Hugh Stone (1638 - 1732)

Born 1638 in Wales

Descendants

Died 1732 at about age 94 in Pettaconsett. Cranston, Rhode Island

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Biography

Name

Hugh Stone ^[1]

1638 Birth and Christening

Born abt 1638 in England. This may be the date of christening; but no location for the christening is shown. ^[2]

Some sources say he was born ABT 1637/38 in Warwick, Kent Co., RI. This is not totally impossible, as Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1636. More evidence would need to be found regarding place of birth.

Occupation

He was a blacksmith.^[3]

Hugh was also a farmer and lived in Warwick until 1723, then moved to Cranston and later to Providence^[1]

1653 Assaulted at Waterside

By 1653, Hugh Stone was at Providence RI where he was assaulted on the Common Highway by a William Foxerie, a seaman. In testimony heard by the Town Deputies on 15 August 1653, Hugh Stone said: "Thatt I cominge to the Watters syde At providence & desired to goe ouer With my horses I beinge Com newly outt of the Woods & Wery & I stood by the Watters syd Expectinge A Canno William ffoxie being Abord the new Vessell Came Sodenly A shore Where I was & one A Soden Stroke mee With the Stick ore ppoule hee had Jn his hand befor I Was Awar thereof & Withoutt Speakinge A Word to mee thatt I did Understand ore glue any heed to . . . & All thatt hee Sayd then to mee Was Whatt did you tell thatt man Abord of me . . ." ^[4]

If this account applied to the Hugh Stone born in 1638, he would have been aged 15 at the time.

1657 Arrival in Rhode Island

The probability is that Hugh Stone came to Rhode Island in the ship Deborah, which was in Narragansett bay, in the year 1657. A ship of that name sailed from London for New England, in the early part of the same year, with many emigrants; their names and their number we are not furnished, but soon after this, Hugh Stone is mentioned among the inhabitants of Warwick, and continued, in some connexion or other, till he left for Providence, the part which is now Cranston, nearly sixty years afterwards. ^[5]

Note that this is questionable -- there is no listing of arrivals on the Deborah, and there is a record that a Hugh Stone was already in Providence four years earlier. Day-1904 20:45, 21 May 2015 (EDT)

An alternate theory has Hugh Stone possibly born in Barbados, West Indies. ^[6]

1657 Indenture to John Paine

1657 Indenture to John Paine, Merchant of Boston, MA (See 1724 Deposition for explanation of this possibility.) ^[2]

1666 Indenture to Randall Holden

1666, May 14 - "I, Hugh Stone, late servant to Mr. John Paine, of Boston, Merchant, by and with the consent of my aforesaid master, do covenant and agree with Mr. Randall Holden of Warwick" etc. "to serve the said Randall Holden, from the date of the date hereof three years true and faithful service. Not absent without leave," etc. "and I Randall Holden, agree to furnish meat, drink, clothes and all other necessaries all the time of his aforesaid service, and I do promise to give him double apparel," etc. ^[3]

1666 Indenture to Randall Holden. ^[7]

1665 Marriage

About 1665 in Warwick, RI, Hugh (1638-1723) he married Abigail Busecot, b. abt 1640, d. 1723 ^[1] She was the daughter of Peter & Mary Busecot.

Hugh, Warwick, married. Abigail, a d. of Peter Bassaker, or Busicot, as the R.I. rec. gives the name, and had Peter, b. 14 Mar. 1672 or 3; and Abigail, 10 Feb. 1678 or 9.

1668 Marriage to Abigail Busecott (Conjecture as to year) ^[2]

Residence before 1666 was Boston, Suffolk Co., MA^[8] After 1666 it was Warwick, Kent Co., RI^[9]

Alternatively, the marriage took place in 1665 in New London, Connecticut, USA^[10]

1678 Freeman

1678 - Freeman^[3]

1680 Custody of Daughter Elizabeth given to Carters

1680, Aug. 22 - He and wife Abigail, gave to Edward Carter and Elizabeth his wife, the keeping and custody of our daughter Catherine, aged six years in this Instant month of August, till seventeen years of age, to deal kindly with her" etc.^[3]

1692-1696 Land Transfers

1692, Dec. 10 - He and wife Abigail, exchanged land with Job Greene, giving him land deeded from father-in-law, Peter Busecot, deceased.^[3]

1696, Oct. 10 - He deeded son John, for love, etc. 2 acres where son had set his house in Warwick.^[3]

1704 An Unusual Deed

The following singular instrument passed upon the records of Warwick: "Know all men by these presents, that I, Hugh Stone, of Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, for and in consideration of what is hereafter expressed, do grant and pass over to my son, John Stone of the same town, my mansion house, fencings, orchards, meadows, and all my whole right and title to all my lands and tenements, with the privileges and appurtenances lying in the town of Warwick aforesaid, to have and to hold forever without molestation; in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of March, in the fourth year of the Reighne of our Souvreighne Lady Anne, by the grace of God Queen of England, Anno Domin nostri 1704. For consideration, it is the condition of this deed, that if I, or my wife, or both of us, should by the Providence of God be disabled in our, or either of our persons, or by old age or nonability to get our living and sustenance, and if our said son John shall do his utmost endeavour, to see and provide for us during the time of our natural lives sufficient maintenance, and behave himself as a dutiful son ought to do to his parents, in all respects, and pay to his brother, Hugh Stone, the sum of fifty shillings, in money or in good merchantable pay equal to money; and also fifty shillings to his brother, our son George Stone, of like money, or pay equivalent to money, then, after our decease, the above premises to be his own forever - but if otherwise, this deed shall be utterly void and of none effect." Two years afterwards this instrument was given up - John Stone in 1712, moved to Mashantatack, then in Providence, now Cranston, near to where his brothers, Hugh and Peter, had bought and settled a few years before. At this place, and on John Stone's land, afterwards owned by his youngest son, Joseph Stone commonly called Deacon Joe, was built the first church in the town of Cranston, then Providence; the worshippers were Baptist, and although the house is now, and has been for many years, away, still there are those living who have, in their childhood, worshipped in that ancient sanctuary. ^[5]

The deed never took effect, but was revoked and land sold subsequently to another person.^[3]

1723 Stone Family Burying Ground

The father, Hugh Stone, remained some twelve years longer in Warwick, when, in 1723, he deeded the same property as above to Barlo Greene, bought an improved farm of Susan Lawrence, the widow of the late William Lawrence, the same year, and when nearly ninety years old, made his last remove to the place known as the Doctor Aldrich farm, where, some two or three years afterwards, he died. On this farm is the "Old Stone burying ground." There, our common ancestor, and three of his sons, Hugh, Peter and John, all rest together - there, too, some of every generation, as far as the sixth, lie side by side. Of the decease of his wife there is neither record nor tradition; the probability is, she was living when he bought the Lawrence farm, in 1723. He passed through a long life beloved and respected, died at the age of 90 or over, and his posterity, a few of whom have reached the ninth generation, probably number over three thousand.^[5]

1723 Land Transfers

1723 - He sold Barlo Greene, homestead in Warwick; the same lands his son John was to have had by agreement of nineteen years previous.^[3]

1723, June 29 - Providence. He bought of Sarah Lawrence, widow, executrix of William Lawrence, deceased, for 265 pounds, mansion house and farm where she dwelt, bounded partly on the south and east by Pawtuxet River and partly on the north by land of John Stone, 60 acres area.^[3]

1726 Agreements in lieu of will

1726, Feb. 24 - Agreement with son John, by which after his and wife's death, legacies were to be paid by said son, viz: to son Hugh, 20 pounds and a gun; grandsons Peter and John (sons of Peter), 20 pounds each; daughter Mary Ralph, 40 pounds; daughter Catherine Spicer, 40s [shillings?]; daughter Abigail West, feather bed, etc.; daughter Alice Fisk, 40s, warming pan and iron kettle; daughter Ann Utter, 3 pounds; grandchildren Thomas Barnes and Ann Stone, 5s each; son John the rest.^[3]

His last residence is marked by the monument erected to his memory in recent years in the old Stone Burial Ground.^[3]

1727 Trespass

1727 in Westerly Ct, a court process took place: "... on 18 April 1724 Hugh Stone aged 76 or thereabouts, did so."

In reference to his giving a deposition in the case of John Warner of Warwick, Esq., vs. John Gereardy of Warick, weaver, in action of trespass.^[11]

Death

He died 1728 in Providence, RI ^[1]

Or 1732 in Pettaconsett, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA ^[12]

He was buried in Pettaconsett Cr. Rhode Island^[1]

Children

Children of Hugh and Abigail: ^[13]

1. Hugh Stone needs merger with Hugh Stone b: 1669 in Warwick, Kent Co, RI^[1]
2. Mary Stone needs merger with Mary Stone b: ABT 1670 in Warwick, RI^[1]
3. Peter Stone b: 28 JAN 1671/72 in Warwick, RI^[1]
4. Catherine Stone b: 22 AUG 1674 in Warwick, Kent Co, RI^[1]
5. John StoneJ needs merger with John Stone b: 1675 in Warwick, Kent Co, RI^[1]
6. Sarah Stone b: 1678 in Warwick, Kent, RI^[1]
7. Abigail Stone b: 10 FEB 1677/78 in Warwick, Kent Co, RI ^[1]
8. Anne Stone b: 1679 in Warwick,Kent Co, RI^[1]
9. George Stone b: 1681 in Warwick, RI^[1]
10. Alice Stone b: 1686 in Warwick, RI^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Huge Stone Family Genealogical Database, Stone Family Associaton. Contact, Laurie J. Carpenter (laurie@stonefamilyassociation.org). Updated 2009-02-22. Stone Family Association Website http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=btstone&id=I01119. Accessed May 21, 2015
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Family History Library, Ancestral Record (Sept. 10, 1996), cited by Hugh Stone Family Database
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 (With many families carried to the Fourth Generation) by John Osborne Austin (1887), published by the Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Cited by Hugh Stone Family Database.
4. ↑ From notes of H. Andrew Brown, a Stone family researcher. Cited by Hugh Stone Family Database
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Richard C. Stone. The Genealogy of the Stone Family originating in Rhode Island, 1866. Cited by Huge Stone Family Database.
6. ↑ Family History Library, Ancestral Record (Sept. 10, 1996)
7. ↑ Early Records of Warwick; Rhode Island Historical Association, p 318.
8. ↑ Source: #S66 Page: v.4, p.205
9. ↑ Source: #S66 Page: v.4, p.205
10. ↑ Source: #S12 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hugh Stone
11. ↑ Source: #S653 Page: Item #305, 1727
12. ↑ Source: #S09898 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
13. ↑ Note: The following children were skipped from Day-1904 Gedcom: Peter Stone, Catherine Stone, Abigail Stone, Sarah Stone, George Stone, Anne Stone, Alice Stone

See also:

• Source: S102 Title: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 : with many families carried to the fourth generation Abbreviation: Gen. Dict. of RI Author: Austin, John Osborne Publication: J. Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, 1887 Repository: #R62
• Repository: R62 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 W Temple City: Salt Lake City State: UT

• Source: S386 Title: Latter Day Saints Ancestral file Abbreviation: Ancestral File, LDS Publication: LDS, Salt Lake City, UT, 1997 Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: Dallas Public LIbrary Address: City: Dallas State: TX

• Source: S653 Title: Gleanings from Newport Court Files 1659-1783 Abbreviation: Newport Court Files Author: Editor: Fiske, Jane Fletcher Publication: Self published, Boxford, MA, 1998 Repository: #R27
• Repository: R27 Name: Library of Congress Address: City: Washington State: DC

• Source: S66 Title: History of Salem, Massachusetts Abbreviation: Salem, MA, History Author: Sidney Perley Publication: 1924

• Source: S12 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• Source: S385 Title: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692 NOTESavage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692. 1860-62. Digital online. New England Historical Book Project. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. CONT CONT 4 vol.

• Source: S56 Title: Cranston Historical Cemetary #27, RI

• Source: S60 Author: Richard C. Stone Title: Stone Family in America 1866 Publication: Name: Date: 1866;;

• Source: S61 Title: Austin's Genealogical Dictonary or Rhode Island

• Source: S06589 Title: Genealogy of the Stone Family Originating in Rhode Island, by Richard C. Stone, Providence, 1866

• Source: S09262 Title: Ezra Stone Ancestry by Byron Stone.ged

• Source: S09898 Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, n.d. Repository: Note: #NS98983 Call Number: Media: Ancestry.com

Acknowledgements

Stone-7679 was created by Paul Lewis through the import of Russell Emmett Lewis.ged on Aug 22, 2015. '