Excerpt from Genealogy: Of the Stone Family Originating in Rhode Island The stone families IN america, which emigrated from the Fath erland to this, cant be traced to three brothers who came over, but are distinctly traced to ten or more importations, ranging from the years 1635 to 1840. Samuel Stone came to Boston in 1633. He was educated at Cambridge, England, and probably originated in 'hertford, about twenty miles from London. He remained a short time in the vicinity of Boston, but aecom panied Hooker and the first settlers on the Connecticut River. They called their settlement Hartford, from Hertford, the name of the town from which Samuel Stone emigrated. He was associate Pastor with Hooker until his death, when he became sole minister of the Hartford Church, which he sustained many years, and was then gathered to his fathers in a good old age. Samuel Stone left four children, - one son and three daughters. His son, Samuel, was educated for the ministry; but, becoming intemperate, fell, before middle life, from the high river bank upon the rocks below, was killed. And the family became extinct. John Stone, aged forty, came to Salem in April, 1635, from Hawkhurst, Kent county, England, in the ship Elizabeth. He remained, some years, in and around Salem; but finally settled in Guilford, Conn., where he probably died. His son Timothy was educated and settled in the minis' try, in Goshen, Conn., where we believe he spent his whole life. A son of his, Timothy, junior, was educated and settled in Cornwall, Conn., - a man of piety and literary talent. A grandson of his, probably, is the Wil liam' Stone who had commenced a literary course, and, at the opening of the Revolution, though quite young, enlisted. He was in many severe engagements; was always foremost in any hazardous enterprise; was present at the execution of Andre, and continued his services up to the establishment of peace. He then resumed his. Studies and entered the ministry. He was auseful man, and his labors confined to the border settlements. He was fond of adventure; several times left his field of labor and moved up to the border line. His son, William Leet Stone, commonly called Col. Stone, was a man of education and literary taste; was editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, and published the History of Wyoming and some other works. He has a son, William L. Stone, connected with the Journal of Commerce. The family of John Stone, or Ston as Spelled in the early records, is t extensive, though a few may be found scattered in the different States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.