Joel Stone and Family |
Date |
Wider Events |
| Joel Stone Born | 1749 |
Friction between French and English on the St. Lawrence, La Presentation founded (Ogdensburg) |
| Joel's older brother dies | 1765 |
Stamp Act controversy |
| Joel's mother and sister Liza die | 1767-68 |
Townshend Duties (Excise Act) controversy |
| Partnership with Jabez Bacon. Moves to Judea, CT. | 1774 |
Quebec Act Passed |
| Attacks on Tories in Connecticut increase | 1775 |
Outbreak of War, Lexington and Concord (April) Invasion of Quebec (Sept.) |
| Joel aids Loyalist and British Prisoners. Stephen Stone Sr. arrested. | March 1776 |
British evacuate Boston |
| Statue of George III brought to Litchfield | July |
Declaration of Independence |
| Mayor David Mathews in Litchfield | August |
British take Long Island and New York City |
| Mathews Escapes from Litchfield | November |
Fort Washington falls to British. Litchfield men POWs |
| Joel Stone comes under strong suspicion. More escapes from Litchfield. | December |
Washington's victory at Trenton, NJ |
| Joel escapes to Long Island | Jan. 1777 |
Rebel victory at Battle of Princeton |
| Stone joins Gov. Wentworth's Volunteers | Spring 1777 |
British Raid on Danbury, CT (April) Griswold party captured fleeing Litchfield |
| Leman Stone begins to work for Revolutionary authorities | Fall 1777 |
British disaster Saratoga |
| Joel captured while recruiting for DeLancey's Brigade | May 1778 |
Clinton replaces General Howe as British commander, retreats to New York from Philedelphia (June). |
| Joel Escapes from Prison | July 1778 |
French Fleet arrives in America |
| Joel shipwrecked on privateering mission | Jan 1779 |
British success in Georgia |
| Destructive raid on CT coast, Stone serves as guide. Privateering. | July 1779 |
Spain enters war in support of French and Americans. |
| Joel commissioned as Captain in NYC Militia, new merchant business. Marries Leah Moore (23 March) | 1780 |
British victory at Camden, SC. Benedict Arnold defects to British. |
| William Moore Stone born | 1781 |
French and American victory at the Battle of Yorktown |
| Joel suffers long illness, losses money in shipping. | Nov. 1782 |
Treaty of Paris ends war with US |
| Joel travels to CT, forced to leave. Travels to England. | 1783 |
British evacuate New York |
| Joel in London, England | 1783-86 |
Loyalist settlement in Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia |
| Joel and Leah reunited. Settle at New Johnstown | 1787 |
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| Mary Stone born | July 1788 |
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| Stone takes possession of lands at Gananoque. | 1791 |
Upper Canada becomes seperate colony. |
| Leah Moore Stone dies. | 1793 |
Washington re-elected President. |
| Joel Stone becomes JP | 1796 |
Washington's Farewell Address |
| Joel Marries the widow Abigail | 1798 |
Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign Begins. Grand Alliance formed against France. |
| First bridge across Gananoque River Built | 1806 |
Napoleon occupies Berlin |
| Death of William Stone, Marriage of Mary Stone to Charles McDonald | 1809 |
British battle French in Spain and Portugal. James Madison elected President of US, Embargo Act repealed. |
| 21 Sept. Gananoque Attacked | 1812 |
United States declares war on Britain. British Capture Detroit, repel invasion of Canada. Napoleon invades Russia. |
| Brockville raided, Ogdensburg captured, Battle of Chrysler's Farm (Nov. 11) | 1813 |
Battle of Lake Erie, British capture Madrid, in Spain. |
| War ends, Joel turns much of business over to McDonald Brothers. Spends rest of his days as public servant and family patriarch. | 1815 |
Battle of New Orleans, Battle of Waterloo. |
| Joel Stone dies | Nov. 1833 |
Britain abolishes slavery in West Indies. Meteor showers seen in Upper Canada. |