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Family of Davis Stockton

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1.  DAVIS STOCKTON¹ was born Abt. 1686 in Ireland?, and died Abt. 1769 in Albemarle County, Virginia.  He married SARAH GODYLOUCH?² Abt. 1706 in Albemarle County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM GODYLOUCH and ANN DUNCAN.  She was born 1682 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1756.

 

Notes for DAVIS STOCKTON:

The given name Davis occurs again and again through the Whelchel family. Two of his grandsons married women named Davis, giving the name further impetus. According to the Whelchel family history and Gina Whelchel, Davis and Sarah came to America from northern Ireland.

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Birth: BET 1680 AND 1688 in Ireland

Death: BET 1760 AND 1762 in Albemarle County, Virginia

 

Marriage 1 Sarah GUDYLOUCH?

Children

 Richard STOCKTON b: 1710

 Martha Ann(e) STOCKTON b: ABT 1712

 Thomas STOCKTON b: 1714

 Elizabeth STOCKTON b: ABT 1715

 Hannah STOCKTON b: ABT 1716

 William STOCKTON b: ABT 1718

 Samuel STOCKTON b: ABT 1720

 

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Davis Stockton's origin, his arrival in America and his marriage are matters of difference among Stockton researchers, however the question of whether he was a son of Richard Stockton, b. abt. 1640 has been put to rest. DNA tests have shown that Davis' and Robert's DNA match, but they are a separate line to that of Richard. At this point, neither the parents nor a common ancestor of Robert and Davis are known.

 

"History of the Stockton Family" by John Wharton Stockton (1881) lists "Richard Stockton the second" and says, "He left a widow, Susannah, and six sons, Richard, Samuel, Joseph, Robert, John and Thomas." In "The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stockton's" (1911), Dr. Thomas Coates Stockton gives essentially the same information. Neither of them mentions a Davis Stockton as a son of Richard. Dr. Stockton wrote, "The record of the Pennsylvania and Virginia Stockton's begins with Davis Stockton and Robert Stockton, who were born about the same time, both settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" says that Davis Stockton came from the north of Ireland and that, from the fact that the family of Robert Stockton were Presbyterians and intermarried with a number of Scotch-Irish families, it seems probable that he also was Scotch-Irish and that he and Davis Stockton were brothers.

 

One group of researchers says that Davis Stockton married a Goudylouch. It is known that his daughter Hanna married Adam Godylouch, and it is not impossible that Adam was a cousin. Here again, we have no proof, so we will leave Davis Stockton's marriage for future determination.

 

Davis Stockton is supposed to have come from northern Ireland in the early 1700's, settling first in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, later in Albemarle County, Virginia."

 

It is known that, on 12 March 1739, Davis was in Goochland (Albemarle) County, Virginia, where he obtained a grant of 400 acres adjoining land of Adam Godylouch, husband of Davis' daughter Hanna. (This surname is spelled in numerous ways, including Goudylock.)

 

In a 1762 census of books in the colony of Virginia, Davis was credited with having two books, valued at five shillings.

 

Joe Funderburk reports that Davis Stockton married Sarah Gudylouch.

 

Leona Irene Smith Johnson and Winfred Broadus Smith report in their "Davis Stockton of Virginia," published privately in 1972 and reprinted in 1975 (total of 35 copies) that Davis Stockton was born about 1686 in Flushing, Long Island, New York and died in 1761 in Albemarle County, Virginia with his estate inventoried 2 January 1762.

 

"History of Albemarle County, Virginia" reports that Davis made an entry of 400 acres on Ivy Creek in 1739 and 800 more on both forks of Mechum's River in 1741. Altogether, according to this book, the Stockton's owned almost 4,000 acres in that area. The same book says that the Stockton's "in a number of ways, left their mark behind. They consisted of several branches. They erected perhaps the first mill in that section of the county. The north fork of Mechum's River still bears the name of Stockton's Creek, the south fork in early times was called Stockton's Mill Creek, and the first name by which Israel's Gap was known as Stockton's Thoroughfare."

 

"History of Albemarle County, Virginia" records that, en route from Williamsburg to "the wilds of Goochland," Davis Stockton and Michael Woods, who had led the immigration into Albemarle County, separated with Woods continuing straight forward to Woods' Gap and Stockton bearing to the left along the foot of the mountain towards Batesville. At the point where they separated, Davis Stockton carved his initials in a tree, and the point became known as "D. S."

 

"History of Albemarle County, Virginia" says that Davis Stockton died in 1760, after which his widow Martha seems to have married Samuel Arnold, who lived on Ivy Creek. This does not match information from other sources.

 

From Cheryl Cummings and other sources, I have received this information on the early Stockton's. While I find it plausible, there are others who challenge it, so I am putting it in these notes under Davis Stockton for future reference.

 

 

Leona Irene Smith Johnson and Winfred Broadus Smith report in their "Davis Stockton of Virginia," published privately in 1972 and reprinted in 1975 (total of 35 copies) that Davis Stockton was born about 1686 in Flushing, Long Island, New York and died in 1761 in Albemarle County, Virginia with his estate inventoried 2 January 1762.

 

Paul Hagen reports that Davis Stockton died in 1760 and that his will was probated in 1762. He says also that, in 1756, Davis Stockton's wife, Sarah, patented 397 acres of land on both sides of the Virgin Spring Branch of Mechum River in Albemarle County, Virginia (Patent Book #34, 1756-62).

 

 

 

Notes for SARAH GODYLOUCH?:

On 10 Mar., 1756, Sarah patented 397a. of land on both sides of the Virgin

Spring Branch of Mechum River, Albemarle Co., VA. Patent Book #34, 1756-1762, Pg. 19.

 

 

More About DAVIS STOCKTON and SARAH GODYLOUCH?:

Marriage: Abt. 1706, Albemarle County, Virginia

     

Children of DAVIS STOCKTON and SARAH GODYLOUCH? are:

              i.   RICHARD STOCKTON, b. 1710; d. July 21, 1775, Albemarle County, Virginia; m. AGNES ANN ANTHONY, 1732, Goochland County, Virginia.

 

              ii.  SAMUEL STOCKTON, b. Abt. 1720; d. 1807, Rutherford County, North Carolina; m. PRUDENCE TOLBERT, Albemarle County, Virginia.

 

Notes for PRUDENCE TOLBERT:

"her father was of Irish descent and her mother's maiden name was Hannah

SELLERS". [Stockton Family of NJ and Other Stockton's, p.238, by Dr. Thomas

Coates Stockton]

 

 

More About SAMUEL STOCKTON and PRUDENCE TOLBERT:

Marriage: Albemarle County, Virginia

 

             iii.   HANNAH STOCKTON, b. Abt. 1716; d. Bef. 1783, South Carolina; m. ADAM GODYLOUCH; b. Abt. 1712, Scotland; d. Cherokee County, South Carolina.

 

Notes for HANNAH STOCKTON:

Death date information from Betty Helmer, Huntsville, AL.

 

 

Notes for ADAM GODYLOUCH:

Old records from VA have Goudylock, Gudylouch, Goudeloke, etc.

Information from "Davis Stockton of Virginia", by Johnson and Smith.

Further information from William Anderson, Houston, TX.

 

 

             iv.   WILLIAM STOCKTON, b. Abt. 1718; d. 1782, Washington County, Tennessee; m. JEAN MARSHALL; d. Tennessee.

             v.   THOMAS STOCKTON⁴, b. 1714; d. April 30, 1783, Albemarle County, Virginia; m. (1) RACHEL ALLEN; b. Abt. 1720, d. Aft. 1783, Amherst County, Virginia, 1741, Albemarle County, Virginia.

 

Notes for RACHEL ALLEN:

Joe Funderburk, Bill Navey, and the "Davis Stockton of Virginia" Report by Leona Irene Smith Johnson and Winfred Broadus Smith both say that Thomas married Rachel Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen and Martha Chapman.

 

The Smith Report further states that Rachel Allen married second Samuel Arnold.

 

 

             vi.   ELIZABETH STOCKTON, b. Abt. 1715; d. October 31, 1791, Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina; m. WILLIAM WHITESIDE, Abt. 1735, Albemarle County, Virginia; b. 1710, Kild, Ulster, Armagh County, Ireland; d. 1777, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

 

Notes for ELIZABETH STOCKTON:

Bill Navey reports that Elizabeth Stockton was born 1720 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania..

 

 

Notes for WILLIAM WHITESIDE:

Don Whiteside, Ph D. says:

William, his brother Thomas, and perhaps their parents migrated to the Chester-Lancaster, Pennsylvania area about 1735. William, and later Thomas, migrated to the South Fork of Mechum's Creek in Goochland County (later Albemarle County), Virginia in 1740 and then, about 1767, to Amherst and Augusta Counties, Virginia and by 1772 to Tyron County (later called Rutherford County), North Carolina. William was called up by the Albemarle County militia and participated in the French and Indian War as a member of Captain James Neveille's company.

 

 

More About WILLIAM WHITESIDE and ELIZABETH STOCKTON:

Marriage: Abt. 1735, Albemarle County, Virginia

 

            vii.   MARTHA ANNE STOCKTON, b. Abt. 1712; d. 1816, near Gaffney, Cherokee Co, South Carolina; m. FRANCIS WHETCHEL, Abt. 1751, Virginia; b. Abt. 1720, Holland; d. Abt. 1756, Virginia.

 

Notes for MARTHA ANNE STOCKTON:

Anne's full name was evidently Martha Anne. In Deed Book No. ? Albemarle Co., VA, page 291; 14 Apr., 1763, Francis Whelchel to Pat Davis for £100, 312 acres, both sides Meecham River, Pat. 25 Mar., 1762. It is notated, "Martha wife of F.W.", apparently approving and witnessing the sale.

 

 

More About FRANCIS WHETCHEL and MARTHA STOCKTON:

Marriage: Abt. 1751, Virginia