Mary STONE

Mary married Jonas RICE on 10 Feb 1701 in , Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Jonas (son of Thomas RICE and Mary KING) was born on 06 Mar 1672 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 20 Sep 1753 in Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Silence RICE was born on 30 Apr 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
2. Adonijah RICE was born in 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in young.
3. Jonas RICE was born in Apr 1707 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in Mar or Apr 1793 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts.
4. Absalom RICE was born on 29 Aug 1709 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 07 Jul 1781.
5. Adonijah RICE was born on 07 Nov 1714 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1802 in Bridport, Vermont.

Daniel married Mary WARD on 22 Nov 1667 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of William WARD and Elizabeth ?) was born about 1647; died on 10 Jun 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He came to America and was an original proprietor of Sudbury, building in several places there; first within the limits of Sudbury, or Wayland, and in 1658 in what is now Saxonville on land which was purchased from the Indians and confirmed by a grant of the Massachusetts BAy Colony, 1656. Ann Howe was a daughter of Elder Edward Howe, who died June 14, 1644, and married Margaret; he was one of the original proprietors of "Watertown where he was part owner of a mill."

John married Anna ROGERS in 1639. Anna (daughter of Barnaby ROGERS and Mary WELLS) was christened on 14 May 1615 in Boxed, Co. Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The first mention of William Ward, and his being in America, that I have been able to find, was in 1639. In that year, according to the records of Sudbury, the proprietors of that plantation made three divisions of their lands; the first in 639, the second and third, in 1640 - it appears of record, that WilliamWard shared in each of these divisions; then having a second wife and several children. Tradition, transmitted from his early descendants, says he came from Yorkshire or Derbyshire in England. Investigations have recently been made inEngland to ascertain his paternity, but without any satisfactory result. They are still being made for that purpose, and to learn the names of his wives and births of his children, who came here with him. Yet, as considerable time may elapse before the final result can be obtained, and when obtained, may not be conclusive, it is deemed not advisable to delay this publication for information from abroad to the disappointment at hime, of many of his descendants, who are impatient by reason of their advanced age, to be informed of their ancestry, at least in America, before they go hence.

Information already received, renders it improbable that he came from Yorkshire, although it is quite certain, that his early ancestors were of that place. Seven hundred and ten distinguished persons, each bearing but one name, accompanied William, the Conqueror, from Normandy to the conquest of England in 1066; a record of all of whose names is yet preserved. Among the number, was "Ward, one of the noble Captains." This is the earliest period in which the name is found in English history, and the first which appears there with an additional name was William de la Ward, residing in Chester, in 1175.......

The Wards of Yorkshire spread into the adjoining counties of England; those of Durham, whence it may be, came William Ward, afterwards of Sudbury, were descendants of Yorkshire Wards - the ams anciently belonging to the family here, were Azure, a cross baton, or Crest, wolfs head erased - and such were those of the Durham Wards.

William Ward was made freeman in 1643; represented Sudbury in the General Court in 1644, and was several years Chairman of the selectman, as he was in 1660, when he removed from that town.....

William Ward, in common with others, endured great hardships and sustained great losses by Indian hostilities more especially in the time of King Phillip's war in 1675-6, when his buildings were fired, his cattle destroyed, and one of his sons slain by the enemy.

He died at Marlborough, Aug. 10, 1687; the record there does not state his age - a knowledge of which would greatly facilitate the discovery of his parentage by identifying him from others of the name of William, who, as appears by records from England, were born within a few years of each other - his age is supposed to have been eighty five or ninety; probably it was the later. His Will bears date "the sixth of April in the year of our Lord Christ, on thousand six hundred and eighty-six;" wherein he says, "enjoying through God's mercy the entireness of my understanding; but by reason of my great age and the infirmaties thereof, being sensible of approaching death, do make this my last will," &c. - appoints his "loving wife, Elizabeth, sole executrix;" gives liberally to her, and requests his "sons, John Ward, Increase Ward, and son-in-law, Abraham Williams, to be helpful to his wife, as occasion may require; - gives "to all my own children, viz. all my sons and daughters, which I have by my former wife, and all that I have surviving by my present wife." He also gave legacies to his grand children and to their mothers, children and widows of his "sons, Richard and Eleazer, deceased." He had fourteen children; and as he gave to all the children by his former wife, and to the surviving by his then wife, it is presumed all of them by the first wife were living at the date of his Will; and that Richard, his fourth child, who died in 1666, at the age of thirty-one years, was by his last wife - hence he must have married a second time, some years before he left England.

His widow, when past her seventy-fourth year, made several journies to Boston, as appears by the Probate records there, before she effected a settlement of his estate with the exorbitant and tyrannical Andros, Governor, Judge of Probate, &c. Considering the distance she resided from Boston, exceeding thirty miles, much of the way a wilderness frequented by lurking savages, a bridle way her road, and on which one of her sons had been a few years before shot down by the enemy at noon day, she must have been a person of great fortitude, and possessed of physical power in an eminent degree.

She died at Marlborough, where, some years since, her gave stone was standing, on which was an inscription as follows:

"Here lyes the body of Elizabeth Ward, the servant of the Lord - deceased in 87 year of her age, Dec. ye 9, in the year of our Lord 1700."

William married Elizabeth ?. Elizabeth was born about 1613; died on 09 Dec 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gregory Stone, immigrant ancestor, son of David Stone, was baptized in Much Bromley, county Essex, England, April 19, 1592. According to his own deposition made September 18, 1658, he was born in 1591 or 1592, his age at that time being given as about sixty-seven years. His age at death, November 30, 1672, was given as eighty-two. He was born there, in all probability, in 1591. He was admitted freeman with his brother Simon, May 25, 1636. He was a proprietor in Watertown, but resided most of his life in Cambridge, where he had some famous orchards for his day. His farm was on the present site of the Botanic Gardens of Harvard university. He was one of the most prominent men of his day. He was deputy to the general court; was deacon of the church and served thirty-four years, being the last survivor of the original membership; was a civil magistrate and one of the governor's deputies. His will proved December 14, 1672, mentions his wife, Lydia, and her children by a former husband, John Cooper and Lydia Fiske, his sons, Daniel, David, John and Samuel, daughters, Elizabeth Porter, Sarah, wife of David Merriam, and grandson, John, son of David Stone. He married in England, July 20, 1617, Margaret Garrad, born December 5, 1597, died August, 1626, in England. He married (second) Lydia Cooper, widow, who died June 24, 1674. Her son by her former marriage was John, who married Anne Sparhawk; their daughter Lydia married David Fiske. Children of Gregory and Margaret Stone: 1. John, born July 31, 1618. 2. Daniel, baptized July 15, 1620. 3. David, baptized September 22, 1622. 4. Elizabeth, 1624. Children by second wife; 5. Elizabeth, baptized March 6, 1628. 6. Samuel, Baptized February 4, 1630. 7. Sarah, baptized February 8, 1632. They were all baptized in the church at Nayland, England.

Gregory married Margaret GARRAD on 20 Jul 1617 in England. Margaret was christened on 5 Dec 1597 in Nayland, co. Suffolk, England; died in Aug 1626 in England; was buried on 4 ug 1626 in Nayland, co. Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Garrad

Barnaby married Mary WELLS on 25 Apr 1610 in Boxed, Essex, England. Mary was born in Boxted, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Robert Wells and Margaret Boshebe