Aaron Rice

John married Tabitha Stone, (FFDNA-Jp) on 2 Nov 1673 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. Tabitha (daughter of John (Middlesex, MA) Stone, (FFDNA-Jp) and Anne Howe) was born on 29 May 1654/55 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 22 Jun 2013; J-FFDNA

Notes:

Research Notes:
John matched to Bryan Mavity as 3rd cousin - one of names is Stone. Mavity did not match to Sherry. Mavit's line of Stones is to the Middlesex MA line. significance not yet known.

John married Anne Howe in 1638 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. Anne (daughter of Edward Howe and Mrs. Margaret (..) Howe) was born about 1617 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died after 5 May 1682 in Framingham, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1635, Massachusetts; from England

Notes:

Gregory Stone lived in Nayland from the time of his first marriage in 1617 until 1635 when he emigrated to New England. His emigration resulted fr om religious and economic conditions. During his early years Puritanism be came paramount in Essex and Suffolk, and persecution of its adherents led to the great Puritan emigration to New England that began with John Winthrop's fleet in 1630. In 1629 Gregory Stone was among several parishioners of Nayland who were fined for refusing to kneel to receive communion.

Gregory married Margaret Garrad on 20 Jul 1616 in Nayland, Suffolk, England. Margaret was born on 5 Dec 1596/97 in Nayland, Suffolk, England; died on 4 Aug 1625 in Nayland, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 25 Jul 1644, Watertown, Massachusetts

Notes:

Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Farmers Register" by James Savage. ( Four Volumes) Origially published Boston, 1860 -1862 (from Family Tree Maker Genealogy Library.com) Vol.
2, Page 474:

EDWARD, Watertown, freem. 14 May
1634, rul. eld. often selectman, and rep. 1635, 6, and 9, had a hard law a suit with Dudley of wh. Winth. II. 51, speaks fully, and d. 24 June 1644. His wid. Margaret m. George Bunker, and made her will 8 Apr. 1647, pro. 18 Dec. 1660, by wh. she gave one half of her est. to Nathaniel
Treadway, Wh. had m. her d. Sufferance, two thirds of the residue to John Stone, wh. had m. her other ch. Ann, and the remainder to her sis. Mary Rogers and her ch. John, and Eliz. of Boxtead, in Co. Essex.

His inv. tak. by John Knowles, William Jennison, and John Sherman, 27 July foll. in our Prob. Rec. II. 22, by the careless clerk who made the Index, is assign. to Edward Parill, and, as if that were not an improb. if not impossib. name, it is tak. into Geneal. Reg,. VIII. 56.

From:
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/great_migration/h.as

p#EDWARD_HOWE
New England Historic Genealogical Society - The Great Migration


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EDWARD HOWE

ORIGIN: Boxted, Essex
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship. In 1639 Henry Jackson of Watertown gave Edward Howe of Watertown "one of the Elders of the Church there" a power of attorney to receive all Jackson's debts [ Lechford 192].
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [ MBCR 1:369].
EDUCATION: He signed his will and had ?1 worth of books in his inventory.
OFFICES: Watertown deputy to General Court, 2 September 1635, 8 September 1636, 7 December 1636, 22 May 1639, 8 September 1642, 10 May 1643 [ MBCR 1:156, 178, 185, 256, 2:22, 33].
Watertown selectman, 10 October 1636, 10 December 1638, 29 December 1640, 29 November 1641, 21 November 1642 [ WaTR 1:2, 5, 6, 7, 8]; fenceviewer, 30 May 1643 [ WaTR 1:9].
ESTATE: Granted seventy acres in Great Dividend, 25 July 1636 [ WaBOP 5]; granted twenty-four acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands, 28 February 1636/7 [WaBOP 7]; granted twenty-four acres in Remote Meadows, 26 June 1637 [WaBOP 8]; granted nine acres in Town Plot, 9 April 1638 [ WaBOP 11].

In addition to the grants listed above, he had several others, as indicated in the Inventory of Grants [ WaBOP 70]; he also acquired several other parcels by purchase [ WaBOP 115]. His landholdings as shown in the Composite Inventory were among the largest in Watertown [WaBOP 17], and, because his is one of the first entries in that inventory, there is much information about the way in which he purchased his additional land. The preparer of this inventory soon tired of giving so much detail.

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Will:
In his will, dated 13 June 1644 and proved 25 July 1644, Edward Howe bequeathed to "Nathaniell Treadaway about three acres of upland lying behind his dwelling house and one acre unbroken before the said house with nine acres purchased lately of John Vahan"; to "my wife, Nathaniell Treadaway & Anne Stone the wife of John Stonne of Sudbury the wares ...
due to me from Mr. Thom: Mayhew"; to "Mary Knowlse & Elizabeth Knowlse" one sheep each; residue to "my wife" and any remaining at her death to "Anne Stonne"; one third of all the cattle and residue to Nathaniell Treadaway; "my wife, Nathaniell Treadaway & John Stonne executors"; John Sherman, supervisor, 50s. [ SPR 1:31]. The inventory of the estate of "Edward How of Watertown deceased" was taken 24 June 1644 and was untotalled but included.

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Edward married Mrs. Margaret (..) Howe about 1680 in Massachusetts. Margaret was born about 1600; died in 1659/60 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 18 Dec 1650, Watertown, Massachusetts

Notes:

Will:
In her will, dated 8 April 1647 and proved 18 December 1660,
"Margarett How of Water=Towne Widow" bequeathed to "my sister Mary Rogers widow & her children (in old England at Boxstead in the County of Essex or elsewhere) one-sixth part of my whole estate, of housing, land, chattels, debts, & all moveable goods real & personal, to be divided among them as followeth, vizt to my sister aforesaid if living at my decease two-fifth parts of the aforesaid sixth & her heirs & I will & bequeath the other three-fifths of the aforesaid sixth to her son Jno Rogers, & Eliz: Rogers to be equally divided ... if my sister be not living at my decease, then ... the aforesaid sixth should be divided between John & Elizabeth aforesaid, vizt three-fifths to Jno & two-fifths
to Eliz[a]b[e]t[h].... Also I will & bequeath to Jno Stone of Sudbury in New Engl[and]; two sixth parts of my whole estate, as aforesaid, to him & his heirs. Also I will & bequeath to Nathaniel Tredaway & his heirs the other three-sixths of my whole estate as aforesaid. Also my Will is that
if my kindred in old England, or their heirs intended by this my will, be not living at my death, then my will is that the sixth part bequeathed to them shall return to Nath. Tredaway & Jno Stone, to be divided three-fifths of it to Nath[aniel] & two-fifth parts to Jno ... mr Brian
Pendlton & Nathaniel Tredaway Executors ... & Jno Sherrman, overseer" [MPR 1:256-57].

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