Son of Simon & Sarah (Turner) Stone. As the eldest son of the family he succeeded in 1748 to two-thirds of his father’s lands in Harvard, by paying his brothers and sisters in money for their interests. He continued in Harvard until about 1756, when he disposed of his property there and moved westward about 40 miles to the then recently incorporated town of Greenwich, Massachusetts, and is called 'of Greenwich' on 27 October 1767....On 3 February 1771 he was elected a deacon in the Greenwich Church, being the fifth consecutive Simon Stone to hold this office; on 3 March 1771, he was chosen town treasurer; and he died in Greenwich, 17 April 1785, aged 70 years. [Note: The former town of Greenwich no longer exists; today it is beneath the Quabbin Reservoir, which provides the Boston area's water supply. --MS]
He married about 1739, EUNICE ---, born about 1716; she died in Greenwich, 12 July 1791, in her 76th year.
Children i.-ix. born in Harvard, Massachusetts, and x.-xi born in Greenwich, Massachusetts:
i. Eunice (1740-1752)
ii. Simon[6] born 22 December 1741
iii. Lydia (1743- )
iv. Aaron (1745- )
v. a child (died in infancy)
vi. Moses (1748- )
vii. Tabitha (1751- )
viii. Abner (1753- )
ix. Eunice (1755-1774)
x. Thankful (1757-1829)
xi. Israel (1760- )
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He married about 1739, EUNICE ---, born about 1716; she died in Greenwich, 12 July 1791, in her 76th year.
Children i.-ix. born in Harvard, Massachusetts, and x.-xi born in Greenwich, Massachusetts:
i. Eunice (1740-1752)
ii. Simon[6] born 22 December 1741
iii. Lydia (1743- )
iv. Aaron (1745- )
v. a child (died in infancy)
vi. Moses (1748- )
vii. Tabitha (1751- )
viii. Abner (1753- )
ix. Eunice (1755-1774)
x. Thankful (1757-1829)
xi. Israel (1760- )
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Son of Simon & Sarah (Turner) Stone. As the eldest son of the family he succeeded in 1748 to two-thirds of his father’s lands in Harvard, by paying his brothers and sisters in money for their interests. He continued in Harvard until about 1756, when he disposed of his property there and moved westward about 40 miles to the then recently incorporated town of Greenwich, Massachusetts, and is called 'of Greenwich' on 27 October 1767....On 3 February 1771 he was elected a deacon in the Greenwich Church, being the fifth consecutive Simon Stone to hold this office; on 3 March 1771, he was chosen town treasurer; and he died in Greenwich, 17 April 1785, aged 70 years. [Note: The former town of Greenwich no longer exists; today it is beneath the Quabbin Reservoir, which provides the Boston area's water supply. --MS]
He married about 1739, EUNICE ---, born about 1716; she died in Greenwich, 12 July 1791, in her 76th year.
Children i.-ix. born in Harvard, Massachusetts, and x.-xi born in Greenwich, Massachusetts:
i. Eunice (1740-1752)
ii. Simon[6] born 22 December 1741
iii. Lydia (1743- )
iv. Aaron (1745- )
v. a child (died in infancy)
vi. Moses (1748- )
vii. Tabitha (1751- )
viii. Abner (1753- )
ix. Eunice (1755-1774)
x. Thankful (1757-1829)
xi. Israel (1760- )
___________________________
He married about 1739, EUNICE ---, born about 1716; she died in Greenwich, 12 July 1791, in her 76th year.
Children i.-ix. born in Harvard, Massachusetts, and x.-xi born in Greenwich, Massachusetts:
i. Eunice (1740-1752)
ii. Simon[6] born 22 December 1741
iii. Lydia (1743- )
iv. Aaron (1745- )
v. a child (died in infancy)
vi. Moses (1748- )
vii. Tabitha (1751- )
viii. Abner (1753- )
ix. Eunice (1755-1774)
x. Thankful (1757-1829)
xi. Israel (1760- )
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Inscription
In Memory of
Deacon Simon
STONE who
died April ye 7th
1785
in the 71st year
of his age
Family Members
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