Samuel Stone (1631 - 1715)

Born 4 Feb 1631 in Nayland, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Stearns) Stone — married 7 Jun 1655 (to 1700) in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Carter) Stone — married after 18 Jan 1703 in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1715 at age 84 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Samuel Stone immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Birth: 1631, England – Death: Sep. 27, 1715

Samuel Stone was baptized Feb 4 1630/1 at Nayland, Co.Suffolk, England, the son of Gregory Stone (1590 - 1672) Lydia Cooper Stone (____ - 1674). (Lydia was the widow of Simon Cooper when she married Gregory Stone). His age at death on his gravestone coincides with a birth just prior to this baptism date.

He emigrated to New England with his parents and uncle Deacon Simon Stone about 1635, although their ship is not known. They initially settled at Watertown where his father received freemanship on 25 May 1636, and then later settled in Cambridge.^[1]

His first wife was Sarah Stearns (1635 - 1700) of Watertown, married at Cambridge,MA on Jun 7,1655.^[2] Sarah Stearns made freeman Newtowne (Cambridge), May 1657; after death of father, received land in Cambridge Farms (Lexington); subscriber to meeting-house 1692.

Children (by first marriage):

1. Samuel Stone (1656–1743)
2. Isaac Stone (1659–1690)
3. Sarah Stone Converse Hills (whose first husband was Edward Converse),
4. John Stone (1663–1713)
5. Lydia Stone Bowman^{[3] [4]}(1665–1719)
6. Mary Stone^[4]
7. Joseph Stone (1670–1703)
8. Anna Stone Merry^[5]

His second wife is known to have been the twice-widowed Abigail (Carter) [Fowle] Walker^[6] (1648–1718), though no primary record of the marriage has been found; the union is to a degree confirmed by Samuel's mention, in his will, of "my Dear & Loving wife Abigaill Stone".^[7]

Samuel died on September 27, 1715, in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[8].

Burial

Samuel was interred in the Old Burying Ground of Lexington, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; the inscription on his gravestone reads:

The stonecarving is the work of the Lamson shop, per the Farber Gravestone Collection of the American Antiquarian Society.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ Brown, David H., "Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass. and some of his Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Vol 53, Page 345) Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database accessed 15 January 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Catalog: Vital (and some town) records, 1632-1905 [Cambridge, Massachusetts] Town records - 1632-1703 (cont.); vital records births, marriages, deaths : 1632-1692 Births, marr., intentions, deaths : 1689-1820 Births, marr., intentions, deaths : 1821-1843 Births register v. 5-6 : 1849-1863 Births register v. 7-8 : 1863-1869
   Image path: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 > Middlesex > Cambridge > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1632-1703 vol 1 > image 251 of 287; Citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-493S-X (accessed 28 May 2022)
3. ↑ Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 Part I & II (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898) (Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 79
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Catalog: Vital (and some town) records, 1632-1905 [Cambridge, Massachusetts] Town records - 1632-1703 (cont.); vital records births, marriages, deaths : 1632-1692 Births, marr., intentions, deaths : 1689-1820 Births, marr., intentions, deaths : 1821-1843 Births register v. 5-6 : 1849-1863 Births register v. 7-8 : 1863-1869
   Image path: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 > Middlesex > Cambridge > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1632-1703 vol 1 > image 259 of 287; Citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-8979-49S3-1 (accessed 28 May 2022)
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Catalog: Vital (and some town) records, 1632-1905 [Cambridge, Massachusetts] Town records - 1632-1703 (cont.); vital records births, marriages, deaths : 1632-1692 Births, marr., intentions, deaths : 1689-1820 Births, marr., intentions, deaths : 1821-1843 Births register v. 5-6 : 1849-1863 Births register v. 7-8 : 1863-1869
   Image path: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 > Middlesex > Cambridge > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1632-1703 vol 1 > image 267 of 287; Citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-8979-4976-S (accessed 28 May 2022)
6. ↑ Early New England Families, 1641–1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB501/i/37842/5/1005347518 (by subscription)
7. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14467/21712-co2/38408221 (by subscription)
8. ↑ Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 Part I & II (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898) (Free e-book). Alt. transcript: "Stone... Dea. Samuel, Sept. 27, 1715", Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator, p. 204; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Lexington/Images/Lexington_D204.shtml
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #16639742 : accessed 20 May 2021), memorial page for Deacon Samuel Stone (1631–27 Sep 1715), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16639742, citing Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16639742/samuel-stone
10. ↑ The Farber Gravestone Collection, American Antiquarian Society, Cartography Associates, David Rumsey; Collection home, https://www.davidrumsey.com/farber/; Samuel Stone/Sarah Stone gravestone images: http://farber.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/FBC~100~1~8491~215939:Ston,-Samuel--Stone,-Sarah?sort=Name%2CDates&qvq=q:%22Samuel%20Stone%22;sort:Name%2CDates;lc:FBC~100~1&mi=0&trs=7

• Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635, complied by William Barrett, Saint Paul, Minn., : D. Ramaley & Son, 1888, p.27; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062852413&view=1up&seq=31