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Facts and Events
| Name |
Reuben Stone |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][3] |
Abt 1719 |
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Christening[2] |
9 Feb 1723/24 |
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
16 Jul 1745 |
Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Stebbins (add) |
| Death[1] |
Bef 4 Jul 1797 |
Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
Personal History
Reuben Stone, second son of Jonathan Stone[3] and Abiel[2] (Bigelow), was baptized 9 February 1723/4, in Framingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay, after the death of his father and on the same day as his three brothers,[2] and was said to be in his 16th year of age on 8 April 1734.[3]
In the will of his grandfather, Nathaniel Stone, dated 23 June 1732,[4] the heirs of “my third son Jonathan Ston being deceased” were bequeathed a tract of land in Framingham of about 50 acres “to be distributed by Abiele Ston the relict widow.” On 12 March 1734,[3] in Framingham, Reuben Stone, son of Jonathan Stone late of Framingham, along with his brothers Jonathan and Simeon, signed a letter declaring that he had chosen Micah Stone to be his guardian. On 8 April 1734, Micah Stone of Framingham, husbandman, signed bonds in the amount of £200 each for granting the three guardianships.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bartlett, J. Gardner. Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917. (Boston, Massachusetts: Stone Family Association, 1918)
p. 146.
Reuben Stone [#46], s/o Jonathan, b. Framingham 1719, bp. Framingham 9 Feb 1723/4, m. Sutton 16 Jul 1745 Mary Stebbins. Will of Reuben Stone of Petersham, dated 5 Mar 1788, presented 4 Jul 1797 (but never proved), mentions wife Mary, son Jesse [executor], daughters Mary Perry and Rachel Hagar, Samuel, Reuben and Azuba Stone [under age] children of eldest son Reuben deceased.
[Note: no explanation for birth in 1719 given, apparently not recorded, and it conflicts with Simeon's age at death. Possibly based on his choosing of a guardian 12 Mar 1733/34, which is mentioned in the text, that being assumed to mean he recently turned 14. It would certainly suggest he was born by 1719.]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “Framingham births”, in Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
p. 189.
“STONE, Reuben, s. of wid. Abiel, bp. Feb. 9, 1723–4. record from diary of Rev. Jonathan Swift, now in possession of Framingham Historical Society.”
Note: brothers Jonathan, Levi, and Simeon baptized the same day.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
first series 1648–1871, file no. 21653, Jonathan Stone & al, 1734; FHL 421530 (Probate papers 21608–21691), image nos. 494–498 (DGS 7553808, starting at image 496).
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9D5-NSJ4 : accessed 23 Feb. 2017)
Three bonds £200 each, dated 8 April 1734, guardian of Jonathan Stone (18th year of age), Reuben Stone (16th year of age), Simeon Stone (15th year of age) (all sons of Jonathan Stone late of Framingham) to Micah Stone; wit. by S. Danforth, Wm Ireland. Guardian declaration by Jonathan Stone, Reuben Stone, Simeon Stone, “miners of above 14 years of age,” dated 12 March 1734, Framingham.
- ↑ See the references for his grandfather's probate. From his will: “my third son Jonathan Ston being Dcestd I Give and bequeth unto his Heirs a cartain tract of Land lying and being situat within the bounds of Framingham by estemation fifty acers be the same more or less … the said land to be Distributed by Abiele Ston the Relict widow of the said Jonathn Ston”.
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