Person:Simon Stone (6)

Name	Simon Stone
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[3]	1 Aug 1686	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1714	Based on birth of eldest known child to Sarah Unknown
Death^[2]	22 Oct 1746	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Bartlett, J. Gardner. Simon Stone genealogy : ancestry and descendants of Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926. (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926)
pp. 74-5.

Capt/Dea. Simon Stone [#12], s/o Dea. Simon Stone [#4] and Sarah Farnsworth, b. Groton 1 Aug 1686, d. Harvard 22 Oct 1746, m. abt. 1712 Sarah ---. 7 Apr 1748: division of estate to widow (thirds), rest to eldest son Simon Stone, he paying 6 brothers, 2 sisters including minors Elias, Amos, Solomon and Micah, and married daughters Sarah Stone alias Fairbanks, Hannah Stone alias Pierce. [wife's probate has more detail about children]
↑ Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter, 1917)
p. 307.

STONE, Simon, Dea., [died] Oct. 22, 1746. (a. 60 y. 9 m. 21 d. GR1)
[Birth calculates to 1 Jan 1686. GR1=Old Cemetery]
↑ The birth record is not found in the Groton VRs. It is seen in other sources, but no explanation is given. The date given, 1 Aug 1686, is exactly the date one would calculate if the 9 months in the age at death was misread as 2 months.