Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Stone was christened on 29 March 1743, in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Stone, was 42 and her mother, Joan Timewell, was 34. She married Stephen Bennet on 11 December 1768, in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (19)
- Elizth. Stone, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Eliz in entry for Mary Bennet, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- Elizabeth in entry for Wm Bennet, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
Spouse and Children
– Male
1743– Female
Children (9)
1769– Male
1774– Male
1778– Male
1780– Female
1781– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1701–1783 Male
1709–1762 Female
Siblings (6)
1737–1796 Female
1742– Male
1743– Female
1747–1829 Female
1749–1839 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (5)
1801 · The Act of Union
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
1815
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ston(e) ‘stone, rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on stony ground, by a notable outcrop of rock, or by a stone boundary-marker or monument, or habitational, from a place called Stone, such as those in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.
Irish (Kilkenny): adopted for Irish Ó Clochartaigh (see Clougherty ) and/or Ó Clochasaigh (see Clohessy ), and possibly several other names containing or thought to contain the element cloch ‘stone’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various surnames in other languages, meaning ‘stone’, including Jewish Stein , Norwegian Steine, French Lapierre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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