Richard Stockton, of Flushing, L.I. 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. 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*. 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 - b. in England
John - b. 1674
Job
Abigail
Mary
Sarah
Hannah
Elizabeth - b. 1680
*Richard most likely was not the son of Abigail Stockton if he 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.