Born about in Suffolk, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 83
in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Research suggests that this person may never have existed. See the text for details.
Biography
Alleged wife of George Stocking
The Stocking Ancestry (p. 3) says George Stocking m. first Anna. "On the death of Anna, ... he is understood to have m. 2d Agnes (Shotwell) Webster, widow of John Webster, governor or the colony."[1]
The Genealogy cites no sources or evidence.
- There are several factors refuting this.
- (1) Governor Webster it is now known married Agnes (Smith)
- (2) George Stocking's will names his wife Anne
- (3) Reputable genealogists Robert Charles Anderson and Frank Farnsworth Starr do not support this identity and Marriage.
The "Stocking Ancestry" source by C.H. Stocking quotes the will of George Stocking which bequeaths to Anna, but does not explain this contradiction of a second marriage to an Agnes.
However, in one place George Stocking does appear with an apparent wife Agnes; when they are both listed as founding members of Second Church of Hartford on 12 Feb 1669 (double-year not specified).[2]
The simplest explanation is that the Hartford Church records were mis-transcribed, or the original writer was incorrect about her first name and George Stocking only had one wife, Anna Unknown. More research can be done on "Shotwell" in Hartford.
The following dates are incorrect, the death date is for the real wife of George. The birth looks like it was an estimate and 1Jul is a sort date.
- Birth 1 JUL 1586, Suffolk, England; Death 25 MAY 1683 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, cited by[3]
Marriage n.d., England[4]
Sources
- ↑ Stocking, Charles Henry Wright,The Stocking Ancestry and History of a Stocking Family, Chicago : Lakeside Press, 1903. p2 [1]
- ↑ History of the Second church of Christ in Hartford by Parker, Edwin Pond, 1836-1920 pg 47, 48 https://archive.org/details/historyofsecondc00park/page/48/mode/2up
- ↑ International Genealogical Index - Individual Record - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, "George Stocking b.1582 to Agnes Shotwell in England"
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George Stocking is said to have married after Anna's death to the widow of Governor John Webster. Her name was Agnes Smith. In the Stocking History it lists her as Agnes (Shotwell) Webster.