The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-27

her son loan OF twenty OF thirty pounds"
promising that sit shall be payd your honor
againe."
Not more than four or five OF the men en-
gagged under Governor Stone escaped, &C
cording to the letter written by his lady, and
these she did conceive ranne away before the
fight was ended" William Eltonhead was
shot to death in cold blood" according
to the same authority, and the other officers
were seized, together with "a great number
of Papists' and all their vessels, arms, am
munition and provisions. About fifty were
slain and wounded and four others are said
to have been shot after they had surrendered
with promise Of quarter.
NEWS OF THE FRAY naturally reached the ears
OF Cromwell, who was growin; somewhat
weary of republicanism and who referred the
whole matter to the commissioners of trade
and plantations for settlement Lord Balti-
more submitted strong case, but year
passed before they handed down their de-
eision restoring Maryland to the proprietary.
surrendered their authority to Lord Balti-
more who, few months before, had antici-
pated the event and sent out commission as
governor to Josias Fendall who had served
on the expedition to Patuxent to recover the
records.
Governor Stone, after the battle of the
Severn, took little part in public affairs. He
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moy river, in Charles county, where he died a
few years later The exact date of his demise
is unknown, but his will was proved Decem-
Der Fl, 1860 This document is recorded in
Liber /, 1635-74 of the wills Of Maryland, and
bequeaths his estate, which was quite substan-
tial for those days, to his family.
Most of it, of course, was in land His first
real holdings in Maryland were acquired soon
after his arrival from Virginia and we're
granted in return for his transportation of
nine servants into the colony. Not long after
ward he applied for additional tracts for his
family, twelve other servants, one Thomas
Burdett and four Negroes, one Turk and an
Indian In all, he received in consideration of
his faithful service to Lord Baltimore as
much land as he could ride around in day.
His home on Hungar's creek, in Virginia, was
sold to Capt William Wilmington in 1858.
"
GOVERNOR STONES SPIRITED WIFE was sister
of the Rev. William Cotton celebrated CO.
lonial divine She survived him until 1878,
leaving three daughters and four sons whose
progeny, like their sire, became distinguished
in the annals of Maryland. One of the great
grandsons of William and Virlinda Stone was
that Thomas who signed the Declaration of
Independence. Another, John Hoskins Stone,
fought in the Revolution, first as captain and
then as colonel under General Smallwood, and
later served as Governor of the State from
1894 to 1897. Still another great -gandson,
William Murray, became bishop of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church
In Charles county the descendants OF Gov
ernor Stone still live on land granted to their
progenitor for faithfulness to his trust In the
Baltimore Museum of Art a lovely paneled
room, removed few years ago from Habre
de Venture, home of the Signer, gives silent
testimony to the good taste and the talent for
brave living which are inherent in the Stone
blood.