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Note: SUSANNA (4) -- Thomas (3), Chad (2), Arthur (l) -- was born Dec. 7, 1765, and married, Elijah Stone, who was born Feb. 11, 1768-9, in Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. eldest son: of Archibald and Rhoda (Dewey) Stone. * They dwelt in Hoosick, N.Y.. until the year 1806, when they moved to the Province of Quebec and settled in the town of Farnham -- some think Dunham -- in the County of Missisquoi, where she died May 5. 1820. He died at the residence of a Mr. Blair, near Ellisville, Fulton Co., Ill., Nov. 23, 1844, and was buried at Ellisville.
The children of Susanna and Elijah Stone were : 217. i Nathaniel (5) b July 11, 1778, m 15t Patience Fordyce; dw. last in
North English, Ia. ii Triplet children, who died in infancy. iii David Major(5) b. Feb. 17, 1793, m. . . . . dw. Farnham, Quebec.
iv Isaac (5) b. March 28,1797, m. 1st Polly Aylsworth; Black River Conference.
v Asenath (5) b. Feb. 1799, m. John Fordyce; dw. Farnham, Quebec.
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* Archibald Stone was born about 1735 to 1741, probably in Woodstock, Conn. and was a tanner by trade. He built the first tannery in Hoosick. N. Y. and died in 1811. His father is thought to have come from Springfield. Mass., and his brothers' names to have been, Abner, Isaac, and Nathaniel. The name or his sister who married a Mr. Smith is not known. Isaac was a weaver, and Nathaniel a manufacturer of leather pantaloons, mittens and gloves. The latter dwelt in Bennington, Vt., during the Revolutionary War and took part In the battle of Bennington. Rhoda Dewey was born March 3, 1751, perhaps in Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and died in Lockport. N. Y., 1818. She may have been the second wife of Archibald. Their family:
i Elijah. ii Cornelius, m. Martha Talmadge. iii Jedidiah Dewey, m.------ Smith. iv Electa, m. John Duncan. v Anise, unmarried. vi Susan, b. Jan. 8, 1778. m. Nathan Peggs; dw. Rome. N. Y. vii Lucy, b. Dec. 25. 1780, m. Roland Sears, dw. Lockport, N. Y.
viii Rhoda, m. Whitcomb Ames. Perhaps also: . ix Anna. Mrs. Rhoda Ames, wife of Whitcomb Ames, of the above, died suddenly, Oct. 16, 1848, in Morristown, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., aged 66 years. She left an aged husband and two daughters, with several grand-children.
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