John Stone

1658 - 1735  (76 years)

• Name	John Stone
  Birth	23 Jul 1658	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1735	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Alternate death	Bef 26 Dec 1735	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I5177	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Deacon Simon Stone,   b. Abt 1630, Boxted, Essex, England d. 27 Feb 1708, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Whipple,   b. 20 Feb 1634, Bocking, Braintree, Essex, England d. 2 Jun 1720, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1656	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F1033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Nutting,   b. 1661, Groton Manor, Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
  Marriage	16 Dec 1698	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 6, 7]
  Children	> 1. John Stone,   b. 23 Sep 1699, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Between 14 Jan 1772 and 29 Dec 1784 (Age 72 years) + 2. Deacon James Stone,   b. 23 Jan 1701, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 27 Feb 1783, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  "When seventeen years of age he served in the Colonial forces in King Philip's War; in the Spring of 1676 he was in Capt. John Whipple's company, scouting along the Connecticut River, receiving £3-8-6; in the Summer of 1676 he was in Capt. Jonathan Poole's company on garrison duty in the Connecticut Valley towns, receiving £1-11-0; his name also appears under Watertown soldiers credited £3-3-6. (Bodge's 'Soldiers in King Philip's War,' pp. 283, 260, and 376.)" [Simon Stone Genealogy]

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Simon Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926 by J. Gardner Bartlett. Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926. [S1266] History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts: His English Ancestors and American Descendants by Blaine Whipple. Victoria, British Columbia, 2003. [S127] Simon Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926 by J. Gardner Bartlett. Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926., says "about 1655", date only. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011., says "about 1655", date only. [S630] Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1938., date only. [S734] Genealogy of First Four Generations and Names of Fifth Generation of Male Descendants of John Nutting of Groton, Mass., 1620-1650-1676 by Homer W. Brainerd. 1927. [S1266] History and Genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts: His English Ancestors and American Descendants by Blaine Whipple. Victoria, British Columbia, 2003., "after 1678", date only.