Capt. and Dea. Simon STONE

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Born in Groton, Middlesex County, Mass., 1 Aug. 1686, was given that portion of his father's lands which lay in the part of Groton which in 1732 was set off as the new town of Harvard in Worcester Co., Mass. Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he became a prosperous, successful yeoman and influential member of the community, succeeded them in the office of deacon in the church, was commissioned captain of the Harvard military company and for several years was a selectman of that town. On 3 mar 1723/4, Simon Stone and his wife Sarah, were admitted to the Groton Church, and on 14 Sept. 1733, were dismissed to the new church in Harvard, Mass.

On 29 June 1732, the Massachusetts General Court passed the act incorporating the town of Harvard, Mass., and ordered that "Simon Stone, one of the Principal Inhabitants of the Town of Harvard, be and hereby is fully impowered to Assimble and Convene the Inhabitants of said Town to Chuse Town Officers to Stand untill their Anniversary Meeting in march next." On 3 July 1732 Simon Stone issued his warrant for the first town meeting of Harvard at which he was chosen moderator and first selectman; he held the latter office also in 1735, 1735, 1738-1740 and 1746. Capt. and Dea. Simon Stone died in Harvard, 22 Oct. 1746, aged sixty years.

Capt. Simon Stone married about 1712, Sarah ?, born about 1689, whose parentage or family name are known; she died in Harvard, Mass., 30 May 1767, aged seventy-eight years, according to her gravestone there.

Simon married Sarah ? about 1712. Sarah was born about 1689; died on 30 May 1767 in Harvard, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Simon STONE was born on 10 Sep 1714 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
2. Ephraim STONE was born on 2 Jan 1715/6 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 16 Jun 1734 in Harvard, Massachusetts.
3. Ensign Oliver STONE was born on 20 Jan 1719/20 in Groton, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1761.
4. Sarah STONE was born on 27 Jan 1721/2 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 1 Jul 1809.

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Dea. Simon Stone was born on the Stone homestead at Mount Auburn in Watertown, Mass., 8 Sep. 1656 and lived in that town until after he became of age. When he was nineteen years old, the sanguinary contest with the New England Indians, known as King Philip's War, broke out, in which Simon stone rendered active service. During the autumn of 1675 and the winter of 1675/6, he was in the garrison houses at Mendon and Groton, Mass., on 20 Dec. 1675, being credited with 10s. for service in the former and on 25 Jan. 1675/6, being credited with L3-18-0 for service in the latter. He also served in the spring and summer of 1676 in Capt. Joseph Scyll's company on an expedition against the Indians in central and western Massachusetts; credits for same L3-11-0. He was one of the claimants for rights in the Narragansett Townships granted by the Province of Massachusetts in 1735 to the soldiers (or their heirs) in King Philip's War; and on 24 June 1735 drew Lot 15 in Narragansett Township No. 6, which became Templeton, Massachusetts (Bodge's "Soldiers in King Philip's War," pp. 363, 360, 273 and 436).

A few years after King Philip's War, Simon Stone, settled in Groton, Mass., on land given to him by his father, who was one of the early proprietors of that town. Here he became a prosperous farmer, held various town offices, was representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1706, and like his father and grandfather, was also a deacon in the church, being elected such at Groton, 22 Apr. 1715, an office indicating that he was held in esteem by the community. During his lifetime he settled his estate upon his children, so at his death he left no will and no administration was taken out on his estate. Surviving to the ripe old age of eighty-five years he died in Groton, 19 Dec. 1741. His gravestone in the old Groton Cemetery bears the following inscription:

HERE LIES BURIED
YE BODY OF DEAC
SIMON STONE
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE
DECEMB YE 19TH
A.D. 1741
AGE 85 YEARS
3 M.& 11D.

Simon married Sarah FARNSWORTH about 1685. Sarah was born about 1663 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1731 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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