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Note: Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton married Abigail ___?___ .
There is absolutely no evidence that Abigail's maiden name was Bloomfield. There is absolutely no evidence that Abigail's maiden name was Hunt. There is absolutely no evidence that Governor Richard Hunt had a daughter named Abigail. There is absolutely no evidence that Abigail was married to a Mr. Bloomfield before she married Richard Stockton.
Researchers who show her maiden name as Bloomfield are just GUESSING but it presenting it as FACT. Researchers who show her maiden name as Hunt are just GUESSING but it presenting it as FACT. Researchers who show Governor Richard Hunt had a daughter named Abigail are just GUESSING but it presenting it as FACT. Researchers who show Abigail was married to a Mr. Bloomfield before she married Richard Stockton are just GUESSING but it presenting it as FACT.
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Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton (c.1635-1707)
Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of Flushing to Governor Stuyvesant, December 27, 1657
Right Honorable
You have been pleased to send unto us a certain prohibition or command that we should not receive or entertain any of those people called Quakers because they are supposed to be, by some, seducers of the people. For our part we cannot condemn them in this case, neither can we stretch out our hands against them, for out of Christ God is a consuming fire, and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Wee desire therefore in this case not to judge least we be judged, neither to condemn least we be condemned, but rather let every man stand or fall to his own Master. Wee are bounde by the law to do good unto all men, especially to those of the household of faith. And though for the present we seem to be unsensible for the law and the Law giver, yet when death and the Law assault us, if wee have our advocate to seeke, who shall plead for us in this case of conscience betwixt God and our own souls; the powers of this world can neither attach us, neither excuse us, for if God justifye who can condemn and if God condemn there is none can justifye.
And for those jealousies and suspicions which some have of them, that they are destructive unto Magistracy and Ministerye, that cannot bee, for the Magistrate hath his sword in his hand and the Minister hath the sword in his hand, as witnesse those two great examples, which all Magistrates and Ministers are to follow, Moses and Christ, whom God raised up maintained and defended against all enemies both of flesh and spirit; and therefore that of God will stand, and that which is of man will come to nothing. And as the Lord hath taught Moses or the civil power to give an outward liberty in the state, by the law written in his heart designed for the good of all, and can truly judge who is good, who is evil, who is true and who is false, and can pass definitive sentence of life or death against that man which arises up against the fundamental law of the States General; soe he hath made his ministers a savor of life unto life and a savor of death unto death.
The law of love, peace and liberty in the states extending to Jews, Turks and Egyptians, as they are considered sons of Adam, which is the glory of the outward state of Holland, soe love, peace and liberty, extending to all in Christ Jesus, condemns hatred, war and bondage. And because our Saviour sayeth it is impossible but that offences will come, but woe unto him by whom they cometh, our desire is not to offend one of his little ones, in whatsoever form, name or title hee appears in, whether Presbyterian, Independent, Baptist or Quaker, but shall be glad to see any thing of God in any of them, desiring to doe unto all men as we desire all men should doe unto us, which is the true law both of Church and State; for our Saviour sayeth this is the law and the prophets.
Therefore if any of these said persons come in love unto us, we cannot in conscience lay violent hands upon them, but give them free egresse and regresse unto our Town, and houses, as God shall persuade our consciences, for we are bounde by the law of God and man to doe good unto all men and evil to noe man. And this is according to the patent and charter of our Towne, given unto us in the name of the States General, which we are not willing to infringe, and violate, but shall houlde to our patent and shall remaine, your humble subjects, the inhabitants of Vlishing. Written this 27th of December in the year 1657, by mee. Edward Hart, Clericus
Tobias Feake, Nathaniell Tue, The marke of William Noble, Nicholas Blackford, William Thorne, Seignior, The marke of Micah Tue, The marke of William Thorne, Jr., The marke of Philip Ud, Edward Tarne, Robert Field, senior, John Store, Robert Field, junior, Nathaniel Hefferd, Nich Colas Parsell, Benjamin Hubbard, Michael Milner, The marke of William Pidgion, Henry Townsend, The marke of George Clere, George Wright, Elias Doughtie, John Foard, Antonie Field, Henry Semtell, Richard Stockton, Edward Hart, Edward Griffine, John Mastine, John Townesend, Edward Farrington
Note: Richard Stockton (c.1635-1707) was one of the 30 brave souls who on December 27, 1657, signed the Flushing Remonstrance. The inhabitants of the town of Vlissingen / Vlissing (now Flushing, Long Island, New York) were mostly English, but they were living in Dutch controlled New Netherland. The Flushing Remonstrance was protesting Governor Petrus Stuyvesant's policy that they "should not receive or entertain any of those people called Quakers." Petrus Stuyvesant was the Dutch Governor of New Netherland and a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, the official religious institution of New Netherland. The Flushing Remonstrance was an important part in the establishment of freedom of religion in America. Note added by Jerry Stockton.
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History of the Town of Flushing, Long Island, New York, by Henry D. Waller, 1899
"The Dutch Colonial Period . . . The Settlement of Flushing . . . 1645 . . . Among the many other English colonists, who sought the protection of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, were the incorporators of the town of Vlissigen. The name appears in many different forms; we shall hereafter use the modern spelling, except when quoting from old documents. There appears to be no authority for the tradition, that the incorporators chose the name, because they had at one time found refuge in the Holland town of the same name. The creek was evidently called Flushing Creek, before the arrival of the English settlers, for the carter describes the boundary in these words: "To begin at ye westward part thereof, at the Mouth of a Creeke upon the East River, now commonly called and knowne by the name of fflushing Creeke" etc. [The date of the Charter is Oct. 10, 1645.]
The patentees, or incorporators, were: Thomas Farington, John Townsend, Thomas Stiles, Thomas Saull, John Marston, Robert Field, Thomas Applegate, Thomas Beddard, Laurence Dutch, John Laurence, William Laurence, William Thorne, Henry Sautell, William Pigeon, Micheall Milliard, Robert Firman, John Hicks, Edward Hart.
. . . William Thorne had come to Flushing - or rather to the region that now became Flushing - three years before, and had settled at Thorne's Neck. . . . The original inhabitants of the region, now incorporated as Flushing, were the Matinecock Indians. They sold the land to the Dutch, at the rate of fifty acres for an axe."
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The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons, by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911
WILL OF RICHARD STOCKTON
In the name of God, Amen:
I, Richard Stockton, being sick and weak of body but sound of memory, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following:
First , I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God and my body to be buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named, in hopes through the merrits of Jesus Christ to obtain a joyfull resurrection.
Item, I give to my son Richard after the decease of my wife four hundred ackers of land to him and to his heirs and assignes forever.
Item, I give to my son Job my plantation and all the improvements with four hundred ackers of land to him and to his heires and assignes forever, not to possess it till the decease of my wife; only in consideration of the said improvements my said son Job shall pay to Abigail the daughter of my son [son-in-law] Richard Ridgway the sum of ten pounds within a year after he enjoys the said plantation, and if uppon a resurvey of the whole twelve hundred ackers there happen to be any overplus, my will is that my son John shall have one-third part thereof joyning on his four hundred ackers which I formerly gave him, and the other two-thirds to be equally parted between my said sons Richard and Job.
Item, I give to my dear wife Abigail all my personall estate with the use of my plantation during her life, and after her decease the said personall estate to be equally divided between my five daughters, Abigail, Mary, Sarah, Hannah and Elizabeth; and I do make and Constitute my said wife Abigail my sole Executrix of this my last will and testament, revokeing all other wills and testaments heretofore made, as witness my hand and seale this 25th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and five.
[ SEAL] RICHARD (his R mark) STOCKTON.
Signed, sealed, published and declared in the presence of us. WILLIAM EARLE (WE) his mark, THOMAS RIDGEWAY (T) his mark, DANIEL LEEDS.
Burlington, 10th, 8 mo., 1707. Then appeared before Richard Inglesby, Esqr., Lieutenant Governor of her Majesties Provinces of New Jersey, New York, &c., Daniel Leeds, Esqr., one of the witnesses to the within written will, and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he saw the Testator sign, seal, and publish the within instrument to be his last will and testament, and that at the time of the publishing thereof he was of sound and perfect understanding and memory to the best of this deponent's knowledge and beliefe, and that at the same time he saw Thomas Ridgeway and Wm. Earle sign the same as witness thereto in the presence of the Testator.
RICHARD INGLESBY.
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The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons, by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, p. 2 "In 1675 his estate at Flushing consisted of twelve acres of land, one negro slave, five horses, five cows, and five swine ; and in 1683 of ten acres of upland, the same slave, two horses, four oxen, seven cows, four swine and twenty sheep. This did not, however, represent the full amount of his landed estate, as will be seen from the following proposal entered in an account book kept by John Browne [John Bowne], of Flushing, who acted as his agent in the matter : 10 mo. [Dec.], 1690. Richard Stockton's proposal for [the sale of] all his housing, lands and conveniences belonging thereunto, being about seventy acres or more at home and two ten-acre lotts and two twenty-acre lotts at a mile or two distance, with so much medow as may yield 20 or 25 loads of hay a year ; price �300."
It appears that "John Browne" is the famous Quaker John Bowne, the neighbor of Richard Stockton who asked John Bowne to look up Thomas Stockton in Cole harbor (Coldharbour), London, c.1662.
In 1657 Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton was one of the 30 inhabitants of Flushing who signed the Remonstrance supporting the rights of Quakers (John Bowne) in Flushing. None of the 30 signers are thought to have been Quakers when they signed the Remonstrance. These 30 brave souls risked EVERYTHING by signing the Remonstrance. Quaker John Bowne must have taken note of what these 30 men did in defense of his religion.
George Fox (1624-1691), FOUNDER of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers or Friends, visited the small town of Flushing c.1672, and stayed the night at the home of John Bowne.
Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton might have met with George Fox, the Founder of the Society of Friends!
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Journal of John Bowne, 1650 - 1694 "to enquyer for Richards Stoktons Ounkel his name is Thomas Stockton a docker of fisick liueing in Cole harber in or near London."
This very brief note from the Journal of John Bowne appears to be the only documented connection between the Richard Stockton family of Flushing, Long Island, New York, and the Stockton family of England.
John Bowne was a neighbor of Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton in what was then Vlissingen, Long Island, New Netherland, now Flushing, Long Island, New York. John Bowne's Journal includes information about life in Flushing, his Quaker missions to England, etc.
It appears that Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton requested John Bowne enquire about Richard's uncle Thomas Stockton who lived in "Cole harbor" in or near London. "Cole harbor" is appears to be the district of Coldharbour that is in the center of London. John Bowne shows Richard's uncle Thomas Stockton as a "docker of fisick." In the 1600's a Doctor of Medicine was known as a "Doctor of Phyic."
It appears that Richard Stockton asked John Bowne to enquirer about Thomas Stockton of London, in 1662, but that date is not proven. John Bowne, a Quaker living in Flushing, would have known that Richard Stockton was one of the 30 brave souls who signed the Flushing Remonstrance in 1657. The Flushing Remonstrance was in protest of the repressive Dutch policies toward the Quakers living in Long Island, New Netherland.
The exact numbers are not known but in 1665 and 1666 the "Black Death" killed 15% or more of the population of London. This is now known as the Great Plague of London. By July of 1666 the number of deaths from "The Black Death" was starting to subside. Then in September of 1666 fire broke out in the center of London. The 1666 Great Fire of London destroyed all of Coldharbour, the place Richard Stockton said his uncle Thomas Stockton lived.
The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons, by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, p. 2 "In 1675 his estate at Flushing consisted of twelve acres of land, one negro slave, five horses, five cows, and five swine ; and in 1683 of ten acres of upland, the same slave, two horses, four oxen, seven cows, four swine, and twenty sheep. This did not, however, represent the full amount of his landed estate, as will be seen from the following proposal entered in an account book kept by John Browne, of Flushing, who acted as his agent in the matter :
10 mo. [Dec.], 1690. Richard Stockton's proposal for [the sale of] all his housing, lands and conveniences belonging thereunto, being about seventy acres or more at home and two ten-acre lotts and two twenty-acre lotts at a mile or two distance, with so much medow as may yield 20 or 25 loads of hay a year ; price �300."
It appears that "John Browne" is John Bowne, the neighbor of Richard Stockton who was asked to look up Thomas Stockton, Doctor of Phyic, in Cole harbor (Coldharbour), London.
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Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703, edited by William Nelson, 1899 West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2.
p. 449 "1692-3 10th d. 1st m. (March). Do. George Hutcheson of Burlington, distiller, to Richard Stockton, late of Flushing, Long Island, yeoman, for 1,640 acres Onianickon, Burlington Co., between Hananiah Gaunt, Thomas Scholey, John Warren, the Indian pruchase, John Tomlinson and Isaac Leet alias John Chadwick, excepting 200 a. sold to Robert Hutcheson and 60 sold to John Warren. [page] 388"
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, 1899,
Revel's Book of Surveys.
p. 369 no date "The Bounds of George Hutcheson's Land Comprehending Robert Hutchesons 200 Acres & John Warrens 60 Excluding John Warrens Settlemt of 200 Arcres: Plantation at Oneanickon, 1640 acres, between Hananiah Gaunt, Thomas Scholey, the Indian purchase, John Warren and John Tomlinson. "This Tract sold to Richard Stockton as in Book B page 388."
The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons, by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911, p. 2
"March 12, 1694 . . . In consideration of three hundred pounds, good and lawful money of the Province of New York, Richard Stockton, formerly of fflushing, with the consent of his wife, Abigail, conveyed to John Rodman, his messuages or tenements, situate, lying and being by coast on the bay, commonly called Mattagareson Bay, within the bounds of fflushing, being about eighty acres of land more or less ; with all ye Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, as also a piece of Salt medow commonly called ye Lumkill, which was belonging to Richard Stockton by virtue of his interest in the s'd towne of fflushing."
History of the Stockton Family, by John Wharton Stockton, 1881
". . . that the tract of land purchased by Richard Stockton in West Jersey was originally known by the Indian name of An-na-nicken; that it was over two miles in length and one in width; and that the mansion house of the late James Shreve is on the site of the house built and occupied by Mr. Stockton until his death."
Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703, edited by William Nelson, 1899
New Jersey Colonial Documents.
p. 506 "1697 Sep. 13. Do. Richard Stockton of Springfield, Burlington Co., to Benjamin Jones of the same place, for 200 acres there, between Michael Newbold, John Butcher and Henry Beck, incl. in these lines 16 a. of John Warren and John Sikes. [page] 620"
p. 514 "1699 May 10. Do. Benjamin Jones of Burlington Co., yeoman, and wife Sarah, to Willam Black junior of Chesterfield, same Co., yeoman, for 200 acres at Oneanickon, said Co., given to grantors by the wife's father, Richard Stockton, Sept. 30, 1697. [page] 646"
p. 532 "1701 May 22. Deed. Richard Stockton of Burlington Co., yeoman, to his son John Stockton, for 400 acres in said Co., bought of George Hutcheson, E. Tho: Willson, N. John Sykes. [page] 704"
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DNA proves that Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton was NOT related to either Robert Stockton (c.1680-1747) of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, or Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761) of Albemarle County, Virginia. DNA also proves that Robert Stockton of Pennsylvania and Davis Stockton of Virginia ARE related.
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SOURCES: Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of Flushing to Governor Stuyvesant 27 Dec 1657
Journal of John Bowne, 1650-1694
History of Long Island Benjamin F. Thompson, 1839
History of the Stockton Family by John Wharton Stockton, 1881
The Stockton Family of England and the United States by William Francis Cregar, 1888
Early Baptists of New York by Thomas Armitage, 1890
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXI,1664-1703 edited by William Nelson, 1899
History of the Town of Flushing, Long Island, New York by Henry D. Waller, 1899
Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703 edited by William Nelson* *(Originally published as Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Volume XXI, 1899.)
The Stockton Genealogy by Rev. Elias Boudinot Stockton, 1909
The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons by Thomas Coates Stockton, M.D., 1911
Select Patents of New York Towns Frederick Van Wyck, 1938
A House Called Morven by Alfred Hoyt Bill, 1954
Journal of John Bowne 1650-1694 Transcribed and edited by Herbert F. Ricard, 1975
Richard Stockton of New Jersey (c.1635-1707) by Jerry Stockton, 2012
New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty by Evan Haefeli, 2012
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