Stockton – GOODSPEED HISTORIES

County House, Part Six

May 6, 2026 By Marfy Goodspeed in Anderson, County House series, Stockton No Comments Tags: crime, politics, portraits

Political Animosity in the 1790s

Part Five concluded with the election of October 1794 when Jacob Anderson was chosen as Sheriff, despite being attacked by his opponent William Lowrey. In addition to maligning Anderson, William Lowrey had actually taken him to court, claiming he was not a qualified freeholder. The court affirmed Anderson’s standing, but the case is especially interesting because of the people who backed Lowrey’s claim and because opposition to Anderson was rooted in political differences.

Aristocratical Stocktons

October 19, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Anderson, Hunterdon, Stockton Tags: legislation, politics, portraits, The Revolution

Party Politics in 1803

Recently, my son, Ben Zimmer, sent me a clipping that a friend of his had found in the Trenton True American for March 7, 1803. This friend, Barry Popik, was researching the expression “Uncle Sam,” (see “New Light on “Uncle Sam”), and had found an instance of its use in this letter to the editor:

Stockton Tree

October 19, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Stockton Tags: family trees

This example of a Stockton family tree is very tentative. I have not done a lot of research on this family and expect to be making additions and corrections over time. My purpose in compiling this tree is to show how the family of Richard and Annis Stockton of Princeton, featured in my article “Aristocratical Stocktons,” connected with the rest of the Stockton family. I have underlined the names of those mentioned in that article.