| − | Thomas Stone was born at Pointon Manor in Charles County, Maryland, the son of David Stone. At age fifteen, he would ride horseback 10 miles to his schooling. He would pursue a law degree and worked for Thomas Johnson, a respectable lawyer in Annapolis. He was admitted to the Bar in 1764 and set up practice in Frederick Maryland.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/stone.htm Thomas Stone, USHistory.org]</ref> At the age of twenty-five, Stone built a magnificent home for his wife Margaret Brown, called "Habre-de-Venture" now a national historical site. Margaret and Thomas had three children. | + | Thomas Stone was born at Pointon Manor in Charles County, Maryland, the son of David and Elizabeth Jenifer Stone. At age fifteen, he would ride horseback 10 miles to his schooling. He would pursue a law degree and worked for Thomas Johnson, a respectable lawyer in Annapolis. He was admitted to the Bar in 1764 and set up practice in Frederick Maryland.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/stone.htm Thomas Stone, USHistory.org]</ref> At the age of twenty-five, Stone built a magnificent home for his wife Margaret Brown, called "Habre-de-Venture" now a national historical site. Margaret and Thomas had three children. |