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Samuel Stockton (1694 - 1739)

Samuel Stockton
Born in Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jerseymap
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Husband of — married 7 May 1719 in Burlington, New Jerseymap
Husband of — married May 1726 in New Jerseymap
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Died at about age 44 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jerseymap
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Biography

Samuel Stockton was born February 12, 1693/94 in Springfield, Union County, New Jersey, a son of Richard Stockton and Susanna Witham. On June 17/18, 1719, he married Amy Doughty, daughter of Jacob Doughty and Amy Whitehead of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Amy was born June 30, 1702 in Cow Neck, Queens County, New York. After her death, Samuel married Rachel Stout in Princeton; she was the daughter of Col. Joseph Stout and Ruth Greenland. Rachel died c.1771.


Children of SAMUEL STOCKTON and AMY DOUGHTY:

  • Samuel Stockton 1724- 1767
  • Amy Stockton 1725-1777

Children of SAMUEL STOCKTON and RACHEL STOUT:

  1. Joseph Stockton
  2. Jacob Stockton
  3. Rachel Stockton m. John Riddle
  4. Ann Stockton
  5. Ruth Stockton m. John Voorhees
  6. Major Richard Witham Stockton b. July 1733, Princeton, New Jersey; d. May 8, 1801, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick.

Research Notes

At the time that Samuel married Amy his father had passed away 10 years before. His mother had remarried a man by the name of Thomas Leonard. The wedding Certificate was signed by Samuel's brother and his step-father Thomas.

WILL OF SAMUEL STOCKTON

1739 Oct. 13. Stockton, Samuel, Esq., of Somerset Co.; will of. Wife, Rachel. Sons — Samuel (eldest), Joseph, Richard (all under age). Daughters — Ame, Rachell and Ruth (all under 21). Plantation on the King's Road; meadows adjoining land of brothers, Joseph and John Stockton; mansion and plantation on the east side of Stony brook; plantation whereon Benjamin Runyon now lives, joining Henry Freeman's land; meadows, (100 acres) on Millstone River, joining lands of Bearfoot Brunson and my brother, Richard Stockton, in Somerset Co., formerly belonging to Dr. Greenland, and now in possession of Joseph Knoks. Executrix — wife, Rachell. Executors — brother, John Stockton, and James Worth. Witnesses — William Holmes, William Worth, Lewis Charles Faneuill. Proved 12 Dec, 1739. Lib. C, p. 304.

Sources

  • Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
  • Robert and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy, "Notes for Samuel Stockton and Amy Doughty" www.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m5549x3899.htm

[1] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 83, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] Lewis D. Cook, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal 1685-1756 (NJ/B2F.3) (1970), 074, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[3] Lewis D. Cook, "Marriage Intentions, 1685-1730, Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 53 (1965), 129-32, at 131.

[4] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 350, [GoogleBooks].

[5] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 668, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[6] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 30. (Wills and Administrations 2, 1730-1750) (1918), 461, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

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Stockton-1083 and Stockton-117 appear to represent the same person because: Same guy. Samuel was married twice.
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Stockton-117 and Stockton-141 appear to represent the same person because: Duplication of siblings. Please review for merge.
posted by [Living Knight]

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