Dan, I too can trace my roots to Deacon Gregory Stone (of Massachusetts) through my mother's mother. (My own last name I trace back through Frederick Co., Md. and then to Loudoun Co., Va.). My ancestors with the Stone surname: 1. Deacon Gregory Stone 2. Deacon Samuel Stone m. Sarah Stearns (FYI: her parents are ancestors of Pres. Richard M. Nixon), 3. John Stone m. Rachel Shephard 4. Anna Stone m. Josiah Parker How are you descended from Deacon Gregory? Owings Stone [email protected]