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Samuel STOCKTON

Samuel STOCKTON

Male 1720 - Bef 1807  (87 years)

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  • Name Samuel STOCKTON 
    Born 1720 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID 93KH-VKH 
    _UID 842826E5B7F8498882C75E4E94A2742B01AF 
    Died Bef Oct 1807  Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I443  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father Davis STOCKTON,   b. 1686, Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1761, Amherst, Albermarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Sarah (Anthony) GUDYLOUCH,   b. 1690, North Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1736, Albermarle, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married Abt 1706  Ablemarle Co, . Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Prudence TORBET,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Anne STOCKTON,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Davis STOCKTON,   b. Abt 1744, Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1831, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
     3. Thomas STOCKTON,   b. Abt 1744, Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1785  (Age ~ 40 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Info. from "Davis Stockton of Virginia", by Johnson & Smith. Davis married his first cousin.

      Will of Samuel Stockton
      Rutherford County, North Carolina
      Will Book B, pp. 211-212

      In the name of God Amen. I Samuel Stockton of the County of Rutherford
      & State of North Carolina Being now Old & infirm but of perfect mind &
      memory thanks be given unto God Calling to mind the mortality of my
      Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men to die Do make & ordain this my
      last will & testament That is to say principally & first I give & recomend my soul into
      the hand of almighty God that gave it & my Body I recommend to the Earth to be
      Buried in a decent Christian burial at the descretion of my Executors Hoping at the
      Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching
      such worldy Estate where with it hath pleasd God to bless me in this life. I Give Devise & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form First I give & bequeath to my
      Beloved Wife Prudence Stockton the Plantation on which I now live & two Cows & Calves & all my household furniture, by her peacibly & quietly to be Possessed & enjoyed during her natural life To Davis Stockton my eldist Son I give & bequeath all my Lands & tenaments at the death of his Mother by him to be Enjoyed quietly & peacibly To my Only Daughter Ann Lattimore I give & bequeath twenty Dollars which must be made by the Sale of my moveable property, & the balance of the Moneys arising from the Sale of all the moveable property wherewith I am possessed to be Divided as follows Viz One third to my son Davis Stockton & One third to my Daughter Ann Lattimoore & the other third to be Equally divided between my two
      Grand Sons Samuel Stockton & Thomas Jefferson Sockton & likewise the moveable
      Property which I have given & bequeathed to my Bleoved Wife Prudence Stockton
      during her natural life to be at her death sold & the moneys thence arising to be
      Divided betwen said Davis Stockton, Ann Lattimore, Saml. Stockton and
      Thomas Jefferson Stockton, in the same manner as the balance of the moneys
      above mentiond I likewise constitute make and ordain my Trusty Friends
      Davis Sockton, Danl. Lattimore & my beloved wife Prudence Stockton, Executors to
      this my last will & I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke & Disanull all & every
      other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, Bequests & Executors by me in any
      wise before made willed & Bequeathed Rattifying & Confirming this & no other
      to be my last will & Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
      and seal the Twentyhth day of September In the Year of our Lord one
      thousand Eight hundred & Seven

      Samuel Stockton (seal)

      Signed Sealed published pronounced
      & declard by Said Samuel Stockton
      as his last will & Testament I his presence
      & in the presence of each other have
      hereunto subscribed oun ames [our names]
      S A Ross ( Jurat.
      James Whitesides
      Anna Stockton