Ann Croot and Philip Stone were married in Mortonhampstead, Devon, England on 16 May 1860. They immigrated in 1866.
There is this story in the Stone family: "The story of 'gold in America' brought our grandparents here. Several of Grandmother Ann (Croot) Stone's brothers came to America earlier. When they left the homeland in Devonshire, England, Ann said, 'If it is true there is gold in America, tell us!' The playful brothers found a gold lavaliere on the street, and sent word to Ann and her husband Philip, 'It's true, it's true, we found gold on the streets of New York.' Ann and Philip packed their few possessions and food in barrels and with two small children, Philip and Ann sailed from Plymouth for America. They cooked their own food on stoves provided in the galley. Ann was sea sick much of the time and was given the privilege of being on an upper deck by the Captain some of the time. Their sailing ship, the Helca, arrived in New York City April 11, 1866."
Ann was the daughter of tenant farmer Robert Croot and Susan Pethybridge Croot. She was born in Howton, outside of Mortonhamptead, and was raised at Bowden Farm nearby. Her widowed mother and all of her siblings except for one sister immigrated to the US.
Phillip was the son of John Stone b. c. 1812 and Margaret Rowe b. 1812 of Gidleigh, Devon. He is found with his parents and two siblings, John b. 1835 and Jane b. 1838, in the 1841 Census in Gidleigh. Sister Susan was born in 1842. Brother Methuselah was born in 1846. There were other siblings. The family is not found together in the 1851 Census, perhaps because father John had died. His mother and younger siblings were in a workhouse. In 1851 Phillip is found in the John and Agnes Harvey household in Chagford, near Moretonhamptead. He is listed as a nephew. Agness Harvey was his mother's twin sister.
Phillip and Ann Stone are in the 1861 Census in Moretonhamptead living at Millbank which was near Lime St. and Wray Brook in town. They had a one month old son, Robert Croot Stone, who died two weeks later and is buried at Moretonhamptead. When they immigrated in 1866, they took two children with them--Philip b. 1862 and Mary Ann b. 1865.
The Stones have not been found in the 1870 Census, but are in the 1880, 1900, and 1910 Censuses as well as the NJ Censuses. They lived in Chester, NJ--on Pottersville Road according to the 1910 Census--and farmed. According to their grandson, Phillip worked for a time in the iron mines owned by Col. Nathan Cooper who also employed Ann's brother John about this time.
According to grandson, Robert Schenck in the 1970s , "On April 6, 1870 (Philip Stone) purchased from John Barkman and Henry Hall the tracks of land which comprised the so-called 'house and lot,' on the South side of the road, across from the present Wenkler property. That house has been torn down, and is no longer there, but they lived there some years until they bought the Stone farm in 1877, which is now where the Garland School is...They owned it and farmed it until they sold it to W. Simonds Richardson, June 23, 1910...The old folks couldn't keep it going, and Grandmother Stone became ill. They went to live in what was called the Warren Langdon House..." The farm was "general purpose" and was 99+ acres. It was also "down across the fields" from Ann Stone's brother Joseph Croot's farm.
The Garland School was a school for boys founded in 1957 and was succeeded by the Devereux Deerhaven School, now closed. 20 acres of the land was late sold to Somerset County for preservation. Likely it was incorporated into the Black River County Park.
They had ten children:
* Robert Croot Stone 1861-1861 who died as an infant
* Philip Stone 1862-1931 who was a carpenter
* Mary Ann Stone Schenck 1865-1966 who married engineer Henry D. Schenck in 1886 and lived in Morristown
* Margaret Stone Jackson 1868-1949 who married postmaster George H. Jackson as his second wife and lived in New Milford, CT
* Susan Stone 1871-1885 who died young at home
* Lucy Stone Westervelt 1873-1957 (FAG 7926660)who married Richard G. Westervelt and lived in Bedminster, NJ
* Henry R. Stone 1875-1831 who lived in Wallingford, CT
* Sarah Stone 1877-1865 who never married, was a school teacher, and owned the Stone Lodge in Chester, NJ
* Ida Stone Walker 1879-1973 who married Clarence Walker in 1900 and lived on Long Island and in New Jersey
* Rose Stone Quimby 1882-1934 who married Ethelbert Quimby and lived in Chester
* Samuel Stone 1885-1978 who married Rachel Hazen, moved to California, and had 12 children
In the listing of her death in the Congregational Church record, it said "was a beautiful Christian."
In 1973, Robert H. Schenck, the Stone's grandson, gave an interview about his family. It can be found at the Chester Historical Society. He lived with his mother Mary Ann Stone Schenck and so would have heard all of her family stories.
There is this story in the Stone family: "The story of 'gold in America' brought our grandparents here. Several of Grandmother Ann (Croot) Stone's brothers came to America earlier. When they left the homeland in Devonshire, England, Ann said, 'If it is true there is gold in America, tell us!' The playful brothers found a gold lavaliere on the street, and sent word to Ann and her husband Philip, 'It's true, it's true, we found gold on the streets of New York.' Ann and Philip packed their few possessions and food in barrels and with two small children, Philip and Ann sailed from Plymouth for America. They cooked their own food on stoves provided in the galley. Ann was sea sick much of the time and was given the privilege of being on an upper deck by the Captain some of the time. Their sailing ship, the Helca, arrived in New York City April 11, 1866."
Ann was the daughter of tenant farmer Robert Croot and Susan Pethybridge Croot. She was born in Howton, outside of Mortonhamptead, and was raised at Bowden Farm nearby. Her widowed mother and all of her siblings except for one sister immigrated to the US.
Phillip was the son of John Stone b. c. 1812 and Margaret Rowe b. 1812 of Gidleigh, Devon. He is found with his parents and two siblings, John b. 1835 and Jane b. 1838, in the 1841 Census in Gidleigh. Sister Susan was born in 1842. Brother Methuselah was born in 1846. There were other siblings. The family is not found together in the 1851 Census, perhaps because father John had died. His mother and younger siblings were in a workhouse. In 1851 Phillip is found in the John and Agnes Harvey household in Chagford, near Moretonhamptead. He is listed as a nephew. Agness Harvey was his mother's twin sister.
Phillip and Ann Stone are in the 1861 Census in Moretonhamptead living at Millbank which was near Lime St. and Wray Brook in town. They had a one month old son, Robert Croot Stone, who died two weeks later and is buried at Moretonhamptead. When they immigrated in 1866, they took two children with them--Philip b. 1862 and Mary Ann b. 1865.
The Stones have not been found in the 1870 Census, but are in the 1880, 1900, and 1910 Censuses as well as the NJ Censuses. They lived in Chester, NJ--on Pottersville Road according to the 1910 Census--and farmed. According to their grandson, Phillip worked for a time in the iron mines owned by Col. Nathan Cooper who also employed Ann's brother John about this time.
According to grandson, Robert Schenck in the 1970s , "On April 6, 1870 (Philip Stone) purchased from John Barkman and Henry Hall the tracks of land which comprised the so-called 'house and lot,' on the South side of the road, across from the present Wenkler property. That house has been torn down, and is no longer there, but they lived there some years until they bought the Stone farm in 1877, which is now where the Garland School is...They owned it and farmed it until they sold it to W. Simonds Richardson, June 23, 1910...The old folks couldn't keep it going, and Grandmother Stone became ill. They went to live in what was called the Warren Langdon House..." The farm was "general purpose" and was 99+ acres. It was also "down across the fields" from Ann Stone's brother Joseph Croot's farm.
The Garland School was a school for boys founded in 1957 and was succeeded by the Devereux Deerhaven School, now closed. 20 acres of the land was late sold to Somerset County for preservation. Likely it was incorporated into the Black River County Park.
They had ten children:
* Robert Croot Stone 1861-1861 who died as an infant
* Philip Stone 1862-1931 who was a carpenter
* Mary Ann Stone Schenck 1865-1966 who married engineer Henry D. Schenck in 1886 and lived in Morristown
* Margaret Stone Jackson 1868-1949 who married postmaster George H. Jackson as his second wife and lived in New Milford, CT
* Susan Stone 1871-1885 who died young at home
* Lucy Stone Westervelt 1873-1957 (FAG 7926660)who married Richard G. Westervelt and lived in Bedminster, NJ
* Henry R. Stone 1875-1831 who lived in Wallingford, CT
* Sarah Stone 1877-1865 who never married, was a school teacher, and owned the Stone Lodge in Chester, NJ
* Ida Stone Walker 1879-1973 who married Clarence Walker in 1900 and lived on Long Island and in New Jersey
* Rose Stone Quimby 1882-1934 who married Ethelbert Quimby and lived in Chester
* Samuel Stone 1885-1978 who married Rachel Hazen, moved to California, and had 12 children
In the listing of her death in the Congregational Church record, it said "was a beautiful Christian."
In 1973, Robert H. Schenck, the Stone's grandson, gave an interview about his family. It can be found at the Chester Historical Society. He lived with his mother Mary Ann Stone Schenck and so would have heard all of her family stories.
Ann Croot and Philip Stone were married in Mortonhampstead, Devon, England on 16 May 1860. They immigrated in 1866.
There is this story in the Stone family: "The story of 'gold in America' brought our grandparents here. Several of Grandmother Ann (Croot) Stone's brothers came to America earlier. When they left the homeland in Devonshire, England, Ann said, 'If it is true there is gold in America, tell us!' The playful brothers found a gold lavaliere on the street, and sent word to Ann and her husband Philip, 'It's true, it's true, we found gold on the streets of New York.' Ann and Philip packed their few possessions and food in barrels and with two small children, Philip and Ann sailed from Plymouth for America. They cooked their own food on stoves provided in the galley. Ann was sea sick much of the time and was given the privilege of being on an upper deck by the Captain some of the time. Their sailing ship, the Helca, arrived in New York City April 11, 1866."
Ann was the daughter of tenant farmer Robert Croot and Susan Pethybridge Croot. She was born in Howton, outside of Mortonhamptead, and was raised at Bowden Farm nearby. Her widowed mother and all of her siblings except for one sister immigrated to the US.
Phillip was the son of John Stone b. c. 1812 and Margaret Rowe b. 1812 of Gidleigh, Devon. He is found with his parents and two siblings, John b. 1835 and Jane b. 1838, in the 1841 Census in Gidleigh. Sister Susan was born in 1842. Brother Methuselah was born in 1846. There were other siblings. The family is not found together in the 1851 Census, perhaps because father John had died. His mother and younger siblings were in a workhouse. In 1851 Phillip is found in the John and Agnes Harvey household in Chagford, near Moretonhamptead. He is listed as a nephew. Agness Harvey was his mother's twin sister.
Phillip and Ann Stone are in the 1861 Census in Moretonhamptead living at Millbank which was near Lime St. and Wray Brook in town. They had a one month old son, Robert Croot Stone, who died two weeks later and is buried at Moretonhamptead. When they immigrated in 1866, they took two children with them--Philip b. 1862 and Mary Ann b. 1865.
The Stones have not been found in the 1870 Census, but are in the 1880, 1900, and 1910 Censuses as well as the NJ Censuses. They lived in Chester, NJ--on Pottersville Road according to the 1910 Census--and farmed. According to their grandson, Phillip worked for a time in the iron mines owned by Col. Nathan Cooper who also employed Ann's brother John about this time.
According to grandson, Robert Schenck in the 1970s , "On April 6, 1870 (Philip Stone) purchased from John Barkman and Henry Hall the tracks of land which comprised the so-called 'house and lot,' on the South side of the road, across from the present Wenkler property. That house has been torn down, and is no longer there, but they lived there some years until they bought the Stone farm in 1877, which is now where the Garland School is...They owned it and farmed it until they sold it to W. Simonds Richardson, June 23, 1910...The old folks couldn't keep it going, and Grandmother Stone became ill. They went to live in what was called the Warren Langdon House..." The farm was "general purpose" and was 99+ acres. It was also "down across the fields" from Ann Stone's brother Joseph Croot's farm.
The Garland School was a school for boys founded in 1957 and was succeeded by the Devereux Deerhaven School, now closed. 20 acres of the land was late sold to Somerset County for preservation. Likely it was incorporated into the Black River County Park.
They had ten children:
* Robert Croot Stone 1861-1861 who died as an infant
* Philip Stone 1862-1931 who was a carpenter
* Mary Ann Stone Schenck 1865-1966 who married engineer Henry D. Schenck in 1886 and lived in Morristown
* Margaret Stone Jackson 1868-1949 who married postmaster George H. Jackson as his second wife and lived in New Milford, CT
* Susan Stone 1871-1885 who died young at home
* Lucy Stone Westervelt 1873-1957 (FAG 7926660)who married Richard G. Westervelt and lived in Bedminster, NJ
* Henry R. Stone 1875-1831 who lived in Wallingford, CT
* Sarah Stone 1877-1865 who never married, was a school teacher, and owned the Stone Lodge in Chester, NJ
* Ida Stone Walker 1879-1973 who married Clarence Walker in 1900 and lived on Long Island and in New Jersey
* Rose Stone Quimby 1882-1934 who married Ethelbert Quimby and lived in Chester
* Samuel Stone 1885-1978 who married Rachel Hazen, moved to California, and had 12 children
In the listing of her death in the Congregational Church record, it said "was a beautiful Christian."
In 1973, Robert H. Schenck, the Stone's grandson, gave an interview about his family. It can be found at the Chester Historical Society. He lived with his mother Mary Ann Stone Schenck and so would have heard all of her family stories.
There is this story in the Stone family: "The story of 'gold in America' brought our grandparents here. Several of Grandmother Ann (Croot) Stone's brothers came to America earlier. When they left the homeland in Devonshire, England, Ann said, 'If it is true there is gold in America, tell us!' The playful brothers found a gold lavaliere on the street, and sent word to Ann and her husband Philip, 'It's true, it's true, we found gold on the streets of New York.' Ann and Philip packed their few possessions and food in barrels and with two small children, Philip and Ann sailed from Plymouth for America. They cooked their own food on stoves provided in the galley. Ann was sea sick much of the time and was given the privilege of being on an upper deck by the Captain some of the time. Their sailing ship, the Helca, arrived in New York City April 11, 1866."
Ann was the daughter of tenant farmer Robert Croot and Susan Pethybridge Croot. She was born in Howton, outside of Mortonhamptead, and was raised at Bowden Farm nearby. Her widowed mother and all of her siblings except for one sister immigrated to the US.
Phillip was the son of John Stone b. c. 1812 and Margaret Rowe b. 1812 of Gidleigh, Devon. He is found with his parents and two siblings, John b. 1835 and Jane b. 1838, in the 1841 Census in Gidleigh. Sister Susan was born in 1842. Brother Methuselah was born in 1846. There were other siblings. The family is not found together in the 1851 Census, perhaps because father John had died. His mother and younger siblings were in a workhouse. In 1851 Phillip is found in the John and Agnes Harvey household in Chagford, near Moretonhamptead. He is listed as a nephew. Agness Harvey was his mother's twin sister.
Phillip and Ann Stone are in the 1861 Census in Moretonhamptead living at Millbank which was near Lime St. and Wray Brook in town. They had a one month old son, Robert Croot Stone, who died two weeks later and is buried at Moretonhamptead. When they immigrated in 1866, they took two children with them--Philip b. 1862 and Mary Ann b. 1865.
The Stones have not been found in the 1870 Census, but are in the 1880, 1900, and 1910 Censuses as well as the NJ Censuses. They lived in Chester, NJ--on Pottersville Road according to the 1910 Census--and farmed. According to their grandson, Phillip worked for a time in the iron mines owned by Col. Nathan Cooper who also employed Ann's brother John about this time.
According to grandson, Robert Schenck in the 1970s , "On April 6, 1870 (Philip Stone) purchased from John Barkman and Henry Hall the tracks of land which comprised the so-called 'house and lot,' on the South side of the road, across from the present Wenkler property. That house has been torn down, and is no longer there, but they lived there some years until they bought the Stone farm in 1877, which is now where the Garland School is...They owned it and farmed it until they sold it to W. Simonds Richardson, June 23, 1910...The old folks couldn't keep it going, and Grandmother Stone became ill. They went to live in what was called the Warren Langdon House..." The farm was "general purpose" and was 99+ acres. It was also "down across the fields" from Ann Stone's brother Joseph Croot's farm.
The Garland School was a school for boys founded in 1957 and was succeeded by the Devereux Deerhaven School, now closed. 20 acres of the land was late sold to Somerset County for preservation. Likely it was incorporated into the Black River County Park.
They had ten children:
* Robert Croot Stone 1861-1861 who died as an infant
* Philip Stone 1862-1931 who was a carpenter
* Mary Ann Stone Schenck 1865-1966 who married engineer Henry D. Schenck in 1886 and lived in Morristown
* Margaret Stone Jackson 1868-1949 who married postmaster George H. Jackson as his second wife and lived in New Milford, CT
* Susan Stone 1871-1885 who died young at home
* Lucy Stone Westervelt 1873-1957 (FAG 7926660)who married Richard G. Westervelt and lived in Bedminster, NJ
* Henry R. Stone 1875-1831 who lived in Wallingford, CT
* Sarah Stone 1877-1865 who never married, was a school teacher, and owned the Stone Lodge in Chester, NJ
* Ida Stone Walker 1879-1973 who married Clarence Walker in 1900 and lived on Long Island and in New Jersey
* Rose Stone Quimby 1882-1934 who married Ethelbert Quimby and lived in Chester
* Samuel Stone 1885-1978 who married Rachel Hazen, moved to California, and had 12 children
In the listing of her death in the Congregational Church record, it said "was a beautiful Christian."
In 1973, Robert H. Schenck, the Stone's grandson, gave an interview about his family. It can be found at the Chester Historical Society. He lived with his mother Mary Ann Stone Schenck and so would have heard all of her family stories.
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