| 8. | Gov William* Stone was born in Apr 1603 in Northamptonshire, England (son of Matthew Stone and Mrs. Jane (..) Stone); died in 1660 in Poynton Manor, Nangemy, Charles Co, Maryland; was buried in 1660 in Charles Co, Maryland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Birth: 1603, Northamptonshire, England
- Other-Begin: Aug 1640
- Other-Begin: 20 Aug 1640, Charles Co, Maryland
- Property: 19 Oct 1653, "Poynton Manor," Nanjemoy Hundred, Charles Co, Virginia
- Residence: 1660, "Namjemoy," Patuxent River, Virginia
- Will: 21 Dec 1660, Charles Co, Maryland
- Other-Begin: 11 Mar 1963; letter
Notes:
Verlinda GRAVES b. 1618 VA and died 1675 in Charles Co., MD. married in 1635 in Hungar's Parish, Accomac Co., VA. Capt. William STONE (ca.1603-1659/60) before 1640.
Descendants of Virginia Calverts. O'Gorman, Ella Foy,. Los Angeles. unknown. 1947. Online at Ancestry.com.
The Stones relocated to first St. Mary's County and then to Charles County, Maryland by 1648 when he was appointed Governor of the Colony by Lord Baltimore. Stone served as governor from 1648 to 1656 (with two interruptions) and was a member of the Council from 1656 until his death in 1659/60. In 1654, he received Poynton Manor (an estate of about 5000 acres, mostly in Charles County, MD) from Lord Baltimore.
______________
...1837, d--1914. Her dau--was Elizabeth Griffith, who m--Walter W. Mobley,
Registrant*.
Lines of Thomas, the signer, and his half brother, Samuel, are in direct line from Gov. Wm. Stone, down to David Stone, his gr. grandson. Through the right of descent from William Stone, 3rd Colonial Governor of the Province of Md. and first Protestant Governor, from April 29, 1649 to July 16, 1654.
William Stone, b--1603 in Northampton or Lancashire, England. Came to America 1633. Settled first in Va. On June 4, 1635, he was granted by the Va. authorities 1,800 acres of land on Hungers Creek, in Accomac Co., Eastern Shore of Va.
William Stone m--Virlinda, dau--of Jane Cotton, widow, who came from Bunbury, Cheshire, England, to join her son, the Rev. Wm. Cotton, rector of the lower parish of Accomac Co., Va. William Stone was commissioned a justice of Accomac
Co., Va. He later filled the position of High Sheriff of Northumberland Co., Va.
He came to Md., 1649, assumed controll of the government of the Province of Md. by commission of the Proprietary, Gov. Leonard Calvert. On Oct. 19, 1653, William Stone received a warrant for 5,000 acres of land in Nanjimoy Hundred,
Charles Co., Md., near Port Tobacco. This grant was from the lord proprietor and was called POYNTON MANOR.
John Stone, 3rd son of Gov. William Stone and his wife Verlinda Cotton, b--Accomac Co., Va., came to Md., 1648, m--1st--Eliz., believed to have been the dau--of
Thomas Warren. In 1670, John Stone was a gentleman justice of Charles Co.
From 1678 to 1688 he represented his county in the General Assembly. In 1689 he was a member of committee to regulate civil affairs in Charles Co., Md.
Thomas Stone, 1st son of John Stone and his wife Eliz., b--1677, Charles Co., Md., m--1st--Martha, dau--of Col. Philip Hoskins. In 1715 he, as Captain Thomas Stone, was a member of the Assembly, Charles Co., Md.
David Stone, b--1709, POYNTON MANOR, Charles Co., Md., second son of Thomas Stone and his wife, Martha Hoskins, m--1st--Sarah, supposedly Hanson, b--July 26, 1714, Charles Co., Md., dau--of Samuel Hanson and his wife, Eliz. Story, and sister of Judge Walter Hanson.
Samuel Stone, exact date of birth not known, d--Charles Co., Md., 1778, son of David Stone and his 1st wife, Sarah, m--1761, his first cousin, Mrs. Anne Hanson Mitchel, widow of Hugh Mitchel and dau--of Judge Walter Hanson and his wife, Eliz. Hoskins. Samuel Stone was appointed ensign in Capt. Robert Sennett's Co., Militia, Feb. 7, 1776.
Walter Hanson Stone, b--1765, Durham Parish, Charles Co., Md., son of Samuel Stone and his wife, Anne Hanson Mitchell. M--Rachel Anne Muncaster, March 27, 1780, dau--of James Muncaster and his wife, Rachel Grey, Charles Co., Md.
Anne Story Stone, b--1788, Durham Parish, Charles Co., Md., dau--of Walter Hanson Stone and his wife, Rachel Grey, m--John Taylor, of St. Mary's Co., Md.
Walter Hanson Stone Taylor, C.S.A., b--1806, Charles Co., Md., son of John Taylor and his wife, Anne Story Stone, m--Harriet Beall Mackall, C.S.A., b--Nov. 23, 1837, Georgetown, D. C., dau--of Leonard Covington Mackall and his wife, Katharine Beall, a lineal descendant of Ninian Beall.
Ann Stone Taylor, C.S.A., b--May 17, 1836, Georgetown, D. C., dau--of Walter Hanson Stone Taylor and his wife, Harriet Beall Mackall, m--David Griffith, C.S.A., b--April 9, 1837, Montgomery Co., Md., son of Thomas Griffith and Eliz. Griffith, his wife, both entitled to descent from William Griffith, who came from London, England, in 1675, settled in Middle Neck Hundred, near Annapolis, now Charles Co., Md.
Eliz. Griffith, b--April 9, 1868, Montgomery Co., Md., dau--of David Griffith and his wife, Ann Stone Taylor, m--Walter W. Mobley, b--Feb. 23, 1869, Montgomery Co. Md., son of William Basil Mobley, Montgomery Co., Md., and his wife,
Louisa Hood Griffith.
__________________
Born: 1603 at: Northampton County, England
Married: at:
Died: 1660 at: Charles County, Maryland
Father: John STONE
Mother: Dorothy ?
Spouses: Elizabeth SPRIGG , ? FOWKE , Verlinda GRAVES (SPRIGG COTTON?)
Wife: Elizabeth SPRIGG
Charles H. Stone's "The Stones of Surry" (1951) "
Jester & Hiden's "Adventurers of Purse and Person"
and the second volume of Papenfuse's Biographical Dictionary of Maryland's Colonial Legislators (that's not the right title, but I can send you the complete [and correct] citation later if you want it. All but "The Stone's
of Surry" agree that Verlinda was Capt. Thomas Grave's daughter, but the older tradition apparently was that she was his granddaughter and that her parents were Rev. William Cotton and Ann Graves--I believe that this has long been put to rest, but thought I should mention it in case you look up Charles H. Stone's book and wonder about the confusion
According to "Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives" by Norma TUCKER:
] William STONE left Accomack County, Virginia in 1633 to become high sheriff of Northumberland County, Virginia. In 1648 Lord BALTIMORE commissioned him to become Governor of Maryland, the first Protestant governor of the state. When he move from Virginia to Maryland, he took with him about 500 non-conformists from Norfolk County, Virginia. He was the nephew of Thomas STONE, merchant haberdasher of London. When William STONE came to America he brought with him his brothers John, Mathew, Andrew and Robert to Accomack County, Virginia- none of whom left children.
Maryland Calendar of Wills:
Volume 1 page 12
Stone, William, Capt.,Chas. Co., 3d Dec., 1659;21st Dec., 1660.
To wife Verlinda, house and lands at St. Mary's, and to remain in home at Nangemy during widowhood. To eld. dau. Eliza Stone and hrs., 900 A. at Bustard's Island, Patuxent R., and 600 A. at Nangemy; that which testator formerly gave her in trust by his brother Sprigg not to be in force. To son Richard and hrs., 500 A. of Nangemy Manor, and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his uncle, Richard Stone. To son John and hrs., 500 A. of Nangemy. To son Mathew and hrs, 500 A. of Nangemy.To daus. Mary and Katharine, personalty. Eld. son Thomas and hrs., exs. and residuary legatees. Overseers and guardians of minor child: Gov. Josias Fendall, brother-in-law Francis Doughty, and
brother Matthew Stone.
Test:
Francis DOUGHTY, Stephen MONTAGUE, Stephen CLIFTON. 1. 89.
_______________
STONE, William, Capt., Charles Co., 3d Dec., 1659; 21st Dec., 1660. To wife Verlinda, house and lands at St. Mary's, and to remain in home at Nangemy during widowhood. To eld. dau. Eliza Stone and hrs., 900 A. at Bustard's Island, Patuxent R., and 600 A. at ?Nangemy;? that which testator formerly gave her in trust by his brother SPRIGG not to be in force. To son Richard and hrs., 500 A. of ?Nangemy Manor,? and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his UNCLE, RICHARD STONE. To son John and hrs., 500 A. of "Nangemy." To son Mathew and hrs, 500 A. of ?Nangemy.? To daus. Mary and Katharine, personalty. Eld. son Thomas and hrs., exs. and residuary legatees. Overseers and guardians of minor child: GOV. JOSIAS FENDALL, brother-in-law Francis DOUGHTY, and brother Matthew Stone. Test: Francis Doughty, Stephen MONTAGUE, Stephen CLIFTON. 1. 89. Editors: Former Maryland Provincial Governor William Stone married Verlinda, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Katherine Graves of Accomack County, Virginia. Capt. Graves, who died in 1635/6, came to Virginia on the Mary and Margaret in 1608, a member of the Virginia Company and later a member of the House of Burgesses. Verlinda's sister Katherine married first William Roper (Northampton Co, Virginia Records, No. 3, 1641-51, p. 263a), second Thomas Sprigg (ibid., No. 4, 1651-54, pp. 14A and 14; and Liber 2, ff. 309-10, Land office, Annapolis); her sister Ann married first Rev. William Cotton, second Rev. Nathaniel Eaton and third Rev. Francis Doughty (successive rectors of Hungar's Parish in Accomack). The Stones had relocated to first St. Mary's County and then to Charles County, Maryland by 1648 when William Stone was appointed Governor of the Province by Lord Baltimore. He served as governor from 1648 to 1656 with two interruptions, and was a member of the Council from 1656 until his death in 1659/60. (Refs: Governors of Maryland, 1634-1689
, Archives of Maryland, Maryland State Archives (Citations incomplete, but in progress )
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=grantpinnix&id=I004063
Wm. Stone (b. in Northamptonshire. Eng., 1603, d. in Md. 1660) was the son of Capt. John Stone who had interests both in Mass. and on the Eastern Shore of Va. and who "was killed by the Pequods on the Connecticut River while returning to his home in Va." William Stone came to the Eastern Shore about 1632, was a justice in 1633, member of the first recorded Vestry of Hungar's Parish in 1635, and in 1648 was commissioned Governor of Maryland, to which colony he then removed. (Wise, pp. 106-7, Md. Hist. Mag., vol. 16, p. 191).
_
The Stones relocarted first to St. Mary's Co, then to Charles Co. Maryland
Proprietary Governor of Maryland appointed by Lord Baltimore
Gov. William Stone (c. 1603-c. 1659/60) and Verlinda Stone
William Stone served as Marylands first Protestant Governor, and he and his wife Verlinda both took action to preserve freedom of religion inMaryland.
William Stone was born in England around 1603 and came from a well-known merchant family in London. However, William chose to come to America, and migrated to Virginia in 1628. He was successful there, working as amerchant and planter. He was respected by his neighbors and was appointedjustice of the peace and then sheriff in Accomack County, Virginia.
He also served as a burgess in the Virginia Assembly. However, when civil war broke out in England, many Protestants who supported the Parliamentwere no longer welcome in Virginia, which supported the King. At thistime, Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of Maryland, began trying to attractmore settlers to Maryland, and many Protestants left Virginia.
William Stone and his wife Verlinda came to Maryland in 1648. That same year Stone was given a great opportunity. With civil war still going onin England and with many new Protestant settlers in Maryland, Lord Baltimore wanted to appoint a Protestant Governor. He chose William Stone, probably partly to reward Stone for promising to bring hundreds ofsettlers to Maryland. Stone served as Governor for six years until someof the more radical Protestants, called Puritans, gained control of the government and began to pass laws which restricted religious freedom.
Stone decided he needed to fight back, so he organized about 100 supporters and marched against the rebels in the Battle of Severn. He was greatly outnumbered, and after losing nearly half his men and beingwounded in the shoulder, Stone surrendered. He was made a prisoner andheld for over a month.
While he was in captivity, his wife Verlinda tried to help him by writing to Lord Baltimore. She made sure the proprietor knew exactly whathappened so he could protect both her husband and the colony. Stone waseventually released from prison and resumed his position as Governor. Hedied in 1660, leaving 14,950 pounds of tobacco for his wife and seven children.
Verlinda soon started acquiring more land for her family. In 1664 she patented 300 acres of land in Charles County which she called Virlinda and two years later bought 500 more acres in what is now Prince Georges County. She lived in the colony which she and her husband had fought to preserve up until her death in 1675.
http://mdroots.thinkport.org/library/williamverlindastone.asp
Other-Begin:
overseer of William Cotton's estate, along with Capt William Roper.
Other-Begin:
20 Aug 1640: William Cotton made his will 20 Aug 1640, "weake in body" and died shortly thereafter. He desires to be buried by his two little children; to his child yet unborn he gives his plantation at Bunbury and his negroes; in default of issue to his mother Joane Cotton and the other one-third to his wife Ann Cotton. Brother-in-law Capt. Wm. Stone and Capt. Wm. Roper to be overseers of his will. (William and Mary College Quarterly 5 (1) 123-4)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I38085
Property:
19 Oct 1653: William Stone received a warrant for land which was surveyed and issued under the name of "Poynton Manor", lying on the north side of Avon Creek in Nanjemoy Hundred in the western portion of Charles County. His early life in the Province, however, was spent at his town house in St. Mary's City, but after his tenture of office he settled on his manor where it is believed he is interred.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I38085
Will:
21 Dec 1660: Will of Captain William Stone, Charles Co., 12/3/1659; 12/21/1660. Wife: Verlinda, house and lands at St. Mary's and to remain in home at Nanjemoy during widowhood. Eldest dau.: Eliza Stone, 900 ac. at Bustard's Island,
Patuxent River and 600 ac. at Nanjemoy that which testator formerly gave her in trust by his brother Sprigg not to be in force. Son: Richard, 500 ac. "Nanjemoy Manor" and cattle in consideration of that formerly given to him by his uncle, Richard Stone. Son: John, 500 ac. "Nanjemoy". Son: Matthew, 500 ac. "Nanjemoy". Daughters: Mary and Catherine, personal estate. Eldest son: Thomas, Exec. and residuary legatee. Overseers and guardians of minor children: Gov. Josias Fendall; brother-in-law Francis Doughty; and brother, Matthew Stone. Wit: Francis Doughty, Stephen Montague, Stephen Clifton.
21 Dec 1660: The will of William Stone was dated December 3, 1659, and proved on December 21, 1660, in Charles County, by Francis Doughty, Stephen Montague, and Stephen Clifton. He named as overseers of his estate and the guardians of his minor children Governor Josias Fendall, his brother-in-law Francis Doughty, and his "natural" brother Matthew Stone. Verlinda, his wife, was devised the town house and land at St. Mary's, but she was to remain at the dwelling-plantation at Nanjemoy during widowhood. Elizabeth, described as the eldest daughter, received 900 acres of land at Bustard's Island in the Patuxent, where his son, Thomas, was then residing, and 600 acres of land at Nanjemoy, but the property that had already been placed in trust for her through his "brother Sprigg" was declared ineffective. Richard was devised 500 acres of Nanjemoy Manor and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his uncle Richard Stone. John and Mathew were each willed 500 acres of Nanjemoy. Thomas received the residue of the realty.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I38084
Other-Begin:
letter written by Enoch Stone (son of Cicero Stone) to his cousin Alene discussing family genealogy where he states, "Tradition has it that they descended from W.M. Stone [Gov William Stone] (William Stone--FWW) 1603-1660
Proprietary Governor of Maryland appointed by Lord Baltimore. As to its being a fact you will know just as well as I."
William* married Verlinda* Graves on 04 Jun 1635 in Hungar's Parish, Accomack, Virginia. Verlinda* (daughter of Capt Thomas* Graves, (immigrant) and Katherine* Croshaw (Crosher), (immigrant)) was born in 1618 in Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, Virginia, or Jamestown, Virginia; died on 15 Jul 1675 in Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
Abt 1697 - Bef 1749 (~ 52 years)