Abigail (Unknown) Stockton (abt. 1640 - aft. 1714)

Wife of Richard Stockton — married about 1665 in Flushing, Long Island, Province of New York

Descendants

Died after 14 Apr 1714 after about age 74 in Springfield Township, Burlington County, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Abigail (Unknown) Stockton (c.1640 - 1714+) was the wife of Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton (c.1635-1707), an early settler in Flushing, Long Island, New Netherland (now New York). Abigail's maiden name is not known and any maiden name shown for her appears to be little more than just a guess. There is absolutely no evidence, whatsoever, that her maiden name was either Bloomfield or Hunt.

Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton (c.1635-1707) was in what is now Flushing, Long Island, New York, by 27 Dec 1657. That is the date Richard Stockton's name appears on the Flushing Remonstrance, a very important document leading to freedom of religion in America. It appears that in about 1665 Richard Stockton married Abigail ___?___, probably in Flushing, Long Island, New York. Abigail is mentioned in a deed record "March 12, 1694 . . . In consideration of three hundred pounds, good and lawful money of the Province of New York, Richard Stockton, formerly of fflushing, with the consent of his wife, Abigail . . . " and is mentioned twice in Richard's will, "I give to my dear wife Abigail" and "my said wife Abigail".

The 1694 deed record and Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton's will prove his wife's given name was Abigail, unfortunately, her maiden name is not known. Abigail's maiden name is now shown by most researchers as unknown, however, some researchers show her maiden name as Bloomfield and other researchers show her maiden name as Hunt. There does not appear to be any evidence that either of these possible maiden names are correct. The Stockton Family in England and the United States, by William Francis Cregar, 1888, shows Richard Stockton's wife as Abigail, but does not show a maiden name for her. The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons, by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, "The given name of Richard Stockton's wife was Abigail, but her family name has not been learned." The maiden name of Bloomfield does not appear to be a historic name that has been passed down through the generations. It appears to be a recently added name presented without any evidence it is correct.

It appears that Richard and Abigail (nee ___?___ ) Stockton did not start their family until about 1665 and that all of their children were born in Flushing, Long Island, New York.

Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton (c.1635-1707) and his wife Abigail (nee ___?___ ) Stockton (born c.1640)

CHILDREN:
Richard "The Builder" Stockton, b. c.1665, m. widow Susannah (nee Witham) Robinson
Abigail Stockton, b. c.1667, m. Richard Ridgway
Mary Stockton, b. c.1669, m. 1. Thomas Shinn, 2. Silas Crispin, 3. Richard Ridgway
Sarah Stockton, b. c.1671, m. 1. Benjamin Jones, m. 2. William Venicomb
John Stockton, b. 10 Aug 1674, m. 1. Mary Leeds, m. 2. Anne (nee Knott) Ogborn
Job Stockton, b. c.1676, m. Anna Petty
Hannah Stockton, b. c.1679, m. Philip Phillips
Elizabeth* Stockton, b. c.1682, m. William Budd Jr

1709 census of Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey
William Budd Jr, 29
Elizabeth* Budd, 26 [Elizabeth (nee Stockton) Budd] 1709 -26= 1683
Mary Budd, 4
Susannah Budd, 2

Elizabeth was born about 1683. If Abigail was 45 years old when Elizabeth was born, Abigail would have been born about 1638. Some researchers show that Abigail was born in 1630 making her about 53 years old when Elizabeth was born.

The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons,
by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, p. 1
"Richard Stockton was commissioned Lieutenant of Horse of Flushing Apr. 22d, 1665."

"Governor Francis Lovelace . . . Colony of New York, Apr. 9, 1669 . . . Whereas I intimated lately that I did approve of Richard Stockton to be Lieutenant of the Company of Foot, but I am since informed he was before enlisted and engaged in the Horse service, and I have thought fit to acquit him either as Officer or otherwise from the Foot service."

1675 and 1683 Tax Rates, Flushing, Long Island, New York.

The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons,
by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, p. 2
"In 1675 his estate at Flushing consisted of twelve acres of land, one negro slave, five horses, five cows, and five swine ; and in 1683 of ten acres of upland, the same slave, two horses, four oxen, seven cows, four swine and twenty sheep. This did not, however, represent th full amount of his landed estate, as will be seen from the following proposal entered in an account book kept by John Browne, of Flushing, who acted as his agent in the matter:

10 mo. [Dec.], 1690. Richard Stockton's proposal for [the sale of] all his housing, lands and conveniences belonging thereunto, being about seventy acres or more at home and two ten-acre lotts and two twenty-acre lotts at a mile or two distance, with so much medow as may yield 20 or 25 loads of hay a year ; price £300."

The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons,
by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, pp. 2-3
"In 1685 Richard Stockton was one of the freeholders of Flushing, as appears by a deed made in that year confirming the old Dutch patent of 1645. He must have been in easy circumstances at that time, because on the 30th day of January, 1690 (old style), he purchased of George Hutchinson his house and plantation, called Oneanickon, or Annanicken, as it was first called, in West Jersey, consisting of about two thousand acres, although he did not succeed in disposing of his property at Flushing until March 12, 1694 . . . It is stated by Mr. J. W. Stockton, in his History of the Stockton Family, that the tract of land purchased by Richard Stockton in West Jersey was originally known by the Indian name of An-na-nicken ; that it was over two miles in length and one in width ; and that the mansion house of the late James Shreve is on the site of the house built and occupied by Mr. Stockton until his death."

The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons,
by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, p. 2
"10 mo. [Dec.], 1690. Richard Stockton's proposal for [the sale of] all his housing, lands and conveniences belonging thereunto, being about seventy acres or more at home and two ten-acre lotts and two twenty-acre lotts at a mile or two distance, with so much medow as may yield 20 or 25 loads of hay a year ; price £300."

Sources

SOURCES:

History of the Stockton Family, by John Wharton Stockton, 1881

The Stockton Family of England and the United States, by William Francis Cregar, 1888

Early Baptists of New York, by Thomas Armitage, 1890

Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXI,1664-1703,
edited by William Nelson, 1899

Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703, edited by William Nelson (Originally published as Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Volume XXI, 1899.)

The Stockton Genealogy, by Rev. Elias Boudinot Stockton, 1909

The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons, by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911

A House Called Morven, by Alfred Hoyt Bill, 1954

Richard Stockton (c.1635-1707) of New Jersey, by Jerry Stockton

New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty, by Evan Haefeli, 2012

Jerry Stockton - jerrystockton8@msn.com

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Issues with Maiden Name

See Richard Stockton's profile for a discussion of the lack of evidence for Abigail Bloomfield [or Hunt] as his wife's maiden name. Abigail Hunt and Abigail Bloomfield have been suggested as the wife of Richard Stockton, but it is my understanding that they are (a) not the same person and (b) there is no evidence to link either of them with Richard Stockton.

The linkage of Abigail to the maiden names of Bloomfield and Hunt has not been supported by people who are deeply involved in Stockton research. The following information was sent to me in an email from Jerry Stockton:

"I show the wife of Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton as Abigail (Unknown) Stockton. I have searched everywhere for years and I have not been able to find one single shred of EVIDENCE that her maiden name was Bloomfield or Hunt."

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Death:
Date: after 14 April 1714
Place: Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

Residence:
Date: From about 1665 until about 1680
Place: Flushing, Long Island, New York

Date: From about 1680 until her death in about 1715
Place: Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

Marriage:
Date: about 1665
Place: probably Flushing, Long Island, New York
Husband: Richard Stockton
Marriage: Source: #S62 Page: Vol. 4, p. 1638 - 1639