Nathaniel Stone (abt. 1667 - 1755)

Born about Apr 1667 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Died 8 Feb 1755 at about age 87 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Nathaniel Stone^[1]

Birth: APR 1667, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA^[2][3][4]

Ordination: 16 OCT 1700, Brewster (Harwich), MA^[5]

Death: 8 FEB 1755, Brewster, Harwich, Barnstable, MA^{[6] [7][8]}

Burial: Feb 1755, Brewster Cemetery, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States^[9]

Nathaniel Stone was born sometime in April 1667 (based on his age at death), and baptized on April 26, 1672. He was sixth of twelve children born to Simon and Mary (Whipple) Stone of Watertown, Massachusetts. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13][14] [15] [16]}

On December 15, 1698, he married Reliance Hinckley , the daughter of Governor Thomas and Mary (Smith) (Glover) Hinckley of Barnstable, Massachusetts^{[11] [17] [12] [14] [15] [16]}, and their children included:

1. Mary, born September 16, 1699^[12], who married Barnabas Freeman, son of Samuel and Bathsheba (Lothrop) Freeman in 1734^{[14] [13] [15]}
2. Keziah, born April 18, 1701^[12], who married Isaac Lincoln, son of David and Margaret (Lincoln) Lincoln in 1729^{[14] [13] [15]}
3. Reliance, born April 26, 1703^[12], who married Joseph Paddock in 1725^{[14] [13] [15]}
4. Heman, born September 4, 1705^[12], who married Temperance Sturgis and Lydia Gray^{[14] [13] [15]}
5. Nathan, born February 18, 1707/8^[12], who married Judith Fox in 1734^[12] and Mary Thatcher in 1751^{[12] [14] [13] [15]}
6. Thankful, born 1708/9^[12], who married Capt Seth Bangs in 1756 as his second wife^{[14] [13] [15]}
7. Eunice, born June 23, 1711^[12], who married David Bangs, son of Samuel and Mary (Hinckley) Bangs in 1731^{[14] [13] [15]}
8. Nathaniel, born November 29, 1713^[12] , who married Mary Brown, daughter of Sylvanus^{[14] [13] [15]}
9. Achsah, born September 1, 1715^{[18][12] [14]}, who married Elijah Hersey ^{[15] [13]}
10. Hannah, born June 30, 1718^[12] , who died July 30, 1718^{[14] [15] [13]}
11. Hannah, born March 26, 1720^{[12] [14]}, who died June 7, 1720^{[13] [15]}
12. Huldah, born July 6, 1722, who died in 1727^{[12] [14] [13] [15]}

Nathaniel was the first in his family to obtain an academic education. He graduated from Harvard College in 1690, and was ordained minister when he accepted the call to to serve the first Meeting House in Brewster in 1700. ^{[13] [12]} He served as the pastor in the this church for over 54 years. He took a second degree in 1725. ^[16]

Reverend Nathaniel Stone died February 8, 1755 at age 87 years, 10 months.^{[11][10] [12] [14] [13][16] [15][13]} He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Brewster, as are many other local notables of the time, including the Bangs and Crosby families. ^[19].

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2009482853 Page: Ancestry Family Trees; Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15949597&pid=352688887
2. ↑ Source: #S-1495950238
3. ↑ Source: #S-1495950238 Found multiple copies of birth date APR 1667
4. ↑ {geni:place_name} Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
5. ↑ {geni:place_name} Brewster (Harwich), Massachusetts.
6. ↑ {geni:place_name} Brewster, Harwich, Barnstable, MA
7. ↑ Source: #S-1495950238
8. ↑ Source: #S610
9. ↑ {geni:place_name} Brewster Cemetery, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1}
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 2, page 1460 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which shows STONE, Rev. Nathaniel (1667-1755), Harwich 1699+ & Reliance HINCKLEY (1675-1759); 15 Dec 1698; Barnstable {Briggs-DeGroff 271, 378, 380; Reg. 1:95, 10:229, 13:210, 53:349; MD 7:196, 14:18; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 4:79; Glover 171; Hamlin 111; Noyes-Gilman 31
12. ↑ ^{12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17} Almanac Memoranda of the Stone Family by W.F. Stone found in Volume 10, page 229 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
13. ↑ ^{13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15} Simon Stone genealogy : ancestry and descendants of Deacon Simon Stone Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926 by J. Gardner Bartlett. Published: Boston, Mass. : Stone Family Association, 1926 See pages 54, 66-67
14. ↑ ^{14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14} "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" by Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton, (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), Vol. 45 (Soule to Sweat). This open source shows the same information found (behind a paywall) on NEHGS - see page 135 for the family of Simon and Mary (Whipple) Stone, and page 133 for Nathaniel and Reliance (Hinckley) Stone
15. ↑ ^{15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14} Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown by David H. Browne published in Volume 53, page 349 of the The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3} Sibley, Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University by John Langdon, (Cambridge, Mass.: C. W. Sever, 1873–85), see volume 4, page 79 for Nathaniel
17. ↑ Early New England Families, 1641-1700 Volume Thomas Hinckley m. 1641, 1660, page 12 (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
18. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-T5T : 10 February 2018), Achsah Stone, 01 Sep 1715; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34
19. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #78617977

See also:

• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1860) at Archive.org, p. 584-585.

Acknowledgments

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