John Stone (abt. 1675 - abt. 1759)

Born about 1675 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Barnes) Stone — married 1704 in Rhode Island

Husband of Abigail (Foster) Stone — married about 1713 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1759 at about age 84 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Name and Birth

"John Stone, the third son of Hugh Stone, was born in old Warwick, where he lived till the year 1712. ^[1]

John Stone was born in 1675. ^[1]

He was born in 1675 in Warwick, Kent Co, Rhode Island.

Parents

His parents married in 1665 in Warwick, Rhode Island

Occupation

He was a Wheelright and chair-maker by trade and built a home on his father's land. ^[2]

He was a wheelwright and chairmaker by trade, and built a house on his father's land, now called the Barlo Greene farm, near 'Mark Rock'.... ^[1]

Religion

He was a Baptist.

1696 First Marriage to Hannah Barnes

He married about 1696 Hannah Barnes. ^[1]

Between 1712 and 1715, his first wife ----- Barnes, died. ^[1]

He had three sons by his first marriage, all of whom have many descendants;^[1]

Husband: John Stone

Wife: Hannah Barnes

Child: John Stone

Child: George Stone

1706 Receives Land from Father

The lot of two acres was deeded by Hugh to his son John Oct. 16th, 1706, and is described as the lot on which "John had built his house." The same year, Sept. 29th, 1706, Thomas Barnes, by his Will, bequeathed his son Thomas to his brother-in-law, John Stone, until he was twenty years of age. ^[1]

1712 Move to Meshantatack

He lived in Warwick until 1712. ^[2]

While his son William was still quite young, John removed to a farm at Meshantatack, in Cranston, RI. There he remained until 1759, when he went to Coventry, where he died. He was buried at Scituate in the family burial ground of his son, Jeremiah. (??) ^[2]

1720 Second Marriage to Abigail Foster

After Hannah's death, he married Abigail Foster.

He married about 1720 Abigail Foster. ^[1]

The boy, Thomas Barnes, was taken from his care and placed under the guardianship of an uncle Barnes, in Warwick, where he probably remained when his uncle, John Stone, removed to Mashantatack, where his two older brothers had already settled. ^[1]

John Stone was an active and industrious man, possessing by gift and purchase, a large real estate, and was much respected by his acquaintances....

He had eight children by the last marriage, all settled in Rhode Island. ^[1]

Child: Hugh Stone

Child: Mary Stone

Child: John Stone

1725 Purchase of Tristram Debry

1725, June 29 - He bought 127 acres, etc. of Tristram Derby for 125 pounds. ^[2]

1738 Deeded Land to son Jonathan

1738, Mar. 8 - He deeded to son Jonathan, for love, etc. 50 acres of upland and meadow west side of Pauchassett River, "a little eastwardly of my dwelling house."^[2]

1759 Will, Death and Burial

1759, Sept. 29 - Will - proved.

• Exx. wife Abigail.
• To wife all indoor movables.
• To son Joseph, all my outdoor movables, viz: all my cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, fowls, carts, ploughs, etc., and to him also wearing apparel.
• To rest of children, 5s [shillings?] each, viz: to Hannah, George, John, William, Jonathan, Ruth, Benjamin, Abigail, Lydia, Anne and Prudence. These had received some estate before.
• To granddaughter Abigail Fisk, 50 pounds at eighteen or marriage.^[2]

He was buried in the family burial ground.^[2]

He died in 1750. ^[2]

He died about the year 1754." ^[1]

He died about 1759 in Cranston, Providence Co, Rhode Island.

Legacy

John Stone was an active and industrious man, possessing by gift and purchase, a large real estate, and was much respected by his acquaintances; he was a man of genial temperament, mirthful and sportive, even to the close of life, and left a large family in good circumstances for those early times, from whom has descended a large posterity of much intelligence and moral worth. ^[1]

1867 Reburial in Old Stone Burial Ground

Sometime before 1867, the Trustees of the Old Stone burial ground (a few miles s.w. of Elmwood on Pontiac Rd. near Cranston) removed the bones of John and his two wives, Hannah Barnes and Abigail Foster, to that place. They were buried from five and a half to six feet deep, on a small ridge of land near a branch of the Pochasset River in a bluish, sandy clay. Although buried 107 years, Hannah 154 years and Abigail 106 years, the skeletons were in an entire state of preservation with Hannah's hair still braided and wound in a coil as sound and perfect as the day she had been laid down to sleep in the early 1700's. ^[3]

He is now buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County Rhode Island, USA, where he was moved from Hugh Stone Family Lot CR027 ^[4]

Children

Children of John Stone and ___Barnes ^[5]

1. John Stone, b. 1705, married Hannah Olney. Was shot.
2. George Stone, born 1709, married Rest Clarke
3. William Stone, born 1711, married Eleanor Westcott.

Children of John Stone and Abigail Foster ^[5]

1. Amos Stone, 1716, married William Colgrove
2. Abigail Stone, born 1718, married Amos Hammond
3. Jonathan Stone, born 1720, married Hannah Westcott
4. Alice Stone, b. 1723 married Daniel Fiske
5. Benjamin Stone, b. 1725, married Mary Strait
6. Joseph Stone, born 1727, married Anne Kent
7. Lydia stone, born 1730, married Wilson Spencer
8. Prudence stone, born 1732, married Robert Vaughan

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Richard Cecil Stone. Genealogy of the Stone Family Originating in Rhode Island; Digital Image, Google Books See also Genealogy of the Stone Family Originating in Rhode Island. Knowles, Anthony, Printers, 1866, pages 35 and 146
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} John Osborne Austin. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; 1887
3. ↑ From Dave Stone, Nov. 5, 1996
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24572589
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Richard Cecil Stone. Genealogy of the Stone Family Originating in Rhode Island. Providence: Knowles, Anthony, Printers, 1866 - 193 pages Page 35 Accessed 7/19/2019 jhd