688:
167:
282:
244:
33:
892:
240:, selling a load of stockings for his haberdasher family. He began trading in other goods, livestock and tobacco. Not long after, he and his brother Andrew led a party of about 34 settlers to Accomac, stopping in Barbados on the way in a venture organized by his Uncle Thomas. Sometime, prior to February 9, 1629, he received a tobacco bill from Richard Wheeler. By June 4, 1635, William had patented 1,800 acres in Accomack.
154:
391:, Stone resumed power but tensions remained between the Puritans of Providence and Stone's more moderate Protestant faction. In 1654, Stone gave up the governorship under threat from Bennett and Claiborne. Lord Baltimore ordered Stone to take back control, and Stone formed an expeditionary force the following spring to subdue Providence. But, in what is known as the
289:
Local court records revealed, that he was the brother of Andrew Stone and
Captain John Stone, who had been trading, on the Eastern Shore, since 1626. By 1634, William Stone had become a commissioner of the county court. Sometime, prior to February 1636, he married Verlinda Graves, the daughter of
223:
Stone was one of five nephews of the wealthy traders and merchants, Thomas and Andrew Stone of London and
Amsterdam, who made a fortune in the wool and tobacco trade. His brother, Captain John Stone, had a seat at Martin's Hundred by 1623, in the colony of Virginia. On September 15, 1619, William
236:, to work under Captain John Woodlief's supervision. Stone was supposed to serve the Society of Berkeley Hundred's investors for six years in exchange for 30 acres of land. In 1628, William Stone made his first venture into Accomac, on the Eastern Shore of
439:
Stone's great-grandson, David (born 1709), greatly expanded the value of the estate at
Poynton and returned the family to prominence. William Stone's great-great-grandsons made major contributions to the foundation of Maryland as an American state:
386:
arrived in
Virginia to take over the colonial government on behalf of the English Parliament. After Virginia surrendered on March 12, they proceeded to Maryland and briefly forced Stone from office. After Lord Baltimore's charter was confirmed by
410:
William Stone wrote his will on
December 3, 1659, and it was proved in Charles County, Maryland, on December 21, 1660. Verlinda Graves Stone wrote her will, on March 3, 1674-5 and the will was proved, on July 13, 1675, in Charles County.
402:(1628–87), while Bennett and Lord Baltimore reached a compromise. Stone briefly served on the Governor's Council in 1658 but thereafter took no further part in public affairs, retiring to his estate called Poynton Manor.
427:. Lord Baltimore granted William Stone as much land as he could ride, by horseback, in a day, as a reward for Stone's faithful service. Stone concentrated on developing his plantation at Poynton Manor in what is now
395:(March 25, 1655), Stone's forces were defeated and he was shot through the shoulder. He was initially condemned to be hanged but the women of both sides interrupted the proceedings and he was pardoned.
317:, which was loosely associated with the larger Puritan colony at Nansemond. The Virginia Puritans at first thrived, but eventually came into conflict with the conservative Royalist
153:
465:
591:
The
Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ
662:
813:
294:. William went on to become sheriff and vestryman. In 1645 he was residing on the Eastern Shore, in what had become Northampton County.
873:
445:
1286:
247:
1296:
578:
1301:
788:
768:
489:
196:
47:
1306:
743:
610:
325:
1029:
843:
828:
738:
723:
1034:
974:
969:
655:
1054:
594:
254:
753:
728:
602:
949:
818:
808:
635:
1311:
648:
344:
Governor. The
Assembly sought a confirmation of their religious liberty and in 1649 Governor Stone signed the
883:
453:
1291:
1024:
1014:
718:
379:
626:
1154:
748:
1179:
833:
703:
428:
126:
70:
1216:
1109:
902:
368:
345:
258:
171:
166:
583:
1129:
1119:
1114:
989:
1316:
1094:
1074:
1059:
631:
449:
291:
1281:
1276:
1149:
1069:
994:
679:
671:
499:
494:
477:
461:
392:
340:
On August 8, 1648, Lord
Baltimore named Stone the Governor of his colony. He was the first
329:
270:
243:
8:
1124:
1019:
959:
863:
798:
778:
504:
469:
424:
372:
305:
The name
William Stone appears on a list of survivors of the 1622 massacre of a group of
1231:
1174:
1159:
1099:
1004:
944:
758:
457:
356:
313:
in 1619. William became a leader of the settlement at
Accomac on the Eastern Shore of
265:, Maryland colonial governor, William Stone, who proclaimed religious protection, to
1221:
1184:
1139:
1134:
1079:
922:
917:
823:
793:
606:
598:
509:
383:
195:) was an English-born merchant, planter and colonial administrator who served as the
1189:
1104:
1064:
539:, p. 1018. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/London: Oxford University Press, 1964.
514:
233:
208:
108:
698:
473:
388:
225:
281:
1164:
1144:
1049:
1044:
939:
907:
868:
713:
399:
314:
237:
82:
1270:
1205:
1199:
1039:
999:
954:
927:
853:
783:
773:
763:
733:
310:
262:
1211:
1084:
984:
979:
964:
912:
803:
568:. Vol. I. Family LIne Publications, Westminster, MD. pp. 12, 111.
441:
349:
551:
Virginia Immigrants & Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary
1236:
1226:
1194:
1009:
933:
858:
848:
838:
640:
32:
1169:
1089:
341:
1241:
276:
328:
to negotiate with the Virginia Puritan colonists to resettle in the
367:
to found the settlement of Providence along the north shore of the
364:
318:
297:
By 1648, he had become the third proprietary governor of Maryland.
266:
250:
420:
360:
306:
212:
371:, across from the future site of the Maryland state capital of
579:
David Stone died intestate on March 18, 1773, at the age of 64
16:
English-born merchant, planter and colonial administrator
300:
218:
553:. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore. p. 672.
414:
548:
335:
277:Family, marriage, and colonial government official
355:In 1649, William Stone established his seat near
324:In 1648, William Stone reached an agreement with
1268:
257:, presenting the official document, of the 1649
232:and was one of the new colonists, being sent to
589:Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant,
656:
613:, 854 pages, entry on "Stone, Barton Warren"
563:
460:was Governor of Maryland 1794–97, and
144:Merchant, planter and colonial administrator
663:
649:
398:William Stone was replaced as Governor by
31:
670:
537:Concise Dictionary of American Biography
326:Cecilius Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore
280:
242:
165:
1269:
532:
530:
490:List of colonial governors of Maryland
476:, was a prominent early leader of the
405:
644:
301:First Puritan settlement in Virginia
219:Business dealings in Virginia Colony
527:
13:
890:
686:
595:William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
415:Restoration, land grant, and death
14:
1328:
620:
348:, which permitted liberty to all
636:University of Maryland Libraries
472:. A great-great-great-grandson,
336:Governor of Province of Maryland
197:proprietary governor of Maryland
152:
48:Proprietary governor of Maryland
1287:17th-century American merchants
431:, where he died in about 1660.
37:A posthumous depiction of Stone
1297:Colonial governors of Maryland
572:
566:The Maryland Calendar of Wills
557:
542:
1:
1302:People from colonial Maryland
1257:indicate acting officeholders
520:
285:Coat of Arms of William Stone
202:
189:
182:
119:
101:
1307:People from Northamptonshire
549:Martha W. McCartney (2007).
454:First United States Congress
452:represented Maryland in the
7:
483:
446:Declaration of Independence
10:
1333:
359:while he encouraged other
207:William Stone was born in
1250:
882:
678:
434:
419:In 1660, the monarchy in
160:
148:
140:
132:
115:
97:
92:
88:
76:
64:
53:
46:
42:
30:
23:
429:Charles County, Maryland
346:Religious Toleration Act
321:who dominated Virginia.
127:Charles County, Maryland
224:Stone set sail for the
172:Maryland Toleration Act
1312:Puritanism in Maryland
895:
691:
286:
273:
175:
894:
844:C. Calvert, 5th Baron
829:C. Calvert, 5th Baron
739:C. Calvert, 3rd Baron
724:C. Calvert, 3rd Baron
690:
672:Governors of Maryland
564:Jane Baldwin (1988).
450:Michael Jenifer Stone
292:Captain Thomas Graves
284:
246:
169:
632:William Stone papers
627:Battle of the Severn
500:Province of Maryland
495:Proprietary Governor
478:Restoration Movement
462:William Murray Stone
393:Battle of the Severn
330:Province of Maryland
271:Province of Maryland
505:English Interregnum
406:Post-governor years
230:Margaret of Bristol
199:from 1649 to 1655.
896:
692:
458:John Hoskins Stone
287:
274:
259:Acts of Toleration
176:
1292:American Puritans
1264:
1263:
682:(1632–1776)
611:978-0-8028-3898-8
510:English Civil War
384:William Claiborne
164:
163:
1324:
893:
887:
689:
683:
665:
658:
651:
642:
641:
614:
587:
581:
576:
570:
569:
561:
555:
554:
546:
540:
534:
515:The Protectorate
466:Episcopal Bishop
309:who had come to
234:Berkeley Hundred
209:Northamptonshire
194:
191:
187:
184:
174:, passed in 1649
156:
124:
121:
109:Northamptonshire
106:
103:
93:Personal details
79:
67:
58:
35:
21:
20:
1332:
1331:
1327:
1326:
1325:
1323:
1322:
1321:
1267:
1266:
1265:
1260:
1246:
1155:P. Goldsborough
995:C. Goldsborough
891:
889:
885:
878:
687:
685:
681:
674:
669:
623:
618:
617:
588:
584:
577:
573:
562:
558:
547:
543:
535:
528:
523:
486:
474:Barton W. Stone
437:
417:
408:
389:Oliver Cromwell
380:Richard Bennett
357:St. Mary's City
352:denominations.
338:
303:
279:
261:, to the first
228:, on the ship,
226:Virginia Colony
221:
205:
192:
185:
125:
122:
107:
104:
77:
65:
59:
54:
38:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1330:
1320:
1319:
1314:
1309:
1304:
1299:
1294:
1289:
1284:
1279:
1262:
1261:
1259:
1258:
1251:
1248:
1247:
1245:
1244:
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1182:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1162:
1157:
1152:
1147:
1142:
1137:
1132:
1127:
1122:
1117:
1112:
1107:
1102:
1097:
1092:
1087:
1082:
1077:
1072:
1067:
1062:
1057:
1052:
1047:
1042:
1037:
1032:
1027:
1022:
1017:
1012:
1007:
1002:
997:
992:
987:
982:
977:
972:
967:
962:
957:
952:
947:
942:
937:
930:
925:
920:
915:
910:
905:
899:
897:
880:
879:
877:
876:
871:
866:
861:
856:
851:
846:
841:
836:
831:
826:
821:
816:
811:
806:
801:
799:Nat. Blakiston
796:
791:
786:
781:
776:
771:
766:
761:
759:Neh. Blakiston
756:
751:
746:
741:
736:
731:
726:
721:
716:
711:
706:
701:
695:
693:
676:
675:
668:
667:
660:
653:
645:
639:
638:
629:
622:
621:External links
619:
616:
615:
582:
571:
556:
541:
525:
524:
522:
519:
518:
517:
512:
507:
502:
497:
492:
485:
482:
436:
433:
416:
413:
407:
404:
400:Josias Fendall
337:
334:
315:Chesapeake Bay
302:
299:
278:
275:
238:Chesapeake Bay
220:
217:
204:
201:
162:
161:
158:
157:
150:
146:
145:
142:
138:
137:
136:Verlinda Stone
134:
130:
129:
117:
113:
112:
99:
95:
94:
90:
89:
86:
85:
83:Josias Fendall
80:
74:
73:
68:
62:
61:
51:
50:
44:
43:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1329:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1303:
1300:
1298:
1295:
1293:
1290:
1288:
1285:
1283:
1280:
1278:
1275:
1274:
1272:
1256:
1253:
1252:
1249:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1233:
1230:
1228:
1225:
1223:
1220:
1218:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1207:
1203:
1201:
1198:
1196:
1193:
1191:
1188:
1186:
1183:
1181:
1178:
1176:
1173:
1171:
1168:
1166:
1163:
1161:
1158:
1156:
1153:
1151:
1148:
1146:
1143:
1141:
1138:
1136:
1133:
1131:
1128:
1126:
1123:
1121:
1118:
1116:
1113:
1111:
1108:
1106:
1103:
1101:
1098:
1096:
1093:
1091:
1088:
1086:
1083:
1081:
1078:
1076:
1073:
1071:
1068:
1066:
1063:
1061:
1058:
1056:
1053:
1051:
1048:
1046:
1043:
1041:
1038:
1036:
1033:
1031:
1028:
1026:
1023:
1021:
1018:
1016:
1013:
1011:
1008:
1006:
1003:
1001:
998:
996:
993:
991:
988:
986:
983:
981:
978:
976:
973:
971:
968:
966:
963:
961:
958:
956:
953:
951:
948:
946:
943:
941:
938:
936:
935:
931:
929:
926:
924:
921:
919:
916:
914:
911:
909:
906:
904:
901:
900:
898:
888:
881:
875:
872:
870:
867:
865:
862:
860:
857:
855:
852:
850:
847:
845:
842:
840:
837:
835:
834:B. L. Calvert
832:
830:
827:
825:
822:
820:
817:
815:
812:
810:
807:
805:
802:
800:
797:
795:
792:
790:
787:
785:
782:
780:
777:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
755:
752:
750:
747:
745:
742:
740:
737:
735:
732:
730:
727:
725:
722:
720:
717:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:
702:
700:
697:
696:
694:
684:
677:
673:
666:
661:
659:
654:
652:
647:
646:
643:
637:
633:
630:
628:
625:
624:
612:
608:
604:
603:0-8028-3898-7
600:
596:
592:
586:
580:
575:
567:
560:
552:
545:
538:
533:
531:
526:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
487:
481:
479:
475:
471:
467:
463:
459:
455:
451:
447:
443:
432:
430:
426:
422:
412:
403:
401:
396:
394:
390:
385:
381:
376:
374:
370:
366:
362:
358:
353:
351:
347:
343:
333:
331:
327:
322:
320:
316:
312:
308:
298:
295:
293:
283:
272:
268:
264:
260:
256:
255:Cecil Calvert
252:
249:
245:
241:
239:
235:
231:
227:
216:
214:
210:
200:
198:
180:
179:William Stone
173:
168:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
135:
131:
128:
118:
114:
110:
100:
96:
91:
87:
84:
81:
75:
72:
71:Thomas Greene
69:
63:
57:
52:
49:
45:
41:
34:
29:
25:William Stone
22:
19:
1317:Stone family
1254:
1204:
932:
886:(since 1776)
708:
590:
585:
574:
565:
559:
550:
544:
536:
442:Thomas Stone
438:
418:
409:
397:
377:
369:Severn River
363:exiles from
354:
339:
323:
304:
296:
288:
229:
222:
206:
178:
177:
78:Succeeded by
55:
18:
1282:1660 deaths
1277:1603 births
680:Provincial
444:signed the
193: 1660
186: 1603
123: 1660
105: 1603
66:Preceded by
1271:Categories
1222:Glendening
1160:Harrington
1105:J. Carroll
1020:T. Carroll
779:Greenberry
744:B. Calvert
719:P. Calvert
699:L. Calvert
521:References
342:Protestant
263:Protestant
203:Early life
141:Profession
1060:P. Thomas
1050:F. Thomas
1035:J. Thomas
1030:G. Howard
923:J. Howard
918:Smallwood
794:Nicholson
470:Baltimore
378:In 1652,
373:Annapolis
350:Christian
319:Anglicans
269:, in the
149:Signature
111:, England
60:1649–1656
56:In office
1232:O'Malley
1217:Schaefer
1185:McKeldin
1150:Crothers
1145:Warfield
1120:H. Lloyd
1110:Hamilton
1090:O. Bowie
1080:Bradford
980:R. Bowie
975:E. Lloyd
965:R. Bowie
789:Lawrence
769:Lawrence
597:, 2004,
484:See also
464:was the
425:restored
365:Virginia
307:Puritans
267:Puritans
248:Catholic
188:–
1255:Italics
1227:Ehrlich
1175:O'Conor
1165:Ritchie
1135:Lowndes
1125:Jackson
1005:Stevens
990:Ridgely
903:Johnson
809:Seymour
729:Wharton
714:Fendall
634:at the
421:England
361:Puritan
311:America
213:England
1212:Hughes
1206:B. Lee
1200:Mandel
1115:McLane
1100:Groome
1045:Grason
1040:Veazey
1025:Martin
1015:Martin
1000:Sprigg
985:Winder
970:Wright
960:Mercer
940:T. Lee
928:Plater
908:T. Lee
884:State
869:Sharpe
864:Tasker
854:Bladen
824:Brooke
784:Andros
774:Andros
764:Copley
749:Joseph
734:Notley
704:Greene
609:
601:
435:Legacy
133:Spouse
1242:Moore
1237:Hogan
1195:Agnew
1190:Tawes
1140:Smith
1130:Brown
1095:Whyte
1085:Swann
1075:Hicks
1070:Ligon
1055:Pratt
950:Henry
945:Stone
934:Brice
814:Lloyd
804:Tench
754:Coode
709:Stone
251:noble
1180:Lane
1170:Nice
1065:Lowe
1010:Kent
955:Ogle
913:Paca
874:Eden
859:Ogle
849:Ogle
839:Ogle
819:Hart
607:ISBN
599:ISBN
423:was
382:and
170:The
116:Died
98:Born
468:of
1273::
605:,
593:,
529:^
480:.
456:,
448:,
375:.
332:.
253:,
215:.
211:,
190:c.
183:c.
120:c.
102:c.
664:e
657:t
650:v
181:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.png){kind=small}
