2. JOHN2 STONE (HUGH1) was born Abt. 1675 in Old Warwick, R.I., and died Abt. 1759 in Cranston, R.I.. He married (1) HANNAH BARNES Abt. 1696. She was born Abt. 1679, and died Bef. 1715. He married (2) ABIGAIL FOSTER Abt. 1720.
Notes for JOHN STONE:
John Stone was a wheelright and chairmaker by trade.
John Stone's remains, along with his wife, Hannah Barnes were removed around 1867 and placed on a small ridge of land near a branch of the Pochasset River. Although having been buried for 154 years, Hannah Barnes skeleton was in an entire state of preservation with her hair still braided and wound in a coil as perfect as the day she had died in the early 1700's. (From Richard C. Stone's book, "The Geneology of the Stone Family originating in Rhode Island, 1866)
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Burial: 1759, Cranston, R.I.
Children of JOHN STONE and HANNAH BARNES are: