Nathaniel Stone I (1660 - 1732)

This profile is part of the Stone Name Study.

Biography

Nathaniel was born in 1660. He is the son of John Stone and Ann Rogers.

• Burial: 1732
• http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Nathaniel's parents were born in England but were early settlers of Sudbury. Sudbury was incorporated in 1639. At that time, the boundaries of Sudbury included (by 1653) all what is now of Wayland (which split off in 1780), and parts of Framingham, Marlborough, Stow and Maynard. John Stone is listed multiple times in the book by Alfred S. Hudson entitled "The history of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889." He is listed on page 29 as one of the very first settlers of Sudbury, living there as no later than about 1638 or 1639. Page 27 mentions that he was first a settler of Watertown, and a son-in-law of Elder Edward How. This book was published by Hudson in 1889, and ever since then there has been a discussion of who John Stone's wife was. That her first name was Anne is certain, but her maiden name has been the subject of controversy since Hudson published his book in 1889. It is almost certain that she was not Anne How. Her correct maiden name is still a subject of controversy.

Regardless, John and Anne had at least four children while living in Sudbury, many of whom are listed in Sudbury vital records, including Hannah in 1640, Daniel in 1644, David in 1646, Margaret in 1653, Tabitha in 1655, Sarah in 1657, and Nathaniel in 1660. Missing from this list are John, Mary, and Elizabeth. It is likely that all the children born after David were actually born in what became Framingham. On Wikipedia, it says that Framingham, sited on the ancient trail known as the Old Connecticut Path, was first settled when John Stone settled on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647, but Framingham wasn't incorporated until 1700.

Nathaniel is listed in the book, "Gregory Stone genealogy : ancestry and descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917" on page 86 (found on ancestry.com). It says he married, in Sudbury, Sarah Waite, 25 April 1684. They had 9 children together and Sarah outlived her husband. Since Framingham wasn't incorporated until 1700, the birth of the first six children are listed in Sudbury vital records, and the last three in Framingham.

Birth

• • 11 May 1660, Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass. Nathaniel Stone, son to John Stone and Anne^[1]

Marriage

Nathaniel Stone married Sarah Waite in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on 25 April 1684^[2]

Family

Nathaniel & Sarah Stone's children, born Sudbury, Massachusetts:

1. Nathaniel Stone, born October 15, 1685.^[3][4]
2. Ebenezer Stone, baptized Sudbury, Massachusetts on 16 April 1688^[5]
3. Jonathan Stone, born 24 March 1690^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4D4-9ZG : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Nathaniel Stone, 11 May 1660; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 131; FHL microfilm 185455
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-L8H : 10 November 2020), Nathaniel Stone, 25 Apr 1684; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/139/142136193
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ66-WB4 : 15 January 2020), Nathaniel Stone in entry for Nathaniel Stone, 1685.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D4-9JK : 10 November 2020), Nathaniel Stone in entry for Ebenezer Stone, 1688.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ66-WQF : 15 January 2020), Nathaniell Stone in entry for Jonathan Stone, 1690.

See also:

• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908). Access online at GoogleBooks, Vol. 2, page 806-7.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 November 2016, 21:48), entry for Nathaniel Stone(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHK1-DKC); contributed by various users.
• Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown (D. Clapp, Boston, 1879) Page 986