John Stone Sr (1692 - 1769)

Born 18 Sep 1692 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Hyde) Stone — married 17 Dec 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Abigail (Stratton) Stone — married 4 Nov 1719 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Province of Mass. Bay

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1769 at age 76 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

John Stone was born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Bay Colony on 18 September 1692, the son of Ebenezer and Margaret (Trowbridge) Stone ^[1][2][3][4]

John Stone of Framingham married Abigail Stratton, the daughter of John and Abigail (Prentice?) Stratton, 04 Nov 1719 at Watertown.^[5] He and his wife were named in John Stratton's probate administration papers in April 1720.^[6]

John died 11 Jan 1769 in Newton,^[7] and is buried in the East Parish Burying Ground in Newton in Plot 1361.^[8] A photograph of his gravestone can be viewed at Findagrave.com Memorial #7104385.

Notes

Learned the weaver's trade, selectman 8 yrs., deacon of Framingham and Newton. Dismissed from Framingham to Newton Sept. 27 1728; Located in Framingham for 7 years. Returned to Newton in 1723. Bought farm in Oak Hill Section from Ward family.

Children from 1st wife, Lydia Hyde : 1. Margaret Stone, b. 24 Oct 1718, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 16 Mar 1746, Newton, Middlesex,Massachusetts (Age 27 years)

Children from 2nd wife (Unknown) married 1719 : 1. Mindwell Stone, b. 25 Jan 1731, Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA d. 10 Feb 1777, Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA (Age 46 years) 2. Anna Stone, b. 12 Oct 1734, Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA d. 18 Jan 1813, Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA (Age 78 years)

Sources

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 65-66.
2. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 183, "Stone, John, s. Ebenezer and Margarett [dup. Margaret], Sept. 18, 1692."
3. ↑ Jesse Montgomery Seaver, Stone Family History (Philadelphia: American Genealogical Research Institute, 1929, reprint 1971), p. 33, Ref F123
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTW-T53 : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Stone in entry for John Stone, 18 Sep 1692; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
5. ↑ Historical Society. Watertown Mass., Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Boston, MA: Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), original publish date 1894-1906), Vol. 2:11
6. ↑ John Stratton, packet #21843 (1718) Middlesex Co. Probate papers
7. ↑ Francis Jackson, History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, from 1639-1800, (Boston, MA: Stacy & Richardson, 1854), p. 504
8. ↑ Findagrave.com Memorial #7104385

See also:

• A Book of Strattons by Harriet Russell Stratton, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Page 169.
• 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.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Barbara Corley for creating WikiTree profile Stone-3817 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on May 12, 2013.