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| Langford Budville : St Peter's Church cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/4028563 |
William Stone (son of Thomas Stone and Dolly Carpenter, bap. 3 Nov 1799) married Mary Thorne on 3 Jul 1820 at St Peter's Church, Langford Budville, Somerset. William and Mary Stone were some of my 3rd great-grandparents. Witnesses were Ann Waygood and William Bridges. The groom is described as a 'Sojourner' - temporarily residing in the parish - a blow in - which makes sense, as we know he was from Kentisbeare, over the border, in Devon.
Records show three children, baptised in Langford Budville:
- William Stone bap. 1 Apr 1821
- Thomas Stone bap. 4 Jan 1824
- Henry Stone bap. 26 Oct 1828
Then Mary Stone (née Thorne) died - the burial record says she was aged 33 (b. 1799) - and was buried on 9 Sep 1832 at Langford Budville.
William Stone then remarried Elizabeth Sprague, from Ashbrittle, 10 years his junior, on 5 Feb 1834, also in Langford Budville. They had one daughter:
- Mary Ann Stone, baptised 25 Dec 1834 in Langford Budville.
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| Court Place, Ashbrittle cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Roger Cornfoot - geograph.org.uk/p/3819462 |
In 1851, they are living at Trace Bridge, Ashbrittle with Mary Anne (16), who has become a 'Nurse Woman' and Henry Sprague (6), lodger, born in Exeter.
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| Ashbrittle |
In 1861, William Stone (62), Agricultural Labourer, and Betsy Stone (53) are living in a Private Cottage at Court Place, Ashbrittle, "Court Place Farm has been a feature of Somerset’s Tone Valley for centuries. Some of its pastures still bear the names they were given over five hundred years ago."
William Stone was buried on 7 Feb 1869 at St John the Baptist, Ashbrittle.
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| Church of St John the Baptist, Ashbrittle and The Ancient Yew of Ashbrittle cc-by-sa/2.0 - © David Smith - geograph.org.uk/p/5104522 A plaque near the tree declares, "Generations of local people have cherished this tree, one of the oldest living things in Britain." |
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