Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameSTONE, Thomas
Birth Date1743
Birth PlacePoynton Manor, Charles County, Maryland
Death Date5 Oct 1787 Age: 44
Death PlaceAlexandria, Virginia
FlagsHistorical, Wallace Line
Misc. Notes
Thomas Stone was an American Founding Fatherplanter, politician, and lawyer who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. He later worked on the committee that formed the Articles of Confederation in 1777.

He acted as president of Congress for a short time in 1784.


Stone was a member of the Maryland Senate from 1777 to 1780 and again from 1781 to 1787.
Spouses
FatherBROWN, Dr. Gustavus (1689-1762)
MotherBOYD, Margaret (1689-~1804)
Misc. Notes
Margaret Brown, who in 1746 married Thomas Stone, afterward a delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the youngest daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown of Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland.
Last Modified 3 Feb 2022Created 12 Feb 2022 by Robert Avent