A Mystery Solved

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Lockerbie stone copy

A Guest Post by Pamela Jean Milam
Great Granddaughter of Jane Bell Lockerbie Wilson

Last April, I received an email from a reader, Pamela Milam, describing a tragic incident in her family’s history. I was struck by how unusual and dramatic it was and encouraged her to write it up. But she knew it needed more research, so she set to work. Each version she sent me was better than the previous one, and in time she finished the story, as it is presented here. I hope Pamela’s experience will encourage others to consider writing up a chapter of their own family history. It can be very rewarding.

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Aristocratical Stocktons

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Stockton, Richard Sr

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:

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Stockton Tree

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Stockton Tree

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.

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