Jonas Stone

1737 - 1816  (78 years)

• Name	Jonas Stone
  Birth	11 Nov 1737	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Apr 1816	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I11722	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Joseph Stone,   b. 8 Mar 1701/1702, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 10 Sep 1777, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Prescott,   b. 29 Apr 1711, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Apr 1793, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1728	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F3348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Fletcher,   b. 25 Jul 1741, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 26 Jan 1824, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1765	Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Jonas Stone,   b. 5 Mar 1766, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 18 Oct 1858, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire (Age 92 years) + 2. Jesse Stone, Sr.,   b. 29 Oct 1768, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Dec 1827, Pillar Point, Jefferson, New York (Age 59 years) + 3. Timothy Stone, Deacon,   b. 22 Jan 1771, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 8 or 10 Mar 1839, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)   4. Rebecca Stone,   b. 9 Mar 1773, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 19 May 1777, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 4 years) + 5. Joseph Stone,   b. 15 Apr 1775, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 7 Oct 1839, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 64 years)   6. Sally Stone,   b. 9 Apr 1777, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 30 Sep 1778, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 1 year)   7. Rebecca Stone,   b. 17 Jul 1779, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts + 8. Betsy Stone,   b. 13 Jun 1782, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 29 Dec 1869, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F6724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Nov 1737 - Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marriage - 23 May 1765 - Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Death - 16 Apr 1816 - Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email and U.S. Mail from Dean Roe (email hidden) to the Whipple Web Site, Oct 1997. !SOURCE: J. Gardner Bartlett, Simon Stone Genealogy (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926), p. 113-114. !BIRTH: "In that part of Groton, Mass., which in 1871, became Ayer, Mass." --J.G. Bartlett, p. 113. !RESIDENCES: "Jonas was deeded some of his father's land and was engaged in farming there in Groton, Mass. He was listed in the U.S. Census of 1790 as head of a family in Groton." --D. Roe. !MILITARY: "His name was on the muster-roll--dated 19 Dec 1758--of bayonet-men in Capt. John Sawtelle's company, which marched on Lexington Alarm 19 Apr 1775. He was in the battle of Lexington green on 19 Apr 1775, where the Militia or Minute Men first engaged the British. His service during that time was twelve and one half days. (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution - Vol. 14, page 104.) He also was in Captain James Prescott's Groton Company in the Indian Wars. He was also involved in Shay's Revellion, 1786-7." --D. Roe. !HONORS: On 3 Jan 1775 he was elected a member of the committee of Inspection for Groton. --D. Roe.