Benajah was a weaver in Guilford, which was a part of New Haven Colony until New Haven merged with the Connecticut Colony in 1664. He married Hester/Esther Kirby, daughter of John and Elizabeth Kirby in 1673 in Middletown, Upper Houses, Connecticut Colony.
They had four known children:
1. Benajah Stone II (1674-1714)He married Hannah DeWolfe (1676-1755) daughter of Edward and Rebeccah (Tinker) DeWolfe about 1670.
2. Hester Stone (Bristol) (1676-1711). She married Bezaleel Bristol in 1709
3. Mary Stone (1681-1681) infant death
4. Abraham Stone (1683-1703) died unmarried
US New England Marriages Prior to 1700 show that Benjah Stone (1647-1738) was married to Sarah Shepard (Daughter of John and Rebecca Shepard). William Stone (1642-) married Hannah DeWolfe.
Many different versions of early marriage records.
They had four known children:
1. Benajah Stone II (1674-1714)He married Hannah DeWolfe (1676-1755) daughter of Edward and Rebeccah (Tinker) DeWolfe about 1670.
2. Hester Stone (Bristol) (1676-1711). She married Bezaleel Bristol in 1709
3. Mary Stone (1681-1681) infant death
4. Abraham Stone (1683-1703) died unmarried
US New England Marriages Prior to 1700 show that Benjah Stone (1647-1738) was married to Sarah Shepard (Daughter of John and Rebecca Shepard). William Stone (1642-) married Hannah DeWolfe.
Many different versions of early marriage records.
Benajah was a weaver in Guilford, which was a part of New Haven Colony until New Haven merged with the Connecticut Colony in 1664. He married Hester/Esther Kirby, daughter of John and Elizabeth Kirby in 1673 in Middletown, Upper Houses, Connecticut Colony.
They had four known children:
1. Benajah Stone II (1674-1714)He married Hannah DeWolfe (1676-1755) daughter of Edward and Rebeccah (Tinker) DeWolfe about 1670.
2. Hester Stone (Bristol) (1676-1711). She married Bezaleel Bristol in 1709
3. Mary Stone (1681-1681) infant death
4. Abraham Stone (1683-1703) died unmarried
US New England Marriages Prior to 1700 show that Benjah Stone (1647-1738) was married to Sarah Shepard (Daughter of John and Rebecca Shepard). William Stone (1642-) married Hannah DeWolfe.
Many different versions of early marriage records.
They had four known children:
1. Benajah Stone II (1674-1714)He married Hannah DeWolfe (1676-1755) daughter of Edward and Rebeccah (Tinker) DeWolfe about 1670.
2. Hester Stone (Bristol) (1676-1711). She married Bezaleel Bristol in 1709
3. Mary Stone (1681-1681) infant death
4. Abraham Stone (1683-1703) died unmarried
US New England Marriages Prior to 1700 show that Benjah Stone (1647-1738) was married to Sarah Shepard (Daughter of John and Rebecca Shepard). William Stone (1642-) married Hannah DeWolfe.
Many different versions of early marriage records.
Inscription
Although this person was likely interred in Guilford's original village cemetery (now the commons and public park in downtown Guilford), no surviving gravestone was known in 1818 when all gravestones at the Village Green, but not the people's remains, were dispersed to other town cemeteries.
Gravesite Details
Time and weather had erased the location of this grave when the cemetery was moved
