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About Samuel Stone
Samuel Stone (19) was born in Cranston, on the same little 25 acre farm, in "Mashantatack," "Cucumber town," or Stoneville, which his grandfather, Peter Stone (3), bought about the first days of his married life. Having learned the trade of a carpenter, he commenced work in the town of Warwick, where he soon found a mate, one who journeyed and labored with him through a long life. He was married in 1756, and when, some ten years afterwards, he had scraped together a small pile, sufficiently large to purchase a home, with the true instincts of the family he left Warwick, and bought his first real estate in sight of his old home. Unusual energy and economy marked the course of this worthy pair, and twenty years from the time of their marriage, he was able to purchase, and pay for that valuable estate, on Sockonossett hill, now known as the " Howard Farm," lying both sides of N. L. turnpike. This location is one of the most beautiful in the State of Rhode Island. The site of the house commands a view of Providence, Bristol, Warren, Fall River, Newport, and in fact almost the whole of Narragansett Bay for twenty miles or more, with all its villages, and its varied, meandering shore scenery on both sides, and, what is more, it overlooks every part of " Cucumber Town," and the several farms on which his ancestors and relatives had, for more than 100 years, labored and lived. In this beautiful locality, on this excellent farm, he spent most of his days, and died in 1810, much beloved and respected, a man of excellent judgment, of high moral worth, of great industry, economy and prudence. He left an estate worth, at least twelve thousand dollars, mostly to his youngest two sons, and each one of the family inherited the industry, integrity, and moral worth of their parents. In stature, he was five feet ten inches, of robust make, and toward the close of life: inclined to corpulence. His early opportunities for education were limited. At no time of life was he inclined to reading or study, and yet, through observation and conversation, he was well posted on most practical subjects. His wife outlived him but three years, and both sleep together, on Sockonossett Hill," on the farm where they spent so large a portion of their lives. His five sons were all carpenters.
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Samuel Stone's Timeline
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1733
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Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
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1756
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January 2, 1759
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Cranston, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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1760
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RI
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1762
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Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
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1766
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Cranston, RI, United States
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1767
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April 4, 1769
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1770
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