Thomas Stockbridge

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Stockbridge was born on 6 April 1667, in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Charles Stockbridge, was 33 and his mother, Abigail, was 35. He married Sarah Read on 28 July 1697, in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 3 March 1717, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Stockbridge
1667–1717
Sarah Read
1675–1758
Marriage: 28 July 1697
Sarah Stockbridge
1699–1713
Mary Stockbridge
1701–1766
Thomas Stockbridge Jr
1702–1790
Deborah Stockbridge
1705–1727
Anna Stockbridge
1710–1774
Micah Stockbridge
1714–
Sarah Stockbridge
1718–

Sources (14)

  • Thomas Stockbridge in entry for Mary Stockbridge, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Thomas Stockbridge in entry for Sarah Stockbridge, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Thomas in entry for Sarah Stockbridge, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places so called, including Stockbridge (Hampshire), Stockbridge in Chichester (Sussex), Stockbridge in Bentley (Yorkshire), Stock Bridge in Brantingham (East Yorkshire), and Stockbridge in Chiseldon (Wiltshire), all named with Old English stocc ‘tree trunk, stump’ or stoccen ‘made of logs’ + brycg ‘bridge’.

History: John Stockbridge emigrated from England c. 1635 and settled in Scituate, MA. He had many prominent descendants.

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

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