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Rebecca Phillips Stockton

Birth
New Jersey, USA
Death
unknown
Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Rebecca (nee Phillips) Stockton

Rebecca was a daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth Phillips. Phillip's first wife was Hannah Stockton, a daughter of Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton and Abigail (nee unknown) Stockton.

New Jersey Marriage Records
Volume XXII, p.360
Marriage Licenses

Stocketon, Robert, Somerset, and
Rebecca Philips, Maiden Head
1740 Mar. 5

IF the marriage date of 1740 is correct then Rebecca is not the first wife of Robert Stockton and is not the mother of all of Robert's children.

IF the marriage date of 1740 is incorrect Rebecca could be the mother of all of Robert Stockton's children.

An image of their original marriage record has not been found, only an out of chronological order index that might be wrong.

Will of Robert Stockton
Date: 25 Jan 1744-5
Location: Somerset County, New Jersey

Wife, Rebekah. Sons -- Robert, Thomas, Job (all underage). Daughters -- Susanna Mershon (eldest), Eunice, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary (under 14). An expected child. Home plantation, running east to my brother Joseph's land, thence with John Stockton's line, side line to John Oldden. Upper plantation joining land of my brother, Samuel Stockton, deceased. Meadows running to my brother John Stockton's land. Harry, a slave, to be set free 1 May, 1746. Executor -- brother, John Stockton. Witnesses -- Natl. Fitz Randolph, William Worth, Samuel Stockton. Proved 15 March, 1744-5

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Robert Stockton's children:

Robert Stockton died 24 April 1805
Thomas Stockton
Job Stockton
Susanna (Stockton) Mershon
Eunice (Stockton) __?__
Elizabeth (Stockton) __?__
Sarah (Stockton) __?__
Mary (Stockton) __?__
John Stockton, born c.1745?

Rebecca (nee Phillips / Philips) Stockton appears to be the second wife of Robert Stockton, they married on 5 March 1740. Rebecca appears to be the mother of just John Stockton born c.1745 just after the death of his father. The mother of the other children is not known.

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Bio by Jerry Stockton

Rebecca (nee Phillips) Stockton

Rebecca was a daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth Phillips. Phillip's first wife was Hannah Stockton, a daughter of Richard "The Emigrant" Stockton and Abigail (nee unknown) Stockton.

New Jersey Marriage Records
Volume XXII, p.360
Marriage Licenses

Stocketon, Robert, Somerset, and
Rebecca Philips, Maiden Head
1740 Mar. 5

IF the marriage date of 1740 is correct then Rebecca is not the first wife of Robert Stockton and is not the mother of all of Robert's children.

IF the marriage date of 1740 is incorrect Rebecca could be the mother of all of Robert Stockton's children.

An image of their original marriage record has not been found, only an out of chronological order index that might be wrong.

Will of Robert Stockton
Date: 25 Jan 1744-5
Location: Somerset County, New Jersey

Wife, Rebekah. Sons -- Robert, Thomas, Job (all underage). Daughters -- Susanna Mershon (eldest), Eunice, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary (under 14). An expected child. Home plantation, running east to my brother Joseph's land, thence with John Stockton's line, side line to John Oldden. Upper plantation joining land of my brother, Samuel Stockton, deceased. Meadows running to my brother John Stockton's land. Harry, a slave, to be set free 1 May, 1746. Executor -- brother, John Stockton. Witnesses -- Natl. Fitz Randolph, William Worth, Samuel Stockton. Proved 15 March, 1744-5

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Robert Stockton's children:

Robert Stockton died 24 April 1805
Thomas Stockton
Job Stockton
Susanna (Stockton) Mershon
Eunice (Stockton) __?__
Elizabeth (Stockton) __?__
Sarah (Stockton) __?__
Mary (Stockton) __?__
John Stockton, born c.1745?

Rebecca (nee Phillips / Philips) Stockton appears to be the second wife of Robert Stockton, they married on 5 March 1740. Rebecca appears to be the mother of just John Stockton born c.1745 just after the death of his father. The mother of the other children is not known.

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Bio by Jerry Stockton



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