Person:Samuel Stone (15)

STONE, Samuel, Capt., of Lex., 84 y., Apr. 5, 1769.

Samuel of Sam: Stone Born : 12. 6. [16]84.
[Note: In old-styles dates, the sixth month is August. More info may be found here.]

Capt. Samuel Stone [#28], s/o Dea. Samuel Stone [#12, p. 95, and Dorcas Jones], b. Cambridge Farms, now Lincoln, 12 Aug 1684, d. Lexington 5 Apr 1769, m. Woburn 3 Apr 1706 Abigail Reed. Lived in Concord, then Sudbury. Was a proprietor of Rutland. Will of "Samuel Stone of Lexington", dated 13 May 1760, heirs cited 18 Apr 1769, mentions wife Abigail; sons Samuel, Jonas, Isaac; daughters Abigail Perry, Tabitha Noyes, Mary Bent, Susanna Bent, Eunice Reed, Sybil White; grandchildren John Stone, Israel Stone, Sarah Stone, Eunice Bellows, Beulah Stone, Elizabeth Stone and Hepzibah Stone, children of daughter Elizabeth Stone, deceased; heirs of son Nathan Stone, deceased [receipt names them as Nathan, Jeduthan, Lois, Rebecca Stone, Mary Rice, Thankful Savage]. Sons Samuel, Jonas, and Isaac executors [Middlesex Probate 21716].

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HILLS
...Muschopauge Hill is by many feet the highest land in town, and has a commanding and beautiful prospect of the North and East, and is the only hill in town that retains its Indian name.On it there is a place of roots and herbs, called the "Indian Garden." This hill was originally laid out to Capt. Edward Rice and Capt. Samuel Stone.

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CAPT. SAMUEL STONE of Lexington, formerly of Sudbury, was Proprietor of House Lot No. 25, and all its after divisions, and with his sons became owner of about 900 acres.
Mr. Samuel Stone, jun'r, owned and lived on the House Lot and after divisions contiguous, and was one of the first settlers of the town. He was, on Oct. 20, 1732, married to Mindwell, daughter of Dea. Stevens, by whom he had the following children: Esther, born in 1733; Samuel, 1736; Isaac, 1739; Mindwell, 1742; Stevens, 1744; second Stevens, 1746; Elijah, 1749.
Mr. Stone, though advanced in life, was so engaged in the liberty of his country, he entered its service, and died in the Revolutionary war. His son, Isaac, died in the French war, Nov. 20, 1756. Mindwell and Stevens died young. Esther married John Briant; Samuel married Patience Atherton, in 1756, by whom he had one son, named Samuel. Mrs. Stone died with small pox, Dec. 1759. Mr. Stone married for his second wife, Dorothy Fletcher in 1761, by whom he had Thomas, born in 1762; Dorothy, 1764; Alpheus F. Fletcher, 1767; Abigail, 1769; Susanna, 1772. Mr. Stone died Dec. 10, 1775, in the fortieth year of his age. He was an active and useful citizen in the commencement of the revolution.
Second Stevens, on August 30, 1770, married Mercy Munro; Elijah was, on April 18, 1771, married to Eunice Savage.

Here lies
Interred the Remains
of Cap^t
Samuel Stone who
Departed this Life
April 5^th 1769 In the
85^th year of his age.