"I Begun to Learn Latin Latter End of the Year 1763"

[Continued from "I Call to Mind My Parent Dear": Isaac Stone's Tribute to His Mother


This is the last installment of Isaac Stone's beautiful manuscript on his family history. It's not addressed to anyone in particular, so I wouldn't call it a letter. It's more about his relatives than himself, so not really autobiographical, either. Yes, I guess it is notes on his family history: almost a compilation.

I took to my software program (newly updated Reunion for Macintosh, v. 10) and created a tree using only the information in his letter, and only if I was sure of what he meant. The relationships in this portion of his work are not always so clear, so I left a bunch of them out altogether. I resisted the temptation to check it all via the published vital records, and will leave that to anyone who really wants to pursue Isaac and his family, or for another time.

p. 8 [cont.]

My Father mar.^d to Miss Anna Parker Feb. 28. 1788. __

My children. Mos. born March 2. 1774. Mar^d Nov. 6. '94.

His child.ⁿ Jonas_ June 6. '93. Died Sept. 30. '95. Sukey Feb. 19.

'92. Moses Died, in the morning, May 10. 1803. ~

~ Sukey – Sept. 14. 1776. Luke Rice _ Aug 10. '78. Jonas _

Nov. 17. '79. Died, Nov. 19. 48 h. old. Grace Nov. 28. '81.

Submit. G. July 6. '88. ~ My sis Lydia inft. Mar. '50.

Died Jan.    '60. ~ Rachel_Oct. 20. '54. Mar^d Sept. 3. '84.

Rac^l Rice_[Nye?]_Sept. 4. '85. Elisab. Feb. 4. '87. Olive___

June 26. '88. Mary, Sept. 21. '90. Lydia _ May 1. '93.

Jonas _ Ward _ Dec^r '95. ~ Sis. Parer, Lydia 2^nd

Mar.     '61. ¹Sally_May 4. '84. '84. Died, Mar. 27. '803.

²Lydia_       '86. ³Lucy June      '88. ⁴Luke '90

^5.Jonas_ Friday, Oct. 25. '92. ⁶Simⁿ Mar. 11. '95.

⁷[Scratched out then faint overwrite of Phebe] '97. ⁸[Phebe scratched out and Mars? overwritten, faintly] April.   1800.

⁹Asa_ Oct. 13. 1802. 10 [^illegible addition] Stillman. 11. [Eb. Druids?]

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L.R.S. Mar^d to N.S. June 24. 1804. Nabby Taft_

_Jan. 14. 1777. Now, N. Stone. Moses their son___

May 2. 1805. Na[t/b] Stone Sept. [20]. 180[4/9].

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Susanna Goddard born August 4 O.S. 14. N.S. [^1744]

Marr^d Oct. 27. 1773. I begun to preach about 14.

of Oct. 1770. _ Came to Douglas, Mar. 30. preached

first at Doug. Mar. 31. 1771. Ordained Oct. 30. 1771.

I begun to learn Latin, latter end of the year 1763.

Joined the ch'h in Shrews. June or July '64 being

16 years the Mar. before. Studied [^with] Mr Sumner

next winter. abt. 17 '65 I went to Mr. Payson's__

'66, July after I was 18. I [??, ink blot] College. Isaac Stone.

p. 9

[accounts]

Douglas, 1807. George Riedel D^r

   Horse to Providence, c^r 1 day.

x Mr. G. Briggs Horse + Hey

twice to Sutton    in 1807. + 1808

M^r Saml Smith, D^r 1807.

Horse to Uxbridge_ + Buck Hill_

Mr. Hunt unwilling to pay__

Mr. Clar[kson?] Hunt had my horse

several times + paid. But Decr

1805. He had my horse to Mendon.

It was to have been paid by [^Mr] Oliver

Flint_ it was not _

Feb^ry 1808. Mr. Simeon Marsh

   had my horse + Sleigh to Worcester

Mr. Stoddard had my horse to

Uxbridge. all which I wish may

be paid to Luke R. Stone.

April 16. 1808      Isaac Stone.

p. 10

Freeborn White had my

[???] Freeborn White had

my horse _ _ March 1808.

[Bottom of page, upside down]

Luke? April 16, 1808

This chart comes out very tiny here, but gives you an idea of how much information Isaac provided!

This is the end of series on Isaac Stone article. For other posts in the series, please see:

Isaac Stone of Shrewsbury and Douglas, Mass.

Sensible of His Vileness: The Battle for Isaac Stone's Immortal Soul

Isaac Stone's Paternal Ancestry

"I Call to Mind My Parent Dear": Isaac Stone's Tribute to His Mother