In a message dated 8/14/02 10:46:53 PM Central Daylight Time, Sassydog2@aol.com writes: > Hi all. OK, I am stuck. I recently found several LDS records on line and > another researcher who say that Capt. John Stone who was killed by Indians > which basically started the Pequot War in Connecticut, was the father of > William Stone. What proof is there that he is the father of William > Stone, > the 3rd gov. of Maryland- born abt 1603- died 1660 in Md, who was married > to > Verlinda Cotton Graves. I've reviewed several histories which don't > mention > children-- one review said that John Stone was described by Puritans as a > 'drunkard, lecher, braggart, bully and blasphemer- smuggler privateer and > that he may have practiced cannibalism in the Caribbean. I'd love to learn > > more. > Perhaps, if William was a son- this helps to understand William's stand > against the puritans during his role as a leader in early Maryland. > Help---- > any proof out there? > debbie deem (related through the William and Conway Stone line of North > Carolina.) > > Sassydog - This line is laid out in the book Stone Connections, by Robert H. Stone, Charts 14 through 21. He sites as his sources the book Stones of Poynton Manor by Harry Wright Newman, and the book The Stones of Surry by Charles H. Stone, as well as other research he did himself. Worth checking out, hope that helps. David