Nathaniel Stone was born in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts on July 15, 1663. He married Mary Balch, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Gardner) Balch of Beverly on March 26, 1689. He was a turner by trade. His father deeded to him ten acres of land on which his dwelling-house stood on July 19, 1708. Mary (Balch) Stone died on March 12, 1737, and Nathaniel survived until February 23, 1741.[1]
Galusha B. Balch, Genealogy of the Balch Families in America, Salem: 1897. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, Page 21.
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Stone-2316 and Stone-19589 appear to represent the same person because: Stone-19589 appears to have been named "John" in error. Mary Balch's husband was Nathaniel Stone. He did have a brother John who was married to Hester Gaines, Sarah Gale, and possibly Jane Stanley.
Stone-19589 and Stone-2316 are not ready to be merged because: I'm going to check into this tonight and make sure Mary Balch did not marry twice before approving the merge on my end.
Edited to add: The merge should go through. He was named John in error. Nathaniel did have a brother John that was married several times, but not to Mary Balch.
Were you able to sort this out, Lucy? It looks pretty clear to me that Stone-19589 was always intended to be Nathaniel, not John, and that the two profiles should be merged. The person who created Stone-19589 went back and created another duplicate profile for the husband of Mary Balch, again with no sources, and this time named him Nathaniel. See Nathaniel Stone-19604 that also needs to be merged with this profile. Let me know if you have questions, otherwise, please reinstate the merge proposal. Thanks!
Stone-19589 and Stone-2316 appear to represent the same person because: Please agree to merge these duplicate profiles for the husband of Mary Balch-148. Thanks. His name was Nathaniel, not John.
Are you sure Mary Balch-148 married John Stone? Her profile only refers to her as married to Nathaniel Stone-2316, who also died on 23 February 1741. The only source you've provided is your name. Do you have a better source? If not, I recommend that this profile be merged with Stone-2316 and his name changed to Nathaniel.
Edited to add: The merge should go through. He was named John in error. Nathaniel did have a brother John that was married several times, but not to Mary Balch.
edited by Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz