Margaret (Trowbridge) Stone (1666 - 1710)

Born 30 Apr 1666 in Newton, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Stone — married 18 Mar 1686 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 4 May 1710 at age 44 in Newton, Massachusetts

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Biography

Margaret Trowbridge, born 30 April 1666 in Cambridge, now Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, was the daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge and Margaret Atherton.^[1][2]

On 18 March 1686 Margaret, age 19, married Ebenezer Stone Esq., age 23, son of Deacon Simon Stone and Mary Whipple, in Cambridge/Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

They had children:

1. Ebenezer, born 21 December 1686,^[2] died 1 February 1784, married Sarah Bond^[4]
2. Margaret, born 24 August 1688, died 8 June 1776, married first to Nathaniel Hammond, married second to Daniel Woodward^[2]
3. Samuel, born 1 July 1690,^[2] died 30 August 1726, married first Hannah Searle and second Mary Haven^[5]
4. John, born 18 September 1692,^[2] married first Lydia Hyde and second Abigail Stratton^[4]
5. Nathaniel, born 6 September 1694, died 16 December 1713 unmarried^[2]
6. Mindwell, born 26 June 1696, died 26 February 1774, married Ebenezer Woodward^[2]
7. David, born 15 May 1698, died 1 December 1725 unmarried^[2]
8. Mary, born 19 April 1700, died 10 October 1732, married Ephraim Ward^[2]
9. Simon, born 14 September 1702,^[2] died 1760, married Priscilla Dike^[4]
10. James, born 8 June 1704,^[2] died 28 July 1742, married Elizabeth Swift^[4]
11. Experience, born 1 July 1707, died 26 December 1798, married Joseph Ward^[2]

Margaret died on Sunday, 4 May 1710 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 44 years and 4 days.^[2][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCGW-7Z9 : 10 February 2018), Margaret Trowbridge, 30 Apr 1666; citing NEWTON,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0844900 IT 2.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} 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 52-56, 65-66.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-P8W2 : 11 May 2022), Ebenezer Stone and Margaret Trowbridge, 18 Mar 1686; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1860, p. 586-587. Archive.org
5. ↑ Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908, vol. 2, page 804. GoogleBooks.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC97-JM7 : 5 November 2017), Margaret Stone, 04 May 1710; citing Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.

See also:

• Paige, Lucius R., "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register." 1877. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
• Greenwood, Frederick. "Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914." New York: The Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914.
• Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index." 1930. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
• Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward." Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
• Savage, James. "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1962, on the Basis of Farmer's Register", Vol. 4 (S-Z) at Archive.org, page 204.