William M. Stones

William crossed the plains with 8 people.  He was the husband of Sarah Fitton Stones.  He and his wife appear in the 1841 England census with their daughter Mary; William was a "spinner."  According to the 1900 California census, William immigrated in 1842 and it so happens that there is a William Stones, spinner, who appears on the 1842 manifest of the ship Chaos.  His middle initial is found in his California Find A Grave entry.