Person:James Stockwell (4)

Mr.
James Stockwell
died
6 Dec 1827 Ae.
47.

James Stockwell [husband of Elizabeth] Died Dec 6th. 1827.
[Note: this death date is entered into family register of James and Elizabeth who first child was born 1786, i.e., the father and his second wife, and is entered in the wrong place. A person born about 1780, as the age at death on the gravestone gives, could not have had a child in 1786, and the father's probate shows he died in 1811, naming both this James and the children found in this family register in his will.]

6 Feb 1828: Petition of Lydia Stockwell widow of James Stockwell late of Warwick yeoman Deceased Intestate that Lemuel Wheelock of Warwick be appointed administrator of said deceased. Bond given the same date.
20 Feb 1828: Inventory of the Estate of James Stockwell Yeoman late of Warwick: real: $1700; personal: $1089.65, by Justus Russell, Joseph Stevens, Jonathan Blake Jr..
6 Mar 1828: Petition of Lydia Stockwell widow of James Stockwell "that I have meat with a misfortune and lost the use of one hand which deprives me of my labor and cannot earn but very little and should I live to the common age I fear I should be in [dist???] circumstances", requests an allowance out of the personal estate. Allowed $100.
11 Mar 1828: James Stockwell a miner [sic] above the age of fourteen, son of James Stockwell late of Warwick made choice of Lemuel Wheelock to be his guardian. [Also called his "only heir" in the petition of Lydia Stockwell to have her dower set off to her.]
15 Mar 1828: set off to the widow Lydia Stockwell for her dower. Assent by Lydia Stockwell widow of said deceased, and Lemuel Wheelock guardian of James Stockwell.
4 Feb 1829: Account of Lemuel Wheelock administrator on the Estate of James Stockwell late of Warwick Deceased, allowed.
[Note: there is a guardian document dated 1816 for Elizabeth Stockwell, which clearly was required by the estate of the father, since this James did not die until 1826, and as that Elizabeth was over 14, was born before this James was married, and must be the daughter Betsy of the father who was b. 1799 per Warwick records. Included in the file is correspondence of a researcher pointing out exactly that.]