John Stone1 
b. 20 April 1661, d. 28 July 1736
John Stone|b. 20 Apr 1661\nd. 28 Jul 1736|p8974.htm|Nathaniel Stone|b. c 1631\nd. 8 Mar 1717|p8968.htm|Remember Corning|||John Stone|d. 1667|p8850.htm||||Ensign Samuel Corning|||Elizabeth (—?—)|||
1st cousin 7 times removed of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
1st cousin 9 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
John Stone was born 20: 2: 1661 (20 April 1661) in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.2 He was the son of Nathaniel Stone and Remember Corning.1 He married first Hester Gaines, daughter of John Gaines and Mary Treadwell, of Ipswich, on 12 April 1683.3 He married second Sarah Gale, daughter of Edmund Gale and Sarah Dixey, of Marblehead.3 He married third widow Jane Stacy Stanley on 21 April 1726.3 He died on 28 July 1736 at age 75.4 His will was probated on 2 August 1736.5
On 4 May 1736, John Cleaves of Beverly was appointed guardian of John Stone, aged seventy-two, non compos mentis. He was sufficiently sane to make a will two weeks later, however. The will states his occupation as weaver, and leaves his property to his wife ("£50 as per indenture"), his nine daughters (named), and his grandsons Ambrose Allen, Ambrose Cleaves, Ambrose Patch, and Ambrose, Daniel, John and Ebenezer Stone. Mr. Robert Morgan and Mr. William Grover were appointed executors and they returned an inventory of £411. The estate was divided 9 June 1737.5 He and Hester had three children born in Beverly between 1684 and 1689.6 He and Sarah had nine children born in Beverly between 1690 and 1704. He had 79 recorded grandchildren.7
On 4 May 1736, John Cleaves of Beverly was appointed guardian of John Stone, aged seventy-two, non compos mentis. He was sufficiently sane to make a will two weeks later, however. The will states his occupation as weaver, and leaves his property to his wife ("£50 as per indenture"), his nine daughters (named), and his grandsons Ambrose Allen, Ambrose Cleaves, Ambrose Patch, and Ambrose, Daniel, John and Ebenezer Stone. Mr. Robert Morgan and Mr. William Grover were appointed executors and they returned an inventory of £411. The estate was divided 9 June 1737.5 He and Hester had three children born in Beverly between 1684 and 1689.6 He and Sarah had nine children born in Beverly between 1690 and 1704. He had 79 recorded grandchildren.7
Citations
- [S845] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Stone, of Beverly and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. III, 381, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S845] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Stone, of Beverly and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 381, 385, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S845] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Stone, of Beverly and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 385, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S845] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Stone, of Beverly and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 386, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S845] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Stone, of Beverly and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 386, citing Essex Probate, 320: 314; 325: 520; 322: 76, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S845] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Stone, of Beverly and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 386, 387, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S845] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Stone, of Beverly and Arundel," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 387, 388, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
