, wife to Deacon Stone of Wattertown ... with the full consent of my husband" sold to "Daniel Hovey of Ipswich Senior ..., yeoman, ... seventy acres of Upland & meadow ... in the bounds of Topsfield ... the said upland & meadow being all the land the townsmen of Ipswich did grant unto Richard Lumkins at that place called Pye Brook, save only a small parcel of the meadow about four acres that the aforenamed Richard Lumkin did give unto Mr. Gardiner" [ILR 1:239-40]. In her will, dated 25 March 1663 and proved 6 October 1663, "Sarah Stone wife of Simon Stone of Water-Towne and the relict of Richard Lumkin deceased sometime of Boxstead in the County of Essex in England and last of all of Ipswich in New England," requested "that my covenant made with my husband Simon Stone on marriage may be made good to him, according to the true intent thereof and to my husband Simon Stone I do give over & above what I am engaged thirty pounds, to be abated by what he owes me"; "whereas my late husband Richard Lumkin deceased did by his last will give to his friends there eight score pounds, my will is that the same be honestly and duly paid to them and that in case they be willing to accept of two hundred pounds paid them here in New England in such estate as shall be appraised in my inventory, my will is that my executors do then pay them two hundred instead of their eight score and that sixty pounds be paid in English money in case that I have so much left when I die"; to "my kinsman John Warner I do give him Sixty Pounds"; residue to "be equally divided between my kinsmen John Warner, Daniel Warner and Thomas Wells"; "the reverend Mr. William Hubbard minister of God's word at Ipswich and Thomas Bishop I do make overseers hereof"; "my kinsmen John Warner, Daniel Warner and Thomas Wells [to be] executors" [MPR 2:128-30, Case #21723]. The inventory of the estate of "Sarah Stone of Water-Towne (relict of Richard Lumkin sometimes of Ipswich) lately deceased," taken the 20 August 1663 (with an addition on 9 November 1663), totalled £577 16s. 2d., of which £451 18s. 7d. was in "debts owing to the estate" and £10 was in real estate: "ten acres of land lying in the common," £10 {MPR 2:130-34, Case #21723]. In his will, dated 7 September 1665 and proved 3 October 1665. "Simon Stone" bequeathed to "my two sons Simon & John my whole estate which I am now possessed withal in whatsoever is mine unto an equal division between them only I appoint them to give or pay unto my two daughters Francis & Mary ten Pounds apiece ... and my mind is that John should have the land I bought of brother Hayward"; "2 Silver bowls, the lesser to Simon & the greater to John"; "my daughter Frances ten pound should be paid £5 to Johan Greene her daughter and Nathaniel her son 50s. apiece and the other five to the children she have by her husband Home" [MPR 2:316 Case #21730]. The inventory of the estate of "Simon Stone deceased" taken 2 October 1665, totalled £126 l9s., of which £40 was real estate: "in land," £40 [MPR 2:317-19, Case #21730]. BIRTH: Baptized Great Bromley, Essex 9 February 1585/6, son of David Stone [Simon Stone Gen 41]. DEATH: Watertown 22 September 1665 "aged about 80 years" [WaVR 1:27]. MARRIAGE: (1) Great Bromley, Essex 5 August 1616 Joane Clark [Simon Stone Gen 50]. (2) By an unknown date Sarah (Baker) Lumpkin widow of Richard Lumpkin of Ipswich [Simon Stone Gen 50]. She died between 25 March 1663 (date of will) and 20 August 1663 (date of inventory). CHILDREN: With first wife: i. FRANCES STONE, bp. Great Bromley 20 January 1618/9 [Simon Stone Gen 51]; m. (1) by about 1645 HENRY GREEN {1641, Ipswich} (two children born by his death in 1648) [Morison 380] m. (2) by 1649 JOHN HORNE {1630, Salem} [GMB 2:990-94] ii. MARY STONE, bp. Great Bromley 1 October 1621 [Simon Stone Gen 52]; d. by 1632 (when younger full sister of same name was born). iii. ANN STONE, b. about 1624 (aged 11 on 15 April 1635 [Hotten 66]); sailed for New England with family in 1635; not named in father's will, 7 September 1665; no further record (but see COMMENTS below). iv. SIMON STONE b. about 1631 (aged 4 on 15 April 1635 [Hotten 66]); m. by about 1656 Mary Whipple daughter of JOHN WHIPPLE {1638, Ipswich} [Pillsbury Anc 1:48; EPR 2:166-67] v. MARY STONE, b. about 1632 (aged 3 on 15 April 1635 (Hotten 66]) named in father's will, 7 September 1665, receiving same size bequest as Sister Frances who was married at that time; possibly m. by 1661 Nathaniel Stearns (eldest known child b. Dedham 22 August 1661 [DeVR 8]; see COMMENTS below). vi. JOHN STONE, b. about March 1635 (aged 5 weeks on 15 April 1635 [Hotten 66]); m. by 1663 Sarah Bass [Bond 586, 951; Simon Stone Gen 56-59], daughter of Samuel BASS {1633, Roxbury} [GMB 1:122-27]. (The Watertown vital records state that this John Stone was born in that town on 15 August 1635 [WaVR 14; NEHGR 7:159]. This record cannot be correct, as this son was five weeks old when the family boarded ship in London on 15 April 1635.) vii. ELIZABETH STONE, b. Watertown 5 April 1639 [WaVR 1:7; NEHGR 7:161]; no further record. ASSOCIATIONS: Simon Stone was brother of GREGORY

STONE {1635, Watertown}. COMMENTS: Bond gave two different reports for each of two daughters of Simon Stone. In his first treatment of the family of Simon Stone, he said for the daughter Ann "not mentioned in father's will. [See Lewis Jones.]" and for the second daughter Mary "mentioned in her father's will, d. June 25, 1691, unm." [Bond 585]. Examining the daughter Mary first, there is a Watertown death record for "Mary Stone died the 25 of June [1691]," with no indication whether or not she was married and no indication of her parentage [WaVR 1:65]. The will of Lewis Jones, dated 7 January 1678[/9?], does include as bequest to "my dear wife Ann Jones" and then names "my loving friend & brother John Stone to be overseer" [MPR 6:172-73; Bond 310-11]. Thirteen years earlier, Ann Stone was not named in her father's will. The reference to "brother John Stone" in this instance may simply denote brotherhood in the church. Lydia Jones, daughter of Lewis, married Jonathan Whitney on 30 October 1656 [WaVR 18]. Lydia would have been born by about 1636, when Ann, daughter of Simon Stone, was only about twelve years old. If the widow of Lewis Jones

Researched by Franklin Russ Barney

Deacon Gregory Stone and his brother Simon Stone of New England (in 1635) were descended from a family of yeoman rank. Their ancestors bear from about 1300 the surname Stone in the lineal male line and were located from generations in the adjacent rural parishes of Little Bentley, Ardleigh and Great Bromley in Tend-ring Hundred, Essex, England, about 55 miles East of London.

Gregory Stone was born in Great Bromeley, Essex, England and baptized there 10 April 1592, the youngest of eleven children. Of his youth little is known but he did learn to read and write. While records have been preserved showing that Deacon Simon Stone, brother to Deacon Gregory Stone, brought his family to New England in the ship "Increase" in the spring of 1635, the name and date of sailing of the vessel which brought Deacon Gregory Stone and his family hither remains unknown, but he came sometime in 1635, bringing his wife, his second, Lydia —, and six children with him.

Two of our lines trace back to Gregory Stone and one to his brother Simon. They were both deacons of their church. Our line comes through Sarah, Gregory's daughter. On 30 September 1639, Gregory sold his Watertown lands. Part of the lands of Deacon Gregory Stone in Cambridge were bounded on the south by lands of his brother Simon in Watertown. On 11 October 1647 Gregory was granted 200 acres at Cambridge Farms (now Lexington and Lincoln.)

In a book, Gregory Stone Genealogy, by Bartlett, we find that (on 6 September 1630) Gregory Stone "appears as one of the three deputies for Cambridge to the Massachusetts General Court."It was at the previous session of 2 May 1638 that the name of the town was changed from Newtowne to Cambridge. This seems to have been the only regular civil town or colony office ever held by him; but from the first settlement in Cambridge to almost the very close of his life—a period of 35 years, he was continually elected and served on numerous committees, appointed to manage special town affairs. The clear common sense of the deacon and his wife appears from the fact that they were among the signers of a certificate in behalf of Winefred Holman, accused of witchcraft, that they never knew anything in her life concerning witchcraft.

The most noteworthy committee on which Deacon Gregory Stone served was in 1664 when he and three other Cambridge men presented to the General Court a memorial signed by them and about 140 other residents of Cambridge, protesting against the then proposed government of New England by a Royal Commission, as an arbitrary government of council or parliament in which they were not represented and contrary to the intent of the original patent of the colony. This was the first muttering of the spirit which over 100 years late r was heard in full tones in the Declaration of Independence of 1776.

As Deacon Gregory Stone was prominent among the first to protest in Massachusetts against government without representation by the governed, so a little over a century later, all his descendants were found united in resisting taxation without representation, and their convictions were as steadfast in that political crisis as ha d been those on theology of their ancestor, Deacon Gregory Stone, a century and a half earlier.

Of Captain Parker's little band of 60 men who stood on Lexington Common on the morning of 19 April 1775, and offered the first organized armed resistance of the American Revolution, at least 25 (including Captain Parker, himself) had in their veins the blood of Deacon Gregory Stone.

On the walls of a building built in 1657 by his stepson, Deacon John Cooper, the following inscription was placed by the Stone Family Association in 1913:

These very walls Must oftentimes have sheltered The Benignant presence of Gregory Stone In memory of whom His revering descendants Unto the tenth generation Of women and men On this seventh day of June In the year of Our Lord Nineteen hundred and thirteen Leave here this tablet For the eyes of them that shall come

• ****************************** * Founder of our family line A national figure as well By reason of his membership In the committee of four Which presented to the General Court The Cambridge petition of 1664 The first murmur of American Remonstrance Against Incipient English Encroachment A sower therefore Of the very first seed Of the American Revolution Which entered then and there Upon the weary century of its upgrowth
  • ******************************* * Born in Much Bromley, Essex Co., England There baptized April 19, 1592 By wife Margaret Garrad the father of John, Daniel, David. By wife Lydia, widow of Cooper, the father of Elizabeth, Samuel, Sarah. Came to Massachusetts In 1635 Brother of Simon of Watertown Stepfather of John Cooper the founder of this house Lived in the homestead hard by On the land now Harvard University died November 30, 1672 Buried in the Cambridge Graveyard Forefather Of a cloud of witnesses Who On the stricken fields of the Revolution Made good his word
    • ***************************** * The records found of Deacon Stone reveal a fine type of the Puritan of his day; a man of vigorous physique and vitality; of uncompromising convictions, an d strict integrity, caring for nothing but his God, unambitious for wealth and power, but by thrift acquiring a comfortable estate, an d always ready to serve his fellowman in local affairs in which they looked to him for probity, good judgment and impartiality; a devout, honest, esteemed member of his community.

He must have continued in vigorous health almost to the end of his life, as in 1671, in his 80th year, he served on committees. On 22 November 1672, a week before his decease, evidently realizing his end was near, he settled his affairs and mad e his will. He died at Cambridge on 30 Nov 1672. Gregory and Margaret Garrad Stone’s son David Stone married about 1648, Dorcas — ; she died at Cambridge Farms, 13 July 1704 .

They were the parents of Samuel Stone, born in that part of Cambridge Farms now Lincoln, 19 June 1656, lived there until his death. Samuel Stone was a farmer and in 1699 was deeded by his father David about 62 acres of land. Samuel was a soldier in King Philip's War. He died 2 January 1703-4. Samuel married Hannah. Their daughter Tabitha Stone, baptized 2 May 1700, died in Lexington 22 June 1760; married Thomas Merriam in 1723. Two of our direct lines are traced back to Deacon Gregory Stone.

• ****************************************************************************************************************************** Also in our direct line is Simon Stone, brother of Deacon Gregory Stone, settled in Watertown. He joined the church there. That he was held in esteem in the community is apparent from the fact that he was soon called to hold office, both civil and ecclesiastical. The Watertown Records show that he was chosen a selectman in 1636, 1640, 1641, 1650, 1651, and 1655, and previous to 1649 he was elected a deacon in the Watertown Church, which office he held until his death. He also served on numerous committees for town affairs.

Deacon Simon Stone died in Watertown 22 Sep 1665, in his 80th year. He married first at Great Bromley, Essex, England 5 August 1616, Joane Clark. He married second in New England a widow, Sarah. Simon had by his first wife, Simon Stone who married Mary Whipple.

Simon Stone and Mary Whipple were the parents of Simon Stone who married Sarah Farnsworth. They were parents of Sarah Stone, born in 1688, married at Groton, Massachusetts, 2 September 1708 to Stephen Farr. [This is the Farr line from which Sarah Matilda (Farr) Barney descended.]