Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-21
THE STONE FAMILY REUNION.

THE STONE FAMILY REUNION.
Members of This Old and Extensive
Family Meet Yesterday = sAvln
Rock--The weather Deferred Many
The Family Tree Discussed ana
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Business Per-
formed and Omcers Elected-fney
Meet at the Rock Again Next Year.
The fourth annual reunion of the Stone
family was held yesterday at Sayin Rock,
and though the number of those present
in attendance was much smaller than usual
or had been expected, yet the event proved
to be one of exceptional interest to the
members of this old and time-honored
family who did venture forth in spite OF
the threatening weather. There were pres
emit about forty all told and they left the
city at 10 o'clock a. m. for the shore, occu-
plying two cars. Arriving at the Rock they
found that the executive committee had not
made the necessary preparations for their
reception, which caused more or less delay.
After some exertion and running about
arrangements were made to hold the, re-
union at Young's. They sat down to .
shore dinner, to which ample justice was
done, and when it was over they met
at the lower end of the pavilion for
the transaction of business affairs. This
occupied the remainder of the afternoon
pretty well up to o'clock, when the par
ty started back for the city and from there
to their respective homes throughout the
state and elsewhere.
Lyman S. Stone of New York was chos-
en- chairman of the meeting and d. Eugene
Stone Of Cheshire secretary pro tenn. Mr..
Lyman Stone is the manager of the eastern
department of 'The Age Of Steel" The
| treasurer's report was read and as it show
ed balance of $3.50 in the treasury was
unanimously accepted. Mr.. G. s. Smith
| of Terryville. read short biography
of the Stone family, which was of no little
| interest to the hearers and showed that
much labor had been expended in digging
down among the genealogical roots of the
/ family. The common ancestor of all the
! American representatives was the Rev.
| Samuel Stone, mont onformist divine of
| Herefordshire, England. He was the father
of Simon, Gregory and Isaac, who set
| tied in Watertown, Massachusetts,, and
| also of William and John, who settled in
| Guilford. Of these five brothers previous
| to immigration little is known. Deacon
| Simon Stone was born in England, 1885,
came in the Increase from London in
1886 at the age Of. fifty, with his wife Jane
and five children, and settled at.Water-
town, Mass. He died September %, 1865.
Deacon Gregory Stone was born in Eng
land 1890, and came Of in 1885 with his
| wife Lydia and six cN ll4en. He died in
WATERFOWL November 80, 1872, at the age
of eighty-four. Little is known of Isaac
Stone further than that record says he
was in Watertown, Mass. AWilliam was
married in 1869 to Mary, widow of Rich
ard Hughes of Guilford. He had four
children and died in Guilford November,
1888.
John Stone was born on the river Wye,
Herefordshire, England, about 1910; died
at Guilford in 1887. He had five children.
The last two, William and John, left their
native land in May, 1889, in company with
Rev. Henry Whitfield. and landed
| at New Haven about the middle of July.
| This is the first vessel that is reported
of ever. having landed in New Haven.
Since the time of these five brothers, the
family has of course grown and spread out
over the country in every direction, in
names have become prominent and re-
! spected not only by immediate localities
but the country at large. At the conclu-
sion of the biography, remarks were made
apropos of the subject by Isaac F. Stone OF
Louisville, Ky. T. Burr Smith of Law
renee, Kan; S. N. Hotchkiss of Hartford
DR.. Stone of New Britain and 9th
ers. Any one who had some It'd
bit of family history to relate
that furnished the connecting links be
tween obscure branches of the family tree
was given welcome hearing. The air wal
thick for time with the, who married
this one, who was the son of so-and-so
ETC. But the air was cleared of its geneo
logical smoke very pleasantly by the clevel
Rotations of Miss Bertha Stone of Orange
A committee composed of DIR. Stone, S. N
Hotchkiss and DR.. DeForrest of Middle
burg, was appointed to see to the publish
ing Of a family biography in pamphlet form
and of forwarding copy to each mem
Der of the family. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year
President. DR.. j. S. Stone of New Britain
vice presidents, E. L. Bronson, Water
bury; Dr. DeForrest, Middlebury; Lyma,
J S. Stone, New York city; Isaac F. Stone
Louisville, KY, and Frederick Stone Q
Orange and S. N. Hotchkiss of Hartford
recording secretary, d. Eugene Stone o
Cheshire; corresponding secretary, G.
Smith, Terryville; treasurer, S. B.. Smitl
of Washington, Conn.,; executive commit
tee, Charles French of Bridgeport, H. B
Dikeman, Westville, and George Stone o
Bethlehem, Conn. 1t was voted that tn
l LuccUluSo Dc Aclu anu tuC uCA
one to be held at Savin Rock the frs
Wednesday in September, 1891. Wit
this the reunion closed, and though tn
attendance had been small yet there wa
no lack of enthusiasm, and with mutua
. promises to meet again the next year the.
parted with friendly good-byes. Some o
the others present were:
Frederick Stone and family of Orange
David Smith, Samuel Smith, Grahamsville
N. Y, Willis Stone and wife, Willis B
Stone and wife, Mrs. George H. Hail
Bristol; James A. Stone, Mrs. D. E. Ston
and two children, Cheshire; A. A
Stone and wife of Oakville
H. B. Dickeman and wife, Westville
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Talmage
Cheshire F. B. Scott and wife, Merryville
Mrs. G. S. Smith, Terryville; Ralph d
Smith, Terryville; E. A. Perkins, Bristol
Thomas Tuttle, Middlebury; F. B Smith
: Lawrence, Kansas; Francis Bissell, Litch
field: Mrs DR. DeForrest Middlebury