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Devon / Re: Jonas STONE of East Budleigh
« on: Friday 08 December 23 13:16 GMT (UK) »
So, what's the consensus on Jonas Stone and Sarah Barrett? I'm also descended from these two.
Ancestry.com trees and others have him as the son of Capt. Jonas Stone and Meriam Tucker, but I cannot find any evidence to confirm this. Sarah Barrett is also invariably given as the daughter of Tobias and Frances Barrett who was baptized on 6 Mar 1742 in East Budleigh, but this would make her ~64 when her daughter Meriam was born in 1804. It seems more likely that she is the Sarah Barret who was baptized on 1 Jul 1759 in East Budleigh (daughter of John and Mary and sister of the Sarah baptized on 6 Oct 1757 who is presumably the same Sarah buried on 23 Jul 1758).
As for Jonas, is there any evidence he was born in Trepassey, Newfoundland in the 1750s and moved to East Budleigh in the late 1800s, or that he was the son of Capt. Jonas and Meriam? He is listed as a mariner on the marriage certificate of his son John Stone in 1880 and is also listed on a 1799 pay record for HMS Pompee with his wife Sarah and five children.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ancestry.com trees and others have him as the son of Capt. Jonas Stone and Meriam Tucker, but I cannot find any evidence to confirm this. Sarah Barrett is also invariably given as the daughter of Tobias and Frances Barrett who was baptized on 6 Mar 1742 in East Budleigh, but this would make her ~64 when her daughter Meriam was born in 1804. It seems more likely that she is the Sarah Barret who was baptized on 1 Jul 1759 in East Budleigh (daughter of John and Mary and sister of the Sarah baptized on 6 Oct 1757 who is presumably the same Sarah buried on 23 Jul 1758).
As for Jonas, is there any evidence he was born in Trepassey, Newfoundland in the 1750s and moved to East Budleigh in the late 1800s, or that he was the son of Capt. Jonas and Meriam? He is listed as a mariner on the marriage certificate of his son John Stone in 1880 and is also listed on a 1799 pay record for HMS Pompee with his wife Sarah and five children.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.