Everything I know about Genealogy is already on my Web Page of the Stockton Family of
Princeton Genealogy, and I am confident that you are all light years ahead of me when it comes
to doing Genealogy Research; therefore, if you have information regarding its accuracy,
extending it, or any other comments, complaints, etc, please email me.
There are many Stockton Cousins seeking information about their relatives, and I will be happy
to post same here along with others' answers given the usual space limitations and other
disclaimers as to accuracy, etc, that you might otherwise expect to find on a lawyer's page. In
other words, if its wrong, don't sue me because you'll only give yourself a headache.
With the foregoing understandings in mind, please provide any information or help to the
following queries:
Leonard Campbell
168 Old Center Harbor Rd
PO Box 972
Center Harbor, NH 03226
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Leonard is looking for information on his ancestor, Mathilda (Martha) Stockton who married
Samual Montgomery Updike probably in Princeton, NJ. Samual Montgomery Updike was
born in 1816 and died in 1878 in Princeton, NJ (Source: The Opdyck Genealogy).
They had two children, Helen and Elias Mulford. Helen married an Owen, and Leonard
Campbell is descended from them. Mathilda (Martha) Stockton was a cousin of Richard
Stockton, the Signer. Both Leonard Campbell and I would be interested in any connections
anyone else might know of or where any records might be saved.
Mary Francis
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Mary is looking for information on her ancestor, Ann Hoag Witham Willson, mother of
Susannah Witham Robinson Willson, who was her 7th Great Grandmother. Mary Francis is
also looking for any information on either the Willson family or the Witham family in England.
She would like to find at least one generation in England before Robert Willson. Any clue will
be appreciated.
Susan Canton
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Susan is trying to find any thread possible to a Stockton ancestor. His name was Peter
Copeland Stockton. The records that she has show that he was born in 1785 at Snow Creek,
Franklin County, Virginia. He died on July 10, 1855. He was married to Sarah Lewis
Wingfield on June 11, 1812. His daughter, Sallie Stockton, was born on December 27, 1817.
Sallie was Susan's great great grandmother. She has found that sone of the information in the
material that she has isn't correct or is disputed, so dates or locations may be different from
other sources. She would appreciate any information that you might share on tracking this line.
Cliff Luxion
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Has information about his Stockton Line that descends through New Hope, PA in the 1800's
from the "original?" Richard Stockton of Flushing as an ancestor. Cliff knows of a number of
storehouses of Stockton data of single lines of descent which pick up where the early 1900
works end. He and his wife are willing to share research of these lines in order to update the
published ancestry in order to preserve history.
Diane Smith
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Diane Smith is seeking info on a James Stockton b. about 1828 in Connecticut. Both his
parents were also born in Connecticut. James Stockton moved to Michigan in about 1864. He
was married to a Lucy A. Stockton who was b. in England in 1848. James and Lucy A.
Stockton are listed on the 1880 Newago Co., MI Census and also on the 1894 Montcalm
Co., MI Census. Any help would be appreciated.
Brenda Scoby Nikirk
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Brenda's mother is her connection to the Stockton family. Her name is Hattie Erline Stockton
Scoby Shelby. She was born in Dunklin County, Mo. October 24, 1928. Her father was Uell
Andrew Stockton , born 1908 in Dunklin County, Mo. He married Julia Pool. Uell's father
was Joseph Francis, born August 27, 1877 in Wayne County, Mo. He married Mary Jane
McArley Griggs in 1901. Joseph's father was Andrew J. Stockton born most likely (according
to some census records) in Alabama. He was born April 1, 1845 (according to cemetery
records). Family tradition says that he was probably born in Jackson County, Alabama, in the
Paint Rock Area. She has found what she believes to be him in that area's census for 1850 &
1860 living with the John Shell family. The Shell's lived near E.J. Stockton, but she is unable to
find the parents or the link for Andrew J. Stockton. There is another Andrew J. Stockton from
another area of Missouri, but no clue to our line. Andrew J. married Mary Lucinda Malloy
from Wayne County, Mo. If you have any information that might lead Brenda to her
great-great-great grandparents, she would certainly appreciate it.
Mitzi Tira (Stockton) Alvar
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Tira has been told all her life that she is related to Richard Stockton ( The Signer). However,
she isn't sure how true that is . Her family is from Big Spring, Texas. She thinks that they
moved from Virgina in the early 1800's. Is "The Signer" related to the Richard Stockton who
died at the Alamo? She is new at this and would like to find out as much as she can and she
doesn't even know where to start.
Nan (Nancy Morrison Bolton)
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Nan is searching for information on the Stockton families from Itawamba County, MS. She has
found two brothers, one sister, and no parents for Richard Andrew Stockton. He was born in
TN on July 29, 1826, and died in Ozark, Franklin County, AR on Nov. 12, 1912. He married
first Sara Ann Bugg, and second Elizabeth Abigail Bickerstaff. His sister, Susan Stockton,
married James Lucian Kyle. His brothers were Elias Conal Stockton and Elijah Winchester
Stockton. Other surnames are Morrison, Bugg, Waller, Phillips, Smith, Durham, Lewis, and
Baker.
Any information will be appreciated.
William Navey
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William just found this and has no records of these marriages.
Does anyone have records of these marriages?
Early marriages of Knox County, TN:
Anna Stockton
M: James Currier March 9, 1806
Davis Stockton
M: Agnes Miller August 27, 1793
Hannah Stockton
M: Joel Carter November 6, 1809
James Stockton
M: Lidetha Pruitt 1792
Prudence Stockton
M: Alexander Richmond December 18, 1797
Susannah Stockton
M: Joel Ferguson June 2, 1812
Willis Stockton
M: Betsy McNabb December 30, 1800
He is in search the different Stockton Families on the net, but can
not find any of the above persons.
Joe Stockton
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You might want to check out these web sites:
The Itawamba County Historical Society
They have a good site with some good information including marriage records, census
information, etc.
The East Tennessee Historical Center
There is little online information at the site, but there is information on how to
contact them. The center is in Knoxville TN which is near Stockton Valley in Loudon
County where a lot of Stocktons who moved to Itawamba County and Monroe County MS
were originally from (in some cases via KY and AL).
There is a very rare book, "Davis Stockton of Virginia" by Leona Johnson and Winfred
Smith that was published in 1972. Although I have yet to actually see it, I understand it has a
lot of information about southern Stockton families. Copies are in The Clayton Library in
Houston TX, the DAR Library, the Library of Virginia, and the Fort Worth Library. If you are
near any of these locations, you might give them a try. I have requested the book through an
inter-library exchange via my local library.
And of course, you should check your local Family History Center sponsored by The
Church of Later Day Saints (The Mormons).
I hope this was helpful!
- Joe S. in Lawrenceville GA USA