By Muriel Bristol | June 8, 2025
William Jones was born in Lebanon, ME, in 1769, son of Ebenezer and Susanna (Allen) Jones.
(His siblings were Levi Jones (1771-1847), James Jones, John Jones, Mary Jones (b. 1775), Sally Jones (1778-1822), who married Robert Mathes, Lydia Jones (b. 1781), Amos Jones (b. 1786), and Joshua Jones (1789-1868)).
William Jones was among the three hundred ten Rochester inhabitants that petitioned the NH legislature, August 30, 1785, seeking repeal of an act requiring milled boards to be square-edged and an inch thick (and other lumber in proportion). Those inhabitants described themselves then as being “largely Concerned in Lumber.” They sought also repeal of an act forbidding transport of lumber to the British West Indies, and seeking the issuance of a new paper money (Hammond, 1884). (See Rochester Lumber Remonstrance – August 1785).
Father Ebenezer Jones headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], three males aged under-16 years [John Jones, Amos Jones, Joshua Jones], and three females [Susanna (Allen) Jones, Mary Jones, and Lydia Jones. It appeared in the enumeration between those of Richd Horn and Jno [John] Jones.
William Jones married in [the Northeast Parish of] Rochester, NH, June 13, 1798, Charlotte Cushing. (In the following, it seems more likely that the bride and groom were natives of Berwick, ME, and Dover, NH, rather than “of” those places at the time of their marriage).
Wm. Jones of Berwick, Me, married Charlotte Cushing of Dover in 1798, and settled here [in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH,] probably at about that time (Mitchell-Cony, 1908).
(The known children of William and Charlotte (Cushing) Jones were: Caroline Jones (1799–1872), Sophia Weston Jones (1801-1869), Eliza Plumer Jones (1807–1892), William Allen Jones (1809–1881), Mary Esther Jones (1813–183?), and Charlotte Cushing Jones (1818-1882)).
Daughter Caroline Jones was born in Rochester, NH, October 9, 1799. Daughter Sophia Weston Jones was born in Rochester, NH, June 7, 1801.
An early Milton schoolteacher, Sophia Cushing, taught initially at Plummer’s Ridge, but afterwards at Milton Three Ponds. She remembered Ensign William Jones, as one of the “officiating gentlemen” of that Three Ponds school district. (See Milton Teacher of 1796-1805).
My following terms of teaching were at the three ponds in the district of Timothy Roberts, Esq., Ensign William Jones and John Fish, Esq., and other officiating gentlemen of the place (Wyatt, 1854).
Wm Jones headed a Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Charlotte (Cushing) Jones], one female aged under-10 years [Caroline Jones], and one male aged 10-15 years. The alphabetized record can tell us little about his immediate neighbors. Father Ebenezer Jones and younger brother Levi Jones had also their own Milton households. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
William Jones signed the Rochester division petition (or Milton separation petition) in what was then Rochester, NH, May 28, 1802, as did his father-in-law, Joseph Plumer, brothers Levi Jones and John Jones, and brother-in-law Robert Mathes (husband of sister Sally Jones).
William Jones was one of the “respectable inhabitants & freeholders” that sought a special Town Meeting to reconsider the initial proposed Meeting House site. That special Town Meeting was held at the home of Lieut. Elijah Horn, September 1, 1803, and decided not to change the proposed Meeting House site.
W. Jones paid $30.25 for Pew No. 9 in the newly constructed Milton Town House. That pew occupied the northeast corner of the ground floor, between those of P. Hantscom (Pew No. 8 on the east side), and Saml S. Wentworth (Pew No. 10 on the north side). (See Milton Town House – 1804).
Daughter Eliza Plummer Jones was born in Milton, September 7, 1807. Son William Allen Jones was born in Milton, August 3, 1809.
Beard Plummer, Theodore C. Lyman, Levi Jones, and William Jones were among twenty-three Strafford County inhabitants that petitioned the NH Governor and Executive Council, January 31, 1810, to have Amos Cogswell, Esq., of Dover, NH, appointed as Strafford County Sheriff. Amos Cogswell was then a NH state representative and, during the War of 1812, would be elected to Dover’s twelve-man Committee of Defence, September 10, 1814.
Wm Jones headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Charlotte (Cushing) Jones], one male aged 10-15 years, one female aged 10-15 years [Caroline Jones], and two females aged under-10 years [Sophia W. Jones and Eliza P. Jones], one male aged under-10 years [William A. Jones]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Palatiah Hanson and Ebenr Ricker. Brothers Levi Jones and Joshua Jones had also their own Milton households. (Their mother and sisters Mary and Lydia Jones resided with Joshua Jones).
Daughter Mary Esther Jones was born in Milton, March 5, 1813.
William Jones was among the ten Milton inhabitants that petitioned the NH General Court, in 1816, seeking a road weight limit. There were also four petitioners from Middleton, six from Rochester, and nine from Farmington, NH. (See Milton Road Weight Petition – 1816).
Daughter Charlotte Cushing Jones was born in Milton, in 1818.
William Jones was one of twelve incorporators of the Humane Lodge of Masons of Rochester, NH, in June 1821. Incorporators Dr. Stephen Drew (1791-1872), Ira Fish (1790-1872), Hanson Hayes (1792-1851), and Jones’ younger brother Levi Jones (1771-1847) were also Milton men; Giles W. Burrows (1821-1900) and Nathaniel Lord (1790-1870) were from Lebanon, ME; and John Chapman, Joseph Cross, Charles Dennett (1788-1867), Rev. Harvey Morey (1789-1830), and John Roberts, Jr. (1789-1861) were from Rochester, NH.
State of New Hampshire }
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE “HUMANE LODGE, No. 21”
[Approved June 27, 1821. Original Acts, vol. 26, p. 88; recorded Acts, vol. 22, p. 24]
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court convened, that Levi Jones, William Jones, Charles Dennet, Nathaniel Lord, Hanson Hayes, Giles W. Burrows, John Chapman, John Roberts, Jun., Stephen Drew, Joseph Cross, Ira Fish, Harvey Morey and their associates and successors, shall be and hereby are erected and made a corporation and body politic by the name of “Humane Lodge, No. 21,” and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended to final judgment and execution, and may have a common seal, and the same may alter at pleasure, and shall have and possess all the powers incident to corporations of a similar nature, and may have, hold and enjoy real and personal estate, not exceeding in amount two thousand dollars.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, that Levi Jones, William Jones, and Charles Dennet, or either two of them, may call a meeting of said corporation, to be holden at Rochester in the County of Strafford, at such time as they shall think expedient, by advertising in the Strafford Register, printed at Dover, fifteen days previous to meeting, at which meeting the members of said corporation, by a vote of the majority of those present, shall choose such officers and enact such by-laws, as they may think proper, for the regulation and government of said corporation. Provided, said by laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State (NH Secretary of State, 1921).
(An anti-Masonic party and movement would emerge in the late 1820s as America’s first third-party alternative. It lasted for about ten years).
Wm Jones was one of twenty-three Milton inhabitants who petitioned to have Gilman Jewett appointed as a Milton coroner, June 12, 1823. (See Milton Seeks a Coroner – June 1823).
Daughter Caroline Jones married, March 24, 1824, David Page, she of Milton and he of Wakefield, NH. Rev. James Walker performed the ceremony. Page was born in Wakefield, NH, February 8, 1791, son of Josiah and Sarah (Marston) Page.
Mother Susanna [(Allen)] Jones of Milton, widow and relict of Ebenezer Jones, made her last will November 3, 1824. She devised $30 to her eldest son, William Jones. She devised $1 each to her other sons, Levi Jones, James Jones, John Jones, and Amos Jones. She devised $10 to her granddaughter, Lydia Jones, daughter of Amos Jones. She devised $1 each to her grandchildren, Hannah Mathes, Comfort Mathes, William B. Mathes, Ebenezer J. Mathes, Robert Mathes, Joseph Mathes, and Sally Mathes. She devised a good feather bed, two pillows, a bolster, a woolen bed quilt, a blanket, a sheet, two pillowcases, an undersack, and a good bedstead (and its cords) to her granddaughter, Susan Jones. She devised $1 to Susan Lad, daughter of Samuel Lad.
She gave $120 to her daughter, Mary Jones, as well a four-foot square table, and one-half of her beds, bed clothes, bed steads, bed cords. Mary was also given one-half of her wearing apparel, and one third of her pewter, crockery, tin and glassware. She gave $30 to her daughter, Lydia Jones, as well as a four-foot square table, and one-half of her beds, bed clothes, bed steads, bed cords, excepting that given to granddaughter Susan Jones. Lydia was also given one-half of her wearing apparel, and one third of her pewter, crockery, tinware, and glass. She bequeathed all of her real estate and whatever personal property not otherwise devised, to son, Joshua Jones, and she also named him as executor. (She signed with an “X”). Thomas Leighton, Daniel F. Jones and Levi Jones signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 32:46).
The last will of Susanna [(Allen)] Jones was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Dover, NH, January 19, 1825 (Strafford County Probate, 32:48).
Daughter Sophia W. Jones married in Dover, NH, in 1827, Stephen Stoddard Stone, he of New Haven, CT. (Columbia Centinel, November 24, 1827). He was born in Westford, MA, June 11, 1805, son of Samuel and Grace S. (Stoddard) Stone.
William Jones and John Scates were the Milton delegates to the Republican, i.e., Democrat-Republican or Democrat, NH State Senate District No. 5 Convention, which was held in Rochester, NH, January 8, 1829. The convention chose James Bartlett of Dover, NH, as it candidate (Dover Enquirer, January 13, 1829). (See Milton’s Ante-Bellum Party Affiliations). James Bartlett had delivered a well-received address to the Strafford Agriculture Society in October 1826. Brother Levi Jones was elected as one of the two Society vice-presidents at that meeting, and appointed to a committee to audit the treasurer’s accounts (New England Farmer (Boston, MA), November 3, 1826).
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone advertised, in November 1829, that he had transferred his hotel-keeping from the New-Hampshire Hotel to the Dover Hotel. (His advertisement repeated regularly through March 30, 1829).
DOVER HOTEL. THE Subscriber would most respectfully inform his friends and the public in general, that he has removed from the New-Hampshire Hotel to the DOVER HOTEL, where he will be happy to wait on those who will favor him with a Call. His house has lately been thoroughly repaired, and newly furnished. He hopes by moderate charges, a strict and undivided attention to this house, only, and an untiring effort to please, to merit a share of public patronage. STAGES, from all parts of the country, stop at this house, and Books kept for the same. Large and commodious Sheds, Stables, &c., are attached to the establishment, and careful and attentive Ostlers. STEPHEN S. STONE. N.B.- A few Boarders can be accommodated on the most favorable terms. November 23, 1829. 22tf (Dover Enquirer, November 24, 1829).
Wm Jones headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Charlotte (Cushing) Jones], two females aged 20-29 years [Eliza P. Jones and Mary E. Jones], one male aged 20-29 years [William A. Jones], one female aged 10-14 years [Charlotte C. Jones], and one male aged 10-14 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Timo Roberts and John Scates.
David Page headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Caroline (Jones) Page], one female aged 20-29 years, one male aged under-5 years, two females aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benj. H. Whitehouse and Thos. Lindsay.
S.S. Stone headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included four males aged 20-29 years [himself and others], three females aged 20-29 years [Sophia W. (Jones) Stone and others], and one male aged 15-19 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Saml Wyatt and Elizth Gilman.
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone was proprietor of the City Tavern hotel, on Brattle street, in Boston, MA, by 1836 (Hancock, 1836). It was the terminus for many regional stagecoach lines.
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone appeared in a Boston, MA, guidebook of 1838, as proprietor of the City Tavern.
CITY TAVERN, By Mr. S.S. Stone, is a convenient and commodious house, formerly well known as the stand kept by Mr. Simeon Boyden, in Brattle Street, near Dock Square. The Salem, Gloucester, and other stages keep their books here (Bowen, 1838).
Charlotte (Cushing) Jones died in Milton, November 12, 1838, aged fifty-eight years.
DIED. In Milton, on the 12th day of November last, Mrs. Charlotte Jones, aged 59, wife of Mr. Wm. Jones, after a protracted illness of more than fifteen years (Dover Enquirer, February 5, 1839).
Evidently prompted by his wife’s death, elder brother William Jones made his last will December 5, 1838. He devised a token $1 to his only son, William A. Jones (1809-1881),
… which sum, together with the real estate I have before given him by deed, is to be in full for his share of my Estate.
He devised $5 to eldest daughter Caroline [(Jones)] Page (1799-1872), and $20 to second daughter Sophia W. [(Jones)] Stone (1801-1869). Third daughter Elizabeth P. Jones (1807-1892) was to receive an undivided one-third of his real property, as well as
… two feather beds, with bedsteads, cord, pillows and bed cloth, suitable and sufficient to cover them well in summer and winter with equal goodness with my other beds and bedding.
And youngest daughter Charlotte C. Jones (1818-1872) was to receive the other undivided two-thirds of his real estate, as well as the rest and residue of his estate. He named her also as executrix. David Wallingford, Joseph P. Jones, and Levi Jones signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 61:174).
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone appeared in the Boston, MA, directories of 1840, and 1842, as innkeeper [of the] Commercial Coffee House, Milk street. The Commercial Coffee House hotel stood on Milk street, at the corner of Liberty Square.
William Jones had a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one male aged 20-29 years [William A. Jones], and one female aged 20-29 years [Charlotte C. Jones]. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Fernald and James C. Roberts.
David Page headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Caroline (Jones) Page], one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years, and one female aged 5-9 years. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Edward C. Piper and Robert Moulton.
Steph S. Stone headed a Boston (Ward 8), MA, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years, two female aged 40-49 years, one female aged 30-39 years, eleven males aged 20-29 years, four females aged 20-29 years, one male aged 10-14 years, and one male aged 5-9 years.
COMMERCIAL COFFEE HOUSE, At the corner of Milk and Battery March street … Boston. The subscriber would inform his friends and the travelling public, that he still remains the proprietor of the above central and commodious Hotel, which is now in good condition for the reception of company. The house has been so well known for many years, that it can hardly be necessary to say that it is in the very centre of business, and but a few minutes walk from any of the public buildings. Members of the Legislature will here find convenient apartments, and good fare at a reasonable price. S.S. STONE j4 ep6t3is3as (Boston Post, January 5, 1842).
William Jones, Esq., died in Milton, January 26, 1845, aged seventy-five years. His estate was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court in Rochester, NH, February 4, 1845 (Strafford County Probate, 61:174).
DEATHS. In Milton, Jan. 26, Mr. William Jones, aged 75, a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Methodist church; he has gone to the land from which no traveller returns (Dover Enquirer, February 18, 1845).
Daughter Charlotte C. Jones married in Milton, August 7, 1846, Rev. Edward F. Abbott, both of Milton. Rev. [Dr.] William Cogswell performed the ceremony. Abbott was born in Andover, MA, December 24, 1810, son of Zebadiah and Sarah (Farrington) Abbott.
MARRIAGES. In Milton, Aug. 7. by Rev. Dr. Cogswell of Gilmanton, Rev. Edward F. Abbott and Miss Charlotte C. Jones (Dover Enquirer, September 8, 1846).
Son William A. Jones married in Farmington, NH, March 5, 1852, Abigail D. Moulton, both of Milton. She was born in Milton, January 20, 1821, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Watson) Moulton. Rev. Kimball Hadley performed the ceremony.
David Page, a farmer, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Caroline [(Jones)] Page, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), Sophia W. Page, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Roxanna Page, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Charles W. Page, a farmer, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), and Josephin W. Page, aged eighteen years (b. NH). David Page had real estate valued at $1,200.
Edward F. Abbott, a clergyman, aged thirty-three years (b. MA), headed a Loudon, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Charlotte [(Jones)] Abbott, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and Clarabel S. Abbott, aged two years (b. NH).
Stoddard S. Stone, a hotel keeper, aged fifty years (b. MA), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the First (1855) MA State Census. His household included Sophia W. [(Jones)] Stone, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), Stephen H. Stone, a leather dealer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Catherine White, aged twenty years (b. Ireland), and Elizabeth P. Jones, aged forty years (b. NH).
Edward F. Abbott, a clergyman, aged thirty-eight years (b. Andover, MA), headed an Andover, MA, household at the time of the First (1855) MA State Census. His household included Charlotte C. [(Jones)] Abbott, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and Clara S. Abbott, aged seven years (b. NH). They shared a two-family residence with the household of William Course, a boat maker, aged forty-two years (b. Scotland).
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone advertised that he had leased the Gilmor House hotel in Baltimore, MD, in 1856, but had closed it for renovations.
PERSONAL. THE SUBSCRIBER having leased the GILMOR HOUSE, it will be CLOSED for improvement and repairs on THURSDAY, 31st inst., to be REOPENED about the 20th of AUGUST, of which due notice will be given. S.S. STONE. Baltimore, July 28, 1856. j28-3tj (Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), July 30, 1856).
David Page, a farmer, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Caroline [(Jones)] Page, aged sixty years (b. NH), Sophia W. Page, a teacher, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Roxan Page, a teacher, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), Charles W. Page, a farmer, aged thirty-one years (b. NH). David Page had real estate valued at $1,500 and personal estate valued at $700. Charles W. Page had real estate valued at $500.
S.S. Stone, proprietor of Gilmor House, aged sixty-four years (b. MA), headed a Baltimore, MD, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Sophia [(Jones)] Stone, aged forty-five years (b. NH), Stephen Stone, a clerk, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and Ebeneazer Stone, a clerk, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and twenty-six hotel staffers and guests.
Wm A. Jones, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Lebanon (“West Lebanon P.O.”), ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abba [(Moulton) Jones, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and Charles E. Nutter, aged twelve years (b. NH). Wm. A. Jones had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $400. They shared a two-family residence with the household of Sarah Wentworth, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH). She had personal estate valued at $400.
Ichabod Crane, a farmer, aged seventy-six years (b. NH), headed a Surry, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Clarissa A. Crane, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), and Edward F. Abbott, a Congregational clergyman, aged forty-four years (b. MA). Ichabod Crane had real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $2,500. Clarissa A. Crane had personal estate valued at $100. Edward F. Abbott had personal estate valued at $400.
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone and two of his employees were injured in a gas explosion at his Gilmor House hotel in Baltimore, MD, in 1862.
Gas Explosion at the Gilmor House – Three Persons Injured – One Probably Fatally. An explosion of gas occurred at the Gilmor House about seven o’clock yesterday evening, which resulted in the serious injury of Mr. S.S. Stone, late proprietor of the hotel, and two of the employees, William Gibson, the engineer, and John Hilger, the fireman of the house. It appears that there was a leak in the gas pipes, and Mr. S. with the men went up stairs to find and stop it. It was discovered in a rear room on the third floor of the main building, and Gibson, went up on a step-ladder to stop it. While he was at work, the explosion took place, and the report was as loud as that from a small field piece. Gibson was thrown to the floor, and the lamp in the hands of Hilger was dashed to pieces. It was heard by persons in the house, who immediately ran up stairs to see what had occurred. The flash was distinctly seen from the ground floor. On reaching the room where the casualty occurred, Gibson was on the floor and unable to rise. An examination proved that his left shoulder was dislocated, and his left ankle so badly broken that the bone protruded two inches through the skin. He was also so horribly burned about the face and hands that the skin peeled off, and the leather brim to his cap was completely parched. He was placed on a stretcher and taken to his home, in Howard street, where he received medical attention, but very little hope was had for his recovery. Hilger was also horribly burned, about the face and hands, but none of his bones were broken. His injuries were dressed, and he proceeded to his home. Mr. Stone was seriously burned in the face and hands. Dr. T.H. Buckler was called, and dressed his injuries. So intense was the heat in the room that the wood-work was slightly charred, and a blanket on a bed in the room was badly scorched. The door was open, and for a space of twenty feet in the hall, the paint was blistered from the woodwork. It is supposed that the whole room was thoroughly charged with the vapor, and as soon as the flame of the lamp came into contact with it the explosion took place (Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD). November 1, 1862).
Proceedings of the Courts. Circuit Court – Judge Krebs – Jerry Walker, of Philadelphia, vs. Stephen S. Stone, Francis W. Bennett and J.M. Smith. Injunction issued restraining and prohibiting defendant, F.W. Bennett, from paying over to S.S. Stone $5,834.42 from the proceeds of sale of furniture of the Gilmor House (Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD). November 1, 1862).
Edward F. Abbot, a Con. [Congregational] clergyman, aged forty-eight years (b. MA), headed an Andover, MA, household at the time of the Second (1865) MA State Census. His household included Charlott C. [(Jones)] Abbot, aged forty-seven years, and Clarabel S. Abbot, aged seventeen years.
Son-in-law David Page died in Wakefield, NH, August 3, 1868, aged seventy-seven years, four months.
DIED. In Wakefield, Aug. 3, Mr. David Page, aged 77 years and 4 months (Dover Enquirer, August 27, 1868).
Daughter Sophia W. (Jones) Stone died of consumption in Chelsea, MA, June 29, 1869, aged sixty-nine years.
DEATHS. At North Chelsea, 29th ult., Sophia W., wife of Stephen S. Stone, 68 (Boston Transcript, July 1, 1869).
Sophia W. Page, a teacher, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed an Andover, MA, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Caroline [(Jones)] Page, keeping house, aged seventy years (b. NH). Sophia W. Page had real estate valued at $500 and personal estate valued at $2,300. Caroline Page had personal estate valued at $1,500.
Stephen S. Stone, formerly druggist, aged sixty-five years (b. MA), headed a North Chelsea, MA, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Stephen H. Stone, clerk in store, aged forty years (b. MA), Elizabeth Stone, keeping house, aged thirty-one years (b. MA), Francisca Stone (b. MA), aged eleven years, Henry P.S. Stone, aged six years (b. MA), Stephen S. Stone, aged three years (b. MA), and Elisa Lawler, h. servant, aged forty-five years (b. Ireland). Stephen S. Stone had real estate valued at $10,500 and personal estate valued at $8,500. Stephen H. Stone had personal estate valued at $4,500.
William A. Jones, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Abbie D. [(Moulton)] Jones, keeping house (b. NH), aged forty-eight years, and Charles Jennis, a farm laborer, aged seventeen years (b. NH). William A. Jones had real estate valued at $1,200 and personal estate valued at $200.
Daughter Caroline (Jones) Page died in Andover, MA, in April 1872, aged seventy-two years.
DEATHS. In Andover, Mass., Caroline, widow of David Page, Esq., late of Wakefield, aged 72 yrs. (Foster’s Democrat (Dover, NH), , April 27, 1872).
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone married (2nd) in Wakefield, NH, October 14, 1872, Sophia W. Page, he of Revere, MA, and she of Wakefield, NH. He was a merchant, aged sixty-seven years, and she was aged forty-seven years. She was the daughter of David and Caroline (Jones) Page. (And niece of Stone’s first wife). Rev. Nathaniel Barker performed the ceremony.
MARRIED. In Wakefield, Oct. 14, Mr. Stephen S. Stone, of Revere, Mass., to Miss Sophia W. Page, of Wakefield, N.H. (Dover Enquirer, October 24, 1872).
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone appeared in the Revere, MA, directory of 1876, with his house on Salem street, near the Saugus line.
Stephen S. Stone, aged seventy-five years (b. MA), headed a Revere, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sophia W. [(Page)] Stone, keeping house, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and his servant, Harriett Stearns, aged thirty-seven years (b. ME). They resided on Park Street.
William A. Jones, a farmer, aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Abbie D. [(Moulton)] Jones, keeping house, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), his sister, Elizabeth P. Jones, at home, aged seventy-two years (b. NH), and his boarders, Clara B. Abbott, at home, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Mary Knox, at home, aged seventy-seven years (b. MA).
Son William A. Jones died in Lebanon, ME, August 9, 1881, aged seventy-two years, six days.
Daughter Charlotte C. (Jones) Abbott died in Lebanon, ME, January 13, 1882, aged sixty-four years, seven months. She was a housewife.
Son-in-law Stephen S. Stone of Revere, MA, died of pneumonia died in Saugus, MA, December 10, 1883, aged seventy-eight years, six months. He was a married retired hotel keeper.
Gifts of Stephen S. Stone. The will of Stephen S. Stone of Revere, which was admitted to probate yesterday, contains the following public bequests: One thousand dollars to the Westford Public Library, to purchase books; $1000 to the Westford Academy, to educate worthy children, and $1000 to the Westford Orthodox Trinitarian Church, to maintain gospel preaching (Boston Globe, January 22, 1884).
Son-in-law Edward F. Abbott died in Andover, MA, June 17, 1888, aged seventy-one years, five month, and twenty-three days.
Rev. Edward F. Abbott died on Sunday last, at the house of Mr. Jesse H. Clark in the West Parish, where he was boarding. He was the son of Dea. Zebadiah and Sarah (Farrington) Abbott and was born in the West Parish, Dec. 24, 1816. His theological education was obtained at Gilmanton Seminary. His first pastorate was at Milton, N.H., and he subsequently preached at Loudon, Dublin, Surry, and other places in New Hampshire. His last pastoral service was at So. Merrimack, N.H., in 1880. He has since been in feeble health, and has boarded much of the time in Andover. His body was taken on Wednesday to Milton, N.H., the early home and burial place of his wife, and funeral services held there. He was the last one of his father’s family (Andover Townsman (Andover, MA), June 22, 1888).
Granddaughter Clarabelle S. Abbott died in Lebanon, ME, September 26, 1888, aged forty years, eight months, and twenty-four days.
Daughter Elizabeth P. Jones died in Milton, March 28, 1892, aged eighty-four years, six months.
DEATHS. JONES – At Milton, N.H., 28th inst., Miss Elizabeth P. Jones, 84 yrs. 6 mos. (Boston Evening Transcript, March 31, 1892).
(However, the last will of Elizabeth P. Jones, late of neighboring Lebanon, ME, was allowed in a York County Probate court held in Alfred, ME, June 7, 1892 (Biddeford-Saco Journal, June 8, 1892)).
Amos M. Roberts, a storekeeper, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-seven years), Clara M. Roberts, aged sixty years (b. NH), his mother-in-law, Mary S. Mather, aged eighty-three years (b. NH), his aunt, Abby D. Jones, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), and his boarder, Thomas Kelly, a salesman in store, aged thirty-three years (b. MA).
Daughter-in-law Abigail D. (Moulton) Jones died of apoplexy in Milton, January 22, 1902, aged eighty-one years, and two days. She was a widow, resident in Milton for fifty-two [SIC] years, with her previous residence having been in Somersworth, NH.
LOCAL. The many Farmington friends of Mrs. Amos Roberts of Milton will sympathize with her and her mother, Mrs. Mathes, in the decease of the latter’s sister and constant companion, Mrs. Abbie (Moulton) Jones. The funeral will be held this Friday at 1 o’clock p.m. (Farmington News, January 24, 1902).
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Milton Observer 