Simon STONE

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• Fact: Between 1678 and 1679, Representative

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Dea. Simon Stone, born in Boxted, co. Essex, England, about 1630, was brought to New England by his parents in 1635. He was brought up as a farmer on the paternal homestead at Mount Auburn in Watertown, Mass., to which he succeeded on his father's death in 1665. In 1662 he became a proprietor of lands in Groton, Mass., totaling eighty-eight acres which were recorded 17 Feb. 1670/1; these lands he eventually settled on his two eldest sons, Simon and JohnStone who located there. But Dea. Simon Stone always resided on the homestead in Watertown and became more prominent in local public affairs than his father had been. From 1672 to 1679 (inclusive) and 1681 to 1686 (inclusive) he was elected a selectman; in 1672, 1673, 1676, 1677, 1679, 1681, 1682, 1684, 1687 and 1690 he was chosen town clerk, and from 1678 to 1684 (inclusive) and in 1686, 1689 and 1690 he was deputy for Watertown to the Massachusetts General Court. In his later yeas he was a deacon of the Watertown Church.

On 3 Feb. 1668/9, Simon Stone, farmer, and wife Mary, convey to Simon Coolidge a farm in Watertown (now Weston), late of the widow and heirs of Henry Greene, clerk, deceased containing fifty-five acres, bounded east by Benjamin Wellington, south by Nathaniel Coolidge, west by Robert Jennison, and north by Samuel Hyde, Sen. (Middlesex County Deeds, vol. 3, fl. 336).

During his lifetime, Dea. Simon Stone divided all his property, both real and personal, among his large family of children, giving the homestead at Mount Auburn to his youngest child Ens. Jonathan Stone and a hundred acre farm adjoining on the west to another son David Stone; so at his death he left no will and no administration was taken out on his estate. He died in Watertown, 27 Feb. 177/8 and was buried in the Old Watertown Cemetery where his gravestone remains with the following inscription:

HERE LYES YE
BODY OF SIMON
STONE, DIED FEBRY
YE 27TH 1708
AETALIS SUAE 77
THE MEMORY OF
THE JUST IS BLESSED

Dea. Simon Stone married about 1655 Mary Whipple, born in Bocking, co. Essex, England, about 1634, daughter of Elder John and Susanna Whipple, and when a child brought to New England by her parents.

Family/Spouse: Mary WHIPPLE. Mary was born about 1634 in Bocking, co. Essex, England; died on 02 Jun 1720 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dea. Simon Stone was born on the Stone homestead at Mount Auburn in Watertown, Mass., 8 Sep. 1656 and lived in that town until after he became of age. When he was nineteen years old, the sanguinary contest with the New England Indians, known as King Philip's War, broke out, in which Simon stone rendered active service. During the autumn of 1675 and the winter of 1675/6, he was in the garrison houses at Mendon and Groton, Mass., on 20 Dec. 1675, being credited with 10s. for service in the former and on 25 Jan. 1675/6, being credited with L3-18-0 for service in the latter. He also served in the spring and summer of 1676 in Capt. Joseph Scyll's company on an expedition against the Indians in central and western Massachusetts; credits for same L3-11-0. He was one of the claimants for rights in the Narragansett Townships granted by the Province of Massachusetts in 1735 to the soldiers (or their heirs) in King Philip's War; and on 24 June 1735 drew Lot 15 in Narragansett Township No. 6, which became Templeton, Massachusetts (Bodge's "Soldiers in King Philip's War," pp. 363, 360, 273 and 436).

A few years after King Philip's War, Simon Stone, settled in Groton, Mass., on land given to him by his father, who was one of the early proprietors of that town. Here he became a prosperous farmer, held various town offices, was representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1706, and like his father and grandfather, was also a deacon in the church, being elected such at Groton, 22 Apr. 1715, an office indicating that he was held in esteem by the community. During his lifetime he settled his estate upon his children, so at his death he left no will and no administration was taken out on his estate. Surviving to the ripe old age of eighty-five years he died in Groton, 19 Dec. 1741. His gravestone in the old Groton Cemetery bears the following inscription:

HERE LIES BURIED
YE BODY OF DEAC
SIMON STONE
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE
DECEMB YE 19TH
A.D. 1741
AGE 85 YEARS
3 M.& 11D.

Simon married Sarah FARNSWORTH about 1685. Sarah was born about 1663 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1731 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah NUTTING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Margaret TROWBRIDGE on 18 Mar 1686. Margaret (daughter of Deacon James TROWBRIDGE and Margaret ATHERTON) was born on 20 Apr 1666; died on 04 May 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Abigail ? after 1710. Abigail died in 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Sarah LIVERMORE on 08 Apr 1722. Sarah died in 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Deacon Comfort STARR on 14 Nov 1683 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Comfort was born on 4 Feb 1661/2 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 9 Jun 1729 in Dedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Isaac STEARNS about 1696. Isaac (son of Isaac STEARNS, Jr. and Sarah BEERS) was born on 26 Aug 1665 in Cambridge Farms (now Lexington) Massachusetts; died about Apr 1741 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Mary RICE on 10 Dec 1710. Mary (daughter of Joseph RICE and Mary BEERS) was born on 6 Aug 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanna married Hon. Edward GODDARD, Esq. in Jun 1697 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Edward (son of William GODDARD and Elizabeth MILES) was born on 24 Mar 1674/5 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Feb 1754 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Ruth EDDY on 15 Nov 1699. Ruth (daughter of Samuel EDDY and Sarah MEADE) was born on 3 Nov 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Oct 1702; was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary ?. Mary was born in 1673; died on 24 Jun 1720; was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hepzibah COOLIDGE. Hepzibah was born on 27 Feb 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Mar 1763; was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]