STONE, Sarah

1633 - 1704  (71 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	STONE, Sarah
  Christening	8 Feb 1632	Nayland, Suffolk, England
  Birth	8 Feb 1633	Nayland, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Apr 1704
  Death	5 Apr 1704	Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States   [1]
  WAC	8 Sep 1929  [2]
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  Person ID	I27486	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Family	MERRIAM, Joseph II ,   b. 1629, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesd. 20 Apr 1677, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1653	Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 25 May 1985, PROVO.
  Family ID	F14950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Sarah Stone is the daughter of Gregory Stone & Lydia, widow of _____Cooper. She is not the daughter of Lydia and her first husband ___Cooper. Check out her surname "Stone" and read the book "Gregory Stone his ancestors and descendants. Sarah Stone cannot be detached from the erroneous /cooper fathers because they are "Read only" Joseph Merriam , son of Joseph Merriam, was born in Hadlow, Kent, England, born about 1628, and came with his parents to America in 1638. He was admitted a freeman May 22, 1650. He married 12 July 1653, Sarah Stone, daughter of Gregory Stone, of Cambridge. He died 20 April 1677, aged 47 years, and his gravestone is the oldest in the Concord cemetery. His widow removed to Cambridge farms where she died April 5th, 1704 aged 71 years. " Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts. Prepared under the Editorial Supervision of Ellery Bicknell Crane". Pg. 19. Researched by Franklin Russ Barney Deacon Gregory Stone and his brother Simon Stone of New England (in 1635) were descended from a family of yeoman rank. Their ancestors bear from about 1300 the surname Stone in the lineal male line and were located from generations in the adjacent rural parishes of Little Bentley, Ardleigh and Great Bromley in Tend-ring Hundred, Essex, England, about 55 miles East of London. Gregory Stone was born in Great Bromeley, Essex, England and baptized there 10 April 1592, the youngest of eleven children. Of his youth little is known but he did learn to read and write. While records have been preserved showing that Deacon Simon Stone, brother to Deacon Gregory Stone, brought his family to New England in the ship "Increase" in the spring of 1635, the name and date of sailing of the vessel which brought Deacon Gregory Stone and his family hither remains unknown, but he came sometime in 1635, bringing his wife, his second, Lydia —, and six children with him. Two of our lines trace back to Gregory Stone and one to his brother Simon. They were both deacons of their church. Our line comes through Sarah, Gregory's daughter. On 30 September 1639, Gregory sold his Watertown lands. Part of the lands of Deacon Gregory Stone in Cambridge were bounded on the south by lands of his brother Simon in Watertown. On 11 October 1647 Gregory was granted 200 acres at Cambridge Farms (now Lexington and Lincoln.) In a book, Gregory Stone Genealogy, by Bartlett, we find that (on 6 September 1630) Gregory Stone "appears as one of the three deputies for Cambridge to the Massachusetts General Court."It was at the previous session of 2 May 1638 that the name of the town was changed from Newtowne to Cambridge. This seems to have been the only regular civil town or colony office ever held by him; but from the first settlement in Cambridge to almost the very close of his life—a period of 35 years, he was continually elected and served on numerous committees, appointed to manage special town affairs. The clear common sense of the deacon and his wife appears from the fact that they were among the signers of a certificate in behalf of Winefred Holman, accused of witchcraft, that they never knew anything in her life concerning witchcraft. The most noteworthy committee on which Deacon Gregory Stone served was in 1664 when he and three other Cambridge men presented to the General Court a memorial signed by them and about 140 other residents of Cambridge, protesting against the then proposed government of New England by a Royal Commission, as an arbitrary government of council or parliament in which they were not represented and contrary to the intent of the original patent of the colony. This was the first muttering of the spirit which over 100 years late r was heard in full tones in the Declaration of Independence of 1776. As Deacon Gregory Stone was prominent among the first to protest in Massachusetts against government without representation by the governed, so a little over a century later, all his descendants were found united in resisting taxation without representation, and their convictions were as steadfast in that political crisis as ha d been those on theology of their ancestor, Deacon Gregory Stone, a century and a half earlier. Of Captain Parker's little band of 60 men who stood on Lexington Common on the morning of 19 April 1775, and offered the first organized armed resistance of the American Revolution, at least 25 (including Captain Parker, himself) had in their veins the blood of Deacon Gregory Stone. On the walls of a building built in 1657 by his stepson, Deacon John Cooper, the following inscription was placed by the Stone Family Association in 1913: These very walls Must oftentimes have sheltered The Benignant presence of Gregory Stone In memory of whom His revering descendants Unto the tenth generation Of women and men On this seventh day of June In the year of Our Lord Nineteen hundred and thirteen Leave here this tablet For the eyes of them that shall come ******************************* * Founder of our family line A national figure as well By reason of his membership In the committee of four Which presented to the General Court The Cambridge petition of 1664 The first murmur of American Remonstrance Against Incipient English Encroachment A sower therefore Of the very first seed Of the American Revolution Which entered then and there Upon the weary century of its upgrowth ********************************* * Born in Much Bromley, Essex Co., England There baptized April 19, 1592 By wife Margaret Garrad the father of John, Daniel, David. By wife Lydia, widow of Cooper, the father of Elizabeth, Samuel, Sarah. Came to Massachusetts In 1635 Brother of Simon of Watertown Stepfather of John Cooper the founder of this house Lived in the homestead hard by On the land now Harvard University died November 30, 1672 Buried in the Cambridge Graveyard Forefather Of a cloud of witnesses Who On the stricken fields of the Revolution Made good his word ******************************** * The records found of Deacon Stone reveal a fine type of the Puritan of his day; a man of vigorous physique and vitality; of uncompromising convictions, an d strict integrity, caring for nothing but his God, unambitious for wealth and power, but by thrift acquiring a comfortable estate, an d always ready to serve his fellowman in local affairs in which they looked to him for probity, good judgment and impartiality; a devout, honest, esteemed member of his community. He must have continued in vigorous health almost to the end of his life, as in 1671, in his 80th year, he served on committees. On 22 November 1672, a week before his decease, evidently realizing his end was near, he settled his affairs and mad e his will. He died at Cambridge on 30 Nov 1672. Gregory and Margaret Garrad Stone’s son David Stone married about 1648, Dorcas — ; she died at Cambridge Farms, 13 July 1704 . They were the parents of Samuel Stone, born in that part of Cambridge Farms now Lincoln, 19 June 1656, lived there until his death. Samuel Stone was a farmer and in 1699 was deeded by his father David about 62 acres of land. Samuel was a soldier in King Philip's War. He died 2 January 1703-4. Samuel married Hannah. Their daughter Tabitha Stone, baptized 2 May 1700, died in Lexington 22 June 1760; married Thomas Merriam in 1723. Two of our direct lines are traced back to Deacon Gregory Stone. ******************************************************************************************************************************* Also in our direct line is Simon Stone, brother of Deacon Gregory Stone, settled in Watertown. He joined the church there. That he was held in esteem in the community is apparent from the fact that he was soon called to hold office, both civil and ecclesiastical. The Watertown Records show that he was chosen a selectman in 1636, 1640, 1641, 1650, 1651, and 1655, and previous to 1649 he was elected a deacon in the Watertown Church, which office he held until his death. He also served on numerous committees for town affairs. Deacon Simon Stone died in Watertown 22 Sep 1665, in his 80th year. He married first at Great Bromley, Essex, England 5 August 1616, Joane Clark. He married second in New England a widow, Sarah. Simon had by his first wife, Simon Stone who married Mary Whipple. Simon Stone and Mary Whipple were the parents of Simon Stone who married Sarah Farnsworth. They were parents of Sarah Stone, born in 1688, married at Groton, Massachusetts, 2 September 1708 to Stephen Farr. [This is the Farr line from which Sarah Matilda (Farr) Barney descended.]

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Sarah STONE; Female; Death: 05 APR 1704 ; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 31 Aug 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Sarah STONE; Female; Death: 05 APR 1704 ; Baptism: 05 SEP 1992 JRIVE; Endowment: 23 OCT 1992 JRIVE; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 31 Aug 2004