March 16, 1668-9. To Deacon Stone by a pair of Shooes and a pound of suger, because the deacon had silver though they cost him 4s 6d had 3s 6d February 4, 1670. Payd in silver, by the apoyntment of the committee for the mynister house unto the deputie governor Mr Francis Willoughby, by Deacon Stone and Thomas Chesholm, as appears by his discharge wch Deacon Stone hath, for the dischong of Mr. Mitchell's funerall the sum of 8 pounds, 13 shillings, 6 pence. I say the sum of £ 8 13s 6dMr. Mitchell had served the parish long and faithfully as its minister.
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records, one comes upon the same names again and again.
Comparison with the list of those who, it was presumed, came in the ship Defence at the same time as he, shows that they were fellow-workers in the upbuilding of the infant settlement.
In 1647, on the death of one of these, Nathaniel Sparohauke, father of John Cooper's wife, he was appointed appraiser of part of his estate.
He was one of the executors of the will of his brother Simon, who died in 1665.
At the beginning of the year 1668 there is recorded an order of the selectmen for the ‘cattichifing of the youth of the town.’
Deacon Stone, and Deacon Chefholme were appointed to perform that office for the youth at ‘The Farms.’
Two years later a similar order is recorded, with Edward Oakes as his associate.
Another item says: ‘Deacon Stone & Deacon Cooper for those fam. on the west side of the Common, and for Watertown lane, as far towards the town as Samuel Hastings'.’
At this time he was on a committee for dividing the common lands on the south side of the river in the precinct which I presume is now Brighton; there also seems to have been a tract which for some reason reverted to the town, and a committee was appointed to settle the damages.
In nearly all work of this kind, requiring good judgment and impartial decision, he had a part.
Two curious items in the church records show that Deacon Stone was called on to take charge of the arrangements and pay the expenses of certain funerals.
They are as follows:—
Somerville. Historical Society. , 1905.
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