James Stone (1702-1783) is #298 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #299 Mary Farwell (1709-1804) in 1726 in Groton, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their daughter #149 Abigail Stone (1737-about 1800) married #148 Ephraim Sawtell (1735-1800) in 1757.
* their son, #74 Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847) married #75 Hannah Smith (1768-1827) in 1789.
* their daughter, #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) married #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)in 1810.
* their son, #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Deacon James Stone[1–8]
* Sex: Male
* Father: John Stone (1658-1735)
* Mother: Sarah Nutting (1663- )
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 23 January 1701/2, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,8]
* Will: 21 December 1778 (age 76), will written; Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4–5]
* Death: 27 February 1783 (age 81), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6-8]
* Burial: after 27 February 1783 (after age 81), Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[7–8]
* Probate: 15 April 1783 (age 81), will proved; Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4–5]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Mary Farwell (1709-1804)
* Marriage 1: 28 December 1726 (age 24), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3]
* Child 1: James Stone (1727-1788)
* Child 2: Mary Stone (1728- )
* Child 3: Jonathan Stone (1731-1799)
* Child 4: William Stone (1734-1757)
* Child 5: Abigail Stone (1736-1800)
* Child 6: Sarah Stone (1739-1789)
* Child 7: Joel Stone (1742-1806)
* Child 8: Salmon Stone (1744-1831)
* Child 9: Hannah Stone (1747-1839)
* Child 10: Levi Stone (1750-1830)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
James Stone was born 23 January 1701/2 in Groton, Massachusetts[1-2,8], the second and last child of John and Sarah (Nutting) Stone of Groton.
On 28 January 1726, James Stone married Mary Farwell in Groton[3]. Mary was the daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Colburn) Farwell of Groton. James and Mary (Farwell) Stone had ten children, all recorded in Groton town records between 1727 and 1750.
Deacon James Stone died 27 February 1783 in Groton, Massachusetts at age 81[6-8]. He was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Groton[7-8]. The inscription on the gravestone says:
Here lies buried
the body of
Deacon James Stone
who departed this Life
Feb^r y^e 27^th 1783
Aged 82 years and 24 days.
Blest is the memory of the Just,
Though they be sleeping in y^e Dust
And happy shall be when they Rise
Through grace to shine among y^e wise
In Relms of Light & Peace above
To sing & Praise Redeeming Love.
James Stone wrote his will on 21 December 1778, and it is in Probate Packet 21,617 of the Middlesex County [Mass.] Probate Court records[4-5]. The will names his wife, Mary, and eight of their ten children:
In the Name of God Amen I James Stone of Groton in the County of middlesex & State of the Massachusetts Bay yeoman, being now of perfectly sound Disposing mind and memory but considering the Uncertainty and brevity of humane life, do make and ordain this my last Will &Testament in manner following viz. My Will is that my just Debts and funeral Charges be well and truly paid by my Ececutors hereafter named.
I Give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Stone the Improvement of all the Estate, real and personal which I Shall die seized and possessed off during her Life, eccept my Wearing apparrel which I give my Sons James, Jonathan, Joel, Salmon and Levi to be equally divided amongst them.
Item. I give my son James Stone his heirs &c the Sum of Three pounds lawfull mony, to be paid by ^my^ Executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, which Sum with what I have already given him, is his full share out of my Estate.
Item. I give to my Son Jonathan Stone Three pounds six shillings and Eight pence like mony to be paid as afores^d to him or his Heirs,which sum with what he hath already received is his full share out of my Estate.
Item. I give to my son Joel Stone Three pounds six shillings & Eight pence like mony to be paid to him or his heirs in manner as aforesaid,which sum with what he hath already rec^d is his full portion out of my Estate.
Item. I give to my Son Salmon Stone Six pounds Thirteen shillings and four pence like mony, to be paid in like manner to him or his Heirs which Sum with what I have heretofore given him is his full share out of my Estate.
Item. I give my Daughter Abigail Sawtell Six pounds like mony to be paid to her or her heirs in like manner, which sum with what she hath already received, is her full share out of my Estate.
Item. I give to my Daughter Sarah Carlton Thirteen pounds Six shillings &eight pence like mony to be paid to her or her heirs in like manner as afores^d which Sum with what she hath already received is her full share out of my Estate.
Item. I give my Daughter Hannah Page Seven pounds Six shillings &Eight pence like mony, to be paid to her or her heirs in like manner as afores^d which sum with what she hath already received is her full share out of my Estate.
Item. All the rest and residue of my Estate, real and personal of whatever Denomination, after the Decease of my said wife, the payment of my just Debts and funeral Charges as afores^d and Setting up Grave Stones for me and my said wife. I give and Bequeath to (Excepting the Pewter and the Wearing Apparrell of s^d wife which she may die seized off And not dispose of herself, which I order and my Will is Should be Equally divided between my Daughters aforenamed or their heirs)
I give and Bequeath to my Son Levi Stone his heirs &c whom I constitute and appoint Sole Executor to this my last Will and Testament hereby Disannulling all other Wills by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I the said James Stone have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 21^st day of December Annoq. Domini 1778.
Signed, Sealed, published, declared }
and pronounced by the s^d James }
Stone, as and for his Last Will and }
Testament in presence of us who at } James Stone
his request have as Witnesses here - }
unto Set our hands }
Joshua Fletcher
Jonathan Keep
Oliver Prescott
The will was proved in Middlesex County Probate Court on 15 April 1783[4-5]. The probate packet includes a notice, an affidavit, a letter testamentary, a bond, and an appointment of the executor. However, no inventory, account or distribution is included.
5) SOURCES
1. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Groton, "Births, Marriages and Deaths," image 432 of 990, James Stone birth entry, 1701/2.
2. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1926-1927), Two volumes, Births, page 232, James Stone, 1701.
3. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 2, Marriages, page 166, James Stone and Mary Farwell entry, 1726.
4. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed, 27 November 2016), Case 21,617, 8 images, will of James Stone, 1778, proved 1783.
5. "Probate Records 1648-1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts)," 886 FHL US/CAN Microfilms, Probate Packet 21,617, James Stone of Groton, accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,421,530.
6. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Deaths, page 271, Deacon James Stone entry, 1783.
7. Samuel A. Green, M.D., Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, & Company, 1878), page 90, Deacon James Stone epitaph.
8. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Old Burying Ground, Groton, Mass., Deacon James Stone memorial #112275864.
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