Hon. Ebenezer Stone

Biography

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Ebenezer Stone, son of Simon Stone and Mary Whipple, was born 27 Feb 1662/3 in Watertown, Middlesex County Massachusetts.[1][2][3]

He bought land in New Cambridge (Newton) in 1686 and settled there.[3] He was a selectman for 10 years, a representative for nine years and "of the executive council".[4] He was commissioned a justice of the peace on 15 Dec 1724 and was also a deacon in the First Newton Church from about 1740 until his death in 1754.[1]

Ebenezer married Margaret Trowbridge, daughter of James Trowbridge and Margaret Atherton,[5] on 18 Mar 1685/6 in Newton or Sherborn, Massachusetts.[1][6]

They had children:[5]

1. Ebenezer, b. 21 Dec 1686, d. 1 Feb 1784, m. Sarah Bond, 9 ch.;
2. Margaret, b.1 Aug 1688, d. 1776, m. Nathaniel Hammond;
3. Samuel, b. 1 Jul 1690, d. 30 Aug 1726, m1.Hannah Searle (5 ch.), m2. Mary Haven (1 ch.) (Mary m2. Dea. Ephraim Ward, wid. of her s-i-l, Mary);[3]
4. John, b.18 Sep 1692, d. 1765, m1. Lydia Hyde, m2. Abigail Stratton, 9 ch.;
5. Nathaniel, b. 6 Sep 1694, d. 1713;
6. Mindwell, b. 26 Jun 1696, d. 1774, m. Ebenezer Woodward;
7. David, b. 15 May 1698;
8. Mary, b. 19 Apr 1700, d. 10 Oct 1732, m. Ephraim Ward (married b-i-l Samuel's widow);
9. Simon, b. 14 Sep 1702, d. 1760, m. Priscilla Dike, 2 ch.;
10. James, b. 7 Jun 1704, d. 28 Jul 1742, m. Elizabeth Swift, 3 ch.;
11. Experience, b. 1707, d. 1798, m. Joseph Ward, 12 ch.

After Margaret's death on 4 May 1710, Ebenezer married Abigail ____ (possibly Wilson)[3][5] on 12 Jun 1711 (intention recorded in Salem on 12 May 1711). She died in Newton on 12 Jul 1723. There were no children by this marriage.[1]

On 8 Apr 1724 he married the widow Sarah (Nevinson) Livermore as his third wife.[1][3][5]

Ebenezer died on 4 Oct 1754 in Newton, Massachusetts.[3][7] He is buried in the Old East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[8]

Research Notes

Whipple-218 was removed as his mother and replaced with Whipple-465, who was born in 1633 possibly in England, the daughter of John Whipple and Susanna Hawkins, and died in 1720 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Justice of the peace.

Settled in Newton near present Eliot Church, cor Center and Church Sts. in 1700 moved to Chestnut Hill (Hammond near Beacon) -- now 9 Old Orchard Rd.

Deacon 1740-54. Military rank of Captain. Selectman 10 years. Representative General Court. Councillor, highest office attained by any member of Stone family during the Colonial period.

Freeman 26 May 1690

Epitaph on tombstone Newton Old Burying Ground:

‘Who was for many years deacon of ye Church in this town'

References

1. GEDCOM Note 2 AGE 92 Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 55JK-92
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stone-751
   1. Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. Simon Stone genealogy: ancestry and descendants of Deacon Simon Stone Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926. (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926) at HathiTrust.org, pages 52-56, 65-66.
   2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46R-9JL : accessed 1 June 2016), Ebeneazer Ston, 27 Feb 1662; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 745,869.
   3. Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) at GoogleBooks. Vol. 2, page 804.
   4. Ancestry.com. "Richardson Memorial", page 229.
   5. Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1860) at Archive.org, p. 586-587.
   6. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-GQ5 : 3 November 2017), Ebenezer Stone and Margaret Trowbridge, 18 Mar 1686; citing Marriage, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
   7. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC97-JXW : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Stone, 04 Oct 1754; citing Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
   8. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 24 July 2019), memorial page for Ebenezer Stone (27 Feb 1663–4 Oct 1754), Find A Grave: Memorial #7104381, citing East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Kevin Avery: headstone photo. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7104381/ebenezer-stone
   9. Savage, James. "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1962, on the Basis of Farmer's Register", Vol. 4 (S-Z) at Archive.org, page 204.