James Stone (1704 - 1742)

Born 8 Jun 1704 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Swift) Stone — married 15 Apr 1731 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Brown) Williams — married 19 Dec 1740 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1742 at age 38 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

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James Stone, son of Ebenezer Stone and Margaret Trowbridge, was born 8 Jun 1704^[1] in Newton, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

He graduated from Harvard College in 1724, was a schoolmaster in Framingham in 1725 and was ordained pastor of the First Church in Holliston, Massachusetts on 20 Nov 1728.^[1][3]

He married at Framingham, Massachusetts on 15 Apr 1731 to Elizabeth Swift^[4] (d. 1739), daughter of Rev. John Swift of Framingham, and the couple had three children:^[1][3]

1. John, b. 21 Jun 1732, d. 1 Aug 1817, m. Mary ___, 4 ch.;
2. Elizabeth, b. 13 May 1735, m. Rev. Phillips Payson 1758 in Weston MA, 5 ch.;
3. Nevinson, b. 17 May 1736/7, d. 8 Dec 1749.

James was married second in Sudbury, Massachusetts on 19 Dec 1740 to Sarah Brown.^[5] There were no children from this marriage.^[3]

James died 28 Jul 1742^[1] in Holliston^[3] and is buried at Central Burying Ground in Holliston.^[6]

On 26 Apr 1743, administration of James' estate was granted to his widow, Sarah, and his brother-in-law, Ebenezer Woodward. After Sarah's death, James' land was transferred to his son, John Stone on 14 Sep 1753 with John to pay his sister, Elizabeth, half its value (£638-5-11).^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 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.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTW-T5L : 5 November 2017), James Stone, 08 Jun 1704; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} 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, 90-91.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLP-TLZ : 18 October 2017), Rev. James Stone and Elisabeth Swift, 15 Apr 1731; citing Marriage, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 872,797.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTD-XLD : 4 November 2017), [Rev. James] Stone and Sarah Browne, 19 Dec 1740; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 185,454. Image of handwritten original record is #266 of 493, with exact text, "The Revd. Mr. Stone of Holliston & Mrs. Sarah Browne of Sudbury Ware Married at Sudbury December 19: 1740 Israel Loring"; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-74FN?i=265&cc=2061550
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 31 July 2019), memorial page for Rev James Stone (8 Jun 1704–28 Jul 1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #141703819, citing Central Burying Ground, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco: unsourced.