Oliver Stone (abt. 1739 - 1813)

Born about 22 Aug 1739 in Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Willard) Stone — married 30 Dec 1762 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Died 17 Jun 1813 at about age 73 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Oliver Stone served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Oliver Stone was likely born on 22 Aug 1739 in Massachusetts, the son of Ephraim Stone and Dorothy ---- Stone,^[1][2] however no record of his birth or baptism has been found. A Boston Death Index puts his age at 74 on his 17 Jun 1813 date of death, confirming a 1739 date of birth.^[3]

Oliver and Lucy Willard were married on 30 Dec 1762 at Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts,^[4][5] where the births of their first two children were registered:^[1][6]

• Oliver Stone, b. 28 Jan 1764;
• Lucy Stone, b. 8 Feb 1766.

In 1767, the Stone family removed with Oliver's father from Harvard to Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where Oliver and Lucy had the following children, whose births were registered there:^[1][7]

• Rachel Stone, b. 5 Dec 1768;
• Dr. Ephraim Stone, b. 30 Dec 1770;
• Dolly Stone, b. 24 March 1773;
• Hosea Stone, b. 3 Sept 1776;
• A child b. 1778, d. 3 Sep 1778;
• Joseph, b. 22 Sept 1783;
• Ama/Emma Stone, b. 22 May 1787.

In 1774, Oliver was chosen 3rd sergeant of the Ashburnham milita company and served with Captain Deliverance Davis' company, Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, which marched on the Lexington alarm of 19 Apr 1775, service 10 days.^[1][8]

Oliver Stone died on 17 June 1813^[1] at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and is likely buried at Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

Extracted from the Columbia Centinel:

"Stone, Oliver, formerly of Ashburnham d. in Boston Thurs., aged 74 (C.C. June 19, 1813)". (C. C. stands for Columbia Centinel.)^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Bartlett, J. Gardner, "Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Massachusetts." Boston, The Stone Family Association, 1918. Accessed on 25 Aug 2018 at HathiTrust, pages 182, 310-312: citing MA Soldiers & Sailors in the Rev., v.15, p.115.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 27 Aug 2018, Oliver Stone (22 Aug 1739–17 Jun 1813), Memorial #137104066, citing Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA: Unsourced.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Deaths and Interments in Boston," MA, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [Ancestry.com. database with photos]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Town and City Clerks of MA. MA Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook): DOD 1813 Jun 17, Stone, Oliver; age 74, Family: Henry Bacon [NOTE: son in law, h.of d.Dolly], cause: old age, burial: C Hill N.G.
4. ↑ Vital records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 [Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 2000?] Reprint. Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1917. Page 217. Accessed on 25 Aug 2018 at HathiTrust.org. Page 217.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 5 Nov 2017, Oliver Stone and Lucy Willard, 30 Dec 1762; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, MA, USA, town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 903,680.
6. ↑ Early Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, from 1600 to 1850. Online database of MA Vital Records Project. Births p.98-99.
7. ↑ Vital records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts: to the end of the year 1849. Worcester: F. P. Rice 1909; Page 74. Accessed on 25 Aug 2018 at HathiTrust. Page 74
8. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers Sailors Rev. War: Vol. 15, Page 115
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA. Massachusetts Columbian Centinel Death Stacey-Vyles: 3414.

See Also:

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 27 August 2018, Oliver Stone, Ashburnham, Worcester, MA, USA; citing p.11, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington DC: NARA, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 27 Aug 2018, Oliver Stone, Ashburnham, Worcester, MA, USA; citing p. 458, NARA microfilm pub. M32, (Washington DC: NARA, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896)