Sarah (Unknown) Stone (abt. 1632 - 1679)

Born about 1632 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Henry Fleete — married about 1647 in Virginia [uncertain]

Wife of John Walker — married about 1662 in Gloucester, Virginia

Wife of John Stone — married before 6 Nov 1672 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died Dec 1679 at about age 47 in Farnham Parish, Rappahannock, Virginia

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Biography

Marriages

Sarah _____, the widow of _____ Burden, married, as her 2nd husband, Henry Fleete, date and place uncertain.^[1][2]

Captain Henry Fleet was an early pirate/explorer who settled in Jamestown after voyaging on Lord Rich's ships, the Warwick and the Tiger, that sailed down the West African coast and to the West Indies in the 1620s and later. Upon his death, his widow, Sarah Fleet married Lieutenant Colonel John Walker of Virginia and brought into that marriage a number of enslaved Africans, including Edward Mozinga (Mozingo).^[3]

They had one child:

1. Henry Fleet II^[1][2]

She married third, as his second wife, John Walker.^{[1][3][4][5][6]}

They had two children together:

1. Sarah (Walker) Conway
2. Hester (Walker) Pierce

The next significant of record in the life of Lt. Col. John WALKER is his marriage to Sarah, widow of Capt. Henry FLEETE of Lancaster County. Capt. FLEETE was present at the April 1660 term of court, and as Lt. Col. FLEETE was listed as a tithable (taxpayer) in November 1660. His widow, Mrs. Sarah FLEETE, was mentioned on 8 May 1661, and listed as a tithable 23 October 1661 (Documents 30-32). Apparently she married Lt. Col. WALKER between 23 and 28 October 1661, because a power of attorney made in Westmoreland County proves the marriage:

John WALLKER of Glocester County doe appointe Captn. James NEALE of Maryland, Esq., my attorney, to demand a debt of 10,000 pounds of tobacco oweing by Mr. William PEIRCE of Potomeck unto Lt. Collonell FLEETE, deceased, and due unto mee by marriage with Mrs. Sarah FLEETE the relict and adminestratrix of Left. Collonell FLEETE.

Col. John WALKER was deceased by 28 January 1668/9 when his widow Sarah made a will or deed of gift. Sarah named John WALKER's six daughters: Anne PAINE (sic), Francis (sic) WALKER, Jane WALKER, Elizabeth WALKER, Sarah WALKER, and Easter WALKER. She also named my sonne Henry and my Daughter Mary BURDEN. Francis SETTLE and Richard FOX witnessed the document, which was recorded 29 December 1679.^[7]

John Walker, deceased, was next mentioned when Edward MOZINGO appeared before the Council and General Court on 5 October 1672:

Whereas it Appeareth by Divers Witnesses that had been Sworne and Examined that Edward MOZINGO a Negro man had been and was an apprentice by Indenture to John Walker and that by Computation his terme of Servitude for Twenty Eight yeares is now Expired, The Court after a fall heareing of the Matter In differrence Betweene the Said Edw. MOZINGO and John Stone who marryed Coll. WALKER's Widow, It is Adjudged by this Court that the said Edw. MOZINGO be and Remayne free to all Intents and purposes by order of This Court.

She married before 3 Nov 1672, as her fourth husband, John Stone.^[1][7][8] There is no evidence that she was the mother of the daughter mentioned in his will.

Death

Her will was probated 29 Dec 1679 in Rappahannock, Virginia.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 4, SCOTT 15.ii.a: Henry Fleete. [1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. $
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Tim Hashaw, The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedon at Jamestown, p. 230. Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York. 2007. accessed 2015 January 26.
4. ↑ Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. $
5. ↑ Judith McGhan. Virginia Will Records. Richmond County Wills. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993. $
6. ↑ Judith McGhan. Virginia Will Records. Records from Old Rappahannok County, Va.. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993. $
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Judith McGhan. Virginia Will Records. Records from Old Rappahannok County, Va.. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993. $
8. ↑ Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. $

• Nowlin-Stone Genealogy ebook
• The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Note: this sources references Col John Stone who died in 1695 leaving only a daughter.
• Genealogies of Virginia Families, volume II, Genealogical Publishing Company
• Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware and Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina Mozingo Family, compiled by Paul Heinegg.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Cheryl Caudill for starting this profile.