His immediate family was upper - middle class , with connections to Maryland 's upper class of planters .
Stone was born to John and Mary Warren Stone near Port Tobacco , Maryland on December 24 , 1772 .
Stone 's immediate family was upper - middle class , with connections Maryland Maryland 's upper class of planters .
Stone was born to John and Mary Warren Stone near Port Tobacco , Maryland on December 24 , 1772 .