"Probate Records. Volume VIII, 1710 to 1715.
"Stocking, John. Court Record, Page 143—1st June, 1713: Per act of the General Assembly, this Court do order and direct George Stocking and Daniel Stocking of Middletown to sell so much of the lands of their brother John Stocking of Middletown (an idiot) as may produce the sum of £40 to be improved for his comfortable subsistenance for the payment of just debts. And they are to sell such lands of the sd. John Stocking as lie in the Township of Hartford."
"Probate Records. Vol. X, 1723 to 1729. Invt. in Vol. XII, Page 201.
Stocking, John, Middletown. Invt. £632-04-00. Taken 29 March, 1726-7, by Capt. William Savage, Capt. John Warner and Joseph Whitmore.
Court Record, Page 109—7 December, 1725: Adms. granted to Daniel Stocking, brother of sd. decd., and Samuel Stow.
Page 153—2 May, 1727: The Adms. exhibit now an account of their Adms. Accepted.
Agreement on File: We whose names are underwritten, being the heirs of John Stocking, late of Middletown decd., have agreed upon a distribution of the estate: First, to the heirs of George Stocking of Middletown, to Daniel Stocking, to Bethiah Stow, to Lydia Ranney, to each of them their single parts of sd. estate. Signed and sealed July, 1727.
THOMAS X STOW, LS.
BETHIA X STOW, LS.
DANIEL STOCKING, LS.
LYDIA RANNEY, LS.
STEPHEN STOCKING, LS.
SAMUEL STOCKING, LS.
GEORGE STOCKING, LS.
JOHN CHURCHILL, LS.
ELIZABETH X STOCKING, LS.
BETHIA X STOCKING ALIAS CHURCHILL.
SAMUEL HALL, LS., GUARDIAN TO NATHANIEL STOCKING.
Page 158—3 July, 1727: Agreement acknowledged in Court and accepted."