Reuben Stone

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1773, Laurens Co, South Carolina; from Fauquier Co w/ father
• Residence: 1808, Madison Co, Alabama
• Military: 20 Oct 1833, Madison Co, Alabama; pension application
• Research Notes: 5 Jul 2013

Notes:

Reuben Stone, according to his American Revolutionary War pension petition,was born in 1755 in Fauquier County, Virginia and moved with his father's family to South Carolina about 1773. He served in the American Revolutionary War and continued to live in Laurens County, South Carolina until 1808. He then moved to Madison County, Alabama where he died 9 February 1849. DAR line gives his wife's name as Mary (Polly). Reuben and Polly were in Madison County, AL by January of 1809 and purchased land on 9 August 1809 in the very first land sales held for Madison County. Reuben is listed as the 18th purchaser of land in Ledger "A", Book #101.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bfhawkins&id=I17410

Military:
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of Reuben or Rubin Stone S32539 fn45SC
Transcribed and annotated by Marilyn Meador [Reuben Stone was born in S Carolina about 1755, and died in Madison County Alabama Feb 9, 1849. His grave near New Market, in Madison County Alabama, is marked with a bronze marker from the DAR. A plaque in the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville lists him as one of the County's Revolutionary War veterans.]

[I have transcribed the following from the actual pension record. The first page is hard to read, with some words missing, but later pages are still clear. My notes are in brackets.]

STATE of SOUTH CAROLINA
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting.
Know ye, that in ----uance of an Act of the General Assembly ------ State called the twenty-eight day ----- March, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-eight, and ---an---- nance of the State aforesaid, passed the tw ------ day of March one Thousand Seven Hundred and
Eighty-four, for the purpose of sec ------ nting Land within this State to the ------ ers and Soldiers as therein set forth, We have ----------- nd by these presents do grant unto Reben Stone His ------- and assigns, a Plantation or Tract of Land containing Two Hundred ------- acres, Situated in the -------------- of Ninety-six on a --------- of Fergusons Creek, ------ [the description here is very difficult to make out] --- having such shape ------ Marks as are represented by a plat here ----------- gether with all Woods, Trees, Waters, Water-courses, Profits, Commodities, A ------------ nd Hereditaments whatsoever thereunto belonging, To Have and to Hold the said ----------- Two Hundred Acres of Land, and all and singular other the ---------- ereby granted unto the said Reuben Stone his Heirs -------ssigns, for ever, in free and common -------.
Given under the Great Seal of the State.

Witness His Excellency Thomas Pinckney, Esq., Commander in Chief over the said State of Carolina, on the Seventh Day of May, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-seven and in the Eleventh Year of the Independence of the --------- America.
(Bounty)

Reuben Stone's Grant for 200 Acres
Secretary's office} Recorded Grant Book BBBB page 446 and examined by Peter Freman Secretary

Next page: a surveyor's map showing the location of 200 acres of land for Reuben Stone, certified 19 January 1787.

Next page: Alabama 25.780
Reuben Stone, of Madison Co in the State of Alabama, who was a ------- in the Company ----- commanded by Captain -------- of the Company commanded by Col Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter] in the So Carolina -------------------.

Inscribed of the roll of Alabama at the rate of 80 Dollars ------ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of pension signed the 5th day of January, 1834, and sent to Hen. C. Clay --------.

Arrears to the 4th of September 1833 - 200.00.
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4th March 1834- 40.00
240.00

Revolutionary Claim, --- June 7, 1832
Recorded by J.J. Grayer [?] , Clerk
Book C, Vol. 78, Page 51.

State of Alabama
In the County Court of Madison County held at Huntsville on the 20th day of August 1833 the hon. Samuel Chapman, Judge thereof presiding _____ Reuben Stone, of said county, personally appeared in open court, and being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832.....

My mother had a record of my age in her prayer book, which is lost or destroyed - not in my power to produce. From it and the traditions in my family I was born in Fauquier County, Virginia in the year 1755, & am now in my 78th year.
At about my 18th year I removed with my father's family into Lawrence County [sic, Laurens County] or District of South Carolina. Between the years 1773 & 1777 I volunteered from that county and joined Captain Benjamin Raney's company of the men raised to defend the country against the hostile Cherokee Indians. I joined for six months; five of which I certainly served & was ------- either on the frontiers or on marches into the Indian country. For this I claim allowance on my pension only if entitled. It was a service before the Revolution; & my toils & sufferings at least were sufficient; but I am not informed whether Congress has allowed for such service. On the 5th of August 1777 Col Sumpter was raising a regiment of horse - was in Lawrence County aforementioned & Thomas Childress, yielding to the zeal inspired by that patriot & for the moment forgetful of the calls of a sick family, his wife having a permanent and distressing disease, enlisted under Sumpter for three years. I pitied his family [&] proposed myself as his substitute & was accepted and joined Sumpter in the same county on the day or the day afterward. The Legislature of So Carolina, however, as I understood, refused to sanction Sumpter's regiment as one of horse, at which he resigned; the regiment was reduced to one of infantry & I was put under Captain Ridgebow in Col Wm Henderson's regiment. Under this enlistment I served two years & 9 months at least - was not always under Ridgebow - part of the period under Capt Baker; but mostly under Col Henderson. I was at the attack he made upon the British whilst they occupied Savannah; at which Gen'l Moultrie commanded us & was assisted by Count De Estrang & the French. I was also in the attack of the British at Stono, where I think Moultrie commanded us. After being marched to Charleston & stationed there for a time
Genl Howe of the American Army, as was understood, proposed the capture of St. Augustine in Florida. I was detailed for that expedition & put under him & was marched by the way of Fort Barnton on the Altemahaw & thence across the St. Marys to Fort Onion [could be "Union"] in Florida; but the troops became disaffected to Howe, on account of his name & real or supposed kindred to Lord Howe of the British army; & in consequence my regiment returned to Charleston, believing, as they all did, that it was intended to deliver them to the enemy. I remained in Charleston until it was invested by the
enemy & compelled after the siege of the place to surrender. Genl Lincoln commanded at the siege. I was among the prisoners taken by the British & included in the surrender - but not long after found opportunity of escape & succeeded. I returned to Lawrence County - & my term having expired I did not rejoin the army. My sufferings in the march through a wilderness country to Florida & back to Charleston was very severe; & that was the only expedition I which I met privations beyond the actual peril of life in battle. I am advised however that a minute detail of the countless incidents I experienced (many of which now yearly pass from recollection) need not here be given. I have stated my officers & the chief affairs & expeditions in which I was engaged. My regiment was at first counted as No. 6 & afterward was divided Sullivan's Island & I fell into was called the first regiment of the line. My whole service was three years two months - five months, as before stated, anterior to & two years nine months during the Revolution. It was indeed more I think, but I state it at that. I got no discharge in writing. I have no documentary evidence of my enlistment & service. Whether rolls were returned by the Captains who commanded me I know not. There is no one living & known to me by whom I can prove my enlistment except by James Childress, (or as he calls it, Childers) who is the son of the above named Thomas Childers, whose affidavit will follow. I lived in Lawrence County S.C. until1808, when I removed to Madison County of Alabama aforesaid, where I have since dwelt & now reside. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or subsidy except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll og the army of Alabama or of any state.

Sworn and subscribed to me on the 20th of August 1833 [signed by Clerk and by Reuben Stone
his mark]

[April 1850, Thomas McCrary, administrator for the estate of Reuben Stone, appeared before the pension commissioner in Huntsville, Alabama, to declare that the pensioner was deceased.]

State of Alabama, County of Madison:
I John M. Oley [?] Judge of the Probate Court of said County, and as such, Clerk of said Court, holden at Huntsville, in and for such County, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Reuben Stone was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, was a resident of the County of Madison in the State of Alabama, and died in the County of Madison in the State of Alabama in the year Eighteen hundred and forty-nine on the ninth day of February - that he left no widow.
[signed May 13, 1850]

http://o.mfcreative.com/f4/exports/9/9556fa38-d5f9-4826-b4cd-a52893a5993e/Southern%20Campaign%20American%20Rev.pdf



Research Notes:
Stone Family book shows Reuben married to Priscilla Fowler.

NOTE: The offspring listed below as (female) were abstracted from available pre-1850
census enumerations. These are also believed to be Reuben and Priscilla?s children,
but have yet to be positively identified. The 1790 census of Laurens County, South
Carolina shows males 1 over 16, 3 under 16 - females 2. The 1800 census of Laurens
County, South Carolina shows males 12110 - females 21010. The exact order of birth
of the children listed below is not known.
Known and enumerated issue: (Surname Stone)
135. John b. in Ninety-Six District, SC.
136. Joel b. calc. 1783 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. (unknown) in AL.
137. Jesse b. 6 March 1787 in Laurens Co., SC.
m. 6 July 1812 to Winney Mapp (aka) Jourdan in Madison Co., AL.
d. 27 August 1862 in Madison Co., AL.
138. (female) b. (1774-1790) in Laurens Co., SC.
139. (female) b. (1790-1800) in Laurens Co., SC.
140. Mary b. 4 November 1797 in Laurens Co., SC.
?Polly? m. 14 August 1815 to Richard Mitchell in Madison Co., AL.
141. Reuben b. calc. 1800 in Laurens Co., SC.
m. Mary ( ) in AL.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f4/exports/7/77d3aa70-4af0-46a0-af64-803ec4791773/The%20Stone%20Family%20of%20Virginia,%20.pdf

Reuben married Mrs. Mary "Polly" (..) Stone about 1778 in of, Madison Co, Alabama. Mary was born about 1757; died after 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jesse Stone was born on 6 Mar 1787 in Laurens Co, South Carolina; died on 27 Aug 1862 in Madison Co, South Carolina.
2. Martha "Patsy" Stone was born in 1801 in Caswell Co, North Carolina; died in 1850 in Shelby Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 26 Sep 1775, Fauquier Co, Virginia; sold
• Will: 17 Mar 1800, Laurens Co, South Carolina
• Research Notes: 6 Dec 2011; siblings?

Notes:

Although Thomas Stone's last will and testament
has apparently been lost or destroyed, his son, John, who had been named Executor of his will, was granted an Administrative Bond by the Prince William County Court
on 23 August 1756.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jacmac/stone.pdf

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According to the pension petition submitted by his son, Reuben, John Stone
moved his family from Virginia to South Carolina about 1773. He settled on the north side of Beaverdam Creek of Enoree River in what is now Laurens County, where he purchased in 1775 from William Vaughn and wife, Barbara, 200 acres of land. In 1791, he received a grant from the state of 442 acres on Beaverdam Creek.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2685402&id=I573822436


Property:
Fauquier and Prince William County John and Milly Stone to Edmund Parke 217 acres parcel of land in Fauquier County part of... (entry cut off... Prince William County maybe)

Will:
will of John Stone, dated 25 January 1797 and proved 17 March 1800, was recorded in Laurens County
Will Book A-a, page 233. Named in the will were his wife, Mildred (Milly); sons, William Stone; Reuben Stone; Raughley (Raleighly, Rawley, Rolly) Stone; Elias Stone; Lewis Stone; and a daughter, Nancy Stone. Milly Stone, widow of John Stone, died prior to 1822.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2685402&id=I573822436

Research Notes:
He must not be a brother to the four Stones who went to Surry North Carolina (provided all four of them are brothers) mainly for the fact that there is already a John who married a Corder and not likely two brothers named John. This John's wife, Millie Corder, has been documented but no parent. The other John married a Miss Corder - name of Mary has been used to identify her but no name has been verified. These two Corder ladies are very close in age. Sisters? The two Johns, maybe cousins????
For now, will have him attached so as to keep him in the loop and he is most likely part of the same family line.


Died:
His grave near New Market, in Madison County Alabama, is marked with a bronze marker from the DAR. A plaque in the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville lists him as one of the County's Revolutionary War veterans.

John married Mildredge "Millie" Corder, (dau of who?) about 1749 in Prince William Co, Virginia. Mildredge was born about 1730 in Prince William Co, Virginia; died in 1822 in Washington District, Laurens Co, South Carolina.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I have uncovered a deed by John Stone from Fauquier dated Sept. of 1775 his wife's name was Milley. She is likely your missing daughter. She was likely born in Prince William County in 1730. John and Milly and their family moved from Fauquier to Laurens SC in 1775. John died there in 1800 and Mildredge died there in abt. 1820. I have a copy of a resulting case dividing the homestead in 1822. John identified her in his will as my wife "Mildredge". All other references say Milley or Milly. I also have a copy of her Dower rights from Fauquier. She could only make her mark.

I also found a will for John Coder and one of the executors is Thomas Stone. This would be John Stone's brother Thomas Stone. Thomas had a daughter Elizabeth and she married a William Dulin. Also Thomas' son, Thomas had a daughter Parazaid (?) Stone who married Bayles Corder. She died in St. Helena Parish Louisiana.

From my research it appears that John and Mildredge married in 1748/49. Mildredge had children who carried the first names of other Corders. Reuben, William, Lewis, Elias. It appears some of her brothers moved to Laurens. I have found Reuben and Elias Corder living in Laurens near the Stones. Mildredge's children were John Jr., Reuben, William, Elias, Lewis, and Nancy.

Some of the Stones have mistakenly placed John Stone in Surry NC which was not the case. The John Stone, who was John's nephew, was married to a Mary. This likely caused the Mary Corder claims.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/corder/messages/871.html

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 23 Aug 1756, Prince William Co, Virginia
• Research Notes: 6 Dec 2011; children

Notes:

In a letter to Charles H. Stone, dated 15 October 1941, Harry Wright Newman (author of Stones of Poynton Manor) wrote:

Captain Thomas Stone, 1677-1727, was seized of land in King George County, Va. I have record of his leasing it, but not selling it. Captain Stone does not name all the children in his will, leaving David the landed estate in Maryland, but referred to other unnamed children. At that time Thomas Stone, Jr., who received no land in Maryland, could have been well-established in Virginia. There is evidence of 200 acres of land in the name of Thomas Stone, and it is quite possible that Captain Thomas Stone executed a deed of gift in King George County to Thomas, and that was the incentive for Thomas settling in Virginia.

Newman is apparently referring here to property in King George County that Captain Thomas inherited from his brother John by will dated 27 January 1702. Newman says that Captain Thomas leased 500 acres of this property to William Thornton, Gent., of King George County, but does not indicate the date of the lease. See Stones of Poynton Manor, p. 16

According to Charles H. Stone, Newman's comment (in his 1941 letter) on relocation of Thomas, Jr., to Virginia is "corroborated in Virginia records," for which Charles H. gives us the following "proof":

In Tyler's Historical Magazine, Vol. VIII, p. 80, we find: Book 1, p. 54 King George County 1721. Thomas Stone of Maryland, Gent., to Captain William Thornton 200 acres.

From here, wrote Charles H., we follow this Thomas Stone into Fauquier County, Va. He cites Fauquier during Proprietorship, p. 100:

Thomas Stone 1724, Sept. 22, 611 acres, corner to Waugh Darnell A 73, whose land was on Indian Cabin Branch, named among settlers of Rappahannock in 1724, which reached Carter's Run.

Note, however: (1) The Thomas who leased land to William Thornton in 1721 was probably Captain Thomas himself, rather than his son. Thomas Jr. could not have been born much before 1700, his mother having been born after 1684, and in all probability he was born a few years after 1700. In any event, he would have been either too young to have executed the transaction with Thornton or, if of age, still too young to have been styled "Gent."
(2) The Thomas Stone who was "among the settlers of Rappahannock in 1724 might well have been the father of John and William Stone of Surry, but we have found no evidence that he was the son of Captain Thomas Stone.

We do have evidence to suggest that he was not the son of Captain Thomas Stone: According to "Warren of Virginia and Maryland," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 6:200-203 (1898), Thomas Stone, Jr., of Charles County, son of Captain Thomas Stone (i.e., brother of David Stone, who was father of the Signer), had a son, John, born 1748, who married Mary Warren, daughter of Robert Warren of Charles County. This is the John (son of Thomas, Jr., and grandson of Captain Thomas) who, according to Stones of Surry, is supposed to have been born nearly a quarter century earlier and is supposed to have married a Corder.

Conclusion: The paternity of John and William Stone of Surry is not known.


http://www.familyhistorypages.com/Stone.htm#ES2
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Although it is commonly stated that Thomas Stone, Gentleman, of Charles County, Maryland, and his wife, Jane Hoskins, daughter of Col. Philip Hoskins, had a son named Thomas, I am not aware of any documentation that substantiates this. In one probate document relating to the administration of Col. Philip Hoskins' estate, mention was made of his "three other grandchildren, children of Thomas Stone." In Thomas Stone's will, which was dated 25 May 1727, he also mentions or refers to only three children; David, Mary, and Anne (by naming her son, Gerrard Fowke). And, in the will of Thomas Stone's second wife, Katherine (Boughton) Thomas Stone, which was dated 26 October 1750, the same three children are again mentioned or alluded to; David (by naming his son, David, Jr.), and Thomas Stone's two daughters, now married, Mary Hanson, and Anne Fowke. Since Thomas Stone's second wife, Katherine, is not known to have had any children by her first husband, Benoni Thomas, it definitely appears that Thomas Stone of Charles County only had three children, none of which were named Thomas.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jacmac/stone.pdf

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Group #7-C
Test results received. Kit #38571.
Haplogroup: R1b1b2 (suggested).
Contact: bstone7@roadrunner.com

*THOMAS STONE, b. abt. 1695-1701; d. Aug. 1756.
Children:
*THOMAS STONE, Jr., b. abt. 1721, Prince William Co., VA; d. 1788, Fauquier Co., VA; m. Mary Butler.
*WILLIAM STONE, b. abt. 1724, Prince William Co., VA; d. 1787/88, Randolph Co., NC; m. Hannah Conway
*JOHN STONE, b. abt. 1727, Prince William Co., VA; d. 1799/1800, Laurens Co., SC.
*Mildredge (Milley) Coder (wife of John Stone), b. abt. 1730 Prince William; d. 1821/22 Washington District, SC.
Children of John & Mildredge:
*JOHN STONE JR. b. abt 1750, d. abt. 1799 Laurens County, SC.
*WILLIAM STONE, b. abt. 1753, Prince William Co., VA.
*REUBEN STONE, b. abt. 1755, Prince William Co., VA; d. abt. Feb. 9, 1849, New Market, AL.
*RAUGHLEY (ROLLEY) STONE, b. abt. 1765, Fauquier Co., VA; d. abt. 1821, Laurens Co., SC.
*ELIAS (ELUM) STONE, b. abt. 1767, Fauquier Co., VA; d. abt. 1824, Lauderdale Co., AL.
*LEWIS STONE, b. abt. 1769, Fauquier Co., VA; d. abt. 1830, Inman, SC.
*NANSEY STONE, b. abt. 1771, Fauquier Co., VA.

John Stone owned land in Fauquier Co., VA until 1775. He moved to Laurens Co., SC in 1775.

The above data is well-documented and sourced through Elk Run Parish records and Fauquier Co., VA deeds as well as other documents. Several books, "The Stones of Surry," "Stones of Poynton Manor" and "Of the Stones" claim that this Thomas Stone of Fauquier Co. is the son of Capt. Thomas Stone of MD, grandson of Gov. William Stone through his son John Stone the elder of MD.

+++Match+++

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/stone/default.aspx?section=results

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Group #7-I
Test results received. Kit #158318
Haplogroup: R1b1b2 (suggested).
Contact: iboyles@bellsouth.net

*THOMAS STONE, b. 1698/99, d. 1756, Prince William County, VA
Children:
*THOMAS STONE, JR., b. 1721/22, Stafford County, VA, d. 1788, Fauquier County, VA, m. Mary Butler
*WILLIAM STONE, b. 1725, Prince William County, VA, d. 1788/89, Randolph County, NC, m. Hannah Conway, b. 1727, King George County, VA, d. 1792, Randolph County, NC
*JOHN STONE, b. 1727, Prince William County, VA, d. 1800, Laurens County, SC, m. Mildruge Corder
Children of William and Hannah:
*JOHN STONE, b. 1748/49, Prince William County, VA, d. abt 1823, m. Bethsy Curry
*WILLIAM STONE, JR., b. 1751/52, Prince William County, VA, d. abt. 1820, Surry County, NC
*EZEKIEL STONE, b. 1756, Prince William County, VA, d. 1855, Marion County, TN, m. Jane Wood
*ENOCH STONE, b. 1759, Prince William County, VA, d. 1823, Surry County, NC, m. Nancy Anthony
*CONWAY STONE, b. 1761, Granville County, NC, d. 1834, Monroe County, TN, m. Elizabeth Galaliee
*HANNAH STONE, b. 1764, Granville County, NC, d. 1834, Jackson County, IL, m. Daniel Barrow

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Will:
Will lost, but son John who had been named Executor
of his will, was granted an Administrative Bond by the Prince William County Court on 23 August 1756. Three months later, on 23 November 1756, an inventory and
appraisement of Thomas Stone?s estate was submitted to the Court.
Deed and probate records indicate that after Thomas Stone passed away his property was divided up between his three sons; Thomas, William, and John.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jacmac/stone.pdf

Research Notes:
Circumstances to think John, William, Marble and Thomas are brothers who went to Surry County.

First, it's established that John and William were
brothers. The other two are speculation to be
additional brothers, though doubtful
as to their father, speculation perhaps
a Thomas Stone.

Considerations:
The four are all in Surry County 1771

William and Marble are there in 1772

Dicks Connection:
Littleberry Stone, son of Marble, married a
Ann Dicks(1765).
there is a Ann Dicks, b 1700 Dorchester Maryland
1700, who married James Bounds.
And there was a Rebecca Dicks (c1704) who
married Azariah Cooley. Cooley family
married into the Bounds family. John Stone family
is shown married into Bounds family in 1850
White Co, Tennessee census.

Albermarle, VA Connection:
John Gordon (1754 Albemarle; d 1839 Stokes NC)
daughter Elizabeth m Enoch Stone Jr.
abt 1820 in Surry Co, NC.
Enoch son of Enoch Sr & Nancy Anthony, granson
of John Stone and Mary Corder.
showing a family link from Albermarle.

Thomas Stone is there in Surry County North Carolina with John William and Marble in 1771. A couple of Marble's children died in Lawrence County, Arkansas; and there was a Thomas Stone there in 1831-1833. The speculation that John and William were children of a Thomas Stone.
very weak on Thomas, but is in the process of study.

Thomas* married Nancy (?)* Bronaugh (?) in 1721 in Maryland. Nancy was born about 1705; died before 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 25 May 1727, Charles Co, Maryland

Notes:

Thomas Stone, son of John and Elizabeth Stone, was born in Charles Countyduring 1677, according to a deposition made in 1721. He married first Martha, the daughter of Colonel Philip Hoskins. The latter died in 1714,and besides appointing Thomas Stone as the overseer of his estate, he named as heirs his grandson Thomas Stone and daughter Martha Stone.Oswald Hoskins, son of Colonel Philip Hoskins, died in 1721 and named bywill his brother-in-law Thomas Stone as the overseer of his estate, andat the same time mentioned his sister Martha Stone. The fact that he named only two children in his will and referred to other children makes it difficult to establish an absolute list.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomas_bounds&id=I20643

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In 1715 he, as Captain Thomas Stone being a member of the Assembly,signed a petition to His Excellency on the death of the Queen and also the petition upon the ascendancy of His Majesty, George I, to the throne.

Some researchers give Martha Hoskins as the wife of Thomas Stone, but Martha was still unmarried and single 4 Sep 1730 when she received her share of the estate of her sister Mary Hoskins. Jane and Benedicta Hoskins were the only unmarried daughters old enough to be the mother of Thomas Stone's and Robert Hanson's children. Because of the names of the descendants, I have arbitrarily given Jane to Thomas Stone and Benedicta to Robert Hanson.

Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Spring 1993 Vol 34 No 2; Charles County Depositions by Robert W. Barnes; Continued from vol. 34, no. 1, p. 21. CHLR=Charles County land records (followed by Book:page).
STONE, Capt. Thomas, age 44, 1 Aug. 1721; CHLR M#2:136.

Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Fall 1994 Vol 35 No 4; Charles County Land Commissions, 1716-1721; Liber M#2, pp. 1-149; Series No. MSA C669-1; Accession No. MDHR: 89003-1;
Poynton Mannor ; 1721 Petition of William Stone, Senr. Henry Tanner, aet 82. Capt. Thomas Stone, a contending party, aet 44. William Stone, Senr, one of the petitioners, aet 55. Jesse Doyne, aet 44.

The Maryland Calendar Of Wills; Compiled And Edited by Jane Baldwin (Jane Baldwin Cotton) And Roberta Bolling Henry; Wills From 1726 To 1732; Volume VI; Family Line Publications Westminster, Maryland; 1988, p. 40
Stone, Thomas, Nanjemy Parrish, Charles Co., 25th May, 1727; 7th Nov., 1727.
To son David and hrs,, ½ dwell, plan. ---- and personalty.
" grandson Gerrard Fowke, personalty.
" wife Katherine, extx., ½ dwell, plan. ---- during life; at her decease, to son David and hrs., certain personalty absolutely and certain personalty during life to be divided among child. unnamed). ½ personal estate absolutely,
Residue to two child. David and Mary equally.
Test: Rev. Wm. Maconchie, Henry Barnes, Verlinda Boughton. 19, 254.

Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Winter 1984 Vol 25 No 2; Charles County, MD: Probate Records and Inventories Part I 1673-1753; [The first number is the page or folio number for the beginning of the document (spelling is as read) (the date is that of the Inventory) Charles County Maryland Probate Records, Inventories, Book 1717-1735
230: Thomas Stone 23 Nov ? (1727) - Mrs Catherine Stone exex. of (sic: Mr. NJL) Wm Stone-one of nearest relations Matthew Stone.

Thomas Stone, Sr. 13.311 CH £640.7.7 Nov 23 ---- (1727)
Appraisers: John Beall, Henry Barnes.
Creditors: Gustavus Brown, D. Jenifer.
Next of kin: Mathew Stone, William Stone.
Executrix: Mrs. Catherine Stone.

Thomas Stone (gentleman) 9.71 A PG £640.7.7 £58.18.5 Sep 28 1728
Received from: William Marten, Thomas Keyboard, George Waple, James Waple, John Stramal, Thomas Smith, Mathew Fracconer. James Ross.
Payments to: Jonathon Fenward, Dr. Jenifer, Edward Millstead, Thomas Mathews, Walter Winter, John Dagg, Dr. Brown, Samuell Hanson.
Administrator/Executor: Catherine Stone.

358. Col. Philip Hoskins dec'd addl acct of Mr. Bennet Hoskins exer of Oswald Hoskins exor of Ann Hoskins who was the exor of Col. Philip Hoskins aforesaid acct by Aswald Hoskins 26 May 1719. Paid to judgment provincal ct. Philip Hoskins & Gerard Folke were sureties on test bond of Major Wm Dent estate by Thomas Dent his exor bond being sued by James Smallwood, legacy left by dec'd Col. Philip Hoskins to four of his grandchildren the children of Major Robert Hanson, ****legacy to three other grandchildren children of Thomas Stone****, legacy to son William Hoskins, legacy to daughter Mary Ann Hoskins, legacy to daughter Martha Hoskins, equal division among dec'ds Children Aswald Hoskins, Bennet Hoskins, Bayloard Hoskins, Mary Ann Hoskins, Martha Hoskins; chil.of dec'd of his (last) wife; of which Aswald Hoskins & Baylard Hoskins being dec'd since; now divided among the three surviving children of Col Philip Hoskins by his last wife Ann Hoskins viz: Bennett Hoskins, Mary Ann Hoskins & Martha Hoskins. 15 Nov 1729.

368. William Hoskin dec'd acct of Rob(t) Hanson & Violett Hanson his wife admx. To Mary Ann Hoskins for her claim against her sister's, Mary Hoskin's, estate whoes admr the dec'd was, ****the same to Mary Stone****, the same to Bennett Hoskins, the same to Martha Hoskins. 4 Sept 1730.

Abstracts Of The Administration Accounts Of The Prerogative Court Of Maryland Libers 6-10 1724-1731 V. L. Skinner, Jr., p. 141
William Hoskins 10.447 A CH £473.17.4 £95.12.10 Sep 4 1730
Received from: John Macfarlane & John Robuton, David Cockran, Mr. John Parnham, David Cockran, John Ward, Robert Hanson, Philip Pratchett.
Payments to: John Farrish, John Abbington, John Howard, Margaret Miller, Jennett Hasty, Thomas Taylor, Dr. Daniel Jenifer, Dr. Gustavus Brown, John Eburnethey, Philemon Lloyd, Esq., Mr. George Dent, Lord Baltimore, Mary Ann Hoskins (her claim to estate of her sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), ****Mary Stone (her claim to estate of her sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), ****David Stone (his claim to estate of his sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), Bennet Hoskins (his claim to estate of his sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), Martha Hoskins (his claim to estate of his sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), John Speake, John Maddox, David Cockran,
Administratrix: Violetta Hansen, wife of Robert Hansen.


Will:
In Thomas Stone's will, which was dated 25 May 1727, he also mentions or refers to only three children; David, Mary, and Anne (by naming her son, Gerrard Fowke).

7 Nov 1727: Stone, Thomas, Nanjemy Parish, Charles County, Maryland 25 May1727, 07 Nov 1727. To Son David and hrs, 1/2 dwell plantation and personalty. To Grandson Gerrard Fowke, Personalty. To wife Katherine, extx., 1/2 dwelling plantation during life; at her decease, to son David and hrs. certain personalty absolutely and certain personalty during life to be divided among child( unnamed). 1/2 personal estate absolutely residue to two child David and Mary Equally.
Test: Rev Wm Maconchie, Henry Barnes, Verlinda Boughton. 19.254

Thomas* married Martha Jane* Hoskins about 1703 in Charles Co, Maryland. Martha (daughter of Col Philip* Hoskins, Sr. (immigrant) and Elizabeth (Waughop) Wahob) was born on 1 Mar 1681/82 in Port Tobacco, Charles Co, Maryland; died before 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

p. 33, Charles County Land Records, Volume III
1692; A register of Births, Marriages & Burials for Charles County together with a connivance of what Births, Marriages & Burials have been formerly entered and registered in this county
Liber Q, Pages 1 to 26
Hoskins Jane d/o Philip & Elizabeth Hoskins of Portobacco b 1 Mar 1681

Jane was named after her grandmother, Jane (Lee) Wahob.

NJL note: I am of the opinion that Thomas Stone married Jane Hoskins. I have several pieces of circumstantial evidence to support my opinion:
1) Jane Hoskins was the only daughter of Philip Hoskins who was old enough. Both Jane and Benedicta were named in the will of their grandfather, Alexander Wahob, written 1 Dec 1683. This would have been an older Benedicta, as the land records give her birth as 16 Dec 1685.
2) Her daughter, Mary Stone named a daughter Jenny Stone Hanson.
3) Her daughter, Ann Stone named a daughter Jane Fowke.
4) Martha Hoskins acknowledged receiving her share of her 2 brothers', mother's and father's estates in a deed signed Jul 8, 1729, and signed as Martha Hoskins, meaning she would have post-deceased Thomas Stone. Thomas' wife at his death and per his will was Catherine Boughton.
Norma Fiske Lundgren

"Mudd Family of the U.S.", Vol II, p. 1477:
Oswald Hoskins, b. c. 1699, unm. d. Chas Co, MD. before 28 Oct 1721. Will dated 14 Jan 1720, Chas Co. probated 6 Sep 1731; personal estate to be divided equally among brothers Bennett and Baylord and sisters Mary Ann and Martha; brother Bennett executor of this as well as their mother's Will; overseers brother-in-law Thomas Stone and William Chandler; witnesses: Ignatius Doyce (Doyne?), William Matthews Thompson and Thomas Jameson.
Martha Hoskins, b. c. 1707, m. Thomas Stone of Chas Co., MD before 26 May 1729.

It is believed that Philip Hoskins was some close relation to Sir Bennett Hoskins, Bart (Baronet) (1609-1679) of Morehampton and Harewood, Herefordshire, England. Philip Hoskins was first mentioned 2 Sept 1671, when Bennett Hoskins of England gave him a power of attorney to secure Bennett's patent for the 2000 acre "Manor of Friendship". At that date he is referred to as of or near Wicomico River (present St Mary's or Chas. Co.). The second reference is when by deed dated 7 Sept 1671 he, a planter of Chas. Co. and James Hayes, a planter, purchased the 200 acre Owen's Purchase in Port Tobacco Hundred from John Owen.
Philip Hoskins was a Chas. Co. militia officer in Major Wheeler's Militia 1689-1703 and was referred to as a Colonel in 1707; Chas Co member of the Maryland House of Assembly in 1692, vestryman of Port Tobacco Church, Justice of the Provincial Court, trustee of Cool Springs, and Emissary to the Indians. He directed in his Will that he be buried in Port Tobacco Church. On 12-10-1717 he was appointed residual legatee by the will of Osmond Waple, Gent. of Chas. Co., for the use of Philip's children by wife Ann. By her father's will dated 1683, Eliza Wahob, 1st wife of Philip Hoskins, inherited a 200 acre plantation in Nanjemy Hundred, Chas. Co., MD., and bequests were made to her daughters Benedicta and Jane Hoskins. (Most of this was prepared by: George Ely Russell, Bowie, MD, May 1963. See National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1963, pg. 26-31, and Hoskins Families of Seventeenth Century America, by Geroge Ely Russell - Private Pub.)

There are three references listed re: Martha Hoskins married to Thomas Stone,:
- Chas. Co. Wills, AB#3, 125
- Ibid. 127
- Ibid. 154
Norma Fiske Lundgren wrote: I am of the opinion that Thomas Stone married Jane Hoskins, the oldest child of Philip Hoskins and Elizabeth Waughop. I have three pieces of circumstantial evidence for it.
1) She is the only one of Philip Hoskins' daughters (of which I am aware) that was old enough. The land records have her born 1 Mar 1681/82. She was mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Alexander Wahob, written 1st Dec, 1683. She and her sister are the only two Hoskins grand-children mentioned, which supports the data with her as the oldest.
2) William Hanson and Mary Stone, the daughter of Thomas Stone, named a daughter "Jenny Hoskins Hanson". William Hanson was the son of Robert Hanson and Benedicta Hoskins, the sister of Jane. Benedicta was mentioned in her grandfather's will, too, but that was probably an older sister who did not survive, as the land records give Benedicta's birth as 16 Dec 1685.
3) Roger Fowke and Anne Stone, the daughter of Thomas Stone, named a daughter "Jane Fowke". Roger Fowke was the son of Gerard Fowke, and Sarah Burdett.

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