A family archive
Stone & Rhodes
An evolving story of two families: the descendants of John Stone of Clayhanger, Devon, who died in 1588, and of Thomas Rhodes of Ash-next-Ridley, Kent (1718–1783). What began in 2013 as one man's research has grown, year by year, into a living record of where we came from.
Devon & Somerset → Illinois
Stone
The deeply documented line: from John Stone of Clayhanger, Devon (d. 1588) and Richard Stone (b. ~1575), down through Chipstable, Wiveliscombe, and the 1818 emigration to the English Settlement at Albion, Illinois — and on to New Zealand and Australia.
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Kent → Pittsburgh
Rhodes
The Rhodes family of Ash-next-Ridley, Kent, beginning with Thomas Rhodes (1718–1783). His grandson Charles emigrated to the United States around 1829, settling in Pittsburgh; his descendant Mary Quarters Rhodes married John Sydney Stone in 1926.
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In memory
John C. Stone II · 1931–2022
This archive began as my father's work. With his passing in 2022, John III and Lisa Stone continue to care for it — correcting, adding, and keeping the record alive for the family still to come.
A fuller remembrance →About the archive
The site was first built in 2013 and has grown steadily since. The Stone side in particular has gathered substantial charts, reports, and research notes; tracing the Rhodes family of Kent before the 18th century has proven harder, and that side is built to grow. Read more about this project →