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- NB:The following provides a documented timeline for person:Davis Stockton (2). Most of the records shown are based on original source documentation (especially land records) but others are taken from works by early genealogists and historians. The later sources provide useful context, but do not necessarily provide accurate information about Davis and his family.
Timeline 1734-1739
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| Date | SOurce | Text, Extract, or Summary | Commentary on FamilyPedia | Additional Notes
| | 1730's | ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, by Rev. Edgar Woods, 1901, pp. 319-320 | “Among the earliest settlers in the western part of the county, who came as is said under the leadership of Michael Woods, was a family named Stockton. Though their name has entirely disappeared, they have 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 was Stockton's Thoroughfare. The famous abbreviation of D. S. is also ascribed to the head of the family. One story recites that Michael Woods and Davis Stockton landed at Williamsburg, and came to the wilds of Goochland together, that arriving at D. S., they advanced in different directions, Woods continuing straight forward to Woods's Gap, and Stockton bearing to the left along the foot of the mountain towards Batesville, and that as a memorial of the place where they separated, Stockton carved his initials on a tree . . . Woods's home lay at the mouth of Woods's Gap, and the Stocktons were settled along Mecham's River, the south fork as well as the north.” | In his 1901 book Rev. Edgar Woods shows a date of death for Davis Stockton as 1760, however, he does not give a source for the 1760 date. Davis Stockton's exact year of death is not known. The appraisal of "the Estate of Davis Stockton Decd." is dated "January 8th 1762." Albemarle County records have been thoroughly searched and no will for Davis Stockton has been found.
| | 1734 | SKETCHES OF VIRGINIA, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, by Rev. William Henry Foote, D. D., 1850, pp. 101-102 | "Michael Woods, from Ireland came in the year 1734 and settled at Henderson's quarter near Wood's Gap in Albemarle. Three sons and three sons in law came with him and settled near. One of the sons in law, William Wallace, took his residence on Mechums river, in Albemarle . . . These were the founders of Mountain Plain Congregation." | It appears that Davis Stockton might have married about 1710. If he married at age 25, he would have been born about 1685. There is no hard evidence as to when or where Davis Stockton was born, or when or where he married. There is also no hard evidence that his wife was named Sarah. DNA proves that Davis and Robert Stockton are descended from the same male Stockton ancestor. It could be they had the same father, or the same grandfather, or an earlier male Stockton ancestor. Davis and Robert Stockton do not share a Stockton ancestor with the Richard Stockton family of New Jersey. Davis Stockton has not been found in any Pennsylvania records, and Davis Stockton has not been found in New York or New Jersey records. It appears that the first record for Davis Stockton is the 10 June 1737 Goochland County, Virginia, land patent. | Davis Stockton settled on property adjacent to that of Michael Woods Jr., son of Michael Woods of Woods Gap. The Woods family, including kinsmen by marriage, Woods, can be shown to have come to Albemarle from Pennsylvanaia, via the Cumberland Valley, and the Shennandoah Valley, thence over the Blue Ridge to what is now Albemarle and Bedford. The idea that Davis Stockton came from Lancaster is partially driven by the idea that he was among the Woods company. There may be other reasons for suspecting that Davis was among the Woods company, and came to the area from PA, but there's no direct evidence that he was associated with the extended woods family. His presence adjacent to Michael Woods Jr may simply be coincidence.
| | 12 March 1739 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK 18, 1738-1739, pp. 536-537 | "George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and lawful Money . . . do Give Grant and Confirm unto Davis Stockdon one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing Four hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on both sides of Ivy Creek a branch of the Rivanna and on the South side of the same and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning at a white Oak a corner to Capt Charles Hudson . . . Crossing Ivy Creek to a Hiccory . . . the said Davis Stockdon . . . the Twelfth Day of March one thousand seven hundred & thirty nine In the Thirteenth Year of our Reign . . . William Gooch" | The above property was adjacent to the land that Michael Woods obtained with his 10 June 1737 patent. Davis Stockton sold this 400 acre property to his neighbor Michael Woods (Jr.) on 17 Nov 1741 for 30 pounds. This was the only property that Davis Stockton is thought to have owned on Ivy Creek. Davis Stockton also owned land on the North Fork and the South Fork of Mechums River. The North Fork is known as Stockton Creek and the South Fork is known as Stockton's Mill Creek. See GOOCHLAND COUNTY DEED BOOK 3, 1737-1742, p. 497, 17 Nov 1741. | This is the first documentary evidence of Davis Stockton in Albemarle. Since he's selling the property, it would seem that he was present in the area at an even earlier date. A record of his acquisition of this property has not been found. How he came by it is a question of considerable interest.
| | 12 March 1739 | THE STOCKTON FAMILY OF NEW JERSEY AND OTHER STOCKTONS, by Thomas Coates Stockton, M. D., 1911, p. 234 | "Davis Stockton is said to have come from the north of Ireland and settled, first, in Lancaster County, Pa., and then in Goochland County (later Albemarle County), Va. He was given a patent for 400 acres of land there, adjoining the land of his son-in-law, Adam Godylouch, March 12, 1739 . . . His wife's name was Sarah.” | There is no evidence that Davis Stockton was from the north of Ireland or that he was ever in Pennsylvania. | Ireland would be an unusual location to find "Stockton's". Later census records (1901) show very few Stockton's in Ireland. The 1841 census shows very few in Wales, and none in Scotland. Most Stocktons in 1841 were in England, and concentrated in Cheshire. It seems likely that Davis came from the Cheshire area, YDNA studies show Stocktons in that area bearing the same YDNA signature as that born by persons tracing their descent to Davis Stockton.
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Timeline 1740-1749
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| | 1740's | THE VIRGINIA LANDMARKS REGISTER, edited by Calder Loth, 1999, p. 11 "D. S. TAVERN, | Ivy vicinity, D. S. Tavern is one of Albemarle County's few remaining early ordinaries and the only one in the region to preserve its original bar cage. Tradition holds that the tavern marks the site of the D. S. Tree and the zero milepost of the Three-Notched Road, a principal artery from Richmond to the Shenandoah Valley in the 18th and 19th centuries. "D. S." is said to stand for David [sic] Stockton, who blazed the trail from Williamsburg and carved his initials on the tree. It could also stand for D. S. (Dissenters) Presbyterian Church, which stood in this area. The log section may have been constructed as a claims house. This one-room structure evolved with additions into an ordinary, functioning as such from the late 18th century until 1850. Chief Justice John Marshallheld title to the property from 1810 to 1813." |
| | 15 March 1741 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK NO. 20, 1741-1743, pp. 162-164, | "George the second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and Lawful Money . . . do Give Grant and Confirm unto William Whitesides One Certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing Four hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on both sides the South fork Mechums River . . . said William Whitesides . . . the Fifteenth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and forty one In the Fifteenth Year of our Reign . . . William Gooch" | Elizabeth Stockton, a daughter of Davis Stockton, married William Whiteside or Whitesides. There is a tradition that William Whiteside was born in Ireland, that he met and married Elizabeth Stockton in Ireland, and that three of William and Elizabeth (nee Stockton) Whiteside's children were born in Ireland. It also states that in about 1735 the William and Elizabeth Whiteside family, and the Davis Stockton family, left Ireland and traveled to America together. However, it does not appear that William and Elizabeth Whiteside had any children born by 1735, or even by 1737 when Davis Stockton is known to have been living in Goochland County, Virginia. William Whiteside was probably living in Goochland County before his 15 March 1741 patent. The first children of William and Elizabeth (nee Stockton) Whiteside appear to have been born about 1740 or 1741. It is very possible that William Whiteside and Elizabeth Stockton did not meet and marry in Ireland, but instead met and married in Goochland County, Virginia. | Evidence for the presence of Davis in the area by 1737 is needed. Evidence that Elizabeth was i fact a daughter of Davis, and that she married William Whiteside, is needed.
| | 15 March 1741 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK 20, 1741-1743, pp. 194-196, | "George the second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and Lawful Money . . . unto Davis Stockton One Certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing Four hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on both sides of Stockton's Branch of Mechum's River and bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at Richard Stockton's Corner . . . to a small Pine in Richard Stockton's line . . . unto said Davis Stockton . . . the Fifteenth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and forty one In the Fifteenth Year of our Reign . . . William Gooch." This 400 acre property was on the North Fork of Mechums River, also known as Stockton Creek. |
| | 28th April 1741 | ? | Goochland County _ Surveyed the 28th day of April 1741 For Richard Stockton of the Said County Four hundred acres of Kings Land on the branches of Mechums River in the aforesaid County. Bounded as Followeth - (to Witt) Begining at his own corner two pines and a white Oak Sapling between two rocks runing thence on new lines S: 68 degrees: E: 30 poles to pointers one pole from Ambrose Joshua Smiths corner white Oak thence on his line S_ 35 poles crossing Stocktons branch of Mechums River to a pine, S: 18 degrees E: 65 poles to pointers and S: 49 degrees E: 160 poles to his corner Small pine thence on new lines S: 65 degrees: E: 180 poles crossing a branch to pointers, S: 3 degrees W: 120 poles to pointers, N: 75 degrees: W: 200 poles to pointers and N: 41 degrees : W: 380 poles to pointers in the Said Stocktons line, thence on the Same N: 56: E: 138 poles to the first Station 1/3 Plantable 2/3 Barren Wm. Mayo, Surv. | On 28 April 1741 William Mayo surveyed 400 acres on "branches of Mechums River" for Richard Stockton. This property was part of Goochland County until September of 1744 when it became part of the newly formed Albemarle County, Virginia. William Mayo was the Goochland County Surveyor. When William Mayo died in 1744, Peter Jefferson, the father of Thomas Jefferson, became the new Goochland County Surveyor. [The symbol for degrees has been replaced with the word degrees in the above transcription.] | Richard Stockton is presumed to be a son of Davis, but direct evidence to that is needed.
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| | 6 July 1741 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK 19, 1739-1741, pp. 1006-1007, | "George the second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and Lawful Money . . . do Give Grant and Confirm unto David Stockdon one Certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing four hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on both sides the South fork of Mechum's River and Bounded as followith (to wit) Beginning at a red Oak and Hiccory Saplin on the North side of the said South fork . . . unto the said David Stockdon . . . the Sixth Day of July One thousand seven hundred and forty one In the Fifteenth Year of our Reign . . . James Blair" | The above 400 acre property on the South Fork of Mechum's River was the site of Davis Stockton's mill. The South Fork is also known as Stockton's Mill Creek. This 400 acre patent seems to be the source of the 100 acres that Samuel Stockton and William Stockton sold to Thomas Stockton on 13 June 1764. | Need documentation to support the fact that Davis Stockton operated a mill in the area, and specifically on this property.
| | 15 Sept. 1741 | GOOCHLAND COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1728-1744, by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, June 1975, revised 2004, p. 41 citing Order Book 5, Goochland County, 15 Sept. 1741 O.S., p. 3 | "Road to be Clear'd . . . On the Petition of . . . Davis Stockdon . . . Sam. Arnett [Samuel Arnold], Richard Stockdon, Thomas Stockdon . . . Leave is given to Clear a road from Thomas Morrisons to the D.S. tree in Michael Woods road. And that the Petitioners be exempt from working on any other road." |
| | 1741 | THE ROUTE OF THE THREE NOTCH'D ROAD: A PRELIMINARY REPORT, by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett and Howard H. Newlon, Jr., Jan 1976, Revised Sept 2003 | "The next year, 1741, found the Goochland Court issuing a Road Order for what apparently was to be the final segment of the Three Notch'd Road. This was a road from the Secretary's Ford on the Rivanna River (near the old woolen mill adjacent to I-64 on the east side of Charlottesville) to the D.S. Tree in Michael Wood's road (the road east from Wood's Gap to Ivy). According to Edgar Woods' History of Albemarle County, Virginia the D. S. Tree had, carved on it, the initials of Davis Stockdon, an early patentee of land near the present Ivy . . . it seems clear that this Mountain Road was marked about 1742 or 1743 (O. S.) along its length from Richmond to the Valley with three notches on trees at periodic intervals. It evidently already had mile markers running from west to east since No. 12 was located near the present Shadwell and Nos. 36 and 40 were near Goochland Court House. These mile markers may have later borne the "three notches" also, though it seems doubtful they were anything more than suitably inscribed trees since the "twelve mile tree" is named in one order. These numbers or markers were placed on the Mountain Road some years before it became the Three Notch'd Road, evidence of them first appearing in a Goochland Road Order of 17 May 1737 O.S. appointing Benjamin Wheeler surveyor of "part of the Mountain Road on the North side of James [Rivanna] River beginning at Number Twelve and ending at Number Thirty." Peter Jefferson, a previous surveyor of this road, probably made the measurements and marked or erected these. The fact that only the Mountain Road (later Three Notch'd) had mile markers seems significant of its status as a main east-west and west-east route. It seems likely that these markers were measured from the D.S. Tree near Ivy, which is approximately twelve miles from the present Shadwell." |
| | 1 March 1743 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK 22, 1743-1745, pp. 42-44, | "George the Second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty Shillings of good and Lawful Money . . . do Give Grant and Confirm unto Samuel Arnold one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing two hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on the Branches of Ivy Creek and bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at Captain Hudsons Corner . . . the First Day of March One thousand seven hundred and forty three In the Seventeenth Year of our Reign . . . William Gooch" | Thomas Stockton, a son of Davis Stockton, married Rachel Allen, a daughter of Samuel and Martha (nee Chapman) Allen. After Samuel Allen died Martha (nee Chapman) Allen married Samuel Arnold. The Samuel Arnold family was probably living next to the Davis Stockton family by 1740. It appears that Thomas Stockton met and married Rachel Allen in Goochland County, and their first children appear to have been born in Goochland County in about 1740. | Evidence needed that Thomas was in fact a son of Davis Stockton
| | 22 Aug 1745 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ORDER BOOK 1, 1744-1748, p. 45, | Mentions Joseph Kinkead, Andrew Wood and a road from Kinkead's house to Davis Stockton's mill. Rev. Edgar Woods wrote that the Stockton family "erected perhaps the first mill in that section of the county." | The mill site was later owned by Davis Stockton's sons Samuel and William Stockton. See 12 Mar 1760 deed from Samuel Stockton to William Stockton.
| | 29 March 1747 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, by Rev. Edgar Woods, 1901, pp. 362-363 "Ivy Creek, | Whereas it is agreed or proposed that ye Inhabitants of Ivy Creek and ye Mountain Plain Congregation joyn together with ye Congregation of Rockfish, to call and invite ye Reverend Samuel Black . . . to be our Minister and Pastor . . . do promise and oblige ourselves to pay yearly and every year ye several sums annexed to our names, for ye outward support and Incouragement of ye said Mr. Samuel Black . . . according to ye Rules and Practice of our Orthodox Reformed Presbyterian Church." Among those who promised support for Reverend Samuel Black were: Richard Stockton, 12 shillings; Davis Stockton, 1 pound, no shillings; Adam Gaudylock, 10 shillings; William Whiteside, 10 shillings; Thomas Whiteside, 10 shillings; Thomas Lockhart, 10 shillings; Michael Woods, 1 pound, 10 shillings; and Michael Woods Jr., 10 shillings. |
| | 26 Oct 1748 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, SURVEYOR'S PLAT BOOK, | | A survey for Davis Stockton for 312 acres on both sides of the South Fork of Mechum's River. This property was transfered to Francis Whelchel who married Martha Ann Stockton, a daughter of Davis Stockton. See Francis Whelchel 25 March 1762 land record below. | Need text of survey. Need evidence that Martha Ann was in fact a daughter of Davis Stockton
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| This is a Plat of 397 Acres of Land in Albemarle County lying on the branches of Metchum River Survd. for Sarah Stockton Octobr. 26 1748 . . . by Thos. Turpin, Asst. Sur. Sarah Stockton's survey of 397 acres is on the same page of the surveyor's book as Davis Stockton's survey for 312 acres. They are both dated "Octobr. 26 1748." On 29 Oct 1748 a survey of 400 acres for Davis Stockton on Branches of Mechams River.
| Need text of surveySee:Identity of Sarah Stockton in Albemarle Land Records, c1748-1773
| | 12 March 1749 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, SURVEYOR'S PLAT BOOK,
| | Adam Goudelock, 182 acres on a Spring Branch, neighbors Martha Stockton and Sarah Stockton. This was on what was then known as Virgin Spring Creek, but is now known as Dollins Creek. See Adam Gaudilock's 20 Aug 1760 patent for this 182 acre property. It mentions Martha Stockton's line and Sarah Stockton's line. Samuel Stockton became owner of the Sarah Stockton 397 acre patent on 1 March 1773. He sold 322 acres of the 397 acres on Virgin Spring Creek to R. Dollins on 8 Nov 1773. Hannah Stockton, a daughter of Davis Stockton, appears to have met and married Adam Goudelock in Albemarle County, Virginia. The Adam and Hannah (nee Stockton) Goudelock family moved to Union County, South Carolina.
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Timeline 1750-1759
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| | 14 August 1751 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY WILLS & DEEDS BOOK NO. 1, 1748-1752, pp. 348-350, 14 August 1751 | This indenture made this March the Second day in the twenty third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second & c. Anno Dom 1750 Between Paul Abney of County of Albemarle, Planter, of one part & John Graves of said County, Planter, of other part . . . a certain parcel of land being in County of Albemarle containing One hundred acres . . . unto John Graves his heirs & assigns forever In Witness whereof Paul Abney to these present hath set his hand & seal in presence of us Davis Stockton, Adam Goudylock, Robert Brenton, Wm. Whiteside . . . Paul Abney . . . At a Court held for Albemarle County the 14th day of August 1751. |
| | 10 March 1756 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK NO. 34, 1756-1765, p. 19,
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| "George the Second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and lawful Money . . . Do Give Grant & Confirm unto Sarah Stockton one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing Three hundred and ninety seven Acres lying and being in the County of Albemarle both Sides the Virgin - Spring - Branch of Mechum River and bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at a Pine in Davis Stockton's Line . . . the tenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and fifty six In the twenty ninth Year of our Reign . . . Robt. Dinwiddie" |
| | 16 Aug 1756 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK NO. 34, 1756-1765, pp. 144-145, | "George the second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and Lawful Money . . . Do Give Grant and Confirm unto Adam Gaudilock one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing four Hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Albemarle on the branches of the South fork of Meecham's River and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning at a Pointer in Henry Tyrells Line . . . to Pointers in Martha Stockton's line . . . to Pointers in Davis Stockton's line . . . the sixteenth day of August one thousand seven hundred fifty six In the Thirtieth Year of our Reign . . . Robt. Dinwiddie" |
| | March 1758 | need original source | An act of assembly, passed March 1758, the 31st year of the reign of King George II, some of the militia were called out for service in the early days of the French and Indian War, Annexed to this act, was a schedule of the names of the militia officers and soldiers, and the citizens who furnished provisions to that militia. This is the schedule pertaining to Albemarle County.
To Samuel Stockton, Thomas Jameson, Hugh Alexander, Robert Pogece, John Wallace, Adam Gaudilock, Michael Woods, jun. Bartholomew Ramsey, Henry Randolph, William Stockton, James Kinkade, Thomas Harbet, Henry Brenton, Joshua Woods, Alexander Jameson, Daniel Maupin, John Maupin, William Maupin, Matthew Mullins, Samuel Woods, William Whiteside, David Gass, Abraham Howard, Thomas Grubs, John Cowen, George Brackenridge, and William Pogue, 13s. each, 17 11 00
| | September, 1758 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, by Rev. Edgar Woods, 1901, p. 363 citing Hening's Statutes, VII, 203." | "Albemarle Company of Militia, lately in actual service for the defence and protection of the frontier against the Indians, September, 1758. Hening's Statutes, VII, 203." Captain James Nevill, Samuel Stockton, William Stockton, Adam Gaudylock, William Whiteside, Henry Brenton and Michael Woods, Jr., were among the 56 men mentioned as members of the Albemarle Company of Militia in William Waller Hening's 1820 book. Samuel and William Stockton were sons of Davis Stockton. Adam Goudelock and William Whiteside were sons-in-law of Davis Stockton. Adam Goudelock was married to Hannah Stockton, a daughter of Davis Stockton. William Whiteside was married to Elizabeth Stockton, also a daughter of Davis Stockton. Either Henry or Robert Brenton might have been a son-in-law of Davis Stockton. A 1773 record shows "Sarah Branton (late Sarah Stockton)." Michael Woods, Jr., was a neighbor of Davis Stockton. |
| | 8 Nov 1758 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEED BOOK 2, p. 88, . | November the 8th day 1758 . . Then received of Mr. Davis Stockton fourty pounds current money of Virginia in full of all Bills Bonds Boock Debts and Accts and in full of all contracts and agreements that ever was between the said Stockton and me . . . Thomas Lankford . . . Test Adam Goudilock . . . Samuel Stockton . . . At a Court held for Albemarle County the eight day of March 1759 . . . This Receipt was proved by the oath of Samuel Stockton one of the witnesses thereto and on the motion of Davis Stocton ordered to be recorded. |
| Last record showing that Davis Stockton (2) was alive. Given that he was deceased by January 1762, this action might be interpreted as Davis settling up his affairs, suggesting that he perhaps knew his death was imminent. While reasonable, that is, of course, sheer speculation.
| | March 1759 | ABEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEED BOOK 3, p. | | Samuel Stockton to William Stockton, 204 acres on the South Fork of Mechum's River where the mill stands on Stockton's Mill Creek. William Stockton sold this 204 acre property to James Garland in 1767.
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Timeline 1760-1780
| 20 August 1760 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK NO. 34, 1756-1765, pp. 687-688, | "George the Second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty Shillings of good and Lawful Money . . . Do Give Grant and Confirm unto Adam Gaudilock One Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Containing One hundred and Eighty two Acres lying and being in the County of Albemarle on the Virgin Spring Branch and Bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at pointers in Martha Stockton's line and running thence . . . to pointers in Sarah Stockton's line . . . to pointers in Thomas Shields's line . . . the twentieth Day of August one thousand seven hundred and Sixty In the thirty fourth Year of our Reign . . . Fran: Fauquier." |
| | 25 March 1762 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK, NO. 34, 1756-1765, pp. 990-991, | "George the Third . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Thirty five Shillings of good and lawful Money . . . Do Give Grant and Confirm Unto Francis Welchell one Certain Tract or Parcel of land Containing three hundred and twelve Acres Lying and being in the County of Albemarle on both sides of Mitchum River . . . the Twenty fifth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and Sixty two In the Second Year of our Reign . . . Frans. Fauquier." | Francis Whelchel sold this 312 acre property to Patrick Davis on 14 April 1763. See 26 Oct 1748 survey of 312 acres for Davis Stockton. See: ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, SURVEYOR'S PLAT BOOK, 29 Oct 1748 "This is a plat of 400 Acres of Land in Albemarle County lying on the branches of Metchum River Survd. for Davis Stockton Octobr. 29th 1748 by Thos. Turpin . . . Virgin Spr. Cr." |
| | 14 January 1762 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WILL BOOK 2, p. 114 | Stockton Appraisal Pursuant to an Order of the Worshipful Court of Albemarle and in obedience to the sd Order We the Subscribers have appraised the Estate of Davis Stockton Decd. as follows Viz To 9 Hogs ₤2..15.. To 1 Horse ₤3 To 4 Cattle ₤6..5 . . . . ₤12 _____ To 1 Bed and furniture ₤1..10. To 1 Chest 2/6 . . . . . . . . . . 1 12 6 To 1 Riding Coat 20/ To 1 Waist Coat 12/6 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12 6 To Pewter 10/. To 2 Iron Pots 9/1. To Knives and forks 5/ . . . .1 4 __ To a Parcel of Wooden Ware 7/. To 2 Books 5/ . . . . . . . . . 12 __ To 1 Cow sold ₤2..5.. To 1 Churn 1/3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 3 To 1 C. weight of Poark 16/8. 1 Bell 3/6 1 Barrl 2/6 . . . . . . 1 2 8 To Iron Ware ₤2..0..10 To 1 mare and Colt ₤13..10 . . . . 15 10 10 Totall . . . 36 00 9 Given under our hands January 8th 1762. William Grayson James Coffey Chas Lambert This appraisment was returned to Albemarle County Court the fourteenth Day of January 1762 and Ordered to be recorded Test John Nicholas Clk | | Demonstrates clearly that Davis Stockton (2) has died by 14 January 18, 1762. His last known record is dated 8 Nov 1758 , indicating that he died between the end of 1758 and the beginning of 1762. HIs DOD his commonly given as 1760, but in truth it could have occurred almost anytime within the three year period between these two records.
| | 23 July 1762 | DAVID LEWIS JR. OF VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA, by Chester R. Johnson, c.1995 Albemarle County, Virginia, Court Records, | David Lewis of St. Anns Parish, Albemarle Co., appointed Alexander Baine of Henrico Co., his attorney to recover from several persons the sums of money or tobacco listed by their names which are now due and owed to him: In Albemarle County, Virginia, about 125 men including: Samuel Arnall, 11 pounds, 15 shillings, 10 pence, 3 farthings Francis Whelchel, 3 pounds, 10 shillings, 6 pence Wm. & Saml. Stockton, 9 pounds, 2 shillings, 10 pence Thos. Stockton, 1 pound, 4 shillings, 10 pence Richd. Stockton, 10 shillings Adam Goudelock, 1 pound, 4 shillings, 6 pence, 3 farthings Recorded in court, 13 Aug 1762 David Lewis Junr. seal |
| | 13 June 1764 | ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEED BOOK, pp. 480-482, | "This Indenture maid the thirteen Day of June one thousand and seven Hundred & Sixty four Between Samuel Stockton & William Stockton & their wives each & every of them of the Parish of St. Anns & County of Albemarle yeoman of the other part & Thomas Stockton wheel Wright . . . one hundred pounds current Money of Virginia . . . unto Thomas Stockton . . . one hundred acres lying & being in the County of Albemarle on Both sides the South fork of Mitchams River which said land was Granted to Samuel Stockton & William Stockton by Patent bearing Date the sixt Day of July one thousand Seven hundred & Forty one . . . Samuel Stockton . . . William Stockton . . . Prudence Stockton . . . Jane Stockton . . . Test . . . John Nicholas Clk" | It does not appear that there was a patent to Samuel and William Stockton on 6 July 1741, there was however a patent to Davis Stockton on 6 July 1741 for 400 acres "on both sides the South fork of Mechum's River." | Davis Stockton was deceased by 1762 when an inventory of his estate was published. If the property involved in this sale was in fact part of Davis Stockton's 1741 acquisition, that is presumptive evidence that Samuel, and William Stockton were his heirs. Most likely Thomas was also an heir and was buying out his brothers share of the property. However, at this date primogeniture, especially in the absence of a will, would have dictated that only the eldest son would have inherited this property. This may indicate something more complex than Samuel and William having received the land as Davis' sons and heirs, or that the property in question was not actually the 1741 property of Davis. The fact that Thomas Stockton is given the by name of "Wheelwright" may be an indication that there were more than one Thomas Stockton's in the area.
| | 7 July 1767, | THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL MAGAZINE AND TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY Volume IX, 1904, pp. 69-70 1. | William and Elizabeth Whiteside to Adam Dean, three hundred and seventy-three acres or thereabout. Witnessed by William Winston, William Grayson, William Stockton and Maryan Winston. 2. May 11, 1768, William Whiteside, bill of sale of mare, etc., to George Davidson. Witnessed by Michael Woods, Jr., and Samuel Davison. 3. September 19, 1769, William and Elizabeth Whiteside to Adam Dean, one hundred and eight-one acres. Witnesses: Samuel Stockton, John Davis, James Walker and Prudence Stockton. 4. August 6, 1770, writ dispatched from Albemarle to Amherst to examine Elizabeth Whiteside as to whether her consent was freely given to the last mentioned transfer. Commission executed by Timothy Riggs and John Robinson, Esquires, of Amherst, and their return ordered to be recorded by Albemarle Court at the session of March, 1771. |
| | 1 March 1773 | VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE PATENT BOOK NO. 41, 1772-1773, pp. 130-131, | 1 March 1773 "Whereas by one Patent under the Seal of this our Colony & Dominion of Virginia bearing date the tenth Day of March one thousand seven hundred & fifty six there was granted unto Sarah Stockton one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing three hundred & ninety seven Acres in the County of Albemarle on both sides the Virgin Spring Branch of Mechum River . . . Whereas Sarah Branton (late Sarah Stockton) hath failed to pay such Quitrents, & Samuel Stockton hath made humble Suit to our, late Lieutenant & Governor General of our said Colony & Dominion & hath obtained a Grant for the same . . . Do Give Grant & Confirm unto the said Samuel Stockton the said Tract . . . Begining at a Pine in Davis Stocktons Line . . . the first day of March one thousand and seven hundred & seventy three, in the thirteenth Year of our Reign . . . Dunmore"
| From ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, 1999: Feme sole: "in law, a single woman, including women not married, widows, divorcees, and married women living independently and separately from their husbands." Feme sole is sometimes shown with the French spelling of femme seule. It appears that in the 1700's a male needed to be 21 to buy property, however, a female could buy property at age 18 if she was a feme sole, that is, an unmarried woman. A woman had to be a feme sole to buy property in her own name, and it is rare to find a married woman who was a feme sole. Although it is not impossible, it appears unlikely that the Sarah mentioned the 1748, 1756, 1760 and 1773 records is the wife of Davis Stockton. The Sarah mentioned in the land records might have been either a widow of an unknown Davis Stockton son, or more likely an unmarried daughter of Davis Stockton.
As an unmarried female it appears she could by land in her own name at age 18. This is also what appears to be the case with Martha Ann Stockton who married Francis Whelchel. Martha Stockton and Sarah Stockton are mentioned on a 12 March 1749 survey for Adam Goudelock. On 14 August 1751 Davis Stockton, Adam Goudylock, William Whiteside and Robert Brenton were witnesses to a deed. 1 March 1773 patent "Whereas Sarah Branton (late Sarah Stockton) hath failed to pay such Quitrents." It could be that Davis Stockton helped his daughters purchase land next to his property. There is no proof as to whether the Sarah Stockton mentioned in the land records was Davis Stockton's wife, daughter, widowed daughter-in-law or some other relationship.
SPOUSE: The maiden name of Davis Stockton's wife is shown by some researchers as Goudelock, however, there is no evidence that name is correct. Several other possible maiden names have also been put forward including Anthony, Arnold, Morgan, Whiteside, Woods and Wooten, all without any evidence that they are correct. Davis Stockton's wife is sometimes shown as Sarah Anthony Goudelock. That is just a combination of two of her possible maiden names. Many researchers show the first name of Davis Stockton's wife as Sarah, but that name is presented without proof. The Sarah Stockton shown in property records appears to be a daughter of Davis Stockton, and not the wife of Davis Stockton. Other researchers show the wife of Davis Stockton as Martha, but that name appears to come from a mistake by Rev. Edgar Woods in his 1901 book. Rev. Woods thought that Martha (nee Chapman) Arnold was the widow of Davis Stockton, she was not, she was the widow of Samuel Allen. Rev. Edgar Woods wrote "Davis died in 1760. His widow Martha seems afterwards to have been married to Samuel Arnold, who lived on Ivy Creek." Rev. Woods was not correct about Davis Stockton's widow being married to Samuel Arnold after the death of Davis Stockton. Rev. Woods probably read Martha (nee Chapman) Arnold's affidavit of 1765 that included "my Trusty and Loving Son Thomas Stockton." Thomas Stockton had married Rachel Allen, a daughter of Martha (nee Chapman) and her first husband, Samuel Allen. After the death of Samuel Allen, the Widow Martha Allen married Samuel Arnold. Martha (nee Chapman) Arnold was referring to her son-in-law, Thomas Stockton.
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