History of Sodus, (Wayne County) New York United States of America

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William Stone, pioneer, was born in Guilford, Conn., Feb. 21, 1764; son of Seth, Jr., and Anna (Evarts) Stone; grandson of Seth Stone and of Samuel and Mary Evarts. His mother was the granddaughter of Capt. Andrew Leete, judge of the superior court of Connecticut, who sat upon the trial of Musey Disbrough for witchcraft in Fairfield county in 1692. He matriculated at Yale college, early in the Revolutionary war period, but left his studies in order to relieve his brother in the army, who was in ill health from continuous duty, and he served at White Plains, Germantown and Monmouth, and was present at the execution of Andr?. He attended Dartmouth college, 1781-83, and was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1787, A.M., 1789. He was married, Dec. 11, 1787, to Tamson Graves, who died at Sodus, N.Y., June 14, 1842. He was ordained to the ministry, and was one of the first pioneer preachers in western New York, settling in Sodus, N.Y., in 1808 and preaching in Delaware, Otsego, Chenango and Tioga counties. He died in Sodus, N.Y., March 20, 1840.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Sodus, (Wayne County) New York

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