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When James Grant was fifteen or sixteen years old, his individuality and per- C. & R. 1-15
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sonality, as well as his intimate association with Lord Brougham, made him too prominent, and his mother and relatives fearing that his identity would be disclosed to the holders of the estate, and that they would contrive a means of putting an end to him, sent him to a relative, Calhoun Urquhart, on the Island of Tobago, off the coast of South America. He reached the island safely, and remained with Mr. Urquhart until he reached his majority. Meanwhile, a plague broke out in Edin- burgh, and he never heard from his mother or sisters or any of his relatives again, and never knew what became of them. He, himself, was very ill with fever, and it is supposed that news of his death was carried to Scotland (it is to this time that Lord Brougham refers in his "Memoirs"), and his mother thought him dead.
When James Grant attained his majority he left the Island of Tobago, and passed up through the United States on his way to Canada, where he was to take a vessel for Scotland to claim his estate, the entail of which lapsed with him. He landed at Castine, Maine, July 4, 1800; when he reached Ellsworth, Maine, finding his funds low, he entered a cobbler's shop to earn a little money to help him along. While at Bar Harbor, he met and fell in love with Dorcas Beal, with the result that when he secured a better position he married and remained in Ellsworth. When his family was still young and dependent upon him, he could not leave them, and when they grew older they were afraid to have him make the trip and risk his life by making a claim on the estate.
The important data relating to the ancestry of James Grant was filed among the papers of Sir William Grant, an eminent lawyer in Edinburgh during the time of James Grant's childhood, between 1779 and 1796. All this material, including the description of his burned hand, was destroyed in a fire that burned the courthouse where the papers were filed.
In 1807, James Grant signed a petition in Maine for the annexation of parts of the towns of Trenton and Surry to Ellsworth. In 1820, he lived in the house next to the Old Mill Boarding House, the first inn in Ellsworth, on the east side of the Union River. He was secretary to Colonel Black, and a schoolmaster for many years.
James Grant married Dorcas Beal. (Beal' II.) Children :
I. Robert (3), of whom further.
2. Helen, born June 5, 1811.
3. Edward Beal, born May 2, 1813.
4. Joseph Tilden, born March 5, 1815.
5. Mary Black, born May 29, 1817.
6. George Herbert, born April 14, 1820.
7. Frances Wood, born March 6, 1824.
8. Ann Carolyn, born May 14, 1827.
(Family records. Albert H. Davis: "History of Ellsworth, Maine," pp. 21, 31, 37, 161. Census of 1850, Ellsworth, Maine.)
(IV) COLONEL ROBERT (3) GRANT, son of James and Dorcas (Beal) Grant, according to records of his descendants, was born in Maine, August 19, 1809, and died at Williamsburg, Long Island, April 13, 1868. He is evidently not mentioned in the census records above because since he was old enough to be married in 1839, he had long since left the family home. However, his daughter, Josephine T., evidently went back to live in the home of her aunt, for in the census records of
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Ellsworth in 1850 Josie T. Grant is listed with her father's sisters, Helen, Frances W., and Ann, born in New York. This makes the logical place to look for the record of her father, that is, New York City, or in places nearby. We find the following :
Grant, at Williamsburg, Long Island, on Monday, April 13, Robert Grant, in the 59th year of his age. Funeral services at his late residence on Sunday at half past one o'clock. ("New York Herald," April 17, 1868.)
Grant, Zerubbabel Chapter, The Companions of Zerubbabel, #147, R. A. M. are hereby summoned to attend a special convocation at their rooms, corner of Grand and Centre Streets, on Sunday morning at half past eleven to pay tribute and respect to our deceased companion, Robert Grant. ("New York Herald," April 18, 1868.)
Masonic, Sir Knights of Ivanhoe Commandery, #36, K. T., you are hereby summoned to attend a special conclave on late Sir Knight Robert Grant. ("New York Herald," April 19, 1868.)
The Brooklyn directories beginning with 1856 list Robert Grant first as a manu- facturer living in the eastern division (Williamsburg). In 1867, he is again shown in the eastern division, and in 1869, the year after his death, his widow, Jane, is listed at the same address. He was a member of the Zerubbabel Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and was exalted to Royal Arch Mason a year before his death. According to family records Colonel Robert Grant was an officer in the Mexican War, and a colonel in the Civil War, and a manufacturer and inventor in the field of science. He married, January 18, 1839, Jane Anne Marshall. (Marshall II.) They had a daughter :
1. Josephine Tilden, of whom further.
(Census of 1850, Ellsworth, Maine. "New York Herald," April 17, 18, 19, 1868. "Brook- lyn Directory," 1856, 1857-71. Family records.)
(V) JOSEPHINE TILDEN GRANT, daughter of Colonel Robert and Jane Anne (Marshall) Grant, was born in New York, December 25, 1851, and died June 18, 1928. Her marriage notice in the "Baltimore Sun" appears as follows :
Married, Baylies-Grant, In Ellsworth, Maine, Mar. 29, 1871, by the Reverend Dr. Tenney, William T. Baylies of Baltimore, Md., to Miss Josie Grant of Ellsworth.
Josephine Tilden Grant married William Thomas Baylies. (Baylies V.)
("Baltimore Sun," April 10, 1871. Family records.)
(The Marshall Line).
We find Marshals of the Household, of whom Gilbert de Marshal (de Bec), was Marshal to the Conqueror, and whose descendants in the female line became Earls of Pembroke and Earls Marshal. The name as one of office still survives as Marshal of a Court. In its original significance the name is still used in France, where the sign of the village blacksmith has the inscription, "Marechals Ferrand."
(G. W. Marshall: "Miscellania Marescalliana," Vol. I, p. 3.)
(I) CAPTAIN ROBERT MARSHALL was born in London, England, March 4, 1792. The following obituary notice gives what information we have about him:
Died on Tuesday, July 19, 1831, Captain Robert Marshall, aged about forty years. Cap- tain Marshall was originally of New York, where he commanded one of the Liverpool line ships for many years and during the period of his residence in Baltimore he was sincerely and universally respected, not only as a merchant and citizen, but more particularly as commander of one of our Philadelphia steamboats. It is suggested that the Flags of the Shipping Steam- boats be hoisted half mast high This Day for a worthy and much respected Ship Master.
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Captain Marshall married, May 13, 1813, Sarah Honeywell. She was born July 4, 1794, and was the daughter of Enoch and Marguerite (Vail) Honeywell, of West Chester, New York. Children :
I. John.
2. Jane Anne, of whom further.
3. Cornelia.
4. T. Franklin.
5. Charles Henry.
6. Marh.
("Baltimore Republican and Commercial Advertiser," July 20, 1831. Family data.)
(II) JANE ANNE MARSHALL, daughter of Captain Robert and Sarah ( Honey- well) Marshall, was born in New York City, July 19, 1819. She married Colonel Robert Grant. (Grant III.)
("Brooklyn Directory." Family data.)
(The Beal Line).
Beal is a hamlet in the detached portion of Durham. The surname is either from this location or as some think an ancient personal name. Le Beale is found in the Hundred Rolls.
(Lower: "Patronymica Britannica.")
(I) EDWARD BEAL was born in England. He came to Ellsworth, Maine, between 1767 and 1770, and was one of the pioneers of that town. On March 26, 1784, he was a petitioner to the General Court for land. He died before 1792. Edward Beal married, January 24, 1765, Joanna Jordan. (Jordan V.) Children :
I. Dominicus.
2. Sallie; married Mr. Foster.
3. Joanne, died young.
4. Phebe; married Joseph Card.
5. Lucy; married Peter Page.
6. Clara; married Daniel Sohmes.
7. Edward; married Mercy Reid.
8. Dorcas, of whom further.
(Albert H. Davis: "History of Ellsworth, Maine," p. 60. Family records.)
(II) DORCAS BEAL, daughter of Edward and Joanna (Jordan) Beal, was born February 12, 1783, and died February 3, 1856. She married James Grant. (Grant III.)
(Family records.)
(The Jordan Line).
Jordan, a surname which has given rise to a number of other family names, as Jorden, Jordon, Jordanson, Jordison, and Jordeson, became popular as a christen- name among the nations who took part in the Crusades to the Holy Land. It has made a very strong impression on English and West European nomenclature, and became a favorite in England, where registers record numerous instances.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames." Lower: "Patronymica Bri- tannica.")
(I) REVEREND ROBERT JORDAN, progenitor of the Jordans in America, son of Edmund Jordan, of Worcester, but of West England, probably Dorsetshire, ances-
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try, was born probably in Worcester, England, in 1611, and died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, his will being proved July 1, 1679. He was educated at Baliol College, Oxford University, and became a minister of the Church of England. In 1640, he was established at Richmond's Island, near Spurwink, now Cape Eliza- beth, Maine. He was chaplain to the Trelawney colony in 1639, and successor to the Rev. Richard Gibson in May, 1641. Trelawney, who never came to America, had as his agent at Spurwink, John Winter, who became part owner in 1639, and on the death of Mr. Trelawney, in 1644, held legal possession of all the property there. Mr. Winter writes to Trelawney, August 2, 1641, of Mr. Jordan thus :
Heare is on Mr. Robert Jordan, a mynister, wch hath been wth vs this three months, 2 ch is a very honest religious man by anything as yett I can find in him. I have not yett agreed with him for staying heare but did refer yt tyll I did heare Som word from you; we weare long wthont a mynister & weere but in a bad way & so we shall be still iff we have not the word of God taught vnto us. Sometymes the plantation at permaquid would willingly have him or the (y) desire he might be their on halfe of the yeare & the other halfe to be heare with vs. I know not how we shall accord uppon yt as yett he hath been heare in the country this 2 yeares & hath alwaies lived with Mr. Purchase wch is a kinsman unto him.
Upon the death of Mr. Winter, in 1645, Robert Jordan, who had married his only child, Sarah, became administrator of the estate and one of the great land proprietors of that region. In 1648, he petitioned the General Court of Massa- chusetts to allow him, as administrator, to sell the property of Mr. Trelawney and to settle the estate. The request was granted and he afterwards removed from the island to the mainland portion of Mr. Winter's estate. However, because he disregarded the orders of the General Court concerning marrying and baptizing, he was imprisoned in 1654 and 1663, but on September 4, 1663, agreed to obey. For many years he served as a judge. In the second Indian War in 1675, he was obliged to flee from Spurwink to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He lost the use of his hands before his death, and was unable to sign his will. He left six sons, among whom his great landed estate was divided according to the provisions of his will.
Robert Jordan married, at Richmond's Island, in 1642, Sarah Winter. (Win- ter II.) Children, all born before 1664, at Cape Elizabeth, Maine :
1. John; married in 1677, Elizabeth Styleman, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
2. Robert; married Eliza, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
3. Dominicus, of whom further.
4. Jedediah, died in 1735.
5. Samuel, born about 1660, died in Kittery, Maine, in 1720.
6. Jeremiah, born about 1663, died in 1729; married, about 1688, Katherine.
("American Ancestry," Vol. VI, p. 36. "New England Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister," Vol. XIII, pp. 221-22. Jordan: "Jordan Memorial," pp. 70, 73, 75. G. T. Little: "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine," Vol. III, pp. 1223-24.)
(II) DOMINICUS JORDAN, son of Rev. Robert and Sarah (Winter) Jordan, was born at Spurwink, now Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine, and was killed by Indians, August 10, 1703. By his father's will he received one thousand acres of land at Spurwink adjoining the old plantation. He left Spurwink with his father at the beginning of King Philip's War, in 1675, when their home was destroyed by the Indians. He probably spent part of the next six years at Winter Harbor, now Biddeford, Maine, about twelve miles from Spurwink, and was a prominent man there, and one of the trustees to whom the township of Falmouth
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was deeded by Thomas Danforth, president of the Province of Maine, dated July 26, 1684. In 1690, Spurwink, endangered by the Indian War, was deserted until 1698. According to tradition, Dominicus Jordan was a man above the common size and of great strength and endurance. Though friendly to the Indians in time of peace, he was feared by them as a fierce fighter in time of war, and was called the "Indian Killer." He had a blockhouse on his plantation, and upon the breaking out of hostilities in 1703, a party of Indians, apparently friendly, called on him to buy some goods. Having no suspicion of their treacherous design, he was wait- ing on them, when one of them who had watched for the opportunity, unnoticed by Mr. Jordan, struck him dead, and took his family and wife and youngest brother captives to Canada. All, except his daughter, Mary Ann, were finally restored to liberty.
Dominicus Jordan married, in 1681, Hannah Tristram. (Tristram II.) Children :
I. Dominicus Yunbranch, of whom further.
2. Samuel, born in Spurwink, Maine, in 1684, died at Winter Harbor (Biddeford), December 20, 1742; married, in Yorke, Maine, 1718, Olive Plaisted.
3. Mary Ann, born in 1687.
4. Elizabeth, born in 1690, died at Saco in 1734; married, in 1714, Captain Humphrey Scammon.
5. Hannah, born in 1693; married Joseph Calif, of Boston, Massachusetts.
6. Nathaniel, born in 1696, died in 1783-84; married (first), in 1717, Dorothy; (second) in 1741, Mary Cutlevir ; settled on his father's estate.
(Jordan: "Jordan Memorial," pp. 131-33. G. T. Little: "Genealogical and Family His- tory of the State of Maine," Vol. III, p. 1225.)
(III) DOMINICUS YUNBRANCH JORDAN, son of Dominicus and Hannah (Tris- tram) Jordan, was born in 1683 and died May 20, 1749. At the age of nineteen he was captured by the Indians, escaping aften ten or thirteen years. He was a major of the militia and Representative of the General Court. He married, in 1715, Joanna Bray. Children :
I. Domincus, of whom further.
2. Nathaniel.
3. Clement.
4. Mary.
5. Tristram.
6. Miriam.
7. Hannah.
(Family records.)
(IV) DOMINICUS JORDAN, 2D, son of Dominicus Yunbranch and Joanna (Bray) Jordan, was born June 15, 1715, and died in 1786. He was captain of the militia at Falmouth for many years and commander of the Snow Shoe Corps in 1744. He married, in 1739, Phebe Gray. Children :
I. Dominicus, born in Falmouth in 1740, died in 1834; married Susanna Simonton.
2. Joanna, of whom further.
3. Phebe, born in 1745; married, in 1766, Benjamin Milliken, of Scarborough.
4. Sarah, born in 1747; married, in 1767, Benjamin Wachcliffe.
5. Mary, born in 1749; married, in 1769, William Fogg, of Scarborough.
6. Arabella, born in 1751; married, in 1769, Solomon Masserean, of Falmouth. (Family records.)
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(V) JOANNA JORDAN, daughter of Den. . JPhele ( Grw) Jordan. was bort Falmouth, Maine, in 1743, and die M 1834 She married Edward Bel Beal I )
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Tristram in an ancient ver. wal name. It is found id legends and in the early rolls. The Heaving of the name Is giel in fry's Morte l'Arthur 'when he is cryst. I Dte call hym Tristram, that , as www.ch to save a. a sorouful byrthe "
(Harrison "Purnames of the l "Kingdom."
(I), RALPH FRISTRAJ , prol i
7 .5, 16. Te was sworn in at Wells. He was che eri constable 51 7653" and may have sourd in Saco, as early . 164; He died in 1078, 'after having lived a long anu penal tie, as a worthy and respected vitizer His estate was settled at York, A 16, 081, by a camme of three then, Cap- tain Scottaw, Samuel Wheeler, and we H married, Arbushol kvite 'sihanpelay il kni wwwud children .
I. Sawoxel.
2. Nat antel died beicre April, 1679. ЯАТЯОТ
3. Benjamin, Ad before .April, 1970
4. Ricpapnah frampolvo" : ) 5. Rachel.
8. Ruth.
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9. David, a David Tristram was vitne
,Foisom H'.try of Sach aal Fid 1 Maine, P. 180. "META brylawibbledi
forical land Reg III 1 Villiam Willis . "ifitary of Portier I. Mine," pp. 131 312. "Maine Historical and We og al Recorder" Vil. V . 470. "Ma Ic Histori al : nd Geneal gical Register
I mes avage : Tea sical Die tionary of the First Settlers of New Low fanf IV. P. 3TT.)
(II) HANNAHREKAO de Spurte basis no Je-
"Tristrani, was born before 1664 She was captured Byonthis "Inlate! With her ix children, and carried Canada a a prisoner, but was eventually re Imed t freedom. She married Din nicus Jor- dan. (Jordan II )
( William Will's "History of and, Maine" P 3 .
1 The Winter Line).
The name Winter Is not as ogl-t de stifiled derived from the ran of the season. Winter is an ancientyy yy adwy Body stal nane, doch wo find out of compapophth Assasyard the Fast so designated. The ancient rolls list among others Philip Winter, Emma Wy ter. and John Winter.
(Lower. "Patronymica Bride a. Bardsley "Ictmary of English and Well Surnames. ')
I) JOHN WINTER, progenitor of the line, . Wom Plymouth, in Erlend where he was probably born, to Mame in the summer of 1631- He may han be 1 sent by Robert Trela ney and Moses Goodyear ishing merchants of wall.
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TRISTRAM.
Arms-Argent, three torteaux, a label ature. Crest-, On a chapeau argent, turned up gules, a martlet wings endorsed sable. ( Burke: “General Armory
WINTER.
Arms+ Chequy, or and sable a fesse gules.
( Burke : "Encyclopædia of Heraldry.")
PORTER.
Winter Arms- Gules, three church bells argent.
Porter
"Burke: "Encyclopedia of Heraldry.")
DIGHTON.
Arms-Argent, a lion passant between three crosses formée fitchée gules. Crest-On a ducal coronet or, a hawk close argent, beaked and legged gules, belled of the first. Burke: "General Armory.")
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Arms-Argenty on a bend cottised sable, a mullet of the field,
(Burke Gerieral Armory!
GOODING.
Irmt-Or, a fesse between six lions heads erased gules ...
( Burke : "General Armory.")
WALKER.
Aring-Or, on a chevron sable three garbs of the first. Gooding Aureus (Burke: "General Armory.")
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(V) JOANNA JORDAN, daughter of Dominicus and Phebe (Gray) Jordan, was born at Falmouth, Maine, in 1743, and died in 1834. She married Edward Beal. (Beal I.)
(Albert H. Davis: "History of Ellsworth, Maine," p. 60.)
(The Tristram Line).
Tristram is an ancient personal name. It is found in old books and legends and in the early rolls. The meaning of the name is given in Malory's Morte d'Arthur : "whan he is crystned lete calle hym Trystram, that is as moch to saye as a sorouful byrthe."
(Harrison : "Surnames of the United Kingdom.")
(I) RALPH TRISTRAM, probably first of the line in America, was made a free- man of Saco, Maine, July 5, 1653. He was sworn in at Wells. He was chosen constable in 1653, and may have settled in Saco, as early as 1647. He died in 1678, after having lived a long and useful life, as a worthy and respected citizen. His estate was settled at York, April 6, 1681, by a committee of three men, Cap- tain Scottaw, Samuel Wheeler, and Walter Gyndale, appointed by the court. He married, but his wife's name is not known. Children:
I. Samuel.
2. Nathaniel, died before April, 1679.
3. Benjamin, died before April, 1679.
4. Richannah (Rishamer).
5. Rachel.
6. Ruth.
7. Freegrace.
8. Hannah, of whom further.
9. David; a David Tristram was witness to a deed in Saco, Maine, January 28, 1683.
(G. Folsom: "History of Saco and Biddeford in Maine," p. 180. "New England His- torical and Genealogical Register," Vol. III, p. 193. William Willis: "History of Portland, Maine," pp. 131, 312. "Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder," Vol. VI, p. 470. "Maine Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. III, p. 154. James Savage: "Genealogical Dic- tionary of the First Settlers of New England," Vol. IV, p. 331.)
(II) HANNAH TRISTRAM, daughter of Ralph Tristram, was born before 1664. She was captured by the Indians, with her six children, and carried to Canada as a prisoner, but was eventually restored to freedom. She married Dominicus Jor- dan. (Jordan II.)
(William Willis: "History of Portland, Maine," p. 312.)
(The Winter Line).
The name Winter is not, as might be surmised, derived from the name of the season. Winter is an ancient Anglo-Saxon personal name, and we find one of the companions of Hereward the Saxon so designated. The ancient rolls list among others, Philip Winter, Emma Wynter, and John Winter.
(Lower: "Patronymica Britannica." Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) JOHN WINTER, progenitor of the line, came from Plymouth, in England, where he was probably born, to Maine, in the summer of 1631. He may have been sent by Robert Trelawney and Moses Goodyear, fishing merchants of Cornwall,
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Devonshire, England. These two men had been granted a tract of land lying between Captain Thomas Cummock's patent on the Spurwink River, and Casco River and Bay, covering Cape Elizabeth and Richmond's Island, by the Council of Plymouth, England, in return for their having expended large sums on the discov- ery of these parts. Trelawney and Goodyear appointed John Winter their prin- cipal agent; on July 2, 1632, he was put in possession of the tract by Richard Vines, an officer or representative of the King, resident in Maine. John Winter immediately took possession of Richmond's Island, had a plantation built there, built a ship on the island, settled a place for fishing and improved it with many servants. By 1638, he had sixty men employed in the fishing business, and four ships were loaded at the island with fish, oil, pipe staves, and beaver for voyages to England and Spain or Portugal. After managing the Fishing Post as agent for the patentees for several years, in March, 1636, Mr. Trelawney made a contract with him granting him the full control of the plantation and business from that time in this country, and forty pounds a year in money for his personal care and one-tenth part of the proceeds. Mr. Trelawney died in 1644, and after that for lack of capital the enterprise at Richmond's Island languished. The commercial character of the plantation declined and the trade gradually sought other channels until the mouth of the Spurwink and Richmond's Island became practically deserted. Winter continued to hold legal possession of all Trelawney's property and in Sep- tember, 1648, three years after his death, it was awarded to his son-in-law, Robert Jordan, as his heir and administrator, in payment of a claim which Winter's estate had against the proprietors. The committee of the General Assembly assigned to him all goods of Trelawney as well as Winter's plantation and all the appurte- nances. It was said of John Winter that "He was a grave and discreet man, and his management of the plantation proved him to be an enterprising and intelligent one."
John Winter married, in Plymouth, England, before 1631, but his wife's name is unknown. They had one child :
I. Sarah, of whom further.
(T. F. Jordan : "Jordan Memorial," pp. 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 44, 47, 48, 51, 56. William Wil- lis : "History of Portland, Maine," pp. 32, 36, 37, 41, 55-56, 128, 868, 873.)
(II) SARAH WINTER, daughter of John Winter, died at some time after 1686, when she was still living in New Castle. She married, at Richmond's Island, Maine, in 1642, Rev. Robert Jordan. (Jordan I.)
(William Willis: "History of Portland, Maine," pp. 42, 57, 117.)
(The Stone Line).
In the case of many important families the only line of descent preserved in printed records is that of the direct lineage of some one branch that has produced an outstandingly important figure. Such is the Stone family, whose only pub- lished record is that of the John Stone line, which is the line of Thomas Stone, signer of the Declaration of Independence. This, unfortunately, is not the line of descent of the Stone family herein traced, although both lines are descended from the same progenitor, Governor William Stone, Colonial Governor of Maryland. He is believed to have been the progenitor of the line of Henry Stone, of our interest.
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Governor William Stone was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1603. He was a nephew of Thomas Stone, haberdasher, of London, who gave him, in 1647, the power-of-attorney to collect a debt. William Stone first settled at Hungar's Creek, on the eastern shore of Virginia, in what was then Accomac County, and later Northampton County, where he had one thousand eight hundred acres of land, due for his personal adventure in settling, and for that of his brother, Andrew, and for the transportation of thirty-four servants, by West, June 4, 1635. He prob- ably arrived in America about this date. He soon moved to Maryland, where he received a large amount of land and was appointed by Lord Baltimore as the first Governor of Maryland. On October 19, 1653, he received a warrant for four thousand acres of land in Calvert County, Maryland. At the time of his death he also owned land in Charles County, on Nanjemy Creek. Although William Stone was a Protestant, he represented the Catholic Lord Baltimore, so that when the Commonwealth was established in England, Governor Stone was deposed from office, in March, 1652. In July of that year he was reinstated, and when Lord Baltimore regained his rights, about 1654, William Stone was with him. Clayborne, commissioned by Cromwell, fought Stone at the battle of Providence on March 25, 1655, took him prisoner, and condemned him to be shot. The soldiers loved him too much to execute him, and in 1658, the government was restored to the proprietary by treaty. Following is an abstract of his will:
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