Amos Stone, Captain

1759 - 1842  (82 years)

• Name	Amos Stone
  Suffix	Captain
  Birth	28 Sep 1759	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Mar 1842	Urbana, Steuben, New York
  Person ID	I29707	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Amos Stone,   b. 9 Sep 1729, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 16 Sep 1804, , , New York (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Adna or Edna Hale,   b. Abt 1736   d. 20 Dec 1809 (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1754	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F14528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ives   d. 1789
  Marriage	1788	, , Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F14913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Holiday,   b. 1770, Holiday/Crooked Creek, Northumberland, Pennsylvania d. 11 Sep 1836, Urbana, Steuben, New York (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1790	Holiday/Crooked Creek, Northumberland, Pennsylvania
  Children	+ 1. Lavinia Stone,   b. 6 Nov 1794, , Steuben, New York d. 9 Oct 1871, Urbana, Steuben, New York (Age 76 years)   2. Amos Stone   3. George M. Stone   4. Elizabeth Stone   5. Sabrina Stone,   b. 29 Aug 1808, Urbana, Steuben, New York d. 26 Feb 1885, Waverly, , New York (Age 76 years)   6. Eunice Stone   7. Lucinda Stone   8. Adna Stone   9. Isabel Stone,   b. Abt 1800   d. 13 Jul 1801 (Age ~ 1 years)   10. Huldah Stone,   b. Abt 1802   d. 12 Jul 1806 (Age ~ 4 years)
  Family ID	F14914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Sep 1759 - Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Marriage - 1788 - , , Pennsylvania Marriage - 13 Jan 1790 - Holiday/Crooked Creek, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Death - 17 Mar 1842 - Urbana, Steuben, New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: J. Gardner Bartlett, Simon Stone Genealogy (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926), p. 111. !SOURCE: Email from Thomas N. Pratt to the Whipple Website, 17 Jan, 30 Nov and 5 Dec 1999. !MARRIAGE: In Holliday/Crooked Creek, Pennsylvania. --T.N. Pratt !MILITARY: Private in the Revolutionary War; was made a captain in the Steuben County (N.Y.) Militia in his mid 40's (1804). --T.N. Pratt !MILITARY: Amos' service record, submitted to the Whipple Website by T.N. Pratt. (It was used in his daughter's DAR application): Pvt./Capt. Amos Stone's [1759-1842] Service in the Rev. War: Pvt.: Mass. Line, Boston, Fort Ticonderoga, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmonth. 31.5 months credited service. Served in the Revolution as a private from Greenwich, Mass. Enlisted 1776 for one year and served around Boston during the British evacuation and at Ticonderoga. Re-enlisted May 1777 as part of the reinforcement of the Northern Army and served 2-1/2 mos. Re-enlisted Sept.1777 - served at the Battle of Saratoga, and was present at the surrender of General Burgoyne's army 17 Oct1777. Re-enlisted May 1778 for 8 mo. and served at the Battle of Monmouth. Re-enlisted for 5 mo. term in Apr. 1779 - present on duty and witness to the hanging of Major Andre on 2 Oct1780. Discharged at West Point abt. Jan. 1781. Served under Capts. B. Bullard, J. Thompson, J. Banister, D. Shays; Cols. A. Whitcomb, J. Cushing, R. Putnam, N. Hale, Wood, Warner; Gen. B. Lincoln; Brig. Gens. J. Glover, Paterson; Maj. Gens. J. Sullivan, H. Gates and A. St. Clair References: S. Stone Gen. by J. G. Bartlett, Bost., 1926; Pen. Apl. S11489, VA Rec., NARA, Grp. 15, Roll 2301; MA Sol.& Sail. of RW, vol 15, p 84; US Pen. Rec., Treas. Dep., Actg. Off. Recs. Grp. 217, NARA, Wash. DC; et al Also of interest, Amos was involved in Shay's rebellion and, after their failure to take the arsenal at Springfield, MA, spent time in the wilderness of Penn. before he ultimately returned to NY and was one of the first settlers in Pleasant Valley, Steuben Co. On 22 Feb. 1804, Amos Stone was commissioned a captain in the Steuben County militia. ("New York Council of Appointment," vol. 1, p. 708.)