Sarah Stone

Citations

1. [S292] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), online AmericanAncestors.org, 1770, and 1772 "Savage attempted to match the recorded births and baptisms of children of Samuel Stone at Hartford with the children mentioned by Samuel Stone and his second wife in their wills by assuming that Lydia or Abigail must be Elizabeth, and that the unnamed son born in 1649 must be Samuel. Approximate ages found in the ‘Winthrop medical records show that this solution is unlikely for the daughters and not the only solution for son Samuel, and that Samuel Stone and his second wife had at least two children not recorded in the Hartford records."
2. [S753] Charles William Manwaring, compiler, A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904), I:304-305, will of Elizabeth Gardner: "I give to my daughters-in-Law, Rebeccah Nash, Mary Fitch & Sarah Butler, to each of them 40 Shillings apeice in silver, If I leave so much ; If not, in other pay equivalent; as allso to each of them a suit of my wearing Lining, which I desire them to accept of as a token of my love to them."
3. [S292] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, p. 1771.
4. [S753] Charles William Manwaring, Early Conn. Probate Records, I:242-243:
   Stone, Rev. Samuel. He died 20 July, 1663. Invt. £563-01-00. Taken November, 1663, by John Allyn, William Wadsworth. Will not dated.
   Impr. It is my will that Mrs. Elizabeth Stone, my loving wife, shall be my Agent & Sole Executrix, and that wthout any intanglemt or feare ; the legacyes given to her selfe being firstly possessed all & every of them as they follow, & the after legacyes to be made good out of the remayning estate if sufficient ; otherwise, a distribution according to that proportion. Yet if there happen any overplus, to be wholy & solely at the dispose to my sd. wife.
   Also, I give unto my sd. wife, during the term of her life, halfe my howsing & land within the libertyes of Hartford, & to have the free dispose of the valew of the sd. halfe of my land at the time of her death, by
   legacy or otherwise ; & also farther it is my will & I doe freely give unto my wife all the household stuff that I had with her when I married her, to be at her full and free dispose as shee shall see cause.
   I give to my sonne Samuel Stone, at the time of my decease, the other halfe of my houseing & Lands within the liberties of Hartford aforesd., the other halfe of the houseing at the time of the death of my sd. wife, as also the other halfe of the land, but upon a valuable consideration as before specified. Also, I give unto my son all my books except such as are otherwise disposed of. Provided (that if) my sonne Samuell depart this life before he is married, that then the whole of this my prsent legacy shall return to & be wholly at the dispose of my wife.
   Also, unto my daughter Elizabeth I doe give & order to be payd the full sum of iioo in household goods, Chattells & other country pay what my wife can best parte wthall, or in Two or three acres of Land at price currant before the sd. Land be divided betwixt my wife & sonne as aforesayd, & this sayd Legacy to be performed & made good wth in Two yeares after the marriage of my sayd daughter Elizabeth. Provided, that if my sayd daughter shall match or dispose of her selfe in marriage either wth out or Crosse to the minds of her mother & the minde & Consent of my Overseers, then this my Last will concerneing her to stand voyd & she gladly to accept of such summe & quantity or portion as her sayd mother shall freely dispose to her. Or And in case my sayd daughter shall dye & depart this world Before she receive her sayd portion, the whole thereof shall fully returne & belong unto my sayd wife at her dispose.
   Also, as a token of my Fatherly Love & respect, I doe give unto my three daughters, Rebecca, Mary & Sarah, forty shillings each of them, to be payd them by my wife in houshold stuffe as it shall be prized in Inventorie.
   I desire Mr. Matthew Allyn, my Brother William Wadsworth, Mr. John Allyn & my sonne Joseph Fitch, overseers.
   Witness : Bray Rosseter.
   Samuel Stone,
   Court Record, Page 12 — 3 March, 1663-4: Will proven.
5. [S753] Charles William Manwaring, Early Conn. Probate Records, I:304-305, citing volume IV, page 82:
   I Elizabeth Gardner of Hartford do make this my last Will & Testament : I give to my son Samuel Stone my feather bed that I Ly upon, & my Green rugg & green curtains, two payre of sheets, halfe a doz of Napkins, halfe doz of Towells, Two pewter dishes (one little one & one great one). Two porringers, one brass ketle that will hold a bout three payles full, one brass skillitt, the table that stands in the studdy, two old green cushions. The bigest Brass candlestick, two earthern blue drinking cupps, & a smale payre of Andirons, & Two Books of Mr. Greenhill's upon "ezekiell" ; & it is my will that my son shall have no power to make sale of any of those things above mentioned, but to have the use of them only, for Tiis benefit, as my overseers shall see reason to grant. I give to Elizabeth my daughter all the rest of my houshold stuffe not particularly disposed of in this my will (she giving her engagement to pay to my Grand sonn Samuel Sedgwick sixteen pounds when he shall attayne the age of Twenty one years), & my fower acres of Land in the upper end of the south meadow, & all the rest of my Land not expressly disposed of in this my last Will & Testament, to be to her & her heirs forever. I give to Samuel
   Sedgwick £16, to be paid by his Mother to him at the age of 21 years ; as allso I give to my sd. Grand son Samuel Sedgwick my 6 acres of Land in the 40 acres wth in the sowth mead, with my Long Lott on the east side of the river, & 7 acres of upland Bought of Richard Goodman, being cow pasture, as allso I give him the rest of my 6 acres of Land in the 40 acres from the day of my decease, to be improved for his advantage till he comes of age, as my overseers shall direct. I give to John Robberts, my grand son, the west division Lot in Hartford & my cow pasture Lott neer the blue Hills, to be to him his heirs & assigns forever. I give to my daughters-in-Law, Rebeccah Nash, Mary Fitch & Sarah Butler, to each of them 40 Shillings apeice in silver, If I leave so much ; If not, in other pay equivalent; as allso to each of them a suit of my wearing Lining, which I desire them to accept of as a token of my love to them. I give to Rebeccah Butler one acre of Land my husband bought of Nath. Ward, & is now in possession of Mr. John Whitting, to be to her, her heirs & assigns forever, she to possess it at her day of marriage, & her Father to possess it till then. I doe make my Daughter Elizabeth Roberts & my Grand son Samuel Sedgwick Joint Executors of this my last will & Testament. I doe desire Major John Talcott & Capt. John Allyn to be the overseers. And whereas my husband, Mr Samuel Stone, desired in his last will & Testament that my son Samuel Stone should after my decease possess all my Lands, he paying the full value thereof according as I shall dispose thereof, I willingly submit thereto, & therefore doe appoynt my sd. sonn Samuel Stone, If he will hold the Lands I have disposed of as above, that then he doe pay unto each of them I have given Land unto, the full value thereof, which shall be to them, their heirs & assigns forever instead of sd. Land.
   Elizabeth Gardner.
   Witness : John Allyn,
   Sarah X Howard.
   Court Record, Page 51 — 2 March, 1681-2: Will Proven.
6. [S753] Charles William Manwaring, Early Conn. Probate Records, I:304-305, will of Elizabeth Gardner: "I give to Rebeccah Butler one acre of Land my husband bought of Nath. Ward, & is now in possession of Mr. John Whitting, to be to her, her heirs & assigns forever, she to possess it at her day of marriage, & her Father to possess it till then."