Captain Jacob Stone of Newburyport MA

Captain Jacob Stone b 4 Dec 1764 Newburyport, Essex, Ma, d 23 June 1831 Newburyport, Essex, Ma. son of John Stone and Sarah Miller John Stone b. Charlestown, 10 June, 1728, d, Newburyport, 16 Dec. 1791 and Sarah (Miller), b. Charlestown, 17 June, 1730, d. Newburyport, 2 Nov. 1804. (From Stone Family Association, 1897-1901: Catalogue of Members with Lines of Descent

Jacob married 11 June 1797 in Newburyport to Lois Gyles Parsons b 9 Feb 1765 Newburyport, d 12 Aug 1828 Newburyport.daughter of Capt. Jonathan Parsons and Hannah Gyles Parsons.
See The Giles Memorial. Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing the Names Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb; also genealogical sketches of the Pool, Very, Tarr and other families, with a history of Pemaquid, ancient and modern; some account of early settlements in Maine; and some details of Indian warfare (1864)  John AdamsVinton

Stone joined Newburyport’s Marine Society in 1801, climbing its ranks from Secretary to Vice President. His first entry at the Newburyport Custom House chronicled a cargo journey from the East Indies in March of 1805. Pictures from Michaans Auction blog 2013

  

 

 

An 1805 watercolor painting of the American Brig Industry of Newburyport
“Surrender the loot! A wonderful painting from my collection, vexes me to see it go.”

 Capt Jacob Stones Ledgers

 

 A group of fifty-four Chinese export Canton blue and white china pieces

Capt Stones Collection

  Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881

 

From American Ancestors Jacob Stone, JR  of Newburyport, Mass., b. 1805, d. 1875, cashier of First Nationa Bank many years (m. Eliza Atkins, b. in Boston, d. in Newburyport, Mass., 1890 desc. from the Atkins and Goodwin families, and had four sons and four daughters: Eliza Atkins Stone m. Capt. Charles G. Merchant, U. S. A., Louisa Parsons Stone of Newburyport, b. there Apr. 19, 1834, teacher, poetess, member of the bd. of supervisors of Boston public schools, resided in New Bedford 25 yrs. fm. 1859, John Hopkins, b. at Framingham, Mass.. music dealer of New Bedford, seventh in direct desc. from Stephen Hopkins of the "Mayflower," and had six children: Frederick Stone, lawyer in Boston, William John, electrical engineer, Louisa May, Henry Goodwin, d. young, Prescott Andrews, architect,and Helen Isabel];George Frederick Stone, sec'y of Board of Trade, Chicago ; Henry Atkins Stone, d. 1876, 1st lieut. 33d U. S. Col'd troops; Goodwin Atkins Stone, d. 1863, capt. 2d Mass. Cav.; Sophia May; Jacob, manager of Nat. Ins. Co., Minneapolis; Sarah Goodwin, d. young); son of Jacob, b. at Newburyport, d. there, ship-master, merchant (m. Lois, dau. of Capt. Jonathan and Hannah [Gyles] Parsons, she, Hannah, was dau. of John Gyles); son of John of Newburyport, desc. from the Stones of Charlestown and from John Stone, an English clergyman, who came to America with five sons.

From Marine Society 

CAPT. GILES P. STONE 
Joined the Marine Society Nov. 24, 183 1.
Died April 29, 1876, aged 77 years, 9 months.
Treasurer from Nov. 28, 1839 to Nov. 26, 1846.
Vice President from Nov. 26, 1846 to Nov. 27, 1862.
President from Nov. 27, 1862 to his death, April 29, 1876.
Capt. Stone was born Sept. 19, 1798. His first voyage was
taken when he was 18 years old. Became master of the brig Leo
when he was 21. Feb. 24, 1823, while lying in the harbor at Porto
Rico, he was boarded by prirates who tied the captain's and mates'
hands behind their backs and threatened to kill them if they did
not give up their money, breaking open the trunks and taking
$700. They then went forward and wounded two of the crew, who
made so much noise that the pirates fled, taking with money all the
captain's and mates' clothing. Capt. Stone's last voyage was in
the ship Alciope in 1836 to St. Petersburg, where he attended the
festival celebrated in honor of the birthday of the empress. His
grandfather, Capt. Jonathan Persons, was the first president of
the Marine Society.

Stone-Goodwin-Parsons papers 
Collection contains the papers of three interrelated families of Newburyport, Mass., 1739-1918. 

Letters from banker Jacob Stone of Newburyport, Mass. to his lifelong friend Hiram Knapp of St. Johnsbury, Vt. and later of Boston. The letters concern family, friends, Newburyport, banking, and economic conditions, including the depression of 1857. Collection also contains a few Stone family papers, including several letters from Goodwin A. Stone of the 2nd Mass. Cavalry stationed in Virginia during the Civil War; and a genealogical chart

The Parsons papers include a sermon (1739) and other papers of Jonathan Parsons, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Newbury, Mass., family records, including a pre-nuptial agreement (1790), and genealogical information. The Goodwin family papers include family correspondence and records, in particular their connections with the Stone family, and the will of Nathaniel Goodwin (1817). The largest part of the collection consists of the Stone family papers including those of Jacob Stone and his son, Jacob Stone, Jr., including a biographical sketch of the latter, (b. 1805); deeds and mortgages to the land in Newburyport; papers of George F.P. Stone; Henry A. Stone family letters written during his service in the Civil War; and biographical material on Goodwin Atkins Stone, who was in the Second Mass. Volunteer Calvary, and died as a result of injuries at the Battle of Aldie, near Falls Church, Va., during the Civil War, 1864. Also, various Stone family letters and genealogical information, and a copy of a letter from Oliver Wolcott to Major General Samuel Holden Parsons (1779)

The Essex Genealogist, Volumes 6-7
Ship Registers of the District of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1789-1870
The Christian Keepsake and Missionary Annual John Alonzo Clark
Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-war Between the United States and France: Naval Operations from February 1797 to December 1801, Volume 3

Captain Edwin John Colby AKA (Lorentz Spitzenfiel Colby)

Capt Edwin John Colby son of John Colby and Dolly Bagley Colby born on July 31 1812 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Originally given the name Lorentz Spitzenfiel Colby, List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in This Commonwealth Feb. 26, 1814.) He appeared in the census in 1850 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: 1850 Massachusetts Census. Salisbury, Essex County, page 20. Age 38.) Also See Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 4 and The Genealogist, Volumes 13-14 Died on December 19 1859 at Bremen-Vegesack, Weser, Germany.

Sea Captain: Joined the Marine Society Nov. 27, 1856 Newburyport, MA

From The History of the Marne Society of Newburyport
Capt. Edwin J. Colby was born at Salisbury Point, Mass., July 31, 1812, and was the son of John and Dolly Bagley Colby, being the oldest of nine children. As a boy he evinced a taste for the sea, and at the early age of 17 years he commenced his sea- faring life with Capt. 'William Morrill of Salisbury, in the ship Virginia of Alexandria, in August, 1829, going to different southern ports, Richmand, Jamestown, Norfolk and Hampton Roads. In a few years he sailed with the same Capt. Morrill on the Maryland, and at the age of 21 he was second mate of that ship and went to Liverpool. Not long after he was advanced to the position of first mate of the brig Vesta, Capt. Knapp, and visited Havana and other places in the West Indies, also foreign ports. In 1839 he was made a captain of the Jeannette, and in 1841 he commanded the brig Alice of New York, owned by Thomas and Eben Hale (perhaps others). The names of other vessels that afterwards he was master of were the brig Salisbury of Newburyport, bark Tartar, the ships Arno, Edward and the Atlanta, which was owned by Theodore Chase & Co., of Boston. His voyages were usually long, covering a period of nearly two years, and while in the earlier part of his life he went to the southern ports, the later trips were made to the ports in South America, Valpariso, Callao, Chincha Islands, to Melbourne, Australia, St. Helena, to Cadiz, through the Mediterranean to Palermo, Sicily, and up the Adriatic Sea to Trieste. He visited Havre and Bordeaux, Falmouth and Liverpool, London, Isle of Cowes, Elsinore in Denmark, Amsterdam in Holland, and Cronstadt in Russia, Bremen in Germany, Calcutta, Singapore and Aykab, China and Japan. On the 10th of March, 1858, he sailed on the Atlantic from Boston for Calcutta, Melbourne and Bremen, reaching the latter place about December 1859. Here he was taken sick and went to the home of his friend, Henri Wehmann of Vegesack, in order to have proper care and physician's services, but in spite of the constant attention of his friends and the physician's skill, he grew rapidly worse and on the 19th of December, 1859, he passed away in the 48th year of his age. He was buried in the family lot of the Wehmann's at Negesack with Masonic honors, be being a member of Warren Lodge of Amesbury, of Washington Lodge of Charleston S. C, and was made honorary member of Industry and Perseverance Lodge of England at Calcutta, on Sept. II, 1857, and was presented with a gold badge by that lodge. He joined the Marine Society Nov. 27, 1856, and was a member in good standing at" the time of his death. He was a noble character, and his kind and genial nature made him many friends who respected and esteemed him. He had the confidence and regard of his employers, and was a valued citizen of his native place. His devotion to his family was constant and he was well worthy of their affection. He left a wife who survived him only two years.
Edwin was on the Salisbury militia rolls of 1841-1845, 1852 and 1855. Edwin married Mary Follansbee Wigglesworth , daughter of Samuel Wigglesworth and Joanna Heckett born on April 10 1814 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Recorcs of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Salisbury. She appeared in the census in 1850 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. SOURCE: 1850 Massachusetts Census. Salisbury, Essex County, page 20. Age 35 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died on February 4 1862 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.

                                                           Mary F Wigglesworth Colby

Children were: John Edwin COLBY, MaryElizabeth COLBY, Ada Josephine COLBY, Joanna Alice COLBY. Edwin lost his son John age 4 Friday, September 20, 1844 Boston Traveler (Boston, MA)

Reported for the Inquirer; City Item Friday, March 8, 1844 Philadelphia Inquirer PA

 Edwin's brother Macy-Colby House Paintings  Captain Elbridge Gerry Colby Edwin's OBIT: Tuesday, January 10, 1860 Paper: Boston Traveler (Boston, MA) 

The Wolfe and the Stamp Act riot

My story from the Newburyport News

Sketch of Wolfe Tavern, 1764. History of Newburyport. John J. Currier.

The famous Wolfe Tavern was first established in Newbury, Massachusetts. Although the Wolfe’s reputation was built upon catering to the upper crust, the tavern’s proprietor, William Davenport, was also privy to the more colorful and seedy tavern patrons.  A potpourri of bar brawlers, sketchy privateers, and local tarts found their into his tap room. But the buzz that brewed among the port tribe one night at Davenport’s would stamp out all other naughty night dramas, and the bar bill is still around to prove it.

The great Boniface, Captain William Davenport, fought with General James Wolfe, who died on the Plains of Abraham during the battle of Quebec. Davenport, a talented wood carver, used his craft to immortalize the distinguished military general by chiseling his likeness into a sign post. The wooden General Wolfe made his debut in 1762 when Davenport opened his doors for business.  The sign continued to patrol the public house until the great fire in 1811, despite threats to all things British.

The Wolfe supplied plentiful libations, warm beds, and fine victuals for locals and visitors. The tavern also hosted meetings for the Marine Society and St. Peter’s Lodge of Freemasons. Even General Washington enjoyed an overnight stint at the Wolfe. On Saturday evenings, men came to the tavern to discuss politics, theology and the state of the crops. They gathered in the capacious barroom at night, around the cheerful, blazing fire, to while away the time with mugs of flip and mulled cider (Currier History of Newbury).

The year was 1765; the issue was the Stamp Act, which created a hotbed of conflict in Massachusetts. The Brits were already in hot water and the locals were fed up! The act would drain money from the colony: “Our Commerce would Stagnate and our Laborers Starve” (Newburyport Town Records). The Sons of Liberty in Newburyport were bent on preventing allegiance to a law that was contrary to the British constitution, certain laws of God and the common rights of mankind (MA House of Representatives).

The atmosphere was the same in every town; riots sprang up all over. According to Rev. Appleton, the “uneasiness” was universal. “All as one man rising up in opposition to it, such a union, as was never before witnessed in all the colonies,” so that, in the language of Dr. Holmes, on November 1, when the act was to take effect, not a sheet of stamped paper was to be had throughout New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and the two Carolinas (Coffin). But Newburyport would overshadow even Beantown’s August revolt!

On September 25, men were summoned to a meeting at the Wolfe to commiserate a stirring. A tavern had the proper ingredients to ease the “Greate Uneasyness and Tumult on Occasion of the Stamp Act.” Spirits fired to scorch a tax collector as well as the pockets of Dr. Joseph Stanwood.  Stanwood, targeted as the main instigator, delegated a posse to storm the streets and stalk locals with the issue at hand: Stamp or no Stamp.

Recalling the infamous evening, Joshua Coffin wrote, “[the] question was put to another stranger, who replied, with a sagacity worthy of a vicar of Bray, or a Talleyrand, 'I am as you are.' He was immediately cheered and applauded, as a true son of liberty, and permitted to depart in peace, wondering, no doubt, at his own sudden popularity (A Sketch of History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury). However, poor John Boardman, selected for the post of stamp distributor, fell victim to the protest. He was hung in effigy from a tree dubbed “The Liberty Elm” located in Jonathan Greenleaf’s yard. Ten tar barrels surrounded him as his image was snipped and dropped into the flames to burn.

The next morning, when Davenport tallied up the bar tab, he must have held his breath as he handed over a bill for 59 pounds, 17 shillings, and three pence to S D Co. This list including morning brew and vittles consumed after the all-night bender. A very amusing article published in Harper’s Magazine in 1876 estimated a gallon of punch for each partaker who kept his spirits up by pouring spirits down. The “uneasiness” now haunted Davenport as he attempted to collect – 85% was put on credit – eleven pounds from Captain Robud, Richard Farrow, and one Celeby.

Three years after the event, Davenport, on his last nerve, appealed to officials at a town meeting, who voted that he should  receive six pounds and six shillings compensation (Town Records Vol. 1 125). While the Wolfe would see many more nights of  high spirits and even higher bar tabs, like the Independent Military Society’s forty-five toast finish in 1774 (Essex Journal 21 Town records), there will never be another night like the Stamp Act riot!

“Dr. Messrs. Joseph Stanwood & Others of the Town of Newburyport for Sunday expences at My House on Thirsday, Septr. 26th, A.D. 1765. At the Grate Uneasiness and Tumult on Occasion of the Stamp Act.

To William Davenport		Old Tenor
To 3 Double Bowls punch by Capt. Robud’s Order		£3,	7,	6
To 7 Double Bowls of punch		7,	7,	6
To Double Bowl of Egg Toddy			14
To Double Punch 22/6 Single bowl 11/3		1,	13,	9
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 Double bowl toddy 12/		1,	14,	6
To Bowl Punch 11/3 Bowl Toddy 6/			17,	3
To Double Bowl Toddy 12/ bowl punch 11/3		1,	3,	3
To Double Bowl punch 22/6 Nip Toddy 3/		1,	5,	6
To Mug Flip 5/ To a Thrible Bowl Punch 33/9		1,	18,	9
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 To a Thrible Bowl Ditto 33/9		2,	16,	3
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6		1,	2,	6
To a Double Bowl Punch 22/6		1,	2,	6
To Thrible Bowl Punch 33/9 Double Bowl Ditto 22/6		2,	16,	3
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 Bowl Ditto 11/3		1,	13,	9
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 To Double Ditto 22/6 Bowl		2,	5
To 6 Lemons 15/ To Bowl of Punch 11/3		1,	6,	3
To 2 Double Bowls Punch		2,	5
To Double Bowle Punch 22/6 bowl Punch 11/3		1,	13,	9
To 2 Double Bowles punch 1/5 To bowl punch 11/3		2,	16,	3
To bowl Punch 11/3 To bowl punch 11/3		1,	2,	6
To the Suppers which were cooked Hot		2,	5
To 8 Double Bowles Punch after Supper		9
To Double Bowl Toddy 12/ Bowl Punch 11/3		1,	2,	6
To Bowl Egg Toddy 7/			7
To 6 pintes and 1/2 of Spirits @ 10/ per pint		3,	5
To a Breakfast of Coffee for Sd Company		2,	5
		—————
		59,	17,	3
Lawful Money		7,	19,	7½

Newbury Port 28 Sept. 1765.
Errors excepted William Davenport.”

From Nothing as Yet Having Been Inserted in Any of the Papers, Relative to the Opposition That Newbury-Port Has Made
Date: Monday, March 17, 1766 Paper: Newport Mercury (Newport, RI) Issue: 393 Page: 3

Additional Info as recorded from History of Newburyport J J Currier: WOLFE TAVERN. May 4, 1726, Jonathan Dole, of Newbury, saddler, sold Samuel Greenleaf, of Newbury, tailor, about ten rods of land, no buildings mentioned, for £,2^, bounded and described as follows : southerly on Fish Street or Greenleaf s lane, east- erly by land of Paul Shackford, northerly and westerly by land of the grantor (Essex Deeds, book 47, page 127). Oct. 24, 1 74 1, Samuel Greenleaf, of Newbury, tailor, sold W^illiam Davenport, of Newbury, car\'er, the above-described lot of land with dwelling-house thereon (book 82, page 22). Aug. 5, 1743, Jonathan Dole, of Newbury, saddler, sold William Davenport, of Newbury, carver, a lot of land, con- taining nine rods, seventy-two feet, more or less, adjoining- land of the said Davenport, and bounded on the south by land of the grantee, on the west b)' a way one rod broad (now Threadneedle alley), on the north by a way one and a half rods wide (now^ Inn Street), and on the east by land of the grantor. This deed was recorded Oct. 21, 1774, in the Essex Registry of Deeds, book 123, page 202. For twenty years, William Davenport probabl)- occupied the house purchased of Samuel Greenleaf in 1741 as a resi- dence for himself and family. In 1762, extensive alterations and additions were made, and the house was opened for the entertainment of travellers under the name of Wolfe Ta\-ern. William Davenport probably came to Newbury in 1738, when he was twenty-one years of age. He was a great- grandson of Thomas Davenport, who is recorded as a mem- ber of the church in Dorchester Nov. 20, 1640. Ebenezer Davenport, son of Thomas Davenport, was born in Dorchester, April 26, 1661, where he lived and died. James Davenport, son of Ebenezer Davenport, was born in WOLFE TAVERN 493 Dorchester March i, 1693. He married, first, Grace Tileston, of Dorchester ; second, Sarah, daughter of Josiah and sister of Benjamin Frankhn ; and, third, Mary Walker, of Ports- mouth, N. H. He was an inn-keeper and baker in Boston. Samuel A. Drake, in "Landmarks of Boston," says: — The King's Head, another inn of " ye olden time " was at the north- west corner of Fleet and North Streets, by Scarlett's Wharf. It belongs to the first century of the settlement. It was burned in 1691, and re- built. James Davenport kept it in 1755, and his widow in 175S. James Davenport had, by his three wives, twenty-two children. William, his eldest son, was born in Boston Oct. 19, 1717. Rev. John Lowell, minister of the Third Parish in New- bury, officiated at the marriage of William Davenport to Sarah, daughter of Moses Gerrish, of Newbury, April 3, 1740. Eighteen months later, William Davenport bought the house and land on Fish Street, as previously stated. William Davenport, in the early conveyances of real estate to and from him, is styled " carver." He undoubtedly found steady employment at his trade in Newbury ; for ship-building was prosperous, and many vessels were annually constructed within the limits of the town. An old bill, now in the possession of Mrs. Catherine (Davenport) Pearson, of Newburyport, seems to corroborate and confirm this statement, and to furnish conclusive evidence of his occupation at that date. The items of the bill are as follows : — ■ Ralph Cross To W^ Davenport. 1748. June To fixing the same i . 4. o To 17 foot of tails (o) 9/ per foot 7. 13. o To hair brackets 3.5.0 To 2 Scrowels for the Raills 2. o. o August ^23. 2. o 1752 To 4^ days labour on bord Nathani Newman . . 5. 12. o old tenor ^28. 14. o Newbury Dec'' 24"' 1755 To apeice of timber 13 feet long