10Sep2018 Update
The initial printing run for the two-volume set of Stone history books are sold out! Thanks to everyone who purchased the books. Because people keep requesting copies, we're taking up orders for a second printing. If you missed out and would like to order, please contact Sue Patrick.
Descriptions of the books are below.
Book Descriptions:
The Chronicle of William Stone - Governor of Maryland, 1648-1654
William M. Stone, the author of The Chronicle of Thomas Stone of Hamilton Parish in Colonia Virginia, has done it again with his groundbreaking research in The Chronicle of William Stone - Governor of Maryland, 1648-1654. This well-documented early history of the Stones in England and their arrival in America features never before transcriptions of early wills written in Middle English and other key historical records that took months for Stone to transcribe. Stone's research on his legacy project corrects earlier histories with supporting documentation and fills in the gaps, while greatly expanding the knowledge of the Stone DNA Group 7 from Lancashire, Cheshire and London, England to Colonial Virginia and Maryland.
This heirloom-quality book is as important to the Stone history as The Chronicle of Thomas Stone of Hamilton Parish in Colonial Virginia was in understanding the family link between the North Carolina, South Carolina and Kentucky Stones. The research discoveries provided in this book lead Stone to a simple conclusion: the preponderance of historical facts both in official records of the Stone family, as well as closely associated families, strongly suggest that Stone DNA Group 7 is descended from Governor William Stone.
The Chronicle of Thomas Stone of Hamilton Parish in Colonial Virginia
Also offered for sale is an updated and expanded edition of Stone's earlier 2009 edition of The Chronicle of Thomas Stone of Hamilton Parish in Colonial Virginia. This updated edition presents new insights that bridge Thomas of Hamilton Parish to his great-grandfather, Governor William Stone, and to his uncle Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The book covers Thomas Stone Jr. who married Mary Butler and remained in Fauquier County, Virginia; William who married Hannah Conway and lived in Surry County, North Carolina; and John Stone who married Mildruge Corder and lived in Fauquier County, Virginia and later in Laurens County, South Carolina. The book retains the earlier information with a wide assortment of records and drawings from deed abstracts, original grants, family wills and probate records, Revolutionary War records and historical letters. It also provides maps, images, and color photos of the actual Licking Run and Carters Run homesteads in Virginia. Research for this book was conducted over several years on site in the counties where the family members lived. Newman's archives in Maryland were also reviewed, as well as major state archives such as the Library of Virginia, the North Carolina Archives in Raleigh, and the South Carolina Archives in Columbia.
Each heirloom-quality hardcover book can be purchased separately or as a two-volume set. Each hardcover book will be printed on 8 1/2" by 11", 60 pound paper with top-quality library binding. Quantities are limited. A portion of each sale will help cover expenses for copies to be gifted to over 20 libraries.
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