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Surname Stone

Last name: Stone. This surname is English, and one of the first recorded anywhere in the world. It may be either topographic for someone who lived by a notable outcrop of rock, a stone boundary-marker or monument, or it may be locational from of the places called 'Stone' in Southern, Western, and Midland, England. Stone has the distinction of being one of the first recorded surnames in history. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. Stone genealogy includes variations Stones, Silverstone, Stein, Steine, and Stoan.

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Stone Profiles That Have Hit A StoneWall

1. William Stone-1182 (1645-1707) Looking for Ancestor's of William Stone. Need viable sources that can relate his parents, siblings and other information that gives some background of where he came from before settling in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. *Please note: None of the William Stone's on WikiTree are a match for this William Stone. Please do not mix him up with William Franklin Stone son of John Stone and Mary Nelson. There were 13 William Stone's living in this time period it is assumed some of them were related. It is assumed that both William's mentioned were cousins. With such a common name it makes it harder to keep family tree's form getting mixed up and they are on Ancestory. com and Geni, do not use these as sources Please. Thank you,
2. George Stone-5460 (1760 - 1834) Looking for parents of George Stone. Per Don Stone Profile Manager and descendant: "Who were the parents of "Captain" George Stone. I know there are clues and rumours spread out among the ancillary branches, and I'm determined to find the "winning" combination. I am the last male descendant of his grandson Arthur Warren Stone to carry the surname, and am leaving no Couch, Stone or Rock unturned. Even though this George Stone has never been linked incorrectly to another Stone family, I would very much like to prevent that from happening, but would be open to any theory, and anyone else's opinions and investigations."
3. John Spencer Stone-180 (1789 - abt. 183) John Spencer Stone was born on 26 Nov 1789 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died about 1838 in Wheeler, Washington, Arkansas. He married Isabel Elizabeth Wright, who was a descendant of the Penobscot Tribe. Recently, a brief email contact lead to research for a possible father by the name of Thomas Stone (on Ancestry.com), but it is clear there is a generational divide prior to that of John Spencer. There is some evidence John Spencer may have gone with his middle name in his social interactions, like so many that sought definition apart from other family members. Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Stone's Holding Political/Public Offices

William Stone-70 He was the 3rd governor of the colony of Maryland from 1649 to 1655.^[1]

Zedekiah Stone-9524 Father of David Stone-7255, He was state senator From Bertie County, for North Carolina in 1777, 1778, 1779 and after the Revolution in 1786; He was a member of the Committee to procure arms and ammunition for the Continental Army, April 19, 1776; He was a member of the Provincial Congress at Halifax in November 1776; He was Commissioner to procure guns for the Continental Army in December 1776; Among the other positions he filled, he was appointed with Thomas Pugh and Simon Turner as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.^[2]

David Stone-7255 Governor of North Carolina 1808 – 1810; He was a member of the state house of commons 1791-1794; He was elected to the Sixth US Congress March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801; He was elected as a Republican to the US Senate and served from 4 March 1801 until he resigned about 17 Feb 1807; He was a member of State house of commons 1811 -12; He was again elected to the US Senate serving March 4, 1813 until he resigned December 24, 1814..^[3]

Notable Modern Day Stone's

Educators

1. San Francisco–based teacher and model Janet Stone started her practice at age 17. A student of Max Strom and meditation teacher Prem Rawat, Stone teaches vinyasa flow at events around the world. Her new kirtan album with DJ Drez, Echoes of Devotion, hit number 1 on iTunes’s World Music chart in 2015.

Nobel Prize Winners:

1 economics (economics) Richard Stone 1984;

Contribution: Pioneering research around national accounting systems. Richard Stone - Facts

Actors and Actresses:

2 actresses, 1 actor, 1 comedian/actor:

1. Sharon Stone 1958- ; Sharon Stone Bio

2. Emma Stone 1988-

Milburn Stone[4]

3. Milburn Stone, Actor: Hugh Milburn Stone 1904-1980 sometimes known as Milly Stone (July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980), was an American film and television actor best known as "Doc" (Dr. Galen Adams) on the CBS western series Gunsmoke.wikipedia.org^[5]

4. Rhashan Stone 1969-

Filmmakers:

1 director Oliver Stone 1946-

Musicians:

1 musician Sly Stone 1943-

Olympic Medalists:

1 gold (gold) Nikki Stone 1998 freestyle skiing;

Nikki Stone, who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, is best known for being the first American to win a gold medal as inverted aerial skier. Aerial Skiing is a sport where athletes ski into a 10-foot snow jump at approximately 40 miles per hour, flip and/or twist to a height of 50-feet, and land on a 45 degree hill.

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Oscar Award Winners:

1 director (director) Oliver Stone 1986; 1989 Platoon; Born on the Fourth of July

Pulitzer Award Winners:

1 winner Robert Stone 1982 A Flag for Sunrise;

ROBERT STONE is the author of seven novels: A Hall of Mirrors, Dog Soldiers (winner of the National Book Award), A Flag for Sunrise, Children of Light, Outerbridge Reach, Damascus Gate, and Bay of Souls. His story collection, Bear and His Daughter, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and his memoir, Prime Green, was published in 2006. *Amazon Robert Stone Page

Saints:

1 saint Saint John Stone  ?-1538

John Stone's name was placed at the top of the list of martyrs of the English Reformation which was presented to Rome for the process of beatification. John Stone was beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 9 December 1886 and canonised by Pope Paul VI on 25 October 1970. He is one of the Forty Martyrs chosen to represent Roman Catholics martyred in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679.

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Title Characters:

1 book (book) John Stone 2015 The Many Lives of John Stone

The Stone motto

• vive ut vivas, means live that you may live forever

Stone Family Coat of Arms

These arms were granted to William Stone of London in 1583

The Arms: THREE CINQUEFOILS SABLE ON A FIELD ARGENT: HAVE LONG BEEN BORNE BY FAMILIES OF STONE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF ENGLAND . These arms were granted to William Stone of London in 1583. With variations as to "chief" and "crest," they are, besides in Essex and London, to be found either on mural monuments or described in the pedigrees taken by the heraldic Visitations, in Worcestershire (were borne by a Simon Stone of Beudley); in Lincolnshire (from this family there is also a Simon Stone - of St. Andrews, Holborn, London, 1605); in Norfolk (at Holm); in Sussex (at Framfield, granted 1628; here the arms are: a chevron between three cinquefoils); in Bedfordshire; in Hertfordshire, and elsewhere.

These arms are claimed by many Descendants of Simon and Gregory Stone

Stone Coat of Arms is a follows: CREST - Eagle Rousant

ESCUTCHEON - per Quartre DEXTER CHIEF- Lone Star in Argent rising in Azure, below three cinque foils in sable standing in Argent SINISTER CHIEF -Fleur de lis in Or Standing in Argent DEXTER BASE - plain Argent SINISTER BASE- Lion rampant, in sable standing in Argent MOTTO - "Nothing of Humanity is foreign to me."

The above Coat-of Arms, as being an item of general interest to the Stone family, especially to the descendants of Simon and Gregory Stone, and as being the most probable Coat-of Arms which has been claimed for that branch of the family of Stone, deeming that evidence which is positive as to certain Stones of Essex County is - so far - only probable as applied to our Much Bromley family of Essex County. There seems to be - at present - no direct evidence to connect these or any "Arms" with any proven ancestor or near relative of the Simon and Gregory line, and the circumstantial evidence which most nearly reaches the Much Bromley family

Stone Ancestors With Traceable Trees

• Richard De Croston Stone-782 (1540-1605) [1][2]

• William Stone-1182 (1645-1707) [2][4]

• Benjamin Stone-1190 (1747-1795) [5][6]

• Captain William "3rd Governor of Maryland" Stone-70 (1603-1660) Gov. William Stone (c. 1603-c. 1659/60) and Verlinda Stone

• Rev. Benjamin Stone-392 (1743-1832)

• Thomas Stone Stone-6277 (1720-1795)

Tidbits, Odds N Ends

Information with Source on Stone Family Member's that have not been matched up to existing Profiles, but we want to keep it available to use when needed.

1. Edward Thomas Stone 1882/83 to 1912 died aboard the Titanic https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/edward-thomas-stone-family-information.html
2. William Stone "for and in consideration of the sum of one shilling sterling paid by Tabitha Meanly but more especially for the love and good will I bear to the said Tabitha Meanly do by these presents give, grant, bargain and deliver unto the said Tabitha Meanly during her natural life, one negro child, named Cesear, and at her death to her daughter, Fanny, and in case she dies without issue of her body lawfully begotten, then the said negro to belong to her sister, Lucy Meanly, to her and her heirs forever and the said William Stone the gift or sale of the said negro do hereby warrant and forever defend." DEED: Cumberland County, Virginia. Deed Book 3, Page 227, dated 23 Nov 1761. {Contributed by Lowe-866}
3. William Stone Stone Family of Richmond and Halifax Counties, Virginia (This information may hold some clues as to the Ancestors of William Stone b abt 1645, of Old Rappahannock (Richmond Co.), VA. He md Sarah abt 1668, Pittsylvania, VA.) Unknown Stone b abt 1615, prob England. Children of Unknown Stone were: •William Stone b abt 1645. •(prob) Col. John Stone, of Old Rappahannock (Richmond Co.), VA •(prob) Francis Stone, of Old Rappahannock (Richmond Co.), VA. •(prob) David Stone, of Old Rappahannock (Richmond Co.), VA
4. Coles County IL Archives Early Marriages STONE, Jeremiah WALTRIP, Mahalia married on November 21, 1843; STONE, John WHITE, Pamelia married January 11, 1845; STONE, William RENNELS, Armilda married March 06, 1844
5. Senator Norman Stone (Maryland) - https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/former/html/msa12133.html
6. William Stone pre-1800 in Fayette Co., VA. (Thanks to Shirley Dalton for this information)

• Reel 1490705 Vol. A. P. 390 Deed of Gift, William Stone of County of Fayette...natural love and affection...my children, namely William Stone, Mary Hollyman, Ann Neale, Catherine Gray and John Stone... to Wm Stone negro Jane and her children Dennis and Moses, to Mary Hollyman negroes Toby and ?Emey , to Catherine Gray [negroes] Soll [or Sall] and Dinah, to John Stone negroes Alice and two of her children namely Amon and Hanson. 17 Jany 1793. /s/s William Stone
• p. 393: 15 Jan 1793, deed by William Stone of Co. of Fayette and State of Kentucky to Mary Hollyman of Fairfax, Virginia...Wm Stone sold to Mary Hollyman land on the south fork of Elkhorn river in Fayette Co. being part of the preemption obtained by John Vance from State of Virginia...signed, sealed and delivered to her brother William Stone. s/s/ William Stone, Wits: Samuel Kelly, Richard Gray, James Ritchy, Charles Neale. March Court 1793
• P. 395: Deed by Wm Stone senr of Co. of Fayette and William Stone jun of same county...land...Fayette Co., KY 14 Jan 1793 /s/ Wm Stone, Wits: Richard Gray, John Stone, Samuel Kelly, Charles Neale, James Ritchy

Stone's who are Qualifying Ancestors for purposes of membership in the Jamestowne Society

• Stone, John - A7610; died 1693; Rappanhannock Co.: 1682, 1691 (Burgess).^[6]
• Stone, Maximillian - A7611; Hog Island: 1628 (Burgess).^[7]
• Stone, William - A9690; died 1646 Northampton Co.; (Anglican Minister).^[8]
• Stone, William - A9726; 1691, Head of York, died 1729-30 York Co. (Indian Interpreter^[9]

Profiles On The Stone One Name Study

People or pages in Stone Name Study

Sources for Researching Stone Families

1. Stone of Ardleigh and Great Bromley: Stone Tree 1285-1586.
2. Bartlett, J. Gardner, Simon Stone Genealogy: Ancestry And Descendants of Deacon Simon Stone Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926, Boston, Mass.: Stone Family Association, 1926,
3. The Stone Story
4. Nowlin-Stone Genealogy ebook
5. REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS - BERTIE COUNTY
6. Zedkiah Stone, Elizabeth Shriver & Mary Jordan
7. South Carolina Colonial Soldiers and Patriots
8. Stone Family Association 1897-1901
9. Stone History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
10. THE STONE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY, AND BEYOND (PART TWO) (DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS STONE OF HAMILTON PARISH, VIRGINIA)
11. THE STONE FAMILY OF ENGLAND, VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND (PART ONE) (ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF GOV. WILLIAM STONE OF MARYLAND (Temporarily out of Service)
12. Genealogy of the Stone family originating in Rhode Island
13. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al. Volume 426, Page 789
14. The National Genealogical Society Quarterly VOL II, April 1913 No.1
15. The Massachusetts Vital Records Project
16. UMass Amherst Libraries Massachusetts Vital Records
17. The Three Rivers Chronicle Publication of the Three Rivers Historical Society at Hemingway, S.C. 29554 Volume VII March, 1987 No. 1
18. Stone Family Papers
19. Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free)
20. Full text of "Notes about the family of Stone : living some time in the parish of Ardleigh, Essex"
21. Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters
22. Genealogy of the Stone family originating in Rhode Island by Stone, Richard Cecil, b. 1798
23. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, William Stone (Maryland governor)
24. "The family of John Stone, one of the first settlers of Guilford, Conn"
25. HISTORY of THE COLONY OF NEW HAVEN To its absorption into CONNECTICUT
26. Descendants of John Stone born in Staffordshire, England in 1667
27. The Stones of Poynton Manor
28. "From generation to generation. The genealogies of Dwight Stone and Olive Evans"
29. The records of the Virginia company of London
30. Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800

Older Cemeteries with Stone Family Graves

• Note: Before the turn of the 20th Century it was not uncommon, in the US, for family members to be buried on private family owned property. Older graves missing headstones either by time or vandalism are a sorrowful lost.
  • Example: Mary Jane (Stone) Morton. Buried on the Hall Farm, West of Stanton, KY

1. Log Lick Christian Church Cemetery, 2600 Log Lick Road Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky 40391
2. Winchester Cemetery 625 West Lexington Ave, Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky
3. Francis Stone Graveyard Clark County, Kentucky
4. Sally Poer Cemetery, Cressy, Estill County, Kentucky
5. Stone Family Graveyard, Grant County, Kentucky
6. North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
7. Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
8. Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben County, New York

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stone_(Maryland_governor) William Stone (Maryland governor) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. ↑ http://sallysfamilyplace.com/new/zedkiah-stone-elizabeth-shriver-mary-jordan/ Stone families of Bertie County, NC
3. ↑ http://sallysfamilyplace.com/new/zedkiah-stone-elizabeth-shriver-mary-jordan/ Stone families of Bertie County, NC
4. ↑ http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0832065/
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milburn_Stone
6. ↑ http://www.jamestowne.org/qualifying-ancestors.html Jamestowne Society
7. ↑ http://www.jamestowne.org/qualifying-ancestors.html Jamestowne Society
8. ↑ http://www.jamestowne.org/qualifying-ancestors.html Jamestowne Society
9. ↑ http://www.jamestowne.org/qualifying-ancestors.html Jamestowne Society

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In additional to the usual sources (Family Search, Find My Past, etc) there is information about the Stones of Mersham in "MERSHAM DURING THE 18th & EARLY 19th CENTURIES" by Jenny Mills Originally self-published locally in 1995 and re-edited 2013, thank you to Janet Gunn for these additional sources :: Link for Mersham in the 18th and 19th century: Part 1 :: Link for Mersham in the 18th and 19th century: Part 2 :: Link for Mersham in the 18th and 19th century: Part 3 :: Links for Mersham in the 18th and 19th century: Part 4 and Melvilles 1858 Directory of Kent. for Mersham

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