Richard Jenkyn Stone
General information▶Date of birth: (baptised) 8 February 1798 Place of birth: Cerne Abbas, Dorset ▶Father: Richard Selfe Stone Mother: Mary Boys ▶Spouse(s): Elizabeth Slade Date(s) of marriage: 24 September 1823 Place(s) of marriage: Martock, Dorset ▶Occupation: Clergyman (Anglican) ▶Lifestory: The Revd. (Richard) Jenkyn Stone served in several parishes in the south-west of England before catching typhus fever from a parishioner he was attending, and dying too young at thirty-eight. Stone was born in Cerne Abbas, Dorset in 1798, the elder son of surgeon Richard Selfe Stone, of Sherborne, Dorset, and his wife Mary (née Boys). In 1817 he matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge, SCL (though he is not recorded as graduating). He took holy orders and was ordained Deacon (Gloucester) in 1820, and Priest (Ely) in 1822. In 1820 he was licensed as Curate of Martock in Somerset, and in 1821 was initiated into the Freemasons’ Lodge of Benevolence in his native Dorset. In 1822 he became Curate of Poyntington, also in Somerset. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of George Slade, of Martock, in 1823. Between 1824 and 1826 he served as Curate of Long Burton, Dorset. By 1834 he was Curate of Maiden Newton, also in Dorset. He arrived in Cheltenham in May 1836, having taken out a short lease on 12 Pittville Parade (24 Evesham Road); he subscribed for three months of that year to the walks in Pittville Gardens. A year later Stone was dead, at the age of thirty-eight. In late 1836 he visited one of his parishioners suffering from typhus fever in Maiden Newton,. He contracted the disease, which was said to lead to consumption, from which he died in early January 1837. He left a wife and six sons completely unprovided for, as his small stipend of £50 a year ceased at his death, and he had built up debts during his illness. A local subscription was raised to assist his dependants. ▶Moved to Pittville from: Maiden Newton, Dorset Moved from Pittville to: Maiden Newton, Dorset ▶Date of death: 4 January 1837 Place of death: Cerne Abbas, Dorset ▶Date of burial: 11 January 1837 Place of burial: Cerne Abbas, Dorset ▶Notes: British Magazine May 1837, p. 568 ID: 19392 Contributor(s): John Simpson
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