Thomas STOCKTON

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Son of Jesse 3 and Mary (nee Hays) Stockton, appears to have been born 4 June 1788 in Virginia. See 1850 census, Warren County, Illinois, Thomas Stockton, 62, born in Virginia, and see Warren County, Illinois, cemetery records.

1850 census, Warren County, Illinois, page 33, 442 / 442
Thomas Stockton, 62, M, Virginia [Thomas 4, s/o Jesse 3 and Mary Stockton, appears to have been born 4 June 1788]
Elcy, 50, F, Kentucky [This is Elsie (nee Johnson) Stockton]
Jeesse, 22, M, Indiana
Rebecca J, 19, F, [Indiana]
Thomas, 15, M, [Indiana]
Willford Wood, 27, M, Conn.

Family/Spouse: Elsie JOHNSON. Elsie was born in 1801; died on 24 Mar 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jesse Stockton was born 4 Sep 1755.

1782, the will of Thomas Stockton of Albemarle County, Virginia, mentions son Jesse Stockton.

Jesse Stockton married Mary Hays in Albemarle County, Virginia.

1788, Thomas , a son of Jesse and Mary (nee Hays) Stockton, appears to have been born 4 June 1788 in Virginia. See 1850 census, Warren County, Illinois, Thomas Stockton, 62, born in Virginia, and see Warren County, Illinois, cemetery records.

1790 Land Tax List, Albemarle County, Jesse Stockton is shown with 148 acres. Thomas (Thomas, Davis) Stockton is shown with 152 acres. They are the only Stocktons on the Tax List.

1790 census of Virginia was burned in the War of 1812.

1790 census for North Carolina does not list a Jesse Stockton. In 1790 Jesse Stockton, born 4 Sep 1755, would have been about 35 years old.

1791 Land Tax List, Albemarle County, Jesse Stockton is shown with 148 acres. Thomas (Thomas, Davis) Stockton is shown with 152 acres. Again, they are the only Stocktons on the list.

11 Feb 1792 "Jesse Stockton and his wife, Mary Stockton, of County of Albemarle of one part and William Wood, Senr. of other part . . . one hundred forty eight acres".

6 Dec 1792 Jesse and Mary Stockton sold 148 1/2 acres to James Knowles.

26 Jan 1793 Jesse and Mary Stockton sold property to Francis Davis.
- - - The above 26 Jan 1793 deed appears to be the last mention of Jesse and Mary Stockton in Virginia. - - -

1790, 1791, 1792 and 1793 Tax Lists for Mason County, Kentucky, Jesse Stockton is NOT shown on any of these Tax Lists.

1794, 1795, 1796, 1797 and 1800 Tax Lists for Mason County, Kentucky, Jesse Stockton is shown on all of these Tax Lists.
This is Jesse Stockton, husband of Mary (nee Hays) Stockton, and father of Capt. James Stockton.

9 Oct 1797, James Stockton, son of Jesse and Mary (nee Hays) Stockton, was born in Mason County, Kentucky.

1800 Tax List for Barren County, Kentucky
Thomas Stockton . . . . . . . . . (This is Thomas 3, son of Thomas 2 Stockton)
Newberry Stockton . . . . . . . (This is Newberry 3, son of Thomas 2 Stockton)
Robert Stockton Sr. . . . . . . . (This is Robert 3, son of Richard 2 Stockton)
Robert Stockton Jr. . . . . . . . .(This is Robert 4, son of the above Robert 3 Stockton)
Samuel or Daniel Stockton . . (This appears to be Daniel 4, son of above Newberry 3 Stockton)

Jesse Stockton is NOT shown living in Barren County in 1800.

27 Jan 1802, Mason County, Kentucky, Jesse Stockton bought land from John and Elizabeth Mason.
17 May 1805, Jesse and Mary Stockton sold the above land to George Faris or Fearis and David Johnstone.
- - - The 17 May 1805 deed appears to be the last mention of Jesse Stockton in Mason County, Kentucky.

1807, the will of Samuel 2 Stockton of Rutherford County, North Carolina, does NOT mention a son Jesse Stockton.

1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, and 1810 Barren County, Kentucky, Poll Tax List, all show Jesse Stockton.

LIFE SKETCHES AND REMINISCENCES OF T.J. STOCKTON, SENIOR, 1898, p. 116:
"I will give the dates when my Grandfather Stockton was born and grandmother; Jesse Stockton was born Sept. 4, 1755; Mary his wife, born Dec. 25, 1761, my grandparents. Sophia, their eldest daughter, was my aunt, was born Dec. 12, 1790; John Stockton, born May 10, 1791; Rachel Stockton, my aunt, born May 10 1793; Thomas Stockton, my uncle, born 1795; James Stockton, my father, born Oct. 9, 1797; Polly Stockton, by aunt, born March 18, 1799; Jemima Stockton, my aunt, born March 15, 1801; Hannah Stockton, my aunt, born Feb. 9, 1809; Those above are my grand parents and their children, my uncles and aunts."

The 1810 census of Barren County, Kentucky, shows Jesse 3 Stockton.
[ALL INFORMATION IN BRACKETS HAS BEEN ADDED.]
Jesse Stockton - 45+ [Jesse 3 Stockton, age about 55, born 4 Sep 1755, husband of Mary (nee Hays) Stockton]
m - 16-26 [Thomas about 22, appears to have been born 4 June 1788 in Virginia, m. Elsie Johnson, moved to Warren Co., Illinois.]
m - 16-26 [John about 19, born 10 May 1791, married Lucinda Mitchell in Woodford Co., KY in 1816]
m - 10-16 [James about 13, born 9 Oct 1797, married Margaret Torbet, to Platte County, Missouri.]
f - 45+ [Mary Hays about 49, born 25 Dec 1761, daughter of Moses and Sophia (nee Wood) Hays]
f - 16-26 [Sophia about 20, born 12 Dec 1790, married William Evans in Barren County, Kentucky, 20 Oct 1812]
f - 16-26 [Rachel about 17, born 10 May 1793, married Charles Ross to Morgantown, Indiana.]
f - 10-16 [Mary about 11, born 18 Mar 1799, married Mitchell Ross, to Warren County, Illinois, see Thomas 4 above.]
f - 0-10 [Jemima about 9, born 15 Mar 1801, married William Hughes, see 1850 census Morgan Co., Indiana.]
f - 0-10 [Hannah about 1, born 9 Feb 1809, married John O. Lattimore, lived near Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana]

With Thomas 4 Stockton shown as born in 1788, this is an excellent match for what both DAVIS STOCKTON OF VIRGINIA and T.J. Stockton have for the family of Jesse 3 and Mary (nee Hays) Stockton. It does not appear that T.J. Stockton included any additional information about Thomas 4 Stockton besides his name and year of birth. The mother of Mary (nee Hays) Stockton was Sophia (nee Wood) Hays.

20 Oct 1812 Sophia 4 Stockton, daughter of Jesse and Mary (nee Hays) Stockton, married William Evans in Barren County, Kentucky. Thomas Stockton, Jr., was the surety. He appears to be Thomas 3 (Thomas 2, Davis 1) Stockton, Jr.

1811, 1812 and 1813, Barren County, Kentucky, Poll Tax List, ALL show Jesse Stockton.
--- The above 1813 Poll Tax List appears to be the last mention of Jesse Stockton in Barren County, Kentucky.

14 Nov 1816 John 4 Stockton married Lucinda Mitchell in Woodford County, Kentucky.
24 July 1817 [Capt.] James 4 Stockton married Peggy Torbit [sic] in Woodford County, Kentucky.
--- The above dates are from HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY, by William Edward Railey, 1938.

1820 census of Clark County, Ohio, Jesse Stockton. This is Jesse 3 Stockton, father of Capt. James 4 Stockton.
1820 census of Woodford Co., Kentucky. James Stockton, This is Capt. James 4 Stockton, s/o Jesse 3 Stockton.
1830 census of Jennings County, Indiana, Jesse Stockton, 70-80 years old. This is Jesse 3 Stockton and family.
1830 census of Jennings Co., Indiana, James Stockton, 30-40. This is Capt. James 4 (Jesse 3) Stockton and family.

1850 census, Warren County, Illinois, page 33, 442 / 442
Thomas Stockton, 62, M, Virginia [Thomas 4, s/o Jesse 3 and Mary Stockton, appears to have been born 4 June 1788]
Elcy, 50, F, Kentucky [This is Elsie (nee Johnson) Stockton]
Jeesse, 22, M, Indiana

Jesse married Mary HAYS. Mary (daughter of Moses HAYS and Sophia WOOD) was born on 25 Dec 1761; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Will of Thomas Stockton
(Son of Davis Stockton, the first probated and recorded at Charotteville, Virginia, July 31 1782.)

Be this known unto all unto whom this may hereafter Concearne
that I Thomas Stockton Senr. of the County of Albemarle and Colony of
Virginia doo appoint this to bee my Last will and testament, first my
Will is that at my death all my moveables shall bee sold, and the
Amount of the money to be Equally divided amongst all my Children
Only I Except one bed and furnerter, and one Chest and one Side saddle
Which I give unto my wife Rachel Stockton, to be at her own dis-
-posal, Also I do give and bequeath unto my son Newbery Stockton
Twenty Eight pounds, Eleven shillings, also I do give unto my
Daughter Jemime, Twenty Eight pounds Eleven shillings, also
I do give unto my Son Thomas Twenty Eight pounds Eleven shillings
Also I do give unto my Son John Twenty Eight pounds Eleven shillings
Also I do give unto my Son dan Twenty Eight pounds Eleven shillings
Also I do give unto my daughter Rachel, Twenty Eight pounds Eleven shillings
Also I do give unto my Son Davis Twenty Eight pounds Eleven shillings
Also I do give and bequeath unto my Son Jessee, all my Lands and
plantation whereon I now live, also I do give unto my wife
Rachel, the Third of my Lands, during her life as widowhood, and
after her death my will is that my Son Jessee Shall have the hole
of my Lands, and I also do appoint my Sons Thomas Stockton &
John Stockton, Executors unto this my Last will & Testament to
take due Care and see the same performed According to the True
intent and meaning, In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Stockton
hath hereunto my Last will and Testament, Set my hand and
fixed my Seal this Thirty first day of July Ano domany One Thou-
-sand seven hundred & Eighty two

thomas Stockton (LS)

test
William Grayson
John Black

At a Court held for Albemarle County the Eleventh day of April
MDCCLXXXIII. This will was proved by the Oath of William Grayson
and John Black the Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded, and on
the Motion of Thomas Stockton and John Stockton the Executors therein
Named who made oath according to Law Certificate was granted them
for Obtaining a probat in due form on their giving Security where-
-upon they with Menan Mills and Jessee Stockton their securitys
Entered into and Acknowledged their Bond for performing the said
Will Accordingly

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H Martin DY Clrk

Thomas married Rachel ALLEN in Albemarle County, Virginia. Rachel (daughter of Samuel ALLEN and Martha CHAPMAN) was born about 1720 in Chesterfield, New Jersey; died after 1783 in Albemarle County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After Samuel Allen died Widow Martha (nee Chapman) Allen married Samuel Arnold, thus confusion as to Allen or Arnold for maiden name of Rachel.

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Moses married Sophia WOOD. Sophia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1737; Ivy Creek, Goochland County, Virginia, British Colonial America
• Residence: 1748; Albemarle, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America

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The first documented information on the Stockons is a land deed of 1739 in Goochland County, VA which later became Albemarle County. Davis Stockton's will was probated in 1762. Date of death from "Albemarle County in Virginia", by Rev. Edgar Woods. It is known that, on 12 March 1739, Davis was in Goochland (Albemarle) County, Virginia, where he obtained a grant of 400 acres adjoining land of Adam Godylouch. (This surname is spelled in numerous ways, including Goudylock.)

Since we now know through DNA testing that Davis and Robert Stockton cannot be related to Richard's line, it also means the Judges Thomas and John in Ireland c1660 can't be the parent either. Both of them are from London. Irish records were burned in the 1921 uprising, so we don't have much to go on.

Between the Robert Stockton descendants combing PA records, and Richard
Stockton descendants doing the same in New England, the only "proof"
we've found is that there is NO record for Davis Stockton before the 1739
Goochland Co., VA land patent. His brother Robert is on the 1732 Lancaster PA Tax list, but no Davis. That's the brick wall.

Per "Echos of Their Voices" by Carl R. Baldwin - British rule had become too burdensome for them (Davis & Sarah) as they reached maturity. By 1710 they were living in Chester County, PA. Stockton began to prosper as a farmer, although sites in eastern Pennsylvania for an expanding family were becoming difficult to find. He sold out in Chester County and by 1732 was a resident of Pennsylvania's lancaster County. There he met Michael Woods, like himself an immigrant from North Ireland. They became fast friends. During their stay in William Penn's colony, Davis and Sarah had seven children - Richard, Ann, Thomas, Hannah, William, Elizabeth and Samuel. Woods heard of virgin land being opened for settlement in Virginia's newly created county of Goochland. he went there to investigate in 1737m, entering Goochland County from the west, through a gentle defile in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Both the pass and the creek that traversed it became known as Woods's Gap. Before returning to Pennsylvania to fetch his family, Woods obtained title to acreage at the confluence of Woods's Gap and the Mechum Riber, and at the headwaters of Ivy Creek. The Stocktons, and probably other families, joined Woods when he journed back to Goochland County to work his property in 1739. After crossing through Woods's Gap, the Woods family and the Stockton's separated, Woods continuing straight ahead to the land he had staked out. Stockton bore to the left and found his virgin soil along the lower stretches of Ivy Creek, new the modern town of Batesville. For many years residents of the area wondered about the large initials - "D.S." - carved in a tree near Woods's Gap. They apparently were made by the sentimental Stockton to mark the point of parting. In 1739, Stockton obtained title to 400 acres on Ivy Creek and two years later, obviously with his older children in mind, he acquired 800 more at the north and south forks of Mechum Riber. Goochland County was broken up in 1744. The Woods and Stockton families found themselves living in the newly formed Albemarle County. No Stocktons remain in Albemarle, but they left their name on the land. The north fork of Mechum's River is still called Stockton's Creek. In early times the south fork, on which the Stockton's operated the first mill in that part of Virginia, was called Stockton's Mill Creek. Once a defile in the mountains now know as Israel's Gap was called Stockton's Thoroughfare.

Davis Stockton's estate was inventoried on January 2, 1762 Albermarle Co., Virgina as follows:
To 9 hogs, a horse and 4 cattle,
to a bed and furniture and a tea chest,
to a riding coat and a waist coat, to pewter, 2 iron potts,
to knives and forks,
to a parcell of wooden ware,
to two books, to a cow sold, to a churn, to one pound weight of pearls, to a bell and a barrel, to iron ware, to a mare and a colt.
Total 36 pounds 0 shillings 9 pence
William Grayson, James Coffey, Charles Lambert

Davis married Sarah (Anthony) GUDYLOUCH about 1706 in Ablemarle Co, . Virginia. Sarah (daughter of William GUDYLOUCH and Ann DUNCAN) was born in 1690 in North Ireland; died in 1736 in Albermarle, Virginia, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah's surname is presently unconfirmed. On 10 Mar., 1756, Sarah patented 397a. of land on both sides of the Virgin Spring Branch of Mechum River, Albemarle Co., VA. Patent Book #34, 1756-1762, Pg. 19.

J. Kathleen Moore ([email protected]) lists firm birth years for the children born of this marriage. These are the dates listed here, though other sources show dates at variance with these. Ms. Moore also says that all children were born prior to Davis and Sarah's arrival in America, the first three in Ireland, and the last four in England. If these dates and places are factual, and if Sarah's maiden name was Gudylouch (or some variant thereof), it suggests that Davis Stockton and the Gudylouch family came to America together. This is because Adam Gudylouch become Davis's son-in-law by marrying his daughter Hannah.

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After Samuel Allen died Widow Martha (nee Chapman) Allen married Samuel Arnold.

Samuel married Martha CHAPMAN. Martha and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After Samuel Allen died Widow Martha (nee Chapman) Allen married Samuel Arnold.