Not the same as Sarah Stone, wife of Dea. Simon Stone, III

Sarah Nutting

• Gender Female
• Birth: 29 March 1663, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Death: after 4 Jun 1716, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Parents: John Nutting and Sarah Eggleston
• Marriage: 1681 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Matthias Farnsworth
• Marriage: 7 Dec 1698 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (married by Justice Minott) to John Stone

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Disambiguation

Sarah (Farnsworth) Stone and Sarah (Nutting) (Farnsworth) Stone are often confused. They lived in the same area (Middlesex, Massachusetts) during similar years in the late 1600s and early 1700s. They both carried the same surnames (Farnsworth and Stone) during some period of time in their lives. They married brothers: Dea. Simon Stone, III and John Stone.

Biography

Sarah Nutting, daughter of John Nutting and Sarah Eggleston, was born 29 March 1663 in Groton, Massachusetts, and died there after 4 June 1716.

Sarah Nutting married twice:

1. Mathias Farnsworth in 1681 at Groton.
2. John Stone on 16 Dec 1698 at Concord.

Note

Sarah Nutting married, first, Matthias Farnsworth, son of Matthias Farnsworth in 1681, probably in Groton, MA. The Farnsworth tradition is that Matthias built a house in Groton about a quarter of a mile south of his father's house, on the same side of the way toward the mill in Groton.

Matthias Farnsworth was assigned to the Farnsworth garrison in Groton on 17 March 1692, which was organized for defense against the Indians. He probably died during the Indian wars. An inventory of his estate was taken by his wodow Sarah on 8 November 1693. Sarah (Nutting) Farnsworth was appointed administratrix of the estate on 6 December 1698. Deacon Simon Stone and his brother, John Stone, were appointed sureties upon her bond. A final account was also presented on 6 December 1698 and allowed by the Court.

Sarah (Nutting) Farnsworth married John Stone ten days after the administration of the estate of Matthias Farnsworth was completed.

She had at least six children by Matthias Farnsworth. The most notable was their son, Matthias. On 11 August 1704 he was taken prisoner by the Indians and carried into Canada, where he was delivered to the French. He was baptized into the Catholic Church in Montreal as Matthias Claude Farnet (Phaneuf). He was naturalized there, and married Catherine Charpentier there on 2 October 1713.

Death and Burial
It is unknown when Sarah died. Sarah Farnsworth Stone died 16 September 1731 and this sometimes appears incorrectly as the death of Sara Nutting Farnsworth Stone. Sarah and her husband John Stone witnessed a deed on 7 September 1715 and that is the last known record we have of Sara Nutting Stone.

Research Note
These two Sarah Stones are often confused, as they lived in the same area (Middlesex, Massachusetts) during the the late 1600s and early 1700s, they both carried the same surnames (Farnsworth and Stone) and they married brothers: Simon and John Stone.

• Sarah Farnsworth Stone (13 Feb 1657-16 Sep 1731), daughter of Matthias Farnsworth and Mary Farr, married once to Simon Stone.
• Sarah Nutting Farnsworth Stone (29 May 1663 - aft 4 Sep 1715), daughter of John Nutting and Sarah Eggleston, married first to Mathias Farnsworth, and second to John Stone. (This profile)

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Family

Family 1

Husband: Matthias Farnsworth 1649 - 1693 m. 1681. Son of Matthias Farnsworth & his 1st wife.

Children

1. Joseph Farnsworth 1681/82 - 1681/82
2. Ebenezer Farnsworth ABT 1684 - AFT 1729
3. Abigail Farnsworth
4. Josiah Farnsworth 1687 - 1744
5. Sarah Farnsworth 1688 - BEF 1722
6. Matthias Farnsworth 1690 - 1773
7. Jonathan Farnsworth ABT 1693 -

Family 2

Husband: John Stone 1658 - Abt 1735 m. 7 Dec 1698. Son of Deacon Simon Stone & Mary Whipple.

Children

1. John Stone 1699 -
2. James Stone 1701 -

Sarah Shedd was probably not her daughter.

Origins

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Sarah_Nutting_%281%29

Sarah Nutting b.29 Mar 1663 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
d.after 4 Jun 1716 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Parents and Siblings
F. John Rawlings Nutting abt 1620 - 1676
M. Sarah Eggleston 1630 - m. 28 Aug 1650

Children

1. John Nutting 1651 - aft 1731
2. James Nutting 1653 - Abt 1732
3. Mary Nutting 1655 - 1727
4. Josiah Nutting 1658 - 1658
5. Sarah Nutting 1659 -
6. Sarah Nutting 1663 - after 1716
7. Ebenezer Nutting 1666 -
8. Jonathan Nutting 1668 - 1735
9. Deborah Nutting

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References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nutting-18 cites
   1. Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. Simon Stone genealogy: ancestry and descendants of Deacon Simon Stone Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926. (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926) at HathiTrust.org, pages 52-56, 62-63.
   2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch , Jno. Nutting in entry for Sarah Nutting, 29 Mar 1663; citing Birth, Grotton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249. Original document.
   3. Marriage: STONE, John and Sarah Farnsworth, at Concord, Dec. 7, 1698. Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), 46.
   4. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Volume 1. Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 1926. p 166 See also:
   5. Concord MA BMD, 1635-1850, George Tolman (compiler), Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Concord, Mass. : Committee on Printing, 1894): San Diego Family History Center
   6. Nutting, Rev. John Keep. Space:Nutting Genealogy: A Record of Some of the Descendants of John Nutting, of Groton, Mass., (Syracuse, New York: C. W. Bardeen, 1908); pg. 63.
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Sarah_Nutting_(1) cites
   1. Grotton, in Massachusetts. Superior Court (Middlesex County). Births, marriages, and deaths, 1651-1793. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972), p. 45. Sarah daughter of Jn'o Nutting borne march 29th 1663. [Note: not listed in Groton VRs. This is reported in Bartlett as May, but clearly is March. Compare to the next two records on the page, one March (Thomas Woods), one May (Wm Lakin).]
   2. Bartlett, J. Gardner (Joseph Gardner), and Massachusetts) Stone Family Association (Boston. Simon Stone genealogy: ancestry and descendants of Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass., 1320-1926. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977), p. 63. John Stone "married in Concord, Mass., 16 Dec. 1698, Mrs. Sarah (Nutting) Farnsworth, of Groton, born there 29 May [sic] 1663, daughter of John and Sarah (Eggleston) Nutting and widow of Matthias2 Farnsworth. Children born in Groton: 15. i. John 4, b. 23 Sept. 1699. 16. ii. James, b. 23 Jan. 1701/2."
   3. "On 4 Sept. 1715, John 3 and wife Sarah of Groton sold three and a half acres of land there to Samuel Kemp..." [citing Middlesex Deed Vol. 37, p. 151, which shows they acknowledged ("personally appearing") the deed 4 Jun 1716.
3. GEDCOM Note;: Ancestral File Number:<AFN> GM47-HQ<Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 18S5-MLQ
4. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 15 2020, 22:16:47 UTC
5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129377841/sarah_holden-farnsworth: accessed April 7, 2025), memorial page for Sarah Holden Nutting Farnsworth (29 Mar 1663–11 Mar 1717), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129377841; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005). Shows her with a middle name of Holden in error.

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