Thomas Stone (1635, married Mary Richard),
John Stone (1648),
Matthew Stone (married Margery),
Elizabeth Stone (married William Calvert),
Mary Stone (married John Thomas and Robert Doyne), and
Catherine Stone.
William came to America about 1619 with a group of Puritan settlers. In 1648 they moved to Maryland. The group included Richard Beard and William Burgess.
He was governor of f Maryland from 1649 to 1655.
In 1653 he signed a proclamation forbidding Mark Pheypo and others from taking and killing wild cattle.
William died about 1660.
In 1674 Matthew Stone witnessed a deed of gift from Henry Bonner to his step-sons.
John Stone was the son of William Stone and Verlinda Cotton.
Thomas Stone
John Stone
Matthew Stone (1679, married Rachel Smoot)
Walter Stone.
Eleanor Stone.
Elizabeth Stone.
As early as 1670 John Stone was Gentleman Justice of the Quorum in Charles County.
In 1682 he signed a petition as one of His Majesty's Protestant subjects.
In 1687 he was a commissioner of the peace.
From 1678 to 1688 he represented Charles County in the General Assembly.
He died in 1698.
Thomas and Walter inherited a 500-acre portion of Poynton Manor, and 80 acres of St. John's. Matthew and John inherited the 500 acres of Mangawoman. Eleanor and Elizabeth inherited 400 acres of Durwin. His widow received one-third of the personal estate. The overseers were John Bayne, William Dent, Gerard Fowke, and William Stone.
Marylandwas established with religious freedom for Catholics. The colonial economy was based on tobacco cultivated by Africans who had been enslaved.
Matthew Stone was in born about 1679 in Charles County, Maryland. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Stone.
He married Rachel Smoot about 1720. Rachel was born about 1685 in Charles County, Maryland and died after 1750.
Rachel and Matthew's probably children included:
John Stone (1714),
Samuel Stone ( 1726, married Elizabeth Howard),
Matthew Stone, Jr. (married Sarah Douglas)
Thomas Stone,
Barton Stone (married Sarah Speake), and
William Stone (1723, married Mary Goodrick).
Matthew died before August 10, 1750 in Charles County, Maryland.
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
