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1761 - 1798 (36 years)
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Oliver STONE [1] |
- Being a posthumous child and also losing his mother when a few years old, he was bound out in boyhood to Solomon Matthews of New Braintree, Mass., and later, on 6 Oct. 1777, he chose Mr. Matthews for his guardian. (Worcester County Probate Record, no. 56836)
Oliver Stone engaged in at least thee campaigns in the Revolution. From 27 July to 29 Aug. 1777 he was private in Capt. Edmund Hodge's company, Col. Job Cushing's regiment, in the Bennington expedition, serving one month and seven days to the northward, including four days (ninety miles) travel home; from 30 Mar to 2 July 1778 he served in Capt. Thomas Whipple's company, Col. Abijah Searns' regiment, guarding prisoners from General Burgoyne's army; and he also appears in a descriptive list of men raised for six months' service with the Continental Army, as Oliver Stone of New Braintree, aged nineteen years, stature five feet, four inches, complexion light, enlisted 11 July 1780, discharged 11 Jan. 1781, service six months and nine days including 160 miles travel home. This service was in Washington's army on the Hudson River. ("Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution," vol. 15, p.116)
In the United States Census of 1790, Oliver Stone is listed as head of a family in New Braintree, Mass., of one male over sixteen years, two males under sixteen years and three females. His name does not appear there in the United States Direct Tax of 1798, so before this year he removed to Nelson, Madison County, New York, where he afterwards resided and died. [1]
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Birth |
27 Apr 1761 |
New Braintree, Massachusetts [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Poss. Bef 1798 |
Nelson, Madison Co., New York [1] |
Person ID |
I101232 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
23 Oct 2020 |
Father |
Ensign Oliver STONE, b. 20 Jan 1719/20, Groton, Massachusetts d. 21 Jan 1761 (Age 41 years) |
Mother |
Mary FROST, c. 11 Aug 1728, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts |
Marriage |
12 May 1757 |
Cambridge, Massachusetts [1] |
Family ID |
F42075 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Mary DOW, b. 29 May 1768, New Braintree, Massachusetts |
Marriage |
15 Sep 1785 [1] |
Children |
+ | 1. Lieut. David STONE, b. Abt 1788, New Baintree, Massachusetts d. 5 Jun 1863, Nelson, Madison Co., New York (Age 75 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F42074 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
23 Oct 2020 |
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Sources |
- [S2562] J. Gardner Bartlett, Simon Stone Genealogy Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass. 1320-1926.
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