When William Henry Stokes was born in 1794, in South Carolina, United States, his father, David Stokes Sr, was 39 and his mother, Millian Blount, was 34. He married Matilda McClure about 1815. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1829, in his hometown, at the age of 35.
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English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): variant of Stoke with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name has been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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