Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; . time, and a sketch of whomwill be found elsewhere in this work. He wasselectman from 1637 to 1656, and was a dea-con of the church many years. One of thepear trees planted by him is said to haveborne fruit for two hundred and fifty years^and was still vigorous in 1889. Mr. Stonebecame a prominent real estate owner, andaccording to tradition built a large old fash-ioned house, colonial in style, which served asa home for his descendants for six genera-tions, but was fi
Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; . time, and a sketch of whomwill be found elsewhere in this work. He wasselectman from 1637 to 1656, and was a dea-con of the church many years. One of thepear trees planted by him is said to haveborne fruit for two hundred and fifty years^and was still vigorous in 1889. Mr. Stonebecame a prominent real estate owner, andaccording to tradition built a large old fash-ioned house, colonial in style, which served asa home for his descendants for six genera-tions, but was finally destroyed by fire. Afterthe death of his first wife he married (sec-ond), about 1654, Sarah Lumpkin, widow ofRichard Lumpkin, of Ipswich, Massachu-setts. She also came from Boxted, Essexcounty, England, and left a well dated March25, 1663. (See N. E. Historical and Genea-logical Register. Vol. 8, page 71.) SimonStone died in Watertown, September 22,1665. Children of the first wife: i. Frances,baptized January 20, 1618-19, married Green, of Reading. 2. Mary, baptizedOctober i, 1621, died young. 3. Ann, born. SETH B. HALL
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