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Richard Stockton (John , John , Thomas ) was born after 1626 in Malpas Parish, Cheshire, England. [Is there any EVIDENCE that statement is correct?] He died on 25 Sep 1707 in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Richard Stockton, of Flushing, L.I. [Long Island] and afterwards of Oneanickon, Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, was a descendant of John Stockton, Esquire of Coddington, in the Parish of Malpas and the County of Chester, England. [Is there any EVIDENCE that Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton was a son of John Stockton of Malpas?]

He arrived in Flushing, from England, sometime prior to November 8, 1656, when his name appears in a petition requesting the release of William Wickenden, who had been fined and imprisoned for preaching without a license in Flushing. Later, in 1665, according to records of "Deeds" in the office of the Secretary of State of New York and certified by Secretary of State of New York: "Richard Stockton was commissioned Lieutenant of Horse of Flushing, April 22, 1665." By 1685, Richard Stockton was one of the Freeholders of Flushing, NY according to a deed made in that year. And on January 30th, 1690, he purchased from George Hutchinson his house and plantation called Oneanickon, in Burlington County, New Jersey, consisting of about 2,000 acres, although he did not succeed in selling his property at Flushing until March 12, 1694. Richard Stockton was a member of the Religious Society of the Friends of Truth (commonly referred to as Quakers) and helped establish the Meeting House at Stony Brook (now Princeton) by donating some land to the Meeting.

The Given Name of Richard Stockton's wife was Abigail, but there are no records of her family name. They were married in England, and their eldest son, Richard Stockton, II, is said to have been born in England as well*. [Is there any EVIDENCE that Richard and Abigail (nee unknown) married in England, or that Richard "The Builder" Stockton was born there?] Richard Stockton died at an advanced age at his home at Oneanickon, in September 1707. His will was dated January 25, 1705 (or 1706) and was Probated on October 10, 1707. The date of Mrs. Stockton's death is not known, but she was living as late as April 14, 1714 when she conveyed some property to her sons, John and Job Stockton.

Richard most likely was not the son of Abigail Stockton if he was born in England. [Is there any EVIDENCE that Richard "The Builder" Stockton was born in England?] The date of birth of his oldest brother, John, is 1674--and the youngest child, Elizabeth, was born in 1680--if his father came to America before 1656 that would mean the second Richard had to be born before that date--or at least by 1654 or 5. It is unlikely that Abigail could have had Richard in one of those years--and then seven children twenty years later. Moreover, the records show that the second Richard died in 1709--two years after his father--at "an advanced age"--so Abigail is not likely to have been his birth mother. [That Richard "The Builder" Stockton died at "an advanced age" appears to be a conclusion by Dr. Thomas Coates Stockton about 200 years after the fact.]

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Richard came to Flushing, Long Island, NY prior to 1656 where his name first appears on the records on 8 Nov 1656 on a petition to release William Wickendorn for preaching without a license. He was commissioned a Lieutenant of the Horse in Flushing on 22 Apr 1665. Another commission to appoint him Lieutenant of the Foot Company in 1669 was withdrawn by Gov. Lovelace when he was informed of his early engagement in the Horse service.

At first he was not of the Friend's faith, but became an ardent Quaker. In 1765 his estate consisted of 12 acres of land. By Dec 1690 when he proposed to sell his holdings in Flushing, his estate consisted of 70 acres at home, two 10 acre lots and two 20 acre lots, and a meadow that yielded 20 to 25 loads of hay a year. The sell was not complete until March 1694. On 10 Mar 1692 he purchased 2,000 acres from George Hutchinson in the easterly part of Springfield township, Burlington Co, NJ. The plantation was over two miles long by one mile wide and was called by it's Indian name An-na-nicken, more often spelled On-e-on-ick-en. In his will written 25 Jan 1706 and proved 10 Oct 1707,he left 400 acres each to his sons Richard and Job, and divided the rest equally between sons Richard, Job and John.

The earlier Stocktons were said to have come from Cuddington, Malpas Parish, Cheshire Co, Eng. Some records say both Richards came from a well respected family in Stockton, Durham, Eng, located on the River Tees that serves as the boundary between Durham and North Yorkshire counties. The town is now called Stockton-on-Tees. Have found no record of how they or why they went from Cheshire county to Durham county, but the family may have lived in both locations. Richard married Abigail Bloomfield in 1652 in England. [Is there any EVIDENCE that Abigail's maiden name was Bloomfield?] Abigail was born in 1630 in Flushing, Queens, New York. [Is there any EVIDENCE that Abigail (nee unknown) Stockton was born in what is now Flushing, Long Island, New York?] She died after 1714 in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey.

They had the following children:

• + 13 M i Richard Stockton was born about 1652. [Richard "The Builder" Stockton is shown above as having died at "an advanced age" in 1709. Even in the 1700s 57 years old was not "an advanced age".] He died on 30 Nov 1709.
• 14 M ii Job Stockton was born in 1654 in Flushing, Queens, New York. He died in 1752. Job married Anna Petty.
• + 15 F iii Hannah Stockton was born in 1658.
• 16 F iv Abigail Stockton was born in 1662 in Flushing, Queens, New York. She died on 8 Mar 1724/1725 in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Abigail married Jacob Ridgeway on 1 Dec 1693 in Maidenhead, New Jersey.
• 17 F v Mary Stockton was born in 1669 in Flushing, Queens, New York. She died in 1726 in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Mary married (1) Thomas Shinn on 6 Mar 1691/1692. Thomas died on 15 Nov 1694. Mary married (2) Silas Crispin in 1697. Silas died on 31 May 1711. Mary married (3) Richard Ridgeway , Jr. in 1714.
• 18 F vi Sarah Stockton was born in 1670 in Flushing, Queens, New York. Sarah married (1) Benjamin Jones in 1693. Sarah married (2) William Venicomb in 1706.
• 19 M vii John Stockton was born on 10 Aug 1674 in Flushing, Queens, New York. He died on 29 Mar 1747 in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. John married (1) Ann Knott Ogborne. Ann died on 31 Aug 1745 in Burlington, New Jersey. John married (2) Mary Leeds before 1704. Mary was born on *19 Apr 1685. She died about 1715.
• 20 F viii Elizabeth Stockton was born in 1680 in Flushing, Queens, New York. She died in 1738 in Northhampton, Burlington County, New Jersey. Elizabeth married William Budd on 2 Feb 1701/1702. William was born on 15 Feb 1679/1680 in England. He died on 27 Nov 1727 in Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey.

... ... ... migrated from England to America.

Biography

Note: Richard was born in England and came with his Father (Richard) to the Dutch colony of New York sometime prior to 1656. They lived in the predominantly English village of Flushing on Long Island in what is now the Borough of Queens.

Having come under Quaker influence this Richard left New York and moved to Burlington County, New Jersey in 1691. Later that year he and a young widow named Susannah Witham Robinson, announced to the Chesterfield Friends Meeting their intention of marrying. Their highly decorated carriage seemed to be a secondary point of serious Quaker debate and though they were left to proceed with marriage they were ostracized from the Quakers. The couple married anyway and moved from Burlington County to Piscataway Township in Middlesex County.

Recorded in the Piscataway records is the birth of their first son, Richard, born in April 1693. Buying and selling large segments of land, Richard and Susannah became by far the largest landholders in the vicinity by 1701. On the 20th of October, 1701 they purchased 5500 acres of land from William Penn for nine hundred pounds. Slaves and a large family made possible the management of so sizeable an estate as Richard and Susannah had acquired. At the time of his death his inventory listed among his possessions "one negro woman and six children" The Philadelphia yearly meeting had endorsed slavery as Biblical, and William Penn had met with opposition when he insisted on the marriage and education of the slaves and regulations for their trial and punishment.

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