Leah Stone (Norton)

Biography

Leah Norton was born 3 Apr 1715 in Guilford, Connecticut to Thomas Norton (1676-1740) and Rachel Starr (1681-1755) (Roberts states the 15th and Guilford vital records states the 3rd "Leah d. Thomas & Rachel, b. Apr 3, 1713" Guilford births Vol 2 p 36.[1][2] [3] [4]

She married 7 Sep 1731 in Guilford to Daniel Stone (1711-1783).[1][5][4][6] Children recorded in Guilford:

1. Thankful (1732-1786)[2] - married Solomon Stone[7]
2. Diademia (1735-1737)[2] - died young
3. Daniel, Jr. (1737-1777)[2] - married Sarah King[7]
4. Benjamin (1745-1812)[2] - married Mary Ann Watrous[7]
5. Leah (1752-1830)[2] - married Henry Hill[7]
6. Medad (1754-1815)[2] married Mary Griffing[7]

She died on 17 Jan 1783 in Guilford.[1][5][4] Daniel Stone died 23 Dev 1782 in Guilford.[1][5][4] They are both buried in Alderbrook Cemetery in Guilford.[8][9][10]

Sources

• 1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gary Boyd Roberts, “The Descendants of Thomas Norton of Guilford Conn.,” in Genealogies of Connecticut Families Vol II (Boston, MA: NEHGR 1983) p 664-667
• 2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Connecticut Town Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Guilford Vital Records 1639-1850, Vol 2 p 36
• 3. ↑ Alvan Talcott and Jacquelyn Ricker, Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, Vol 2 (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. and New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1984) p 861
• 4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Burgis Pratt Starr, A history of the Starr family of New England, from the ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr of Ashford, County of Kent, England, who emigrated to Boston, Mass., in 1635 (Hartford, CT: Case Lockwood & Brained, 1879) p 119
• 5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
• 6. ↑ Connecticut Town Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Guilford Vital Records 1639-1850, Vol 2 p 177
• 7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002)
• 8. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 Vol 18 p 208-1 # * 3 ("Stone, Daniel, died Mar. 2?, 1789, age 72; Leah, Stone, wife of Daniel, died Jan. 21, 1783, age 62.")
• 9. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 67631185
• 10. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 67631033