Person:Simon Stone (1)

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8PH9-5C

1. ↑ Green, Samuel A. Epitaphs from the old burying ground in Groton, Massachussetts: with notes and an appendix. (Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1878)
   255.

   Stone. This has been a common name for nearly two centuries, and the families bearing it have lived in the south part of the town. Deacon Simon Stone was an original proprietor, owning an eighteen-acre right. He was the oldest of the children of Deacon Simon and Mary (Whipple) Stone, of Watertown. Perhaps he is the person referred to by Mather (Magnalia, vii. 74), who was severely wounded by the Indians, July 4, 1690, at Exeter, New Hampshire. Simon Stone and John Stone, mentioned in the distribution of garrison, March 17, 1691-2, were probably father and son. Simon married Sarah –---, and it is probable that several of his children were born before he came to Groton, as their births are not recorded in the town records. Among these were John and Simon, Jr., who were often chosen town officers; James, a son of Simon, Jr., was a deacon in the church.

   -- There is a supposition presented that "Simon Stone and John Stone, mentioned in the distribution of garrison, March 17, 1691-2, were probably father and son.", but this is unlikely as Simon was only abt 35 years old at this time. They were more likely brothers, aged abt 35 and 33 respectively.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave.

   Simon Stone
   
   Eldest s/o Simon & Mary (Whipple) Stone
   
   He was a Deacon.
   
   First husband of Dorcas Jones, married 12 Jun 1679 in Cambridge, MA
   
   Second Husband of Sarah Farnsworth, married 1684/1685 in Of Groton, Middlesex, MA
   
   They have 11 children.

   -- The Dorcas Jones listed in this memorial has having married Simon on June 12, 1679 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was actually married to Deacon Samuel Stone on that date in that place as is shown in records.

3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   53:346-7.

   SIMON STONE (Simon,2 Simon1), was in the King Philip's war serving in one of the garrisons in Groton, in January, 1675-6, and in Capt. Joseph Sill's company against the Indians in June, 1676. He was also in the King William's war, being in Exeter, N.H., when that place was assaulted by the Indians July 4, 1690, and was severely wounded. Cotton Mather, in his Magnalia, Vol. II., page 606, said: “there happened at this time a remarkable thing * * * one Simon Stone being wounded with shot in nine several places lay for dead among the dead. The Indians coming to strip him attempted with two several blows of a hatchet, at his neck, to cut off his head, which blows added, you may be sure, more enormous wounds into those port-holes of death at which the life of the poor man was already running out as fast as it could. * * The English now coming to bury the dead, one of the soldiers perceived this poor man to fetch a gasp * * * [and] lifted up the wounded man and poured a little fair water into his mouth at which he coughed; then they poured a little strong water after it at which he opened his eyes * * * * But Simon Stone was thoroughly cured and is at this day a very lusty man * * * that nothing may be despaired of remember Simon Stone.”
   
   Soon after the King Philip's war was ended Simon3 settled in Groton, and was a citizen there as early as 1680, and was taxed for the support of the minister, the Rev. Gershom Hobart, in 1681. In 1691-2, he and his brother John served in a garrison in Groton, to assist in defending the inhabitants against the Indians. He was a farmer and a deacon of the church, and filled many positions of trust and responsibility in town, and was a representative to the General Court. He married Sarah Farnsworth, daughter of Matthias Farnsworth of Groton, about 1683.
   
   Children:
   
   i. SARAH,4 b. about 1684; m. Sept. 28, 1708, Stephen Farr of Stowe.
   ii. SIMON, b. August 1, 1686; m. Sarah Farnsworth, 1746.
   iii. ABIGAIL, b. 1691; m. Dec. 11, 1718, Nathaniel Holden; d. Sept. 29, 1757.
   iv. MARY, b. about 1692; m. Abraham Whitney. They lived in Stowe.
   v. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 23, 1694; m. Jacob Chamberlin of Newton.
   vi. ISAAC, b. May 4, 1697; d. Sept. 30, 1723.
   vii. HANNAH, b. 1699; d. Sept. 27, 1723.
   viii. JOSEPH, b. March 8, 1702; m. May 9, 1728, Mary Prescott; d. Sept. 10, 1777.
   ix. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 12, 1706; m. May 13, 1736, Emme Parker; d. Sept. 23, 1758. They lived in Groton.
   x. LYDIA, b. 1708; d. Sept. 30, 1723.