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.

The tree begins with the immigrant Stockton, Richard, and his wife Abigail Hunt, who was born in Flushing, Queens. Their son Richard was the first to settle in Princeton, NJ.

First Generation

Richard Stockton Sr. (1620 – 1707) & Abigail Hunt (1630 – 1714)

Second Generation

|     (2) Job Stockton (1654 – 1732) & Anna Petty (1685 – 1746)
|     (2) Hannah Stockton (1658 – 1710) & Philip Phillips (1678 – 1740)
|     (2) Richard Stockton (c.1665 – 1709) & Susannah Witham (1668 – 1749)
|     (2) Abigail Stockton (1667 – 1726) & Richard Ridgway (1654 – 1723)
|     (2) Mary Stockton (1669 – 1749) & Thomas Shinn Sr. (1666 – 1695)
|     (2) Sarah Stockton (1670 – 1714) & Benjamin Jones (1670 – 1702)
|     (2) John Stockton (1674 – 1747) & Mary Leeds (1685 – 1720)
|     (2) Elizabeth Bloomfield Stockton (1680 – 1738) & William Budd (1680 – 1727)

Third Generation

(males with known children only)
|     (2) Richard Stockton & Susannah Witham
|     |     (3) Richard Stockton (~1693 – 1760) & Esther Smith (1697 – 1760)
|     |     (3) Samuel Stockton (1695 – 1739)
|     |     |    m. 1) Amy Doughty (1702-1725)
|     |     |    m. 2) Rachel Stout (1708 – 1771)
|     |     (3) Joseph Stockton (1697 – 1770) & Elizabeth Doughty (1707 – 1781)
|     |     (3) Robert Stockton (1699 – 1745) & Rebecca Phillips (1713 – ?)
|     |     (3) John Stockton (1701 – 1758) & Abigail Phillips (1708 – 1757)
|     |     (3) Thomas Stockton (1703 – ?)

|     (2) John Stockton & Mary Leeds
|     |     (3) Daniel Stockton (1705 – 1763) & Hannah Fisher (1710 – 1797)
|     |     (3) Rebecca Stockton (1707 – 1762)
|     |     (3) David Stockton (1709 – 1763) & Ruth Lippincott (c.1710 – ?)
|     |     (3) Mary Stockton (1710 – 1786)
|     |     (3) Rachel Stockton (c.1715 – ?)
.     .      No further information on this family.

Fourth Generation

|     (2) Richard Stockton & Susannah Witham
|     |     (3) Richard Stockton & Esther Smith
|     |     |     (4) Ruth Stockton (1729 – 1798) & John Scott (1719 – 1777)
|     |     |     (4) John Stockton (1732 – 1800)
|     |     |     |    m. 1) Daughter Doughty (c.1720 – ?)
|     |     |     |    m. 2) Amy Ruth King (1739 – 1819)
|     |     |     (4) Doughty Stockton (1738 – 1811) & Sarah Scott (c.1770 – 1830)

|     |     (3) Robert Stockton & Rebecca Phillips
|     |     |     (4) Robert Stockton Esq. (1734 – 1805) & Helena McComb (c.1734 – 1819)
|     |     |     (4) Dr. Ebenezer Stockton – no information
|     |     |     (4) Job Stockton – no information
|     |     |     (4) Elizabeth Stockton (c.1740 – ?) & Edward Higgins (c.1730 – 1786)

|     |     (3) John Stockton & Abigail Phillips
|     |     |     (4) Richard Stockton (1730 – 1781) & Annis Boudinot (1736 – 1801)
|     |     |     (4) Sarah Stockton and John Stockton, died as infants
|     |     |     (4) Hannah Stockton (1736 – 1808) & Elias Boudinot (1740 – 1821)
.     .      .     .     – brother of Elisha Boudinot (1749 – 1819)
|     |     |     (4) Abigail Stockton (1738 – 1817)
|     |     |     (4) Susanna Stockton (1741 – 1772)
|     |     |     (4) Rev. Phillip Stockton (1746 – 1792) & Katherine Cumming
|     |     |     (4) Capt. John Stockton (c.1746? – 1792)
|     |     |     (4) Rebecca Stockton (1748 – ?)
|     |     |     (4) Samuel Witham Stockton (1751 – 1795) & Catharine Cox (1764 – ?)

Fifth Generation

|     (2) Richard Stockton & Susannah Witham
|     |     (3) Richard Stockton & Esther Smith
|     |     |     (4) Ruth Stockton & John Scott1
|     |     |     |     (5) Sarah Scott (c.1770 – 1830)
|     |     |     |     |    m. 1) Doughty Stockton (1738 – 1811)
|     |     |     |     |    m. 2) Joseph King Sr. (1746 – 1834)
|     |     |     |     (5) James Scott (1775 – 1850) & Mary Rittenhouse (1783 – after 1860)

|     |     |     (4) John Stockton & 2) Amy King
|     |     |     |     (5) Joseph Stockton (c.1768 – 1805) & Sarah Wolverton (1784 – 1875)
|     |     |     |     (5) Abigail Stockton (1776 – 1864) & Amos Gregg Lundy (1778 – 1851)
|     |     |     |     (5) John King Stockton (1781 – 1850) & Sarah Wolverton (1784 – 1875)

|     |     (3) Samuel Stockton & Rachel Stout
|     |     |     (4) According to his will, dated October 12, 1739, his children were: Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Ame, Rachel and Ruth, all of them underage in 1739.

|     |     (3) Robert Stockton & Rebecca Phillips
|     |     |     (4) Robert Stockton, Esq. & Helena McComb
|     |     |     |     (5) Job Stockton (1752 – 1820)
|     |     |     |     (5) James Stockton (1754 – 1807)
|     |     |     |     (5) Elizabeth Stockton (1759 – 1807)
|     |     |     |     (5) Ebenezer Stockton (1760 – 18137)
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Stockton (1766 – 1801) & Thomas Potts Johnson (c.1760 – 1838)
|     |     |     |     (5) Ann (Nancy) Stockton (1766 – 1837)

|     |     (3) John Stockton & Abigail Phillips
|     |     |     (4) Richard Stockton & Annis Boudinot
|     |     |     |     (5) Julia Stockton (1759 – 1848) & Benjamin Rush, MD (1745 – 1813)
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Stockton (1762 – 1846) & Andrew Hunter (1750 – 1823)
|     |     |     |     (5) Hon. Richard Stockton (1764 – 1828) & Mary Field (1766 – 1837)
|     |     |     |     (5) Lucius Horatio Stockton (1765 – 1835) & Sarah [?] Milnor
|     |     |     |     (5) Abigail Abby Stockton (1773 – 1856) & Robert Field (1775 – 1810)

|     |     |     (4) Hannah Stockton & Elias Boudinot
|     |     |     |     (5) Susan Vergereau Boudinot (1764 – 1854) & William Bradford (c.1760 – c.1795)

|     |     |     (4) Rev. Phillip Stockton & Catharine Cumming
|     |     |     |     (5) Lucius Witham Stockton (1771 – 1808) & Eliza Augusta Coxe (1775 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) William Tennent Stockton (1782 – 1823) & Ann Williamson (1784 – 1867)2

|     |     |     (4) Samuel Witham Stockton & Catharine Cox
|     |     |     |     (5) John Cox Stockton (1786 – 1869) & Ann Stillwell
|     |     |     |     (5) Elias Boudinot Stockton (1787 – 1818)
|     |     |     |     (5) Julia Witham Stockton
|     |     |     |     (5) Francis Bowes Stockton & Arabella Loney
|     |     |     |     (5) Esther Cox Stockton & John Loney

Sixth Generation

Selected members who lived in Hunterdon Co.
|     (2) Richard Stockton & Susannah Witham
|     |     (3) Richard Stockton & Esther Smith
|     |     |     (4) John Stockton & 2) Amy King
|     |     |     |     (5) John King Stockton & Sarah Wolverton
|     |     |     |    |    (6) Joseph Stockton (1807 – 1829)
|     |     |     |    |    (6) William Stockton (1809 – 1897) & Harriet (c.1815 – )
|     |     |     |    |    (6) Samuel Stockton (1812 – 1884)
|     |     |     |    |    (6) * Hon. John P. Stockton (1814 – 1912)
|     |     |     |    |    |    m. 1) Lavinia Van Ness (1819-1841)
|     |     |     |    |    |    m. 2) Eliza Ann Holcombe (c.1820 – bef. 1843)
|     |     |     |    |    |    m. 1) Elizabeth Moore (1821-1855)
|     |     |     |    |    (6) Horatio Nelson Stockton (1817 – 1881) & Nancy Walker (1834 – )
|     |     |     |    |    (6) * James W. Stockton (1820 – 1885) & Elizabeth Vanderbilt (1820 – 1899)
|     |     |     |    |    (6) Amy Stockton (1822 – 1822)
|     |     |     |    |    (6) Richard Stockton (1823 – after 1900) & Deborah Harrison (1823-1872)
|     |     |     |    |    (6) Rachel Stockton (1828 – 1829)
* Only these two children remained in Hunterdon County

Footnotes:

  1. This family is included because of its prominence in Kingwood Township.
  2. Their son, Richard Lucius Stockton, died at the Alamo in 1836. See Comments below.