Immigrated with his family from England, arriving in Massachusetts in 1635. He was a deacon of the Cambridge church, freeman in 1636, representative to the General Court in 1638, was one of the proprietors of Watertown, and died 30 Nov 1672, aged 82 years.
"Nothing is left to mark his resting place but a foot stone, by the side of that of Elder John Stone, his son, on which may be traced the letters G.S., the initials of his name. Nearby, may be seen the grave-stone of Deacon John Cooper, the son of Mrs. Gregory Stone (whom, as the widow Cooper, Deacon Stone married in England) died in 24 Jun 1674." [from the book by William Thaddeus Harris, Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge: With Notes, 1845, p.179].
From the book Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge Mass. 1320-1917, 1918, p.65, the author, Joseph Gardner Bartlett, states: "A simple footstone bearing the initials G.S. was the only mark of his resting place until recent years, when a descendant, the late James Sullivan Stone of Boston, erected a monument, suitably inscribed."
A cenotaph memorial in Watertown's Old Burying Ground can be found HERE.
He was baptized 19 Apr 1592 at Great Bromley, Co. Essex, England, the son of David Stone and Ursula ____ Stone.
He was the brother of Simon Stone.
His first wife, married at Nayland, Co. Suffolk, England on 20 Jul 1617, was Margaret Garrad Stone, the daughter of Thomas Garrad and Christian Frende Garrad. She died 4 Aug 1626.
His second wife, married about 1627 in England, was Lydia ____ Cooper Stone, the widow of Simon Cooper.
Children (by first marriage): John Stone, Daniel Stone, David Stone, and Elizabeth Stone.
Children (by second marriage): Elizabeth Stone Potter, Samuel Stone, and Sarah Stone Meriam (wife of Joseph Meriam Jr).
[Some notes contributed by Kevin Avery]
"Nothing is left to mark his resting place but a foot stone, by the side of that of Elder John Stone, his son, on which may be traced the letters G.S., the initials of his name. Nearby, may be seen the grave-stone of Deacon John Cooper, the son of Mrs. Gregory Stone (whom, as the widow Cooper, Deacon Stone married in England) died in 24 Jun 1674." [from the book by William Thaddeus Harris, Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge: With Notes, 1845, p.179].
From the book Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge Mass. 1320-1917, 1918, p.65, the author, Joseph Gardner Bartlett, states: "A simple footstone bearing the initials G.S. was the only mark of his resting place until recent years, when a descendant, the late James Sullivan Stone of Boston, erected a monument, suitably inscribed."
A cenotaph memorial in Watertown's Old Burying Ground can be found HERE.
He was baptized 19 Apr 1592 at Great Bromley, Co. Essex, England, the son of David Stone and Ursula ____ Stone.
He was the brother of Simon Stone.
His first wife, married at Nayland, Co. Suffolk, England on 20 Jul 1617, was Margaret Garrad Stone, the daughter of Thomas Garrad and Christian Frende Garrad. She died 4 Aug 1626.
His second wife, married about 1627 in England, was Lydia ____ Cooper Stone, the widow of Simon Cooper.
Children (by first marriage): John Stone, Daniel Stone, David Stone, and Elizabeth Stone.
Children (by second marriage): Elizabeth Stone Potter, Samuel Stone, and Sarah Stone Meriam (wife of Joseph Meriam Jr).
[Some notes contributed by Kevin Avery]
Immigrated with his family from England, arriving in Massachusetts in 1635. He was a deacon of the Cambridge church, freeman in 1636, representative to the General Court in 1638, was one of the proprietors of Watertown, and died 30 Nov 1672, aged 82 years.
"Nothing is left to mark his resting place but a foot stone, by the side of that of Elder John Stone, his son, on which may be traced the letters G.S., the initials of his name. Nearby, may be seen the grave-stone of Deacon John Cooper, the son of Mrs. Gregory Stone (whom, as the widow Cooper, Deacon Stone married in England) died in 24 Jun 1674." [from the book by William Thaddeus Harris, Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge: With Notes, 1845, p.179].
From the book Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge Mass. 1320-1917, 1918, p.65, the author, Joseph Gardner Bartlett, states: "A simple footstone bearing the initials G.S. was the only mark of his resting place until recent years, when a descendant, the late James Sullivan Stone of Boston, erected a monument, suitably inscribed."
A cenotaph memorial in Watertown's Old Burying Ground can be found HERE.
He was baptized 19 Apr 1592 at Great Bromley, Co. Essex, England, the son of David Stone and Ursula ____ Stone.
He was the brother of Simon Stone.
His first wife, married at Nayland, Co. Suffolk, England on 20 Jul 1617, was Margaret Garrad Stone, the daughter of Thomas Garrad and Christian Frende Garrad. She died 4 Aug 1626.
His second wife, married about 1627 in England, was Lydia ____ Cooper Stone, the widow of Simon Cooper.
Children (by first marriage): John Stone, Daniel Stone, David Stone, and Elizabeth Stone.
Children (by second marriage): Elizabeth Stone Potter, Samuel Stone, and Sarah Stone Meriam (wife of Joseph Meriam Jr).
[Some notes contributed by Kevin Avery]
"Nothing is left to mark his resting place but a foot stone, by the side of that of Elder John Stone, his son, on which may be traced the letters G.S., the initials of his name. Nearby, may be seen the grave-stone of Deacon John Cooper, the son of Mrs. Gregory Stone (whom, as the widow Cooper, Deacon Stone married in England) died in 24 Jun 1674." [from the book by William Thaddeus Harris, Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge: With Notes, 1845, p.179].
From the book Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge Mass. 1320-1917, 1918, p.65, the author, Joseph Gardner Bartlett, states: "A simple footstone bearing the initials G.S. was the only mark of his resting place until recent years, when a descendant, the late James Sullivan Stone of Boston, erected a monument, suitably inscribed."
A cenotaph memorial in Watertown's Old Burying Ground can be found HERE.
He was baptized 19 Apr 1592 at Great Bromley, Co. Essex, England, the son of David Stone and Ursula ____ Stone.
He was the brother of Simon Stone.
His first wife, married at Nayland, Co. Suffolk, England on 20 Jul 1617, was Margaret Garrad Stone, the daughter of Thomas Garrad and Christian Frende Garrad. She died 4 Aug 1626.
His second wife, married about 1627 in England, was Lydia ____ Cooper Stone, the widow of Simon Cooper.
Children (by first marriage): John Stone, Daniel Stone, David Stone, and Elizabeth Stone.
Children (by second marriage): Elizabeth Stone Potter, Samuel Stone, and Sarah Stone Meriam (wife of Joseph Meriam Jr).
[Some notes contributed by Kevin Avery]
Inscription
GREGORY STONE
BORN IN ENGLAND 1590
CAME TO AMERICA 1635
DIED NOV. 30 1672
ERECTED BY DESCENDANTS
