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Deacon Samuel Stocking
b.Est 1627
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
Deacon Samuel Stocking |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Est 1627 |
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| Marriage |
27 May 1652 |
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Bethia Hopkins |
| Will[4] |
13 Nov 1683 |
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
| Alt Death[2] |
3 Dec 1683 |
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
| Will[4] |
25 Dec 1683 |
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesCodicil. |
| Death[4] |
30 Dec 1683 |
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
| Alt Death[3] |
31 Dec 1683 |
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
| Probate[4] |
6 Mar 1684 |
Will proved. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Stocking, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
6:544.
"Samuel Stocking, b. say 1627; …"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2 Samuel Stocking, in Stocking, Hobart E. (Hobart Ebey), and Charles H. W. (Charles Henry Wright) Stocking. The Stocking ancestry. (Stillwater, Oklahoma: H. E. Stocking, 1981)
10.
Deacon Samuel was b. in England; emigrated with his father in 1633, and in 1650 rem. from Hartford to Middletown, Conn., where he became one of its founders, and was one of the three signers of the Indian deed of Middletown. He was the first deacon in the Middletown church, organized in 1668, and was representative in the state assembly in 1658, '59, '65, '69, '74, '77, and '81. His house stood in Upper Middletown, now the town of Cromwell, Deacon Samuel d. December 3, 1683, and his widow m. 2d James Steele, of Hartford. Samuel was a sergeant in King Philip's war. In 1676 he was listed as Sargt. Middleton Traine Band. He was an extensive ship builder and owner.
- ↑ Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
434.
Samuell, Dea., d. Dec. 31, 1683 [LR1:41].
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Stocking, Deacon Samuel sen., Middletown, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
1:367-68.
"Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 168-9.
Stocking, Deacon Samuel sen., Middletown. Died 30 December, 1683. Invt. £648-08-08. Taken by Giles Hamlin, William Ward. The children: Samuel 27 years of age, John 23, George 19, Ebenezer 17, Steven 10, Daniel 6 years old, Bethia Stow 25, Lydia Stocking 21 years. Will dated 13 November, 1683.
I Samuel Stocking of Middletown do leave this my last Will & Testament: I give unto my loveing wife Bethia Stocking my whole Homestead lying on the both sides of the Highway with all ye Buildings thereon thereunto belonging, with my whole Lott in the Long Meadow, with my Lott at Pistol Poynt, & half of my Meadow lying on the other side of the Brook, that part of it that lyeth next to the Great River, with all my Meadow Lands at Wongunk, together with all my Stock & Moveables; these I give my wife during her Widowhood, and upon marrying again I Will to her £4 yearly to be raised out of that Estate which I have agreed to my son Daniel Stocking. I give to my son Samuel Stocking my whole Allottment upon the Hill between the Land of Lt. White and Israel Willcox, only excepting 6 acres adjoining to the Land of Lt. White, which I give to my daughter Bethia. Moreover I give to my son Samuel the remaining half of the Meadow over the Brook, with 10 acres of the Swamp adjoining to it. I give him my whole Allottment at the Cold Spring on the west side of the Way to Hartford. I give to him, sd. son Samuel, the whole of my Lott at Pipe Stave Swamp, with the half of my Allottment next unto Wethersfield Bounds, with the halfe of my Lott at Pistol Poynt, upon his Mother's decease. I give unto my son John Stocking the whole of the Land and Buildings at my Father Stocking's decease bequeathed me by his last Will, within the Bounds of Hartford. I give unto my daughter Lydia my Lott lying next unto Thomas Ranny's, and butting upon ye Commons West and Dead Swamp East, with a good Milk Cow, to be delivered her within 12 months after my decease. I give to my sons George & Ebenezer all my Lands on the East side of the Great River, to be equally divided between them, excepting the of my Great Lott next unto Haddam Bounds. I give to my son Steven my whole Lott upon the Hill, bounded upon ye Lands of Thomas Rannie North, the Commons East, West & South, with my whole Allottment in Boggy Meadow, with all my Meadow & Upland in the farther Neck, giving the Improvement of the Boggy Meadow unto my son Samuel till the abovesd. child is of age to inherit. I give to my son Samuell (Daniel, see original paper on File) my whole Homestead lying on both sides of the Highway, with my Lott in the Long Meadow, with half my Lott at Pistoll poynt, with of my Lott lying on the West side of the way as you goe to Hartford, adjoining to the Land of Anthony Martin on the North, the Land of Thomas Ranny South, the Highway & Commons West. This I say I give to my son Daniel, that is to say, the West end of it, the other halfe of sd. Lott to be to my son Samuel. These aforementioned parcells of Land as specified I give to him my sd. son Daniel & his heirs forever, with the other halfe of my Lott next Weathersfield Bounds. I give to our Pastor, Rev. Nathaniel Collins, £3, my son Samuel to be sole Executor. After the decease or marriage of my wife, my Estate to be equally divided amongst my children. I desire Mr. Nath. White & John Savage sen. to be Overseers.
SAMUEL STOCKING SEN.
Witness: Nath: White, John Savage sen.
A Codicil, without Change of the above, signed 25 December, 1683.
Court Record, Page 85—6 March, 1684: Will proven."
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