In regards to the will online re a Jonas Stone written in 1776 and registered in 1784 or so - he indeed was married to a Frances Bryce, but he was a younger man - aboard a Royal Navy ship. If you read the text - he had no children at the time, thus leaving everything to his wife and siblings. He was likely the son of Samuel and Mary Criddick, born in 1749. By the early 1780s he had two sons both named Jonas - one died at birth and the other was born after his death - in 1782. That Jonas lived and died in the 1800s. The names of the siblings he left money to all are in line with the children of Samuel and Mary, they being a Samuel, Mary and Elizabeth. The only one is a Susanna that doesn't appear in any records. The name Jonas Stone was a very popular name in Devon, as was Samuel at that time. I descend from Capt Jonas at Newfoundland. Researchers hired by my uncle many years ago pinned down Jonas as being a son of Lazarus and Elizabeth Spare, as was Samuel, born 1717 and 1722. There was also a William Stone who was a mariner for the Folletts at Topsham and Exeter who was in Newfoundland at the time of Capt Jonas. This is all very interesting and perplexing at the same time. The wonderful thing about Genealogy...