 Lavinia Stone, a daughter of Elijah Stone, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, June 29, 1787.While she was an infant, her father removed to Paterson, New Jersey, and here she received, besides the careful instructions of an intelligent and judicious mother, such education in the schools as was at the time common to the children of farmers.In 1811, she married Dr. William Stoddard, of Stratford, Connecticut.