Samuel Stone, III

Samuel married Abigail Reed about 1706 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 6 Feb 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died on 16 Jan 1767 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nathan Stone was born on 28 Apr 1722 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1750 in of, Rutland, Worceser Co, Massachusetts.

Samuel married Dorcas Jones on 12 Jun 1679 in Lexington Co, Massachusetts. Dorcas was born on 29 May 1659 in Concord, Massachusetts; died after 1690 in of, Lexington Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was baptized Feb 4 1630/1 at Nayland, Co.Suffolk, England, the son of Gregory Stone and Lydia ___ Cooper Stone. (Lydia was the widow of Simon Cooper when she married Gregory Stone). His age at death on his gravestone coincides with a birth just prior to this baptism date.

His first wife was Sarah Stearns Stone, married at Cambridge,MA on Jun 7,1655.

His second wife was Abigail Carter Fowle Walker Stone.

Children(by first marriage): Samuel Stone Jr, Isaac Stone, Sarah Stone Converse Hills(whose first husband was Edward Converse), John Stone, Lydia Stone Bowman, Mary Stone, Joseph Stone, and Anna Stone Merry.

Samuel Stone, son of Gregory; b. 1635; m. Sarah Stearns of Watertown June 7, 1655; made freeman Newtowne (Cambridge), May 1657; after death of father, received land in Cambridge Farms (Lexington); subscriber to meeting-house 1692; deacon; m. 2. Abigail.
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Samuel married Sarah Stearns on 7 Jun 1655 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 22 Sep 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died on 26 Oct 1700 in Cambridge Farms, 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 Lydia Cooper in Jul 1627 in Nayland, Suffolk, England. Lydia was born in 1595 in Nayland, Suffolk, England; died after 1635 in of, Nayland, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]