James Knox Stockton or Stocking

Brief Life History of James Knox

When James Knox Stockton or Stocking was born on 24 April 1844, in Bath, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, George Washington Stocking, was 34 and his mother, Eunice Chase, was 32. He married Ann Elizabeth Abrams on 28 September 1870, in Cobleskill, Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1910 and Midland Park, Bergen, New Jersey, United States in 1920. In 1905, at the age of 61, his occupation is listed as employed as a house builder in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. He died on 30 January 1925, in Paramus, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Knox Stockton or Stocking
1844–1925
Ann Elizabeth Abrams
1850–1943
Marriage: 28 September 1870
Blanche Chase Stockton
1872–1956
Edgar A. Stockton
1874–1964
George Stockton
1875–1881
Oscar Stockton
1878–1906
Milo Stockton
1884–1888
Minnie Anna Stockton
1884–1984

Sources (19)

  • James Hocking in household of George W Hocking, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: James Knox Stocking - Published information: birth-name: James Knox Stocking
  • James H. Stockton, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Fire Causes $1.5 Million in Damages

"""A fire in September of 1848 caused an estimated $1.5 million in damages to the city of Brooklyn. The fire consumed """"three churches, the post office, two newspaper offices, and other property."""""""

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Stockton (Cheshire, Herefordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire), Stockton Heath (Cheshire), Stockton on Tees (Durham), Stockton on Teme (Worcestershire), Stockton on the Forest (North Yorkshire), Great Staughton (Huntingdonshire), Little Staughton (Bedfordshire), or Stoughton (Leicestershire, Surrey, Sussex). The placenames derive from Old English stoc ‘place, secondary settlement’ or stocc ‘tree trunk, stump’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Stoughton .

History: A family of this name were established in America by an English Quaker, Richard Stockton, in 1656. He bought large tracts of land around Princeton, NJ, and founded an estate on which his great-grandson, Richard Stockton (1730–81), a leading colonial lawyer and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born.

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

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James Knox Stockton

Notes for James Knox Stockton" According to family tradition, (Hazel Brown Gnade), James was born if Bath, New York. His father, George Stockton, was a missionary who went to Michigan in about 1850 …

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