THE STONES OF POYNTON MANOR

A genealogical history of Captain William Stone, Gent. and Merchant, Third Propri­ etary Governor of Maryland, with sketches of his English background and a record of some of his descendants in the United States

by HARRY WRIGHT NEWMAN

Published by the Author I937

STONES OF POYNTON MANOR

Mr. Harry Wright Newman has also compiled and published the following books

Anne Arundel Gentry

The Smoots uf Maryland and Virginia

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FOREWORD

MARYLAND genealogical researcher once stated that no person A but an angel could untangle the Stones. The compiler of this volume does not profess to be one or even related to any of those imaginary ethereal creatures, but he does believe that many knots have been untangled and the descendants of Governor William Stone, Gent., have been presented in the most comprehensive manner possible with the sources known to a genealogist. In the past, genealogists and many descendants of the various Stone families of Maryland and Virginia all believed or have tried to descend from the Governor, when in fact their Stone lines are from families which are in no Ili.anner connected with that of the Stones of Poynton ·Manor, that is, not on this side of the Atlantic. This volume, however, deals only with the proved descendants of Governor Stone-yet the omission of other Stone families of Mary­ land does not necessarily indicate that they are not related to Governor Stone and his brothers, only that clear proof has not been found. I present this my third opus of Maryland genealogy to the interested public, this first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven.

HARRY WRIGHT NEWMAN 1701 H Street Washington, D. C.

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THE STONES OF POYNTON MANOR

HE Stone family of Poynton Manor is one of the most widely T known and at the same time one of the most distinguished colonial families of America whose members from Captain William Stone, Gent., the progenitor and Third Governor of the Province of Maryland, down to the post Civil War period were continuously in the public eye. The Stone family, however, was not distinctive of Maryland, for records show that settlers bearing the name migrated to nearly all of the Thirteen Colonies, particularly to New England where they were strongly entrenched, and to a less degree in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Nor were the Stones of Poynton Manor the only family in Maryland. There is proof of early Stone settlers on the Eastern Shore as well as in Calvert, Baltimore, and St. Mary's counties of the Western Shore where descendants still bearing that name are living today. The family of St. Mary's County whose younger members also settled in Charles County was of the Roman Catholic faith and there£ ore is not believed to be closely connected with the family propagated by Governor William Stone. The English ancestry of the Stones of Poynton Manor fortunately is more connected and authentic than most colonial families, for experience has shown that it is extremely difficult to prove conclusively with docu­ mentary evidence the British parents of our American families. Facts and circumstances lead to one William Stone, of Twiston, Lan­ cashire, and we are indebted to his grandson, Thomas Stone, Merchant, of London, whose lineage for third generations was recorded in the Visitation of London. The visitation was made in the seventeenth centurv., by an official representative of the College of Arms to examine the rights of the subjects of London to bear arms, and printed in 1883 by the Harleian Society of England from the original manuscript deposited in the British Museum. The Stone arms as originally granted to the family of Lancashire and reproduced in this volume is described as follows "per bale or and sable a lion rampant count rechanged". The arms used by Thomas Stone, of London, in 1647, and also that of his brother Andrew show various quarterings, particularly the Brinkleton and Girdler families. WILLIAM STONE DE TWISTE (c 1490- 15-)

j\ BOUT the time that Christopher Columbus was sailing the seas in .fi the quest of a new route to the East, there was born in northern England one William Stone. Whether he was born in the Parish of Twiston, Lancashire, is a matter of conjecture, but anyhow it was in this quaint parish a few miles from the borderlands of Yorkshire that he reigned as the lord of his domain and raised a family of sons and daughters. The parish is about four and one-half miles east of Clitheroe, Yorkshire, and therefore lies in the hilly districts of Lancashire which to this day have remained untouched and unspoiled from its fifteenth century loveliness. The church or parish records for that period have not been preserved nor unearthed, so little or no knowledge exists of his birth, death, and the baptisms of his children. But we are indebted to the Visitation of London for his existence and for the fact that he married Elizabeth, daughter to John Bradley, of Bradley, Lancashire. He was probably a country squire and a scion of the house which gave the town of Bradley to the county. It was perhaps the present Bradley Fold about three miles east of Bolton in the southern portion of the county. There are no indications of any connections with a noble nor even a knightly house of either the Stone or Bradley clans, but it can be right­ fully assumed that William Stone and his family maintained a respec­ table, if not prominent, position among the landed gentry of Lancaster. From the visitation we learn of one son-Richard.

RICHARD STONE DE CROSTON (c r540 - 15-) Richard, son of William and Elizabeth (Bradley) Stone, was born perhaps in the Parish of Twiston, Lancashire, about the year 1540. He married Isabel, the daughter of John Girdler, of Carr House Parish, West Riding, Doncaster, Yorkshire. The marriage is recorded in Latin on the old parchment register of the Parish of Croston as of 12 January 1572. The fact that the Stones of this period did not marry into families within their immediate parish and allied themselves with houses of neighboring counties indicates that they were by no means a provincial family but visited and traveled in other parts of the Kingdom. Stone Family 3 Richard Stone established his seat in the Parish of Croston, Lan­ cashire, which lay in the western portion of the county and where other members of the Stone family had been seated since a date prior to 1544 From the Visitation of London we obtain a complete list of his children. Children of Richard and Isabel (Girdler) Stone 1. John Stone. 2. Robert Stone. 3- Henry Stone. 4- Thomas Stone, Merchant, married Elizabeth Lufkyn. 5. Matthew Stone. 6. Andrew Stone, Merchant, of London, married Katherine Eudood. Issue : Thomas and Andrew. The following are the Stone (Stones) entries found in the register of the Parish of Croston, Lancashire. Andrew Stone, bapt. Sept. 24, 1544- Andrew Stone, son of Robert, of Hoole, bapt. Mar. 17, 1638. Jent Stones married Henry Blackhurst, Aug. 4, 1577. Elizabeth Stones, widow, of Mawd, buried Sept. 6, 1651. Catherine, daughter of John Stone, bapt. Aug. 4, 1595. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Stone, bapt. June 26, 1619. James Stone, bapt. May 14, 1590. Matthew Stone, bapt. Apr. 28, 1583. Roger, son of John Stones, bapt. May 19, 1611. Margarey Stone, buried Jan. 19, 1615. Thomas Stone, bapt. Nov. 12, 158o. Andrew Stone, of Hoole, buried Dec. 6, 1647. Jane, daughter of Robert Stone, of Hoole, bapt. Mar. 6, 1635. Janet Stone, bapt. Jan. 31, 1589. John Stone, buried Aug. 8, 16o6. John Stone, infant, buried Nov. 4, 1613. Margaret Stones, bapt. Feb. 5, 1553. Margaret Stone, bapt. Mar. 24, 1593. Margarey, daughter of Robert Stone, bapt. Aug. 23, 1615. Marge Stone, daughter of Robert Stone, bapt. July 23, 1626. Margaret Stone, daughter of Robert Stone, of Hoole, bapt. Mar. 31, 1633. M'gery Stone married Thomas Garstange, Aug. 22, 1553. Margarey Stone, buried July 29, 1626. Mary Stone, bapt. Mar. 8, 1587. Richard Stones, married Isabel Girdler, Jan. 12, 1572. Robert Stone, bapt. Jan. 6, 1590. Marget Stones, bastard of Robert Stones, bapt. June 1, 16oo. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Stones, bapt. June 26, 1619. Robert, son of Robert Stones, of Mawdsley, born Feb. 24, and bapt. Sept., 16,48. Thomas Forrest married Jennet Stones, Dec. 26, 1629. Robert Stones married Elizabeth Moore, Oct. 30, 1631. Robert Stone, of Mawdsley, buried June 4, 1649. JOHN AND MATTHEW STONE, OF HOOLE John Stone, son of Richard and Isabel (Girdler) Stone, was born about the year r575 presumably in the Parish of Croston, Lancashire, yet his baptism is not recorded in the parish register. The parish is about six and one-half miles southwest of the town of Preston and originally consisted of the townships of Croston, Chorley, Hoole, Rufford, Tarle­ ton, Hesketh, Becconsall, Bispham, Bretheren, Mawdsley, and Ulnes Walton. The parish church dates from the twelfth century. In 1633 according to Baines' History of Lancaster, John Stone, of Carr House in the Parish of Much Hoole was a benefactor to the church. The town­ ship of Hoole, however, was separated from the mother parish in r641 and became an independent unit. According to tradition, this John Stone, son of Richard, was the father of Governor Stone, of Maryland. It is manifestedly admitted, however, that it has been difficult to establish the parents of the Governor with the sources available on this side of the Atlantic. No facts have been un­ earthed to prove this tradition, but it is known and established that Governor William Stone was the nephew of Thomas Stone, Merchant, of London, and there£ ore he was a grandson of Richard Stone, of Croston. In 1647 Thomas Stone, Haberdasher, of Cateaton Street, London, whose pedigree is established through the Visitation of London, granted power of attorney to his cousin (nephew) Captain William Stone, of Accomac County, Virginia. At the same visitation is shown the ancestry of Andrew Stone, a brother to the haberdasher. Furthermore, the brothers and sisters of the Governor who have been proved have names similar to those recorded in the Parish of Croston-Matthew and Andrew being the 'hvo most common. The visitation proves that Richard Stone, of Croston, had a son Matthew who was probably the one baptized on April 28, r583. The marriage of Matthew Stone is not found in Croston Parish nor are there any records of his children being baptized there. The birth of Governor Stone is generally placed as the year r6o3 and in Northamp­ shire. But it may be more than coincidence that a William Stone, the son of Matthew and Joan Stone, was born in r6o4 and baptized during May r6o5 in the Parish of Bridge~Nater in the Diocese of Wells, Somerset. Somerset does not border Lancashire, in fact it is quite a distance from the latter, but it was not uncommon for the gentry to move about in those days, and we have seen that two of the sons of Richard Stone, Stone Family 5 of Croston, settled in London. It is noted that Governor Stone had a brother Matthew who came to Maryland, and also that the Governor had a son Matthew. John Stone, the traditional father of the Governor, may be correct, but on the face of the present research it is highly probable that the baptism of the above William may be none other than that of the Maryland emigrant.

Brothers and Sisters of Governor Stone* I. Catherine Stone married Thomas Sprigg, of Calvert Co. 2. John Stone, died Accomac Co., prior to 1634. 3. Richard Stone. 4- Matthew Stone, of Maryland. q.v. 5. Andrew Stone, transported into Virginia by brother William.

John Stone of Accomac County upon whose estate the Rev. William Cotton administered is believed to be a brother of the Governor. In a letter dated 1644, signed by Weston and written to Governor Stone, Weston mentions a parcel of tobacco which "your brother Mr John Stone had of me many past". Thus, it is proved that the Governor had a brother John who came to America. John Stone, however, was dead by 1634, for the administrator of his estate, the Rev. Cotton, brother­ in-law of Governor Stone, acknowledged to the court that no tithes had been paid by the estate of John Stone, deceased.

MATTHEW STONE ( 16-- 1672) Matthew Stone, brother to the Governor, likewise settled first on the Eastern Shore of Virginia but did not come into Maryland until a date later than that of his brother. During March 1651 in Northampton County, Virginia, he signed a document in which he promised to "bee true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is nowe Established without Kinge or House of Lords". Thus we find him a member of the Puritan Party, if not, he lacked the courage to espouse the cause of the Cavaliers.

*Note: It is sometimes said that Anne, born 1622, who married Nathaniel Eaton and in 1657 married Francis Doughty, of Accomac County, and who in 1662 during a law suit named Elizabeth (Stone) Calvert as her cousin, was a sister to Governor Stone. The word "cousin" signified merely kinswoman, for it is proved that the Rev. Nathaniel Eaton by 1642 had married Anne, the widow of the Rev. Willia~ Cotton. She wa.s therefore born Anne Graves whom William Cotton transported into Virginia and whom he acknowledged as his wife in 1637. 6 Stone Family

Matthew Stone ultimately settled in Calvert County, Maryland, where he died in 1672 after making a nuncupative will. He named no heirs of his body, but bequeathed personalty to John Fernly of Francis, and Elizabeth Comahill, naming Jonathan Marler and William Marshall Sr., as the executors. Under the English law only personal property could be bequeathed by a nuncupative will, and the fact that he named no children is not conclusive that he died without issue. The nuncupative will of Governor Leonard Calvert is an outstanding example. On January 29, 1695, Matthew Stone, of Charles County, stated in court that he was 42 years of age and that he was acquainted with John Ward, late of Charles County, deceased. The birth of Matthew was tHerefore about 1653, and he can not possibly be a son or grandson of Governor Stone. It is probable that the Stones of Calvert County who appear towards the latter part of the seventeenth century are descendants of Matthew Stone, brother to the Governor. GOVERNOR WILLIAM STONE, GENT. 1 ( 16o3 - 166o)

The birth of William Stone, as noted previously, is stated as the year 16o3, and several localities have been cited-sometimes Lancaster and sometimes Northampton-but in no instance have authorities been quoted for these statements. No tradition has been handed down con­ cerning his maternal parentage, but the naming of his seat Poynton Manor may be significant. Early in the 16oos families of Stone and Poynton were domiciled in Derbyshire which nearly borders Lancashire to the southeast. And it is not improbable that his mother was of this family and that the naming of his estate was in commemoration of her family. Then there is the town of Poynton lying in the Parish of Poynton-with-Worth in County Chester which actually borders Lancashire on the south. The earliest known date of William Stone being in America is 1633, when he was seated on Hungar's Creek in Accomac County, Eastern Shore of Virginia. On June 4, 1635, he was granted by the Virginia authorities 1,800 acres of land "beginning at the blunt point between Hungers Creek and Mattawomens, westwardly on the bay, eastwardly towards the pyne swampe takeing in the Clapboard quarter, due him for his own personal adventure and that of his brother Andrew and for the transportation of 34 indentured servants"-the names of all 34 servants are recorded at the Virginia Land Office. William Stone married V erlinda, the daughter of Jane Cotton who had come, according to tradition, to Virginia as a widow from Bunbury, Cheshire, England, and joined her son, the Rev. Wiliiam Cotton, rector of the Lower Parish of Accomac. Peculiarly, Jane Cotton did not claim rights to land for her migration nor is there any record of any one claiming land for her transportation and that of her daughter. On July 10, 1637, however, William Cotton, Clerke, was granted 350 acres of land called the "Old Man's N eek" between the two main branches of Hungars Creek eastwardly unto the woods, westwardly down the creek and north to the land. of Captain William Stone. One hundred acres were for his own and the personal adventure of his wife Anne Graves, and 250 acres for the transporting of five persons.*

*His daughter, Verlinda Cotton, married Thomas Burdett and Richard Brough­ ton, and settled in Charles County. 8 Stone Family

From the above warrant it is learned that the plantation of William Stone adjoined that of William Cotton, and that Stone in that year was styled captain. Other neighbors of Captain Stone were David Winley, Richard Smith, Thomas Smith, William Jones, and Nathaniel Eaton.

Children of William and Verlinda (Cotton) Stone

I. Elizabeth Stone married \Villiam, son of Leonard Calvert, and grandson of George, First Baron of Baltimore. Issue: Charles; George; Richard; Elizabeth; and William. 2. Thomas Stone married Mary --. q.v. 3. Richard Stone, d.s.p. 1667. John Stone, adm. Nathaniel Eaton and Samuel Eaton were ordered to appraise estate. Walter King, of Bristol, Eng., appeared at court 1668, and entered "davat" against estate for 6,300 lbs. tobacco. 4- John Stone married thrice. q.v. 5. Matthew Stone married Margarey --,. d.s.p. 1676, naming wife; widow married before 1678 Edward Maddock and settled in Stafford Co., Va. 6. Mary Stone married -- Doyne. 7. Catherine Stone. The appointment of William Stone as Third Proprietary Governor of Maryland was believed to be a definite political gesture, inasmuch as facts now prove that Lord Baltimore at that time desired a Protestant governor for his Province in order to appease the many enemies which his Palatinate had made in Protestant Parliament. Although Stone was a member of the Established Church, it is now known that he had many nonconformist connections and sympathies. William Stone accepted the governorship and consequently moved from his seat in Virginia to Maryland~ bringing with him a young family, a number of transportees, and numerous servants. He subsequently applied of His Lordship for a warrant of land for transporting himself into the Province, his wife, and the following children-Thomas, Rich­ ard, John, and Elizabeth ; his servants Hugh Treak, Alexander Watts, Nicholas Holmes, Auth Palmer, William Hawkins, Michael Pace, Anne Taylor, William Watts all in the year 1648-also Thomas Burdett, and the following servants-John Scott, James Lees, Mark Livesay, Edward Cook, Francis Walton, Elizabeth Parry, Katheren Selby, Elizabeth Price, William Wilkes, Thomas Griffin, and others, also four negroes, a Turk, and an Indian in the years 1649 and 1650. On October 19, 1653, William Stone received a warrant for land which was surveyed and issued under the name of "Poynton Manor", lying on the north side of Avon Creek in Nanjemoy Hundred in the western portion of Charles County. His early life in the Province, how- Stone Famuy 9 ever, was spent at his town house in St. Mary's City, but after his tenture of office he settled on his manor where it is believed he is interred. The public life of Stone as governor, his responsibility for bringing a group of Puritans from Virginia to settle on the Severn, his conflict with Clayborne at the battle of the Severn on March 25, 1655, when he was taken prisoner, condemned to be shot, and then saved by his Puritan friends are all facts that can best be ascertained from a history of Mary­ land, so therefore this episode deals more closely with his intimate life for genealogical purposes. Before returning to his seat at Poynton Manor, Stone instituted an action of debt against Thomas Weston, Lord of Westbury Manor, lying in St. George's Hundred, St. Mary's County, and by virtue of writ he came into possession of the entire manor of 1,250 acres. Later Governor Stone conveyed a portion of it to the Rev. William \i\/ilkinson, the first Anglican clergyman in Maryland. The will of William Stone was dated December 3, 1659, and proved on December 21, 166o, in Charles County, by Francis Doughty, Stephen Montague, and Stephen Clifton. He named as overseers of his estate and the guardians of his minor children Governor Josias Fendall, his brother-in-law Francis Doughty, and his "natural" brother Matthew Stone. V erlinda, his wife, was devised the town house and land at St. Mary's, but she was to remain at the dwelling-plantation at Nanjemoy during widowhood. Elizabeth, described as the eldest daugcter, received goo acres of land at Bustard's Island in the Patuxent, where his s01_1, Thomas, was then residing, and 6oo acres of land at Nanjemoy, but the property that had already been placed in trust for her through his "brother Sprigg" was declared ineffective.* Richard was devised 500 acres of Nanjemoy Manor and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his uncle Richard Stone. John and Mathew were each willed 500 acres of Nanjemoy. Thomas received the residue of the realty. After the death of Governor Stone, William Calvert, son of the late Governor Leonard Calvert, through his guardian the Lord Proprietor brought action against V erlinda Stone, relict and late wife of Captain William Stone deceased, in a case of trespass. The suit developed over

*Note : The fact that he refers to Sprigg as his brother has sometimes led to the belief that his wife was Verlinda Sprigg instead of Verlinda Cotton. The former fact may be correct, but it is generally believed that Thomas Sprigg mar­ ried the sister of ·Governor Stone and therefore became a brotlter-in-law in this manner. IO Stone Family the purchase of the town house of Leonard Calvert by Stone from the former's executrix, Mistress Margaret Brent. The Calverts won the case. In 1672 Verlinda Stone instituted action in the High Court of Chan­ cery against Edmond Lindsey for unlawfully detaining her· servant Henry Dorman. The will of Verlinda Stone was proved in Charles County on July I 5, 1675, by Margaret Baghay, Barbara Kendall, and Anne Roughey. She devised Benoni Thomas and his heirs the tract "St. Verlinda" of 400 acres, but it was to be held by her son John Stone until Benoni arrived at the age of 21 years.* Certain articles of personalty were left to her daughter Mrs. Doyne. The residue of the estate was bequeathed to her son John. The court subsequently ordered Robert Doyne and Matthew_ Stone to appraise the estate, and Benjamin Rozer, Gent., to take the oath of John Stone, Gent., the executor.

THOMAS STONE, GENT. 2 Thomas Stone, eldest son of Governor William Stone and V erlinda Cotton his wife, was born about the year 1635 in Accomac County, Vir­ ginia. His youth was spent in that county, and as a young man he accompanied his parents to Maryland. By 1663 he had married Mary ---, presumably a Maryland maiden, but whose patrimony remains unestablished to this day.

Children of Thom,as and Mary Stone

1. Richard Stone, no further record. 2. William Stone married Theodosia Wade. q.v. On July 15, 1651, there was surveyed for Thomas Stone 350 acres of land known by the name of "St. Leonard's", lying at the mouth of St. Leonard's Creek, which on September 9, 1663, he and his wife conveyed to Richard Smith, of Calvert County, the same being held by Richard Smith as late as 1707. At the time of his father's death in 166o Thomas Stone was domiciled at Bustard's Island in the Patuxent, but he later established his seat at "Poynton Manor" in Nanj emoy Hundred. The warrant for "Poynton Manor" named 4,000 acres, but later by a resurvey it was found to contain 5,000 acres. The augmented share of

*Note: It is also said that Benoni Thomas was a grandson of Verlinda Stone, being the son of Mrs. Doyne by a former marriage. Stone F ami/,y II

Thom.as Stone was 1,46o acres, thereupon, he assigned roo acres to Henry Frankon, 300 acres to Francis Thornton and Thomas Bayly, and 300 acres to John Cabell.

On F~bruary 2, 1663, Thomas Stone conveyed to Henry Hyde a portion of "Westbury Manor", formerly belonging to Thomas Weston, and the next year a 200-acre portion to Henry Banister. On May 28, r667, Thomas Stone and Mary his wife, of Poynton Manor, deeded to John Stone, Gent., 500 acres of "Nanjemoy" for 20,000 pounds of tobacco. In r66r Thomas Stone was appointed a commissioner of Charles County, with Henry Adams, James Lindsey, Thomas Baker, Francis Pope, William Marshall, Walter Beane, and Joseph Harrison, Gent. In 1663 he appointed William Calvert his attorney and described him as "brother." The will of Thomas Stone was negotiated in Charles County on April 24, 1676, and admitted to probate on October 5, 1676, by John and Elizabeth Stone. The entire estate was to be held in trust by his widow, Mary, until his two sons arrived at the age of 18 years. Richard was to inherit the plantation then leased by Simon Stevens and a portion of "Poynton Manor," while William was to receive the residue of the lands including the parental dwelling. Within a few months after her husband's death, the widow married John Blackfan. Her second matrimonial adventure was brief, for "John Blackfan of Nanjemoy" dated his will January 3r, 1677, which was proved on March 12, 1677, by Samuel Eaton and Robert Polts. He named a brother and sisters Mary and Elizabeth, and bequeathed prop­ erty to his step-sons William and Richard Stone, providing no post­ humous child was born to his widow. The residue of the estate was devised to his wife Mary, whom he named as executrix. At the September 1677 court, the sheriff issued citations to "Mary Blackfan the relict of Thomas Stone and the executrix of John Black-. fan" who had been the executor of Richard Owens. His widow married thirdly Joseph Manning. She predeceased her last husband, but is believed to have become the mother of his children as there is no knowledge of a previous marriage. Joseph Manning died in 1717 and named his daughter, Esther the wife of Thomas Matthews, and his son John Manning. In 1718/19, John Manning of Charles County by will named Matthew Stone and Thomas Stone Jr. as qverseers of his estate. The will, however, was not proved until 1735. 12 Stone Fami/,y

JOHN STONE, GENT. 2 John Stone, son of William and Verlinda (Cotton) Stone, was born in Accomac County, Virginia, and was brought to Maryland by his parents in 1648. Circumstances point to the fact that he had three wives, the first one being Elizabeth ---, who is sometime believed to be the daughter of Thomas Warren who died in 1684- John Stone with his wife Elizabeth was present at the negotiation of his brother's will in 1676. To this union was born two sons, inasmuch as a subsequent deed states that Thomas was the only brother of John of the "whole blood". Matthew was therefore of another marriage. The children of the third union are proved by the fact that his widow was made the guardian of "her" children as well as the executrix of their estates.

Children of John Stone by Earlier Marriages I. Thomas Stone married twice. q.v. 2. John Stone, d.s.p. 1703, naming bros. Matthew and Thomas; and Anne Bayne and Anne F owke ( no stated relationship). 3. Matthew Stone married Rachel Smoot. q.v. Prior to 1684 John Stone married thirdly Eleanor, the daughter of - Walter and Eleanor Bayne. -The latter by her will, proved in Charles County during 1701, named as heirs Eleanor Stone and Elizabeth Stone who are identified as granddaughters.

ChiJdren of John and Eleanor (Bayne) StoM 4- Walter Stone. 5. Eleanor Stone. 6. Elizabeth Stone. John Stone was deeded by his brother, Richard, in 1664 for natural love and affections 500 acres of land on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay on the south side of the Sassafras River. The deed was witnessed by ~ Thomas Manning, Thomas Sprigg, and Humphrey Warren. On June II, 1667, John Stone, Gent., appeared at the Perogative Court and took the oath before Charles Calvert as administrator of the estate of his deceased brother, Richard Stone, Gent. On March 2~ 1668, a warrant was issued to John Stone and his brother Thomas to appraise the estate of Thomas Burdit, deceased, late of Charles County. Verlinda Burdit, the relict, was granted letters of administration, and her oath was duly recorded be£ ore Joseph Harrison, Gent. A return of the inventory was made on May 14, 1668, at which Stone Family 13 time it showed that Josias Lambert was an appraiser instead of Thomas Stone. As early as 1670 John Stone was Gentleman Justice of the Quorum in Charles County; in 1682 he signed a petition as one of His Majesty's Protestant subjects. During 1687 he was again a commissioner of the peace, and from 1678 to 1688 he represented his county in the General Assembly.1 He was a member of the commission for the advancement of trade in the Province, and in 1689 he was on the committee to regulate civil affairs in Charles County. Another public office, though minor, was coroner of Charles County in 1678. The will of John Stone was dated September 17, 16g7, and was proved in Charles County on August 10, 1698, by the testimony of Joseph Manning, Philip Briscoe, and Notley Warren. His widow, Eleanor, and his son, Thomas, were named as executors. The latter was to admin­ ister upon his own estate and that of his two brothers, Matthew and John, while his widow was to administer upon her own estate and that of her children. Thomas and Walter received equally the dwelling-plantation, a 500- acre portion of "Poynton Manor", and 8o acres of "St. John's" adjoin­ ing. Walter was to have the portion of "Poynton Manor" whereon stood the homestead after the decease of his mother. Matthew and John were devised "Mangawoman" of 500 acres. Eleanor and Elizabeth were devised 400 acres of "Durwin". His widow received one-third of the personal estate. The overseers were Captain John Bayne, Major William Dent, Gerard Fowke, and William Stone. At a subsequent account by his widow and executrix mention is made of "seven" children. His widow married subsequently Hugh Tears. The latter in his will of 1699 named his wife, Eleanor, as well as Eleanor and Elizabeth Stone. The widow married thirdly on June 22, 1700, John Beall or Beale.

WILLIAM STONES ( 1666 - 1730) William Stone, son of Thomas and Mary, was born perhaps at "Poyn­ ton Manor", Nanj emoy Hundred, Charles County, Maryland, about the year 1666--he stated his age as 55 in 1721 and as 6o in 1726, according to court depositions. He married Theodosia, the daughter of Zachary Wade of Piscataway Creek. The latter died during 1677 and devised his

1 Archives, vols. 7, 13. 14 Stone Family daughter Theodosia Wade land on the eastern branch of the Piscataway that had been patented by him and his brother, Luke Gardner, and also a portion of "Market Overton".

Children of William and Theodosia (Wade} Stone

1. Thomas Stone married Margarey ---.. q.v. 2. William Stone, born 1684, married Eleanor ---; died intestate; inventory Ii27, William and Thomas Stone, kinsmen; Eleanor Stone, adm. 3. Mary Stone married Thomas Matthews. Issue: Thomas; Wil­ liam ; Maximillian; Mary and Theodosia. 4- Verlinda Stone married Capt. Joseph Harrison; she died 1739, Thomas Stone and Bethia Barnes, signed inventory as kin ; Issue : Richard ; Joseph ; Tabathia; William ; and posthumous child. 5. Theodosia Stone. 6. Precious Stone married --- Jones. 7. Bethia Stone married Barnes. Issue: Mary and Theodosia. 8. Richard Stone, d.s.p.

In 16g6 William Stone was listed as one of the civil officers of Charles County. In 1707 he was granted license as a practitioner of law in the county courts, and from 1707 to 1710 he represented his hundred at the General Assembly.2 At one time he was a bondsman for Benjamin Fen­ dall, of Charles County, and at another time for George Jones, of Prince George County. In 1713 he was surety for Esther Chapman, the admin­ istratrix of the estate of Edward Chapman. The will of William Stone was proved in Charles County during 1730, by William Mansell, John Boye, and James Murdock. Thomas Stone, described as the eldest son, was devised the lands adjoining those of "cousin David Stone" and Gerard Fowke. Mary received the plantation where she and her husband, Thomas Matthews, were then living, adjoin­ ing the lands of "cousin Matthew Stone" and Robert Doyne, and one­ half of "O'Neal's Desert". The youngest son, Richard, was to have the residue of the dwelling­ plantation "Poynton Manor", but the testator's widow was to have the use of it during life. Verlinda Harrison was devised 100 acres of "Dover's Clifts". Theodosia Stone received the other half ·of "O'Neal's Desert" and a portion of "Market Overton" at Pon1onkey. Precious Jones was devised "Millner"' of 300 acres and "Langham's Rest" of 113

• Archives, vol. 26. Stone Family 15 acres in Prince Georges County. Bethia Barnes, the youngest daughter, was willed "Stone's Rest" of 143 acres, and one-half of "Market Overton". The widow, Theodosia, was to enjoy certain personalty during life, then they were to be diVided among all children. She was obliged to make over "Market Overton" to her daughters, Theodosia and Bethia, be£ ore her death or remarriage. In the event that Thomas inter£erred, then the lands on which "his brother William lived shall pass to Theo­ dosia and Bethia". The inventory of his personal estate was appraised on November Io, 1731, with John Manning and Matthew Stone as the kinsmen, and Theodosia Stone, Thomas Stone, and Richard Stone as the executors. The final account was rendered to the court on August 3 I, I 732, at which time it was noted that all the representatives were of legal age. Theodosia Stone, his widow, on November 14, 1732, conveyed to Robert Gordon, of Prince Georges County, the plantation whereon John Queen lived, lying near Permunkey Creek, being a portion of "Overton" that goeth from Mr. Stoddert's to Piscataway. His widow, Theodosia Stone, negotiated her will in June 1747, and devised her son, Richard, the portion of "Market Overton" on which Thomas Monroe was then living, and her granddaughter, Mary Barnes, the portion of the same tract whereon Robert Gordon resided. She named her children Thomas, Richard, Mary, and Theodosia-and her granddaughter Theodosia Barnes. The will was proved in Charles County on March 25, 1749, by Barton Stone, Matthew Stone Sr. and Thomas Stone Jr. On June 17, 1749, Richard Stone, the executor, certified the inventory papers, with Thomas Stone and Mary Matthe,vs signing as the kinsmen. Richard Stone, bachelor and last surviving child, died intestate in Charles County. An inventory of his estate was taken on October 17, 1782, and appraised at £1,493. John Matthews was the administrator, while Joseph W. Harrison and Mary Barnes signed as the next of kin. The final account and distribution were made the next year to the following heirs, all apparently of the same degree of relationship, inas­ much as each representative received £134/19;11. They were Captain Joseph W. Harrison, Elizabeth Mastin, Theodosia Short, Mary Grant, Henrietta Speake, Mary Stone, Baldwin Dade and Verlinda his wife, John B. Meeke and Verlinda his wife, Robert Taylor and Theodosia his wife, Walter McPherson and Mary his wife, Mari; Barnes, and John Matthews. 16 Stone Family

CAPTAIN THOMAS STONE s (1677- 1727) Thomas Stone, son of John and Elizabeth Stone, was born in Charles County during 1677, according to a deposition made in 1721. He married first Martha, the daughter of Colonel Philip Hoskins. The latter died in 1714, and besides appointing Thomas Stone as the overseer of his estate, he named as heirs his grandson Thomas Stone and daughter Martha Stone. Oswald Hoskins, son of Colonel Philip Hoskins, died in 1721 and named by will his brother-in-law Thomas Stone as the overseer of his estate, and at the same time mentioned his sister Martha Stone. The fallowing list of children has been proved, but the fact that he named only two children in his will and referred to other children makes it' difficult to establish an absolute list.

Children of Thomas and Martha (Hoskins) Stone

1. Thomas Stone. 2. David Stone married twice. q.v. 3. Anne Stone, died 1761, married Roger, son of Gerard F owke. Issue : Catherine and Gerard. 4- Mary Stone married William, son of Robert and Mary (Hoskins) Hanson. Issue: Aurelia; William; Theophilus; Samuel; and Jenny Hoskins. In 1715 he, as Captain Thomas Stone being a member of the Assem­ bly, signed a petition to His Excellency on the death of the Queen and also the petition upon the ascendancy of His Majesty, George I, to the throne.3 Thomas Stone leased to William Thornton, Gent., of King George County, Virginia, 500 acres of land in King George County, which Edward Maddock in his will, proved in Stafford County during 16g4, had devised to John Robbins, son of Robert, of Maryland, but in the event that John Robbins died without issue the land was to descend to John Stone, son of John, of Maryland, and his heirs, and inasmuch as both parties died without issue the land descended to Thomas Stone, the present leasor "only brother of the said John of whole blood as h e1r-at-. Ia,v ,, . Thomas Stone after being a widower for several years married Cath­ erine ---, but it is believed that no issue resulted from the union. Thomas Stone dated his will 11:ay 25, 1727, it being proved the follow­ ing November 7, by the Rev. William MacConchie, Henry Barnes, and Verlinda Boughton. He devised his son David one-half of the dwelling-

1 Archives, vol. 30. Stone FamiJy plantation and personalty. His widow Catherine was to enjoy the other half of the dwelling-plantation during life then to his son David. Certain personalty at her death were to be divided among unnamed children. The residue of the estate was bequeathed to David and Mary. The inventory of the pe:·sonal estate of "Thomas Stone Sr." was filed on November 23, 1728, by Catherine Stone as the executrix, with Mat­ thew Stone and William Stone as the kinsmen. Catherine Stone, whose will was proved in Charles County on Feb­ ruary 1, 17 50, by John Blackwood and Margaret Smith, is believed to be his widow. She named William Hanson and Gerret Fowke as execu­ tors and the fallowing of no stated relationship as her heirs-Anne Fowke; Mary Hanson, the wife of William Hanson; Catherine Fowke, the daughter of Gerret Fowke; Richard Reeder; Gerret Fowke who received 500 acres of "Aqunkeck's Hills" near Permunkey; and David Stone, Mary Stone, and Anne Stone, children of David Stone.

MATTHEW STONE, GENT.3 ( 1679 - 1750)

Matthew Stone, son of John, was born about the year I 679, inasmuch as he declared himself to be 55 years of age in 1734. He married Rachel, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Barton) Smoot, of William and Mary Parish, Charles County.* In 1714 Rachel Stone was named as a granddaughter in the will of Colonel William Barton, so therefore the marriage occurred prior to that date.

Children of Matthew and Rachel (Smoot) Stone

I. Elizabeth Stone. 2. Anne Stone. 3. Thomas Stone married Margaret --. q.v. 4- William Stone. q.v. 5. Barton Stone married Sarah Speake. q.v. 6. Samuel Stone married Elizabeth Howard. q.v. 7. John Stone married twice. q.v. 8. Matthew Stone married Sarah Douglas. q.v. Matthew Stone and Robert Hanson in 1713 were sureties for Mary Theobald, the executrix of the estate of John Theobald, late of Charles County. On May 23, 1726, Matthew Stone, Gent., and Rachel his wife for 6,000 pounds of tobacco conveyed to John Watts land lying on the west side of the main portion of Nanjemoy Creek, situated between the

*For ancestry of Rachel Smoot, see "The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia", by Newman. 18 Stone Famil,y lands of the said Matthew Stone and William Stone. On May 13, 1747, he conveyed for the consideration of natural love and affections which he held for his son Thomas "Jr.", a portion of "Poynton Manor", adjoining the lands of Matthew Stone, Thomas Matthews, and Barton Stone. Rachel Stone, his wife, acknowledged the deed and waived dower. Matthew Stone dated his will November 7, I 748, at which time he appointed his sons Barton and Thomas as the executors. Rachel his wife was devised the dwelling-plantation during life then equally to his sons Samuel and William. His daughters Anne and Elizabeth were bequeathed various personalty, while Mr. Porteus was appointed the guardian of his young son William. The will was admitted to probate in Charles County on August 10, 1750, and proved by William Hanson, Mary Han­ son, and John Jenkins. Rachel Stone, however, was appointed executrix and certified to the inventory on November 3, 1750, with John Stone and Barton Stone as the kinsmen. Gustavus Brown and Walter Brown were the greatest creditors. The final statement was rendered to the court on September I 4, I 7 5 I, when the proceeds were distributed among the widow and the following heirs-Samuel Stone, William Stone, Elizabeth Stone, and Anne Stone. David Stone and John Stone were bondsn1en for the widow and executrix. The will of his widow was dated September 8, 17 56, and admitted to probate in Charles County on November 6, I 7 58, by Maximillan Mat­ thews, John B. Meek, and Jesse Douglas. She appointed her sons, Samuel and William, as executors, and named her daughter, Elizabeth Stone. On January 15, 1759, an inventory of her personal estate was made with John Stone and Barton Stone as the kinsmen, and Samuel Stone and William Stone, as the executors.

CAPTAIN THOMAS STONE 4 ( 1696 - 1771) Thomas Stone, son of William and Theodosia (Wade) Stone, was born at "Poynton Manor", Durham Parish. As Captain Thomas Stone in 1743 he testified as being 47 years of age and in 176g as 73 years of age. He married Margarey ---

Children of Thomas and Margarey Stone I. Mary Stone, born Jan. 10, 1739, died spinster 1795, named nieces : Mary Stone Jones, Margaret Fowke, Margarey Hanson, and Catherine Meek ; and great-nephew Thomas Jones. Stone Fami/,y 19

2. Verlinda Stone, born Aug. 25, 1740, married James Smith and William Jones. Dau. Mary Stone Smith, born Oct. 12, 1761. 3. Theodosia Stone, born Aug. 9, 1742, married William MacConchie. Children: Lillias, born Feb. I 1, 17-; Anne, born Dec. 20, 1764; John, born Dec. 20, 1764; William, born 1767; Margarey. 4- Margarey Stone, born Jan. 9, 1743, married -- Smith. 5. William Stone, born Aug. 24, 1746, d.s.p. Thomas Stone negotiated his will on July 27, 1770, and named his wife, Margarey, as executrix and at the same time devised her the dwelling-plantation and one-third of the personal estate during life. To his single daughter, 1\t!ary, he willed the land "which my father be­ queathed to me where William 1\tlansell formerly lived and which is now in the possession of Barton Stone". He named his daughters, V erlinda Smith and Theodosia MacConchie, and his granddaughters, Lilias Mac­ Conchie, Mary Stone Smith, and Margarey Smith. The residue of the estate he willed to his son, William Stone who was also named as execu­ tor, and to his daughter, Mary Stone. On January 4, 1771, he drew up a codicil ... "Be it known that ... I gave to my daughter Margarey Smith was because she died before me and I gave her what I desire". The instrument was admitted to probate in Charles County on November 4, 1771, by Richard Barnes and Mathias Ralley.

The inventory of his personal estate was taken on November 20, I 771, and appraised at £ l,O

On April 16, 1799, Mary Stone Jones, of Charles County, for £1,000 conveyed to Samuel Jones 468 acres of "Poynton Manor" on which she lived and which she inherited from her grandfather Thomas Stone and his brother Richard Stone through her mother.

DAVID STONE 4 ( 1709 - 1773) David Stone, son of Thomas, was born during the year 1709 at "Poynton Manor", Charles County, Maryland. It is generally said that he married first Sarah, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Story) Hanson. Sarah was born July 29, 1714, at the head of Port Tobacco Creek, according to court records. In research among public documents, li.owever, no data have been unearthed to verify the tradition of this marriage. Sarah died before her parents, and it is noted that her father by his will of I 741 failed to provide for any children of his daughter Sarah, nor did the mother by her will of 1764. A child by the first marriage of David was given the name of Samuel ( q.v. )-and this fact lends only a mere slender thread to the conclusion that his first wife was a daughter of Samuel Harison, of Littleworth Plantation. It is probable that David Stone had other children by his first marriage, because Mme. Catherine Stone in her will of 1750 named David, Mary, and Anne-all children of David Stone-and it is reason­ able to assume that at one time or another he named a son David. Inas­ much as David Sr. died intestate and the distribution of his estate fails to show the living representatives, it is not known whether these three children were alive in that year or not. By 1739 David Stone had become a widower and had married second­ ly Elizabeth, daughter to Dr. Daniel Jenifer, of Charles County.

Children of David and Elizabeth (Jenifer) Stone 1. Frederick Stone, d.s.p. 1773. 2. Thomas Stone married Margaret Brown. q.v. 3. Catherine Stone married Robert Scott, son of James and Sarah (Brown) Scott, of Stafford Co., Va., and grandson of Dr. Gus­ tavus Brown. Issue: Alexander. 4. John Hoskins Stone married Mary Couden. q.v. 5. Daniel Jenifer Stone. 6. Michael Jenifer Stone married Mary Briscoe. q.v. 7. Elizabeth Anne Stone married Townsend Eden. 8. Walter Stone, d.s.p. 1791. 9. · Grace Stone, died spinster 18o9, naming nieces Mary Anne Stone, Elizabeth Stone, Eleanor Stone, and brother Michael. Stone Family 21

David Stone died intestate on March 18, 1773, at the age of 64 years. The inventory of his personal estate was filed on February 26, 1774, and appraised at £1,563/10/10, with Elizabeth Stone, Thomas Stone, and John Hoskins Stone as the administrators and Daniel Jenifer and G. R. Brown as the bondsmen. Catherine Scott and Betsy Anne Stone were the kinswomen. At the final account in June, I 778, his widow had died, and Thomas Stone and John Hoskins Stone were recorded as the "surviving admin­ istrators". The balance of £2,361/19/5 showed no distribution, accord­ ing to the court records. The will of his bachelor son, Frederick Stone, was proved in Charles County on May 12, 1773, by G. R. Brown, Zeph Turner, and George Swann. He named his mother, Elizabeth Stone, and the following brothers and sisters-Thomas Stone, Catherine Scott (widow) , John Hoskins Stone, Daniel Jenifer Stone, Michael Stone, Betsy Stone, Walter Stone, and Grace Stone. His bachelor son, Walter, died at Sweet Springs, Botetourt County, Virginia. By his will, proved I 791 in Charles County, he bequeathed his brother, John Hoskins Stone, all shares in the firms of John H. Stone & Co., and John Stone & Walter Stone. He discharged his sister, Betty Anne Eden, from all debts and commissions due him as the adminis­ trator of the estates of Townsend Eden and John Eden, Sr. He named his sisters, Catherine Scott and Grace Stone ; brother Michael J. Stone; nieces Margaret Stone and Mildred Stone ; and nephews Alexander Scott and Frederick Stone.

THOMAS STONE • (17-- 1758) Thomas Stone, son of Matthew and Rachel (Smoot) Stone, was born at "Poynton Manor" in Durham Parish, Charles County. He married Margaret ---, and one son-Matthe,v-was born. Thomas Stone Jr. negotiated his will on January 19, 1758. He named his wife, Margaret, as the executrix and devised her during widowhood the dwelling-plantation. After her decease or remarriage the estate was to revert to his then minor son, Matthew, and in the event that the latter died without issue then to Samuel Stone, the brother of the testator. The instrument was proved in Charles County on November 6, I 7 58, by Anne Matthews, William Hanson, and Maximillan Matthews. On February 14, I759, John Stone signed the inventory papers as the administrator,. with Samuel Stone and William Stone as the kinsmen. 22 Stone Fami/,y

Joseph Manning and Maximillan Matthews were the greatest creditors. John Stone as the executor rendered an account on February 18, 176r. His only son, Matthew, as late as I 790 was living alone in Charles County, with five slaves, and apparently died a bachelor. On April 12, 1791, he conveyed to Richard Barnes, of Charles County, that portion of "Poynton Manor" which was deeded by Matthew Stone Sr. to his son Thomas on May 13, 1747. No wife waived her dower rights. He served as a private in a militia company during the Revolution, and in 1783 he was seated on 50 acres of "Poynton Manor" with no family.

WILLIAM STONE 4

William Stone, son of Matthew and Rachel (Smoot) Stone, was born at "Poynton Manor", Charles County, Maryland. Although he was a minor in I 748, at the time his father negotiated his will, he was of sufficient age in I 7 59 to be made the executor of his mother's estate. During the Revolutionary War he served as a private in the Charles County militia under Captain Stinnett (Unpublished Maryland Records, vol. 2, p. 279). In 1783 he was a tax payer in Upper Durham Hundred.

BARTON STONE 4

Barton Stone, son of 1\1:atthew and Rachel (Smoot) Stone, was born in Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland. On June II, 1750, he deeded to John Stone a portion of "Poynton Manor", at which time no wife waived her dower rights. On August 8, same year, he conveyed to John Stone for the consideration of £ 5 and 4,000 pounds of tobacco another portion of the manor, being the 75 acres which had been deeded to Captain William Watts by Matthew Stone. In 1759 Barton Stone signed the inventory papers of his mother's personal estate as the next of kin. On February 14, 1778, before the "Worshipful Richard Barnes" in Charles County he took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to the State of Maryland. 4 Some time after this date he and his family settled in Stafford County, Virginia, near the town of Falmouth. His wife was Sarah, the daughter of Thomas Speake, who shared in her father's will, probated November 12, 1766, in Charles County.

'Unpub. Md. Records, vol. 5, p. 41, D. A. R. Library. St

Children of Barton and Sarah (Speake) Stone

1. Hawkins Stone married twice. q.v. 2. Richard Stone. q.v. 3. William Barton Stone. q.v. 4- Sarah Stone. 5. Anne Stone married William Philips. The will of Barton Stone was dated July 28, 1785, and proved in Stafford County, Virginia, on February 13, 1786, by Edward Norman, Charles Stewart, and William Stark. He bequeathed to his son Hawkins 1,000 pounds of tobacco, to his son Richard six negroes, and the like amount of negroes to his daughters Anne Philips and Sarah Stone. He also bequeathed negroes to his grandsons Barton Speake Stone and Wil­ liam Barton Stone. The residue of the estate was devised to his son William who was named as executor. Dissatisfaction arose over the will, consequently, the five children including William Philips and Anne his wife agreed to an equal distri­ bution of the estate, which occurred on January 28, 1786/7.

SAMUEL STONE 4: Samuel Stone, son of Matthew and Rachel (Smoot) Stone, was born at "Poynton Manor", Durham Parish, Charles County. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Rebecca Howard, of the same county. His wife as Elizabeth Stone shared in the estate of her mother Rebecca Howard in 1770. In 1778 Samuel Stone took the oath of allegiance and fidelity to the State of Maryland in Charles County, his nan1e being on the list of "I-Iis Worshipful Richard Barnes' Returns". 5 In 1778 he was one of the bondsmen for Richard Robins Reeder, the executor of Esther Harrison. At the tax list of 1783 he was assessed for 100 acres of "Poynton Manor", and had six in his immediate family. Richard Marshall in his will, dated 1784, spoke of "my half brother and sister Samuel Stone's children". At the first census of 1790, Samuel Stone Sr. was living in Charles County with himself and another male over the age of 16, one male under 16, two females, and eight slaves.

5 Unpub. Md. Records, vol. 5, p. 42, D. A. R. Library. Note: No further record of Samuel Stone can be found in Charles County. The 18oo census of Somerset County, Maryland, shows a Rev. Samuel Stone as the head of a family. He and his wife were more than 45 years of age, and in the home were one male between 26 and 45, two females and one male between 16 and 26, and one f ernale less than 10 years. There were also five free negroes and fifteen slaves on_the estate. Stone Family

JOHN STONE' ( 1714- 1775) John Stone, son of Matthew and Rachel (Smoot) Stone, was born at "Poynton Manor", Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland. In court during 176g, he declared himself to be 55 years of age and men­ tioned his father Matthew Stone, then deceased. He married twice, but the name of his first wife has not been established.

Children of l ohn Stone by First Marriage I. Thomas Stone married Catherine --.. q.v. ~- Josiah Stone, d.s.p. Somerset Co., Md., 1781, willing dwelling­ plantation, "Drury Lane", to brother John. 3. William Stone married Betsy Murray. q.v. 4- John Stone, d.s.p. 1783, willing "Drury Lane" to brother Thomas, "that which was willed me by brother Josiah", also named his brother William and the latter's wife, Betsy, and his brother-in­ law, Jeremiah Gray. Inventory signed by Mary Gray and William Stone. 5. Mary Stone married Jeremiah Gray. By 1763 John Stone had become a widower and had married Mary, the daughter of Barton Warren, but then the widow and adnunistratrix of Harrison Musgrove. On June 6, 1758, she, then being Mrs. Mary Musgrove, shared in the distribution of her father's estate. On April 29, 176o, she was granted letters of administration on the estate of her deceased husband, Harrison Musgrove, with Notley Warren and John Warren offering bond. The final settlement was made by her on May I 5, I 762, as Mary Musgrove, and showed distribution to her and unnamed children.

Children of John and Mary (Warren) Stone 6. Matthew Stone married Jane -- 7- Warren Stone. 8. Elizabeth Stone. 9. Barton Warren Stone married twice. q.v. John Stone negotiated his will on August 6, 1775, and appointed his wife, Mary, as the executrix. He named the following children-Thomas, Josias, William, John, l\1atthew, Warren, Elizabeth, and Barton ; and grandson John Stone Gray. The instrument was admitted to probate in Charles County on September 12, Ii75, by Samuel Stone, Elizabeth Stone, and Theophilus Hanson. Stone Fami/,y

The inventory of his personal estate was taken on May 31, 1776, with Mary Stone and Josiah Stone as the executors, and Barton Stone and Samuel Stone as the kinsmen. His estate was distributed on November 5, 1776, to the widow, and the fallowing representatives-William Stone, Josiah Stone, John Stone, Matthew Stone, Warren Stone, Elizabeth Stone, Barton Stone, and John Gray. The sureties for the executors were Thomas Stone and Edward Warren. Before 1778 his widow with her Stone children either joined or settled with her Musgrove children in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, then an undeveloped and outpost county of that State. At the December term of court in 1778, Thomas Stone "one of the surviving administrators" of John Stone offered a petition setting forth the fact that the decease's estate was then in the hands of Mary Stone and Josias Stone and that most of it had been wasted or removed out of the State and that he "is in danger of suffering in the responsibility", and therefore the court ordered that the other executors be summoned to the next court. On February 12, 1779, Benjamin Philphott and Thomas Harris gave bond for Mary Stone, widow, and Josias Stone, executors of John Stone.

MATTHEW STONE 4: (17-- 1757) Matthew Stone, son of Matthew and Rachel (Smoot) Stone, was born in Charles County. After 1749 he married Sarah, the daughter of Ben­ jamin and Elizabeth Douglas.

Children of Matthew and Sarah (Douglas) Stone I. Rachel Stone. 2. Elizabeth Land Stone. 3. Benjamin Stone. !\.1:atthew Stone died intestate in Charles County. The court named his widow, Sarah Stone, as administratrix who certified to the inventory on August IO, 1757. John Stone and Samuel Stone were the kinsmen. The final account was rendered on November 2 5, 17 58, when the proceeds were distributed among the widow, and the following children-Rachel, Elizabeth, and Benjamin. John Stone and Charles Douglas were the sureties for the administratrix. Sarah Stone, the widow, negotiated her will on August 29, 1775, and named her brother, Jesse Douglas, as the executor, and bequeathed the estate to her _daughters, Rachel Stone and Elizabeth Land Stone. Stotie Fami/,y

ENSIGN SAMUEL STONE 5 (17-- 1778) Samuel Stone, son of David, was born in Charles County, Maryland. After 1761 he married his kinswoman, Anne, the daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Hoskins) Hanson, but more recently the widow of Hugh Mitchell. Children of Samuel and Anne (Hanson) Stone

1. Walter Hanson Stone married Rachel Anne Muncaster. q.v. 2. David Stone, d.s.p. 1839, naming nephew Dr. Walter Hanson Briscoe his sole heir. 3. Sarah Stone married -- Briscoe. 4. Alexander Stone, d.s.p. On February 26, 1776, Brigadier General John Dent of Charles County recommended Samuel Stone Jr. as ensign of Captain Robert Sennett's Company of militia, and the recommendation was accordingly passed by the Council on March 7, 1776. 6 Before the "Worshipful Rich­ ard Barnes", Samuel Stone on February 7, 1778, took the Oath of Al­ legiance and Fidelity to the State of Maryland in Charles County. 7 The will of Samuel Stone Jr. was dated May 14, 1778, and proved in Charles County on May 26, 1778, by Walter Hanson Jr., John Mitchell Jr., and Daniel Jenifer. He willed his minor sons, Walter Hanson and David, all land in Durham Parish. He mentioned his son Alexander and daughter Sarah Stone. The residuary estate was devised to all children (unnamed). His brother, Thomas Stone, was named as executor. The inventory of the personal estate was taken on June 20, 1778, and appraised at £ 1,233/19/7, with M. J. Stone and J. H. Stone as the kinsmen. The final account was made to the court on September 7, 1782, showing Daniel Jenifer and John Hoskins Stone as the sureties. In 1783 the heirs of Samuel Stone (three in number) were taxed on 583 acres of "Poynton Manor" in Upper Durham Hundred.

HoN. TnoMAs STONE 5 ( 1743 - 1787) Thomas Stone, son of David and Elizabeth (Jenifer) Stone, was born in the year 1743, at "Poynton Manor", Durham Parish, Charles County. He studied law under Thomas Johnson, the first State Governor of Maryland, and for a time practiced law at Frederick Town. In 1768 he

• Archives of Maryland, vol. 11, pp. 187, 2o6. 'Unpub. Md. Records, D. A. R Library, vol. 5, p. 41. Stone Family married Margaret, daughter of Gustavus and Margaret (Black) Brown, of Port Tobacco Parish. It was said that the dowry was £1,000.

Children of Thomas and Margaret (Brown) Stone

1. Frederick Stone, d.s.}J. 1793, victim of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. ~- Margaret Stone, born 1771, died Mar. 9, 18og, married Dec. 15, 1793, John Moncure, son of Travers and Frances (Moncure) Daniel, of Stafford Co., Va. Issue: Rawleigh; Jean Nivin; Margaret; John Moncure; Frances; Mary; and Margaret Eleanor. 3. Mildred Stone, born 1771, died Oct. 26, 1836, married July 1791, Travers, son of Travers and Frances (Moncure) Daniel, of Stafford Co., Va. Issue : Frances ; Moncure; Emily; Samuel; and Eliza Travers. In 1771 Thomas Stone built "Haber de Venture" upon an estate of 442 acres in Port Tobacco West Hundred. The dwelling is standing today ( 1937) and is one of the historic spots of Southern Maryland. At the tax list of 1783, besides "Haber de Venture", he was seized of "Hanson's Plains" in Port Tobacco West Hundred, and the following tracts in Port Tobacco Lower Hundred-231 acres of "Chandler's Hills" with a brick dwelling, 23 acres of "Moberity" with a frame dwelling, 52 acres of "Sha,v's Barren", and 200 acres of ''Welcome". Thomas Stone entered the Continental Congress on May 13, 1775, and continued to serve until 1778, during which time he was on the com­ mittee ,vhich framed the Articles of Confederation. Although not a Tory, his sentiments towards England were milder than many of his colleagues in Congress. He was instructed by the State Legislature of Maryland to sign the Declaration of Independence, and thus he has become one ,of the Four Immortals of Maryland. He was not in favor of war, and· in September 1776, he spoke in favor of negotiations with Lord Howe for peace. After the war he was elected to Congress and took his seat on March 26, 1784. Although elected to the Constitutional Convention in Phila­ delphia, he declined to serve on account of the serious illness of his wife who died June 1, 1787. The grief over the death of his wife at the age of 36 years was great, and retiring from public office he planned to sail for England. Thus while waiting for a boat in Alexandria, Virginia, he died there on October 5, 1787. The will of Thomas Stone was proved in Charles County on October 9, r787, by John H. Stone, Walter Stone, and John Gilbert. He request­ ed that he be buried at "Haber de Venture" near the remains of his wife according to the rites of the Protestant Church. Stone Family

He devised property to his three children Margaret, Milly, and Fred­ erick, placing the latter under the guardianship of his brother Michael J. Stone and friend Dr. Gustavus Brown. He provided his widowed sister Mrs. Scott with an annuity of £ 15 per year until her son Alley Scott came of age, and a like annuity for his sister Grace Stone until marriage.

COLONEL JOHN HOSKINS STONE 5 ( 1745 - 18o4) John Hoskins Stone, son of David and Elizabeth (Jenifer) Stone, was born during the year 1745 in Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland. During June and July 1776 he was active in the formation of the Flying Camp to relieve or to drive the British from New York and as a reward for his services he was commissioned a captain of a company composed of men from Charles County. Under the command of Colonel William Smallwood his company participated in the battles of Long Island and White Plains during the autumn of that year. The Flying Camp was disbanded in Philadelphia early in December, and Captain Stone returned to his seat at "Poynton Manor" shortly before Christmas. He continued active in the cause and during the early part of 1777 as captain he assisted in the formation of the First Mary­ land Regiment. At its ultimate organization he was granted the colonelcy and commanded his regiment at the battle of Princeton and later at the battle of Germantown, where he was severely wounded. As a result of his injuries he was forced to resign his commission on August 1, 1779. On February 15, 1781, in Anne Arundel County, Colonel Stone secured license to wed Anne Couden.

Children of John and Anne (Couden) Stone I. Couden Stone, died young. :2. Anne Stone married John Turner. 3. Elizabeth Stone, born Aug. 30, 1783, married Feb. 8, r8o8, Na­ thaniel Pope, son of Gerard and Jenny (Rowe) Causine. 4- Robert Couden Stone married July 27, 18o5, Mary Mann, of Annapolis. In 1779 he purchased from William McConchie and Elizabeth his wife, "Watson's Purchase" to which Elizabeth was entitled as dower in the estate of her late husband James Muncaster. On September 4, 1786, he added further to his estate by the purchase from Roger Fowke land in Durham Parish called "Burdett's Rest", beginning at the head of Burdett's Creek and running to Nanjemoy Warehouse. A few days later Stone Family 29 he bought another portion of "Burdett's Rest" of 215 acres from Sarah Fowke who described herself as the relict of Captain Gerard Fowke. Colonel Stone was a charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati and had the distinction of being elected the third president of the Mary­ land chapter. He was also one of the early State Governors of Maryland. The wife of John Hoskins Stone died on Iv.larch 4, 1793, at the age of 32 years. A notice of her decease appeared in the Maryland Gazette. He died at Annapolis early in October 18o4. The American of October 14, stated, "Died on Friday last General J. H. Stone after a long and painful illness".

JUDGE MICHAEL JENIFER STONE 5 (1747 - 18og) Michael Jenifer Stone, son of David and Elizabeth (Jenifer) Stone, was born in the year 1747 at "Equality" in Charles County, Maryland. He married Mary Hanson, daughter of Samuel and Anne (Dent) Briscoe. Children of Michael and Mary (Briscoe) Stone

1. Frederick Daniel Stone married Elizabeth Patton. 2. William Briscoe Stone married Sarah Brown. q.v. 3. Michael Jenifer Stone married Susan Ann Somervell. q.v. 4- Elizabeth Jenifer Stone, died spinster 1875. 5. Eleanor Stone married George Robertson. On February 26, 1776, Michael Jenifer Stone was recommended by the Committee of Observation for Charles County to be the second lieutenant of the militia company of Captain George Swann, and his recommendation was approved by the Council of Safety on March 7, following. 8 On February 20, 1778, before the Worshipful Warren Dent he swore allegiance to the State of Maryland and likewise denounced lordship of the Calverts and the sovereignty of the King of England. 9 During the latter part of the war he was elected to the House of Delegates and served from 1781 to 1783. He was a member of the Maryland Constitutional Convention in 1788, and the next year he was elected to the First United States Congress as a representative f ropi Maryland. He served in that capacity from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791. In the latter year he was appointed judge of the first Judicial District of Maryland. At his death in 1809 he was interred upon his estate.

8 Archives, vol. II, pp. 187, 2o6. 11 Unpub. Md. Records, vol. 5, p. 67. 30 Stone Famuy

The will of Michael Jenifer Stone was dated January 23, 1809, and proved in Charles County on January 7, 1810, by Robert C. Stone, Samuel Hanson of Walter, and N. P. Causin. He devised his entire estate to his wife, Mary Hanson Stone, and appointed her executrix and guardian of his children.

HAWKINS STONE :i (17- - 1810) Hawkins Stone, son of Barton and Sarah (Speake) Stone, spent the riper years of his life in Stafford County, Virginia. He was one of the bondsmen for Daniel Johnson and Victory his wife who were the admin­ istrators of John Evans. The estate of the latter was settled in Charles County, Maryland, during June 1778. Hawkins Stone was listed in 1783 as the head of a family in Stafford County, with six whites in his house­ hold and was taxed for one dwelling and two out buildings. From the tone of his will it seems as if he had two wives. His widow was Elizabeth. Children of H aivkins Stone

I. Barton Speake Stone. q.v. 2. Anne Stone. 3. Mary Stone. 4- Elizabeth Stone.

The will of Hawkins Stone was dated March 4, 1810, and proved in Stafford County, Virginia, on June II, 1810, by George Burroughs, John Dawson, and Sarah Burroughs. He named his son Barton Speake Stone, brother Richard Stone, wife Elizabeth and "her three children"- Anne, Mary, and Elizabeth.

RICHARD STONE 5 (17- - 1825) Richard Stone, son of Barton, was born in Charles County, Maryland. His youth, however, was spent in Stafford County, Virginia. His wife was Hannah. Only one child, Charles W. Stone, has been proved by the records of Stafford County, yet circumstances are strong that there was also a son Hawkins.

Children of Richard and Hannah Stone

1. Charles W. Stone. q.v. :z. Hawkins Stone. Stone Family 31

On August 10, 1825, Richard Stone conveyed to William Barton Stone, both of Stafford County, 93 acres of land and various slaves. Hannah Stone his wife joined him in the deed. He died intestate. On November 3, 1825, a public sale of his personalty, appraised at $6,251.32, occurred in Stafford County. The property was purchased almost wholly by the following-Hannah Stone, James W. Stone, William B. Stone, H. Stone, Elizabeth Stone, and Mary H. Stone.

WILLIAM BARTON STONE 5

William Barton Stone, son of Barton and Hannah (Speake) Stone, was born in Charles County, Maryland. On February 14, 1778, being then at least 18 years of age and before the "Worshipful Richard Barnes" he swore allegiance to the State of Maryland in Charles County.10 Later he settled with his parents in Stafford County, Virginia, where in 1783, according to the tax list, he maintained one dwelling and two out houses on his estate and had four whites in his immediate household. One son-Alexander Smith Hawkins Stone-has been established or inferred. On May 7, 1813, Richard Marshall Scott, of Bush Hill, Fair­ fax County, Virginia, deeded to Alexander S. H. Stone, of Stafford County, land on Aquia Creek which had been leased by William Barton Stone on July 12, 1792, from Gustavus Scott. A sale of the personal estate of Alexander S. H. Stone occurred in Stafford County on December 3, 1823, with John C. Erington as the administrator. Among the purchasers were Barton S. Stone and William H. Stone.

THOMAS STONE 5

Thomas Stone, son of John by his first wife, was born at "Poynton Manor", Durham Parish, Charles County. His wife was Catherine --

Children of Thomas and Catherin-e Stone I. Sarah Briscoe Stone. 2. Mazy Warren Stone married -- Duffy. 3. John Stone married Catherine -- 4. Harrison Stone married Teresa --

10 Unpub. Md. Records, vol. 5, p. 42. J2 Stone Fami/,y On February 14, 1778, in Charles County before the "Worshipful Richard Barnes" Thomas Stone swore allegiance to the State of Mary­ land and denounced the sovereignty of Great Britain.11 On April 12, 1779, Thomas Stone conveyed to his brother Josiah Stone "Drury Lane" which adjoined "Poynton Manor". Catherine Stone, his wife, relinquished her third. In 1783 he paid taxes on 175 acres of "Poynton Manor", and had six in his immediate family. In 1790 he was the head of a family in Charles County, with two males under 16 years, three females, and 15 slaves. Thomas Stone dated his wiil September 13, 18o8, in Charles County. He named his wife, Catherine, and the following children-Sarah Briscoe Stone, Mary Warren Duffy, John Stone, and Harrison Stone. The instrument was proved in Charles County on September 27, 18o8, by H. Barnes, Alexander Matthews, and Catherine Stone. A deed in Charles County executed in 1823 showed that John Stone and Harrison Stone were both seized in fee simple of a portion of "Poynton Manor" and "Drury Lane", lying near the mouth of a run called Stoney Fresh a branch of the Avon River. Catherine, the wife of John Stone, and Teresa, the wife of Harrison Stone, gave their consent to the conveyance.

WILLIAM STONE 5

William Stone, son of John, was born in Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland. On February 28, I 778, in Charles County, he took the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to the State of Maryland be£ ore the "Worshipful Samuel Hanson" .12 Sometime before 1783 he removed to Somerset County of the Eastern Shore. A copy of a letter is on file, dated April 24, I 783, written to his brother in Charles County telling of the death of their brother John which apparently occurred at the home of William in Somerset County. The letter also mentioned the recent death of their brother Josias­ sometime spelled Josiah. William Stone married Betsy, the daughter of Frances Murray, who was apparently a widow at the time of the marriage. Mme. Frances Murray died in Somerset County and by her will she mentioned her brother John North, daughter Betsy Stone, and grandsons \iVilliam Stone, John Murray Stone, and Francis Handy, the latter being referred to as "one of the representatives of my daughter Betsy Stone". From

11 U npub. Md. Records, vol. 5, p. 42, D. A. R. Library. 12 Unpub. Md. Records, vol. 5, p. 74~ D. A. R. Library. Stone Famuy 33 this remark it is concluded that Betsy had married first a Mr. Handy­ a prominent family of the lower Eastern Shore. A correct list of the children of William Stone has not been estab- lished, but the following have been proved :

I. William Stone married Anne Savage. q:u. 2. John Murray Stone. 3. Elizabeth Stone, died spinster Somerset Co., devising entire estate to brother William. The 18oo census for Somerset County shows William Stone and his wife to be more than 45 years of age, and that in their household were two males and two females all between the ages of 16 and 26, and 15 slaves.

BARTON w AR.REN STONE s (1772- 1844-) Barton Warren Stone, son of John and Mary (Warren) Stone, was born December 24, I 772, in Port Tobacco Parish, Charles County, Mary­ land. He was baptized in the Anglican faith of his ancestors and seems to have professed this faith until his migration to an unsettled section of Virginia. About the year 1779 his widowed mother and older orothers and sisters settled in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and located in Dan River Valley near the North Carolina border. In 1790 with the intentions of accepting the traditional profession of the Stones, he entered the acad­ emy at Guilford, North Carolina, to prepare himself for the study of law. About this time or before he had joined the Presbyterian Church and finding himself more interested in religion than law he entered the ministry of the so-called Orange Presbytery. Soon after his acceptance of the ministry as a livelihood, he joined his older brother, Matthew, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, and there at Washington, the county seat, he taught languages at the Methodist Seminary. He later returned to North Carolina and after itinerant and bombastic preaching throughout Tennessee he settled in Kentucky and took charge of the churches at Cane Ridge and Concord. Losing gradually on the frontier the conservative and cultural birth­ rights of the Maryland Stones, he wandered f ram the Presbyterian faith of the Scots and found himself seized with that crude religious frenzy which was gripping the pioneer sections of the country and finding thous­ ands of converts from among the great American middle class. In the midst of those great religious revivals he became associated with Alex- 34 Stone Fami/,y ander Campbell and his followers known as "Campbellites" or which is more popularly known today as the Disciples of Christ or Christian Church. On July 2, 18o1, Barton Warren Stone married Eliza, the daughter of William and Tabitha (Russell) Campbell.

Children of Barton and Eliza (Campbell} Stone

1. Amanda Warren Stone married S. A. Bowen. 2. Tabitha Russell Stone. 3. Mary Anne Harrison Stone married Charles Chilton Moore. 4- Eliza J. Stone. 5. Barton Warren Stone, born r8og, died in infancy. Eliza, his first wife, died at a young age and was buried at the Wasson graveyard near their cabin home at Cane Ridge, Kentucky. Forty years later her daughter and son-in-law marked her grave-"Here lies Eliza Daughter of William and Tabitha Campbell, wife of Elder B. W. Stone. She was born 1784, married July 2, 18o1, and died March 30, 1810, Dedicated as a Memorial to the Deceased by C. C. Moore and Mary his wife, 1850". Shortly after the death of his wife, Barton Stone married Celia, the youngest daughter of William and Mary Henley Bowen, of Mansker Creek, Tennessee, and a first cousin to his deceased wife. The marriage bond was negotiated in Sumner County, Tennessee, on October 30, 1811, with John H. Bowen as his bondsman.

Children of Barton and Celia (Bowen} Stone 6. William Bowen Stone. 7. John Henley Stone. 8. Mary Russell Stone. 9. Barton Warren Stone. 10. Catherine L. Stone. II. Samuel Matthew Stone.

In 1834 Barton Stone removed to Jacksonville, Illinois. He died at the home of his son-in-law, S. A. Bowen at Hannibal, Missouri, on November 9, 1844. His remains were buried at the Cane Ridge grave­ yard. His will was dated October 2, 1844. Among his bequests he devised 320 acres of land in Morgan County to his youngest sons Barton and Samuel who were to provide for their mother and sister Catherine at the homestead. Catherine received land in both Woodford and Marshall Stone Family 35 counties, and his widow the house and lots in Jacksonville. Samuel was bequeathed his gold watch. His widow lived until 1857 and was interred in the old Baptist Cem­ etery in the northern part of Hannibal, Missouri. The following is from her headstone-"Celia W. wife of Elder B. W. Stone died April 23, 1857, aged 64 years, 7 months, and 28 days".

WALTER HANSON STONE 6 ( 1765 - 1792) Walter Hanson Stone, son of Samuel and Anne (Hanson) Stone, was born about I 765 in Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland. He eloped with Rachel Anne 1\,1 uncaster, daughter to J arnes, and was married i1arch 27, 178o, at Frederick, Maryland.

Children of Walter and Anne (Muncaster) Stone

I. Anne Story Stone married John Taylor. q.v. 2. Sarah Story Stone, born 1790, d.s.p. 1830, married 1812 Dr. Wil­ liam Winter Dunnington. Walter Hanson Stone died intestate at "Poynton Manor" in his 27th year. The inventory of his personal effects was taken on February 23, 1792, with his widow Anne Stone as administratrix, and was appraised at £699/5/9· The first and final accounts were rendered shortly after­ wards, when the proceeds were distributed to the widow and two chil­ dren. James M uncaster and Zephaniah Franklin were the bondsmen for the widow. By I 795 Anne, his relict, was deceased, and the orphans were under the guardianship of James Morris who in September 18o3, made a final settlement to the two heirs.

WILLIAM BRISCOE STONE 6 ( 1797 - 1872) William Briscoe Stone, son of Michael and Mary (Briscoe) Stone, was born April 13, 1797, in Charles County, Maryland. He married in 1825 Sarah Anne Caroline, born July 24, 18o7, the daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown and Sarah Fowke his wife. Children of William and Sarah (Brown) Stone 1. Margaret Wade Stone, born 1827, spinster. 2. Thornas Stone, born 1829, married -- Edelin. 3. Mary Stone, born 1830, married Uncas Chapman. 4 Catherine Stone, born 1841. 36 Stone Family

At the census of 1850 \Villiam Stone was the proprietor of "Haber de Venture", appraised at $18,000, located in the Middleton District of Charles County. William Briscoe Stone died at his seat in Charles County on Decem­ ber 1, 1872; his widow died on March 3, 1873. At this death the married children having establishments of their own conveyed their portions of "Haber de Venture" to their eldest and unmarried sister, Margaret. Late in life she promised the place to her cousin Thomas Somervell Stone, of Woodville, but he refused it, and it is even said that he destroyed the original will which devised the estate to him. After her favorite kinsman expressed no interest in the home, she willed it to her nephew Michael, son of her brother Thomas Stone. After the death of Margaret Stone, her nephew sold the paneling of the drawing room of "Haber de Venture" for $10,000 to the City of Baltimore for their museum as a memorial to the Signer. And it was not uncommon during the past couple of decades to go into an antique shop of Maryland or the vicinity and be shown a certified statement that such and such a piece of furniture came from "Haber de Venture". Michael Stone retained title to the place until 1936, when owing to heavy mortgages and other incumbencies he sold the estate-and thus again another historic shrine of Maryland passed from the original family and became the property of another whose affluence was more able to preserve, reverence, and care for the old place.

DR. MICHAEL JENIFER STONE 6 ( r8o6-i87-)

Michael Jenifer Stone, son of Michael Jenifer and Mary (Briscoe) Stone, was born about the year I 8o6 in Charles County, Maryland. He studied medicine and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore. He established his seat at Woodville, Prince Georges County. His wife was Susan Ann, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Holliday) Somervell. To them were born eight children, but only six matured-Mary Elizabeth, Thomas Somervell, Grace Holliday, Margaret Terrett, Frederick Daniel, and Eleanor Briscoe. Mary Elizabeth, the eldest, married Walter Colton, of King George County, Virginia, and was the only child to wed. She became the mother of two daughters-Anna Madison and Sue. Stone Family 37

BARTON SPEAKE STONE 6 Barton Speake Stone, son of Hawkins, was born perhaps in Stafford County, Virginia. On September 17, 1825, he purchased land and a grist mill in Stafford County from Edward Withers, the executor of James Withers, late of Stafford County. The witnesses were William H. Stone and Fielding Clift. On April IO, 1827, he leased 100 acres of land pur­ chased by him from John Withers who had received it from the estate of his deceased father, James Withers, for $10 annually to be paid by the leasee to William H. Stone and James W. Stone during the natural Ii f e of the said Barton Speake Stone. William H. Stone and James W. Stone were brothers and it is there­ £ore assumed from the above indenture that they were the sons of Barton. William H. Stone was commissioned on October 21, 1837, by Governor David Campbell colonel of the 45th Regiment of Infantry, 5th Brigade, 2d Division of Virginia Militia. James W. Stone dated his will June 17, 1861, and devised his entire estate to his brother William. The instru­ ment, however, was not proved in Stafford County until September 15, 1869. CHARLES W. STONE 6 (-- 1842) Charles W. Stone, son of Richard and Hannah Stone, was born in Stafford County, Virginia.

Children of Charles W. Stone I. James W. Stone married Mary A. -- 2. Lucy P. Stone. 3. William B. Stone married Sarah B. -­ q.v. + Richard Stone married Elizabeth Anne -- 5. Thomas Stone married Hester Anne -- 6. Hawkins Stone. On May 28, 1842, the above-named, all of Stafford County, conveyed to Elizabeth Stone land which read, according to the deed, "whereas Charles W. Stone lately deceased did possess land devised by him from the estate of his father Richard Stone deceased".

RT. REV. WILLIAM MURRAY STONE, D. D.6 ( 1779 - 1838) William Murray Stone, second son of William and Betsy (Murray) Stone, was born June I, I 779, in Stepney Parish, Somerset County, Maryland. In April r8o8, he married Anne, daughter of John and Margaret Savage, of Northampton County, Virginia. Stone Family

Children. of William Murray and Anne (Savage) Stone

I. William Murray Stone. 2. John Wilmer Stone. 3. Thomas Waters Stone, M. D., born Jan. 3, 1814, died Apr. 10, 1891, married Leah H. -- 4- Anne Savage Stone. 5. James Murray Stone, M. D., born 1820, died 1900.

His wife died on April 9, 1821, before he had attained the distinction of being ordained the third Episcopal Bishop of Maryland. He died on February 26, 1838. His will was dated February r, 1838, and proved in Somerset County on March 13, 1838. He devised to his son, William Murray Stone, the plantation on which his deceased father lived and also the land purchased by his father from Thomas Hitch. Various bequests were made to his children-John Wilmer, Thomas Waters, Anne, and James Murray Stone. The following is from the Stepney Parish register: "Departed this life on Monday the 26 February 1838, at his residence near Salisbury, Somerset County, the Right Reverend William M. Stone, D. D., Bishop of the P. E. Church in Maryland, aged 58 years". The tombs at Salisbury read as follows: "This stone marks the hal­ lowed resting place of one who faithful unto death, now rejoices in the crown of Ii f e which God has prepared for those that love him. The Rt. Rev. William M. Stone, D. D., born January 1, 1779, was rector of Spring Hill and Stepney Parish more than 2 5 years. Consecrated Bishop of Maryland October 21, 1830, and died February 26. 1838". "Anne Stone, wife of the Rev. William M. Stone, who died April 9, 1821, aged 30 years". The following inscriptions are from St. Andrew's Cemetery, Somer­ set Parish, Princess Anne : "James Murray Stone, M. D., born 1820, died 1900, son of the Rt. Rev. William Murray Stone, 3rd Bishop of Maryland". "Sarah Murray Stone, daughter of Dr. Thomas Waters and Leah H. Stone, and granddaughter of the late Bishop of Maryland, died August 1, 1875, aged 29 years". "Thomas Waters Stone, born January 3, 1814, died April ro, 1891". "Susanna vVaters Stone, daughter of Thomas vV. and Leah H. Stone, born Jan. 24, 1850, died January 24, 1853". Stone Family 39

WILLIAM B. STONE 1 William B. Stone, son of Charles W. and Hannah Stone, was born in Stafford County, Virginia. He sustained financial reverses, whereupon in 1842 he, James W. Stone, and Richard Stone deeded land to Elijah Hansborough, and in the same year William B. Stone conveyed other land to John Moncure and negroes which were his interest in the estate of his mother Hannah Stone. He was probably the William B. Stone who died intestate during 1845, the year in which an inventory of his estate was rendered to the court. THE TAYLORS OF POYNTON MANOR John Taylor by his marriage to Anne Stone, the daughter and co-heiress of Walter Hanson Stone, became by nuptial ties a significant member of the Stone family. Through his wife he acquired a portion of "Poynton Manor" and his descendants were the last to retain the site of the mansion house of Governor William Stone and the old family burying ground. The original manor house was burned about the year 1740 during the occupancy of David Stone who rebuilt, as it is under­ stood, upon the old foundations and which stands today ( 1937) com- ' mantling a magnificent view of Avon and Nanjemoy Creeks. It has lost, however, the quaint name and old English favour of "Poynton Manor" and is now known among the natives of Charles County as "Cherry Hill".

Children of John and Anne (Stone) Taylor

1. Walter Hanson Stone Taylor married Harriet Mackall. q.v. ::z. Sarah Anne Taylor, born Apr. 28, 18og, married George Taylor. Line extinct.

3. John Arthur Taylor, born 1811, died young.

4- John Arthur Taylor, born Sept. 27, 1812, married Eleanor, dau. of Stephen Watts Wykoff, of St. Landry Parish, La.

George Taylor Jr., the grandson of Anne (Stone) Taylor, inherited the tract of 315 acres under the will of his mother-two-thirds in fee simple and the other third for life then to Durham Parish. He main­ tained his seat at the "Old Place" where he died unmarried in 1891. Subsequently, the portion which he held in fee was sold to close the estate and thus another old Charles County home passed to alien hands.

WALTER HANSON STONE TAYLOR, C. s. A. ( 18o6 - 1875) Walter Hanson Stone Taylor, son of John and Anne (Stone) Taylor, was born October 17, 18o6, at "Poynton Manor", Charles County, Mary­ land. On June 16, 1835, at Georgetown, D. C., he was married to Harriet Mackall, by the Rev. Mr. Stockton. Harriet was born January 23, 1807, at Georgetown, the daughter of Leonard Covington and Cath­ erine (Beall) Mackall, and the granddaughter of Brooke Beall. Stone Famuy 41

Children of Wa-lter and Harriet (Mackall) Taylor 1. Anne Stone Taylor, born Apr. 16, 1836, married David Griffith. q.v. 2. Martha Taylor, twin to Anne. 3. Walter Hanson Stone Taylor, born Jan. 19, 1838. 4- Katherine Esther Taylor married Benjamin Prescott. q.v. 5. Clara Miller Taylor, born May 7, 1841. 6. Francis Mackall Taylor, born Jan. 8, 1843. 7. John Arthur Taylor, born t>ct. 13, 1844. 8. Virginia Taylor, born June 16, 1848. 9. Harriet Mackall Taylor married William Daingerfield. q.v. 10. Upton Beall Taylor, born Dec. 16, 1852. The Taylor family like all old families of Maryland was intensely Con£ ederate in their sympathies during the War Between the States. At the beginning of hostilities many departed for Richmond to offer their services to the Confederacy and consequently left their Maryland estates to the ravishes of the enemy. Walter Hanson Stone Taylor was one of the auditors for the Confederate Government, while his wife occupied herself with hospital work at Danville, Virginia. She served as Assistant Matron, Linen Department, Division No. 2, of the General Hospital at Danville, though unaccustomed to daily toils she, like many Southern women, gave her time and energy to the cause by caring for the sick and wounded. The fallowing obituary appeared in the Baltimore Sun on September 6, 1875: "Colonel Walter Hanson Stone Taylor, a well-known citizen of Charles County, Md., died near Port Tobacco, in that county, on Wednesday last, in the seventieth year of his age. In early life, he was apprenticed in the clerk's office of the county, where he became a remarkably accurate accountant. He afterwards had entire charge for six years of the clerk's office in Prince George's County, from whence he was transferred to the position of chief of the division on claims in the United States treasury, under Peter Hagner, the second auditor. On the breaking out of the war Col. Taylor went south, and he was ap­ pointed fifth auditor of the Confederate Government, the duties of ~hich he performed with acceptability until the surrender. After the war he returned to Charles County, and being broken in fortune renewed the labors of his youth, and served for some time in the clerk's office. For the past six months he had been confined to his house by bodily infirm­ ities, and died on Wednesday as stated above. His knowledge of the local history and of the old families of the county was something remarkable'~. 42 Stone Famuy

ANNE STONE (TAYLOR) GRIFFITH ( 1836 - 1923) Anne Stone Taylor, daughter of Walter Hanson Stone and Harriet (Mackall) Taylor, was born April 16, 1836, according to her father's Bible. She departed for Richmond with her parents at the beginning of the Civil War and, while her mother was caring for the sick and wounded at Danville, she was appointed as early as 1861 Assistant Matron of linens at the Winder or Jackson Hospital in Richmond. On April 1, 1865, she was placed in charge of the entire linen department and served in that capacity to the close of the war. On May 29, 1867, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, Anne Taylor was married to David, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Griffith) Griffith, of Montgomery County, Maryland.* He was born April 9, 1837, and had served faithfully throughout the war in the Southern Army. He left his native home in Montgomery County, sneaked through the Federal pickets which surrounded his home, and at Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 25, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company A, First Maryland Cavalry which was commanded by his first cousin, Colonel Ridgely Brown, another Marylander. He was captured and made a prisoner of war at King William Court House on May 24, 1864, and was paroled at Winchester, Virginia, on April 22, 1865. David Griffith died at his seat in Montgomery County, Maryland, on December 28, 1914. His widow died May 23, 1923.

Children of David and Anne (Taylor) Griffith 1. Elizabeth Griffith married Walter Mobley. q.v. 2. Harriet Mackall Griffith, born June I 1, 186g. 3. Thomas David Griffith, born Jan. 29, 1871, married Laura Worth­ ington Bradley.

Elizabeth, the eldest child of David Griffith and his wife, was born April 9, 1868, and married on March 1, 1894, her kinsman Walter Mobley. He was born February 23, 186g, the son of William Basil and Louisa Hood (Griffith) Mobley. Their children were-Elizabeth, born January 1, 1895, who married William Glascock Fletcher on May 25, 1929; William Basil, born May 28, 18g6, who married Hortense Loretta Hunter on August 2, 1930; and Anne Stone, born April 8, 18g8, ,vho married Medford Parr Canby on October 6, 1923.

*For the history and genealogy of the Griffith family, see, "Anne Arundel Gentry", by Newman. Stone Family 43

CATHERINE ESTHER (TAYLOR) PRESCOTT Catherine Esther Taylor, the daughter of Walter Hanson Stone Taylor and his wife, was ~rn November 3, 1839, at Georgetown, D. C. On November 9, 1858, she was wedded to Benjamin, the son of William Marshall and Evelina (Moore) Prescott, of "Magnolia Ridge", St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. They established their seat at "Sunflower Plantation", Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, where all of their children were born. Children of Benjamin and Catherine (Taylor) Prescott

1. Arthur Taylor Prescott, Ph. D., Professor at Sewanee. 2. Harriet Mackall Prescott, born Sept. 26, 1865, married Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 17, 1885, James Easly Edmunds. Children-James Easly; Phoebe; Katherine Taylor; Benjamin Prescott; and Wil­ liam Wilson. 3. Evelina Moore Prescott married James Hampton McGavock. q.v. 4- Eleanor Wychoff Prescott. 5. Catherine Taylor Prescott married James Carter. Evelina Moore Prescott, daughter to Benjamin and his wife, married at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia, in June 1900, James Hamp­ ton McGavock, the son of Ephraim and Abaigail (Williamson) Mc­ Gavock, of Wythe County. Their only child, John Fulton, was born February 28, 1902, at Fort Chiswell. At Huntington, W. Va., during June 1925, he was married to Polly Polli~t; their daughter, Shirley McGavock, was born November 27, 1927, at Charlottesville, Virginia. In. 1935 John Fulton McGavock received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Virginia.

HARRIET MACKALL (TAYLOR) DAINGERFIELD Harriet Mackall Taylor, daughter of Walter Hanson Stone Taylor and his wife, was born May 10, 1850, in Georgetown, D. C. On October 15, 1874, at St. George's Church, Fredericksburg, Virginia, she was married to William Bathurst Daingerfield. He was born March 27, 1845, at "Rose Hill", Fairfax County, Virginia, the son of John Bathurst and Rebecca Holmes (Fowle) Daingerfield.

Children of William and Harriet (Taylor) Daingerfield I. Rebecca Daingerfield married James Monroe Love. q.v. 2. Arthur Taylor Daingerfield, born Aug., 1877. 3. William Bathurst Daingerfield, born Mar, 1879. 4- Virginia Beall Daingerfield married first Commander Henry Blow Le B~urgeois, U. S. Navy Academy, '07, and second Commander 44 Stone Family

John Leslie Hall, U. S. Navy Academy, '13. Children: John Daingerfield and Henry Blow Le Bourgeois (twins), born July 15, 1914-

REBECCA FOWLE (DAINGERFIELD) LoVE Rebecca Fowle Daingerfield, daughter to \,Villiam Bathurst Dainger­ field and his wife, was born July 17, 1875, at "Rose Hill," Fairfax County, Virginia. On March 17, r8g8, at Alexandria, Virginia, she was married to James Monroe Love Jr. He was the son of Judge James Monroe Love and Marie Buchanan Weaver his wife and was born February 17, 1875, at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. James Monroe Love was commissioned a lieutenant of the United States Army in 1898 and rose successively through all grades until he attained the rank of colonel when he commanded the 319th Infantry, 80th Division, United States Expeditionary Forces of the World War. For distinguished and heroic services he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with silver star citation and was made a member of the Order of the Purple Heart. To him and his wife Rebecca Daingerfield were born two daughters­ Harriet Daingerfield Love at Alexandria, Virginia, on April 16, 18gg, and Eliza Buchanan Love at Alexandria, on October IO, 1900. Harriet, the elder daughter, was married June 20, 1925, at the National Cathedral to Lieutenant James Rowland Hughes, U. S. Naval Academy, '21. He was the son of Stanley C. Hughes, D. D., and Lydia Foulke, of Newport, Rhode Island. To them, James and Harriet Hughes, ,vere born Lydia Foulke at Washington on February 14, 1930, and Harriet Daingerfield at Philadelphia on October 17, 1934. Eliza, the younger daughter, was married at Washington, D. C., on November 25, 1920, to Captain Ray Harrison, U. S. l\,Iilitary Academy, '17. He was the son of Colonel George R. Harrison, of California, and Mary Ray, his wife, of Washington, D. C. To Ray and Eliza Harrison were born Ray Jr. on May 27, 1926, at Washington, and William Daingerfield on January 31, 1936, at Pittsburgh. INDEX

Adams, Henry 11 . Dent, Anne 29; John 29; Warren 29; Wil­ liam 13. Bag hay, Margaret 10. Doughty, Francis 5, 9. Baker, Thomas 11. Douglas, Ben jam in 25; Charles 25; Elizabeth Banister, Henry 11. 25; Jesse 18, 25; Sarah 17, 25. Barnes, Bethia 14, 15; Henry 16; Mary 14, Doyne, Mary 8, 10; Robert 10, 14. 15; Richard 19, 22, 23, 26, 31, 32; Theo­ Duffy, Mary 31, 32 dosia 14, 15. Dunnington, William 35. Barton, Eli%abeth 17; William 17. Bayly, Thomas 11. Eaton, Anne 5; Nathaniel 5, 8; Samuel 8, Bayne, Anne 12; Eleanor 12; John 13; 11. Walter 12 Eden, Betty 21; John 21; Townsend 20, 21. Beale, John 13; Eleanor 13. Edmunds, Benjamin 43; James 43; Katherine Beall, Brooke 40; Catherine 40. 43; Phoebe 43. Beane, Walter 11. Erington, John 31. Black, Margaret 27. Evans, John 30. Blackfan, John 11; Mary l 1. 17. Blackwood, John Fendall, Josias 9. Bowen, Celia 34; John 34; Mary 34; William Fernley, John 6. 34. Fletcher, William 42. Boye, John 14. Foullce, Lydia 44. Bradley, Laura 42 Fowke, Anne 12, 17; Catherine 16, 17; Brent, Margaret 10. Gerard 13, 14, 16, 17, 29; Margaret 18; Briscoe, Mary 20, 29; Philip 13; Samuel 29; Roger 16, 28; Sarah 29, 35. Sarah 26; Walter 26. Fowle, Rebecca 43. Broughton, Richard 7; Verlinda 7, 16. Franklin, Zephaniah 35. Brown, Gustavus 18, 20, 21, 27, 28, 35; Frankon, Henry 11. Margaret 20, 27; Ridgely 42; Sarah 20, 29, 35; Walter 18. Gardner, Luke 13. Burdett, Thomas 7, 8, 12; Verlinda 7, 12. Gilbert, John 27. Gordon, Robert 15. Cabell, John 11. Grant, Mary 15. Calvert, Charles 8; Eli%abeth 5, 8; George Groves, Anne 5, 7. 8; Leonard 6, 8, 9, 10; Richard 8; Wil­ Gray, Jeremiah 24; John 24, 25; Mary 24. liam 8, 9, 11. Griffin, Thomas 8. Campbell, Eli%a 34; William 34. Griffith, David 41, 42; Elizabeth 42; Harriet Canby, Medford 42. 42; Louisa 42; Thomas 42. Carter, James 43. Causine, Gerard 28; Nathaniel 28, 30. Chapman, Edward 14; Esther 14; Uncas 35. Hall, John 44. Clift, Fielding 37. Handy, Betsy 33; Francis 32. Clifton, Stephen 9. Hansborough, Elijah 39. Colton, Anna 36; Sue 36; Walter 36. Hanson, Anne 26; Aurelia 16; Jennie 16; Cook, Edward 8. Margarey 18; Mary 16, 17, 18; Robert Cornahm, Elizabeth 6. 16, 17; Samuel 16, 20, 30, 32; Sarah 20; Cotton, Anne 5; Jane 7; Verlinda 5, 7; Theophilus 16, 19, 24; Walter 26; William William 5, 7, 8. 16, 17, 18, 21. Couden, Anne 28; Mary 20. Harris, Thomas 25. Harrison, Esther 23; George 44; Joseph 11, Dade, Baldwin 15; Verlinda 15. 12, 14, 15; Ray 44; Richard 14; Tabathia Daingerfield, Arthur 43; Harriet 43; John 14; Verlinda 14; William 14, 44. 43; Rebecca 43; Virginia 43; William 41, Hawkins, William 8. 43. Hitch, Thomas 38. Daniel, Eli%abeth 27; Emily 27; Frances 27; Holliday, Margaret 36. Jean 27; John 27; Margaret 27; Mary Holmes, Nicholas 8. 27; Moncure 27; Rawleigh 27; Samuel 27; Hoskins, Eli%abeth 26; Martha 16; Mary 16; Travers 27. Oswald 16; Philip 16. Stone Family

Howard, Elizabeth 17, 23; John 23; Re­ Pace, Michael 8. becca 23. Palmer, Auth 8. Hughes, Harriet 44; James 44; Lydia 44; Parry, Elizabeth 8. Stanley 44. Patton, Elizabeth 29. Hunter, Hortense 42. Philips, Anne 23; William 23. Hyde, Henry 11. Philphott, Benjamin 25. Politt, Polly 43. Jenifer, Daniel 20, 21, 26; Elizabeth 20. Polts, Robert 1J . Jenkins, John 18. Pope, f rancis 11. Johnson, Doniel 30; Thomas 26; Vic!ory 30. Prescott, Arthur 43; Benjamin 41, 43; Cath­ Jones, George 14; Mary 18, 20; Precious 14; erine 43; Eleanor 43; Evelina 43; Harriet Thomas 18; William 8, 19. 43; William 43. Price, Elizabeth 8. Kendall, Barbara 10. King, Walter 8. Queen, John 15. Lambert, Josias 13. Le Bourgeois, Henry 43, 44; John 44. Railey, Mathias 19. Lees, James 8. Ray, Mary 44. Lindsey, Edmund 10; James 10. Reeder, Richard 17, 23. Livesay, Mark 8. Robbins, John 16; Robert 16. Love, Eli%a 44; Harriet 44; James 43, 44; Robertson, Eleanor 29; George 29. Rebecca 44. Roughey, Anne 10. Rowe, Jenny 28. MacConchie, Anne 19; Elizabeth 28; John Rozer, Benjamin 10. 19; Lillias 19; Margarey 19; Theodosia Russell, Tabitha 34. 19; Wi~liam 16, 19, 28. McGavoclc, Ephraim 43; James 43; John 43; Savage, Anne 33, 37; John 37; Margaret Shirley 43. 37. Mackall, Harriet 40; Leonard 40. Scott, Alexander 20, 21, 28; Catherine 21; McPherson, Mary 15; Walter 15. Gustavus 31; James 20; John 8; Richard Maddock, Edward 8, 16. 31; Robert 20. Mann, Mary 28. Selby, Kathreen 8. Manning, Esther 11; John 11, 15; Joseph Sennett, Robert 26. 11, 13, 22; Mary 11; Thomas 12. Short, Theodosia 15. Mansell, William 14, 19. Smallwood, William 28. Marler, Jonathan 6. Smith, James 19; Margaret 17; Margarey Marshall, Richard 23; William 6, 11. 19; Mary 19; Richard 8; Thomas 8; Ver­ Mastin, Elizabeth 15. linda 19. Matthews, Alexander 32; Anne 21; Esther Smoot, Rachel 12, 17; Thomas 17. 11; John 15; Mary 15; Maxmillan 14, 18, Somervell, Susan 2.9, 36; Thomas 36. 21, 22; Theodosia 14; Thomas 11, 14, 18; Speake, Henrietta 15; Sarah 17, 22; Thomas William 14. 22. Meek, Catherine 18; John 15, 18; Verlinda Sprigg, Catherine 5; Thomas 5, 9, 12. 15. Stevens, Simon 11 Mitchell, Hugh, 26; John 26. Stone: Mobley, Anne 42; Eli%abeth 42; Walter 42; Alexander 26, 31. William 42. Amanda 34. Moncure, Frances 27; John 39. Andrew 5, 7. Monroe, Thomas 15. Anne 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 28, 30, 35, 38, Montague, Stephen 9. 40. Moore, Charles 34; Evelina 43; Mary 34. Barton 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, Morris, James 35. 33, 34, 37. Muncaster, Anne 26, 35; Elizabeth 28; Benjamin 25. James 19, 28, 35. Bethia 14. Murdock, James 14. Betsy 32. Murray, Betsy 24, 32; Frances 32. Catherine 5, 8, 16, 17, 20, 31, 32, 34, 35. Musgrove, Harrison 24; Mary 24. Celia 34, 35. Charles 30, 37. North, John 32. Couden 28. Daniel 20, 21. Owens, Richard 11. David 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 26. Stone Famuy 47

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