STONE, Samuel, clergyman, born in Hertford, England, 30 July, 1602; died in Hartford, Connecticut, 20 July, 1663. His father, John, was a freeholder of Hertford. Cotton Mather's statement in his" Magnalia" that Samuel was the son of a non-conformist clergyman of the same name has been recently proved, by the register of the Church of All Saints, Hertford, to be without foundation. The son was a student at Emanuel college, Cambridge, in 1623-'7. Fleeing to the American colonies to escape religious persecution, he landed at Boston, Massachusetts, 3 September, 1633, having as companions in his flight Reverend John Cotton and Reverend Thomas Hooker. With the latter he was an associate in a church at Cambridge until 1636, when they both removed to the present site of Hartford, Connecticut, which was named after his old home, the spelling being conformed to the English pronunciation. He was distinguished as a controversialist and celebrated for his wit and humor. Being a man of strong convictions, he engaged during the latter part of his life in theological disputes which caused part of his congregation to secede and found another church. On his decease, his old companion, Hooker, succeeded him in the ministry. Mr. Stone published "A Congregational Church is a Catholic Visible Church ; Examination of Mr. Hudson's View" (London, 1652), and he left two works in manuscript, a "Body of Divinity" and a confutation of the Antinomians. Of the former, Cotton Mather says:" This rich treasure has often been transcribed by the vast pains of our candidates for the ministry; and it has made some of our most considerable divines."