Can anyone on the Stone List give me the dates this article was written or is it several combined passages from numerous books or just the DELUSIONS of a person taking things out of context from several books and adding to - or deleting the facts !! Diane The name of the article is "Origin of the Stone Families of Virginia" by E. A. Stone, D. D. In "old" Rappahannock another group of Stones are found, Oct. 20, 1672, William Stone bought of Giles Cale 200 acres of land. This is the earliest record of him in this country. Later he purchased various other tracts of land, until he owned over one thousand acres. His will is dated 1704. He left a wife Sarah and five living children--one daughter had died earlier. He died about 1710-1711 as appears from the court records. The widow lived about twenty years after William Stone's death. There was living in the same county Col. John Stone, who was prominent in its affairs from 1672 until about 1691-2. He married Sarah Walker, widow of John Walker, and when he died left only one child, a daughter. Col. John Stone is credited by some people as being William Stone's father. He was born in 1636, as his parents were married in 1635, and died June 1699 in Richmond Co., Virginia. I have that he married Mary Nelson, although other sources credit his wife as being Sarah Walker. I have that he had four children, William Stone, John Stone Jr. Hannah Stone, and Ben Stone. He married his wife in Caroline County, Virginia, according to some sources. He was supposed to be the son of George Stone, immigrant to Virginia from London, England, and Mary Vernon. George Stone married Mary Vernon in 1635 in either London or Virginia. George Stone is credited by some people as being the son of Thomas Stone and Elizabeth Lufkyn. They lived in London, England. Thomas Stone was described as being a haberdasher, whatever that means. Thomas was a haberdasher of Cateton Street in London, England. He had four sons and two daughters. Evidence points to George Stone who immigrated to Virginia and called founder of Stones in Virginia, as a son of Thomas and Elizabeth. The children of other brothers of Thomas migrated to America. William, nephew of Thomas and cousin of George, became the Governor of Maryland. Thomas Stone was a son of Richard Stone and Isabel Girdier. Richard was born 1540 Parish of Twiston, Lancashire and died 24 June 1606. Isabel was born l553, daughter of John Girdier of Carr House. They were married 12 Jan 1572. Richard Stone was the son of William Stone de Twiste, born 1490. Parish of Twiston, Lancashire, England. He married Elizabeth daughter of John Bradley. The Parish of Twiston is in the northern part of England near the Yorkshire border. According to other old Stones, the Stone family was from Great Bromley, Essex, England. Simon Stone born 1505 was the ancestor of that family of Stones. I looked at Genforum under Simon Stone, and all his descendants seem to live in New England. But he could be the ancestor of the Stone family.