Person Info
- Name: Gregory Deacon STONE
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 19 Apr 1592 in Great Bromley, Essex, England b
- Baptism: 19 Apr 1592 in Great Bromley, Essex, England c
- Death: 30 Nov 1672 in Cambridge, Massachusetts d
- Burial: Old Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts u
Parents:
- Father:
- David STONE
Birth: 1540 in Great Bromley, Essex, England
Death: After 1597 in Great Bromley, Essex, England
Mother:
- Ursula (STONE)
Family:
Marriage:
- Margaret GARRAD on 20 Jul 1617 at Nayland, Suffolk Co, England .m1
- Margaret GARRAD
Birth: Abt 5 Dec 1597 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 4 Aug 1626 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Children:
- John STONE Birth: Abt 31 Jul 1618 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 5 May 1683
- Daniel Dr STONE Birth: Abt 10 Aug 1620 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 20 Mar 1686/7 in Boston, Massachusetts
- David STONE Birth: Abt 22 Sep 1622 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 16 Jan 1703/4 in Cambridge Farms, Now Lincoln, Massachusetts
- Elizabeth STONE Birth: Abt 3 Oct 1624 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 6 Aug 1626 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Marriage:
Children:
- Elizabeth STONE Birth: 6 Mar 1628/9 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 10 Mar 1712 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
- Samuel STONE Birth: 4 Feb 1630/1 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 27 Sep 1715 in Lexington, Massachusetts
- Sarah STONE Birth: 8 Feb 1632/3 in Nayland, Suffolk Co, England
Death: 8 Apr 1704 in Lexington, Massachusetts
Bibliography
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Anderson, Robert Charles, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. M-LH 929.174And. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-i-a-b/image, ..volume-ii-c-f, iii-g-h, iv-i-l, v-m-p, vi-r-s, vii-t-y. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v[1-7]p[0-9]*].
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Banks, Charles Edward, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650, Philadelphia, PA: Elijah Ellsworth Brownell, 1937. LDS Film#0874196#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/283805. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Topo p[0-9]*].
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Bartlett, J. Gardner, Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass, 1320-1917. Boston:Stone Family Association, 1918. UMI #G548. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=ZxsVAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bartlett STONE p[0-9]*].
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Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
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Stone, Don, Don Stone to Deacon Gregory Stone. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/25/2006. Subject: Re: Ancestry of Eva of Leinster: matrilineal comments. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/EEx_TXzcZ5o/m/17m_6gCA-WEJ. Author address: don at donstonetech.com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Don Stone SGM 1/25/2006-222341].
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Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol 1: Dawes and Allied Families. Privately printed: Charles G Dawes, 1943. LDS Film#1035529#2. NEHGS CS71/D269/1931v1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/256356. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p[0-9]*].
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Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, Concord, NH: Rumsford Press, 1938. NEHGS CS71/P643/1938. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/29865. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p[0-9]*].
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Ravilious, John, John Ravilious to Deacon Gregory Stone. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/25/2006. Subject: Re: Ancestry of Eva of Leinster: matrilineal comments. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/EEx_TXzcZ5o/m/jFetKjTm5KAJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/25/2006-230045].
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Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
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Threlfall, John B, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England, Madison, WI: author, 1990. NEHGS F3/T58/1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/405085. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p[0-9]*].
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Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1987. M-LH 974Tor Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p[0-9]*].
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Whipple, Henry Burdette, A Partial List of the Descendants of Matthew Whipple the Elder, of Bocking, Essec County, England, volume 1. High Point, NC: H.B. Whipple, Oct 1965. UMI #G681. NYPL APV (Whipple) (Whipple, H. B...). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2387154 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WhippleHB WHIPPLE v1p[0-9]*].
- date:
- 19 Apr 1592 [Ref: Bartlett STONE p41]
- bp 19 Apr 1592 [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
- d 1672 age 80 [Ref: Sav-age STONE Gregory],
- place:
- [Ref: Bartlett STONE p41, Threlfall 50GMCol p451],
- parents:
- David STONE & Ursula ___ [Ref: Bartlett STONE p12, Threlfall 50GMCol
p459],
- father:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550],
- brother:
- Simon STONE [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p551, Sav-age STONE
Gregory]
Sources for baptism Information
- date:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550, Threlfall 50GMCol p451],
- place:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550, Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550, Bartlett STONE p65, Sav-age
STONE Gregory, Threlfall 50GMCol p459],
- place:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550, Bartlett STONE p65]
Sources for burial Information
- place:
- [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p459]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret GARRAD
- date:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550, Bartlett STONE p65, Threlfall
50GMCol p451],
- place:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550, Bartlett STONE p65, Threlfall
50GMCol p451],
- child:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550, Anderson GreatMigrationII
v5p551, Bartlett STONE p65, Don Stone SGM 1/25/2006-222341, Threlfall 50GMCol
p457]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lydia (COOPER)
- date:
- abt 1627 [Ref: Bartlett STONE p65]
- abt 1627, second marriage of both [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
- by 1628 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p550]
- second marriage of Lydia [Ref: Sav-age COOPER John, Torrey NE<1700 p182]
- secone marriage of Lydia [Ref: Cutter NE p417],
- place:
- [Ref: Bartlett STONE p65]
- perhaps Dedham [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451],
- names:
- Gregory Deacon STONE & Lydia ___ [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII
v5p550]
- Gregory STONE & Lydia ___ [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p551,
Bartlett STONE p65, Cutter NE p417, John Ravilious SGM 1/25/2006-230045,
Sav-age COOPER John, Threlfall 50GMCol p451, Threlfall 50GMCol p457, Torrey
NE<1700 p182],
- child:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p551, Bartlett STONE p65, John
Ravilious SGM 1/25/2006-230045, Threlfall 50GMCol p457]
Research Notes:
as a young man moved to Nayland, co Suffolk [Ref: Bartlett STONE p39]
origin at Nayland, Suffolk [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p546]
married at Nayland, co Suffolk, a parish about eight miles northwest of
Great Bromley [Ref: Bartlett STONE p41]
brother immigrated Spring 1635 on ship Increase; Gregory likely immigrated
same year but possibly different ship [Ref: Bartlett STONE p44, Threlfall
50GMCol p451]
immigrated from Bromley, Magna, co Essex, to Watertown [Ref: Banks Topo p41]
immigrated from Suffolk Co, to Cambridge, ship Increase [Ref: Banks Topo p166]
1635: immigration, based on admission to Massachusetts Bay freemanship on
25 May 1636 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p546]
first settled in Watertown; he and brother received several parcels of land
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
May 25 1636: freeman of Mass Bay Colony [Ref: Bartlett STONE p41, Threlfall
50GMCol p451]
dwelt for a year or two at Watertown, had a grant of land there [Ref: Sav-age
STONE Gregory]
in Watertown, granted three acres of upland, forty acres of upland, two
acres of meadow, ten acres of plowland, and ten acres of remote meadow [Ref:
Bartlett STONE p41]
25 Jul 1636: granted 40 acres in First Division of the Great Dividend at
Watertown [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p547]
28 Feb 1636/7: granted 10 acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p547]
26 Jun 1637: granted 10 acres in the Remote Meadows [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p547]
Upon his settlement at Watertown, he purchased the homelot and
proprietary share of Thurston Rayner, who was meking the move to
Wethersfield. When he moved to Cambridge, he sold his accumulated land
to Thomas Boyleston [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p547]
1637: moved to Cambridge [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p546]
of Cambridge [Ref: Sav-age STONE Gregory]
6 Feb 1636/7: granted land in Cambridge [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
6 Feb 1636/7: granted half an acre by town of Cambridge [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p547]
Sep 21 1637: bought from Roger Harlakenden a house and five acres in Cambridge
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
Deacon [Ref: WhippleHB WHIPPLE v1p8]
date unknown, but mentioned as Deacon in 1643 [Ref: Bartlett STONE p41]
6 Sep 1638: on of three Representatives from Cambridge to the General Court
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p547, Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
30 Sep 1639: sold his lands in Watertown [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
30 Sep 1639: sold to Nathaniel Sparhawke, agent to Thomas Boilstone of
London, his house and ground in Watertown. [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII
v5p548]
1639: in Cambridge land inventory, held four parcels: one house with five
acres, two acres in West Field, 2 1/2 acres in New West Field, six acres in
New Ox Pasture [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p548]
2 Oct 1640: Committee to "settle the bounds between Boston & Cambridge" [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p547]
6 Sep 1642: in Cambridge land inventory, held 6 parcels: one the common
one dwelling house with outhouses and 5 acres of land, in New West Field
2 acres, in the Ox Pasture 8 1/2 acres, beyond Fresh Pond 40 acres of
upland and meadow, in Fresh Pond Meadow 5 acres, and in Ox Pasture 6
acres [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p548]
by grant and purchase acquired over 400 acres, particularly in Cambridge Farms
(now Lexington and Lincoln) where his sons David and Samuel later settled
[Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p451]
8 Nov 1652: Cambridge committee to "draw up instructions for the
townsmen". Also Committee to "divide the wood on the east side Winottime
River" and other minor town committes [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p547]
Deacon of his church for at least 30 years until his death [Ref: Threlfall
50GMCol p452]
1658: Gregory Stone of Cambridge, aged about sixty-seven years, deposed
that November last he had a black mare colt in the pound, and Joseph Cooke of
Cambridge claimed it. It had no mark, but the sam eday it had a slit given it
on the top of one ear and a shred on the middle of the ear cut off, and the
pound keeper told deponent that Mr Cook did it, and Stone brought away the
colt. Cooke followed him to his house and told him that he made it. Sworn
18:7:1658 before Richard Russell, commissioner of Charlestown [Ref: Threlfall
50GMCol p452]
Jan 1658/9: included in the list of Cambridge church members [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p546]
19 Oct 1664: one of four Cambridge men deputed to present to the General Court
the town's petition in favor of maintaining the existing government, rather
than adopting the new government proposed by the Royal Commission [Ref:
Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p552]
1664: he and three other Cambridge men presented to the General Court a
memorial signed by them and about 140 others, protesting against the then
proposed government of New England by a Royal Commission, as an arbitrary
government in which they were not represented, and contrary to the intent
of the original Patent of the Colony. [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p452]
8 Feb 1668/9: chosen "for catechizing the yough of this town ... at the
remote farms" [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v5p547]
16 Jan 1670/1: again chosen to catechize those at the farms [Ref: Anderson
GreatMigrationII v5p547]
will dated Nov 22 1672; daughter Elizabeth Potter, grandchild Lidea Fiske,
grandchild Jonathan Stone son of David Stone, wife Lydia, sons John, Daniel,
and David; three yougest children Eliz Potter, Samuel Stone, and Sarah Miriam
[Ref: Bartlett STONE p59]
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Will dated 22 Nov 1672, pro 13 Dec 1672:
In the name of God, Amen. I Gregory Stone of Cambridge in New England,
being through the Lord's favor of sound Judgement and memory, do make &
ordeine my last will & testamt in manner following, viz... my imortall soul I
do freely resigne into the arms & mercyes of God my maker, Jesus Christ my
only redeemer, and to the holy spirit, to carry mee on & lead mee forever, my
body to be decently interred at the discrcion of my Xian friends. And for
outward state I do dispose thereof as followeth, i.e.
To my daughter Elizab Potter I do give ten pounds to be pd within halfe a
years after my decease. To my grandchild Lidea Fiske I do give two acres of
land lying in Westfield between ye lands of Jno Holmes & Thomas Oakes, to
enjoy it as soon as it shall be free of ye corne sowne before my decease. To
my grandchild Jno Stone sonne of David Stone, I do give my little cow called
mode, & my little young colt, or five pounds, provided he live with my wife
one year after my decease, & do her faithful service according to his best
ability, during which time my wife, shall find him his meat, drink, and
cloathing, & at the end of the year deliver him the above named cow & colt.
To my dearly beloved wife Lidea Stone, I do leave my dwelling house & lands
thereunto adjoyneing, & Pastures, corne lands, meadows, & wood lands, and all
the appurtenances thereof, as also my household goods & other moveable estate
not above bequeathed (excepting only my wearing cloathes to Jno Stone & David
Stonemy sonnes), And it is my will that my wife shall enjoy the whole during
her life, provided always ifshee do marry againe, then at her marriage shee
shall resigne the houses & lands adjoining with the appurtenances to those of
my children to whom I shall bequeath the same, and while she enjoys them it is
my will that the houses & lands shall in all respects be kept in good repayre,
by her, and so left when shee shall leave them. And to my three sonnes, John
Stone, Daniel Stone & David Stone, I do bequeath my dwelling house, barne, &
lands adjoyneing, being by estimation fifteen acres more or less, also the
wood lotts, & priviledges of the comons belonging thereunto, & fifty acres of
land liing at my farme, being the half pt of one hundred acres yt I had there;
the other fifty acres I dispose of to my sonnes Samuel Stone & Joseph Meriam.
And some addition made mee by the Towne between it and my farme by Isaac
Sternes, wch 2 parcells I do order to my sonne David Stone for ten pounds
toward his share, and this he shall enjoy imediately after my decease. Also I
do give to my said three sonnes the Tables, formes, bedsteads, & copper that
are in the dwelling house. And it is my will yt when my said sonnes shall
come to possess the abovesd houses & lands, whether at my wife's death or
marriage, wch shall first happen, my will is that it shall be in the liberty
of my sonne John Stone to possess the whole, he paying to his other brothers
thirty pounds apeece, i.e. to Daniel thirty pounds, & to David twenty pounds,
the ten pounds above mentioned being by mee appoynted to make up the thirty.
Or if he my sonne John like not so to do, then I do order that they Joyntly
sell ye whole, & divide ye pay, to Jno the one halfe pt & to my sonnes Daniel
& David the other halfe. And the remainder of my estate in lands, cattell,
chattels, moveables, debts, moneys, or wtever, after my deare wife's decease,
I do give and bequeath ye same to my three youngest children, to be equally
divided between them, viz to Elizab Potter, Samuel Stone, & Sarah Meriam. And
I do ordeyne my sonnes John Stone and Samuel Stone Executors of this my last
will & testam, to whome I do comitt the care for their deare mother, my wife.
And in testimony that this is my last will (renouncing all former wills by mee
made) I do hereunto put my hand & seale, this 22th of Novembr 1672.
Mem. before the divission be made as above, I do give & bequeath to Jn
Cooper ten pounds, & to Lidea Fiske ten pounds, and the remainder to be
divided as above is declared. Gregory Stone.
Sealed & d d In presence off us: Thomas Danforth senr, Edward Hall, Solomon
Prentiss
Taken upon Oath by all the witnesses subscribed 14.10.1672 [Ref: Threlfall
50GMCol p453]
Pedigree of Gregory Deacon STONE
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William ATTE STONE
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Walter ATTE STONE
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John ATTE STONE
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Simon STONE
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David STONE
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Elizabeth (STONE)
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Simon STONE
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David STONE
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Agnes (STONE)
Gregory Deacon STONE
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Ursula (STONE)
Descendants of Gregory Deacon STONE
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