Abraham Stone (1748 - 1838)

Born 8 May 1748 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Mary (Osgood) Stone — married 21 Feb 1772 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1838 at age 90 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

ABRAHAM STONE,^[1] b. at Groton, 8 May 1748^[2] son of John and Anna (Pratt) Stone;^[3] Abraham d. at Wendell, 13 Sep 1838;^[4] m. at Westminster, 21 Feb 1772,^[5] MARY OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 24 Sep 1750 daughter of Moses and Martha (Powers) Osgood;^[6] Mary d. at Wendell, 11 Oct 1816.

Abraham was born in Groton and was in Westminster for a time and was “warned out” of Westminster in 1765.^[7] He apparently stayed, as his oldest child was born there, and he was a member of the Westminster Minute Men company. The family moved to Wendell in 1776. Abraham served as constable and collector of taxes for the town of Wendell.^[8]

Corporal Abraham Stone served with 6th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Abraham Stone is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109881.

On 14 August 1832, Abraham Stone of Wendell aged eighty-four provided a statement related to his application for pension. He was a member of Capt. Noah Miles’s company of Minute Men at Westminster and marched to Cambridge on 20 April 1775. On 1 May 1776, he enlisted and served as corporal in the company of Capt. Edmund Bemis in the regiment of Col. Asa Whitcomb’s Whitcomb-389 regiment for a term of eight months. He was stationed at Prospect Hill until his discharge. In June 1776, he moved to Wendell where he resided ever since. When the militia was called out in October 1777, he went with Lieut. Osgood and joined the company of Capt. Gunn stationed at Fort Edward. Abraham was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. Abraham received a pension based on his service.^[9]

On 6 May 1800, Abraham Stone, yeoman of Wendell, sold to Moses Stone, yeoman of Wendell, for $350 a parcel in Wendell which was the North part of lot thirty containing fifty-eight acres. On 9 April 1804, Abraham conveyed an additional seventy-four acres to Moses for payment of three hundred dollars.^[10]

There are records of three children of Mary Osgood and Abraham Stone.^[11]

i ABRAHAM STONE, b. at Westminster, 2 Jul 1774; m. at Wendell, 21 Nov 1796, SARAH “SALLY” BREWER, b. at Wendell, 12 Nov 1775 daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Crosby) Brewer; Sally d. at Wendell, 3 Feb 1844.

ii MOSES STONE, b. at Wendell, 2 Jul 1777; d. at Wendell, 21 Apr 1866; m. at Wendell, 7 Nov 1804, MARTHA “PATTY” WHITAKER, b. at Wendell, 18 Nov 1785 daughter of David and Martha (Wilder) Whitaker; Martha d. at Wendell, 19 Aug 1852.

iii MARY STONE, b. at Wendell, 15 Sep 1780; d. at Wendell, 12 Jan 1852; m. at Wendell, 15 Sep 1800, JOEL DRURY, b. at Templeton, 20 Jul 1777 son of Thomas and Huldah (Taylor) Drury; Joel d. at Wendell, 6 Jul 1838.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, Patricia A., The Descendants of John and Elizabeth Stevens of Andover Through Six Generations, 2021, In Press
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-8274 : 2 March 2020), Abraham Stone, 4 May 1748; citing Birth, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
3. ↑ Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (By Scott Andrew Bartley, Lead Genealogist.) John Stone of Chester, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1565/i/40220/1/0
4. ↑ Abraham and Mary are interred at Wendell Center Cemetery, Find a Grave: 97967508; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97967508/abraham-stone
5. ↑ “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPXM-XPF7 : 31 October 2019), Abraham Stone and Mary Osgood, 21 Feb 1772; citing Marriage, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011141.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKP-7X4 : 15 January 2020), Mary Osgood, 1750.
7. ↑ Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (By Scott Andrew Bartley, Lead Genealogist.) John Stone of Chester, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1565/i/40220/1/0
8. ↑ As noted in Franklin County Deeds, 3:714 related to the collection of taxes from Ebenezer Johnson by Abraham Stone constable and tax collector.
9. ↑ U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case S30718
10. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Franklin County, 14:447, 24:283
11. ↑ Three children are noted in the family record for Abraham and Mary Stone at Wendell; Wendell Town Records, Anno Domini 1788, p 36; Jay Mack Holbrook, Holbrook Institute, 1983, Wendell 1763-1893