Joseph Stocking

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Stocking was born on 16 June 1756, in Middletown, Mattabeset, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Stocking, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Shepard, was 28. He lived in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States in 1756. He died on 23 December 1767, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 11, and was buried in East Middletown, Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Stocking
1723–1817
Sarah Shepard
1727–1820
Abraham Stocking
1754–1845
Joseph Stocking
1756–1767
Lemuel Stocking
1758–1832
Elisabeth Stocking
1760–1849
Betsey Stocking
1762–1807
Amos Stocking
1764–
A Daughter Stocking
1767–1767
Sarah Stocking
1770–1857

Sources (6)

  • Joseph Stocking, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Joseph Stocking, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Joseph Stocking, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English stocking ‘ground cleared of stumps’ (Old English stoccing). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near ground cleared of stumps, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Stocking Gate in South Kirkby (Yorkshire).

South German: habitational name from any of several places in Bavaria and Styria named Stocking.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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