When Captain John Stocking was born on 27 February 1703, in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Daniel Stocking, was 30 and his mother, Jane Mould, was 27. He married Abigail Ranney on 20 December 1726. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 16 October 1783, at the age of 80, and was buried in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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The Old Burying Ground, granted in 1713, is the resting place of veterans of the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil War.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
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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