John Stone

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John Stone #1

A brief summary of the first six generations of the American family follows. As heretofore explained, most of this material is based on previously published sources.

(For familysearch.org, the six generations are listed individually under the Life Sketch or Memories/Stories tab of each person beginning with John Stone, the first generation to come to America. Note by LC)

Generation I

(1) John Stone was born about 1610 at Hereford on the River Wye near Guildford, Surrey co., England, and died in Feb 1687 at Guilford, Connecticut. He was the son of Rev. Samuel Stone, a non-conformist divine of Hereford, Herefordshire, England. No records of his father’s marriage exist in the Parish records since he was not a member of the Church of England.

John Stone and his brother William came to New England in the company of Rev. Henry Whitfield, William Leete and at least twenty-one others. On the first day of June 1639, while on shipboard, this “Guilford Company” signed a plantation covenant in which they expressed their intention to settle near Quinnipiack (New Haven). They also promised “that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one in tire plantation; and to be helpful each to the other… according to every man’s ability… and we promise not to desert or leave each other or the plantation…”

Between the 10th and 15th of July, 1639, they entered New Haven harbor ~ the first vessels that had entered it. The little company immediately began looking for a spot upon which to settle and decided upon Menunkatuck which they soon re-named Guilford. Before winter they had built their houses and moved into them. The deed of the township was obtained from the great Mohegan sachem Uncas, who claimed the land by virtue of the conquest of the Pequods in which they had assisted ~ the consideration paid to him being four coats, two kettles, four fathoms of wampum, four hatchets, and three hoes. They called the town Guilford from Guildford, England, a borough-town and the capital of Surrey, where many of them had lived.

Both John and his brother cultivated farms; William supplemented his income by keeping an inn and John by the vocation of clothier and mason. John was for many years the town constable – a highly respected office.

John Stone married in 1642, Mary ______. Information regarding her birth and parentage has not

1. John Jr., b. 14 Aug 1644; d. 1686
2. Samuel, b. 6 Dec 1646; d. 5 Apr 1708
3. Nathaniel, b 2 Feb or 15 Sep 1648; d. 11 Aug 1709
4. Thomas, b. 5 Jun 1650; d. 1 Dec 1683
5. Noah, b. 1

• FamilySearch From page 1 of ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF ANSON PARMILLE STONE *** Descended from JOHN STONE of Guilford, Conn. Compiled by Christine Rose and Seymour T. Rose, 150 Copies Privately Printed at San Jose, California, 1 Feb 1963

John #2

Birthdate: 1610

Birthplace: Probably England

Death: Died 1670 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia Colony

Immediate Family:

Son of George Stone and Mary Stone

Husband of:

1. Mary Nelson
2. Sarah Stone and
3. Sarah Fleet

Father of:

1. Captain William Stone
2. Ann Medcalf and
3. John Stone

Occupation: Col.

A History of the Stone Family who settled in the South" by Martha Jane Stone of Lexington, KY.)