Daniel Doughty Stockton

DANIEL STOCKTON was born February 17, 1727, in Somerset, New Jersey, to Joseph and Elizabeth Stockton. He married Mary Clayton (b. Sept 16, 1735, in Somerset; d. March 12, 1818, in Stokes County, North Carolina). Daniel was a Quaker in New Jersey and a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He moved his family to Stokes County, North Carolina, before 1790 (Daniel Stockton is in the Stokes County 1790 census records). A gravesite has not been located for Daniel, but it is reported that he died April 18, 1804, in the area now known as Forsyth County (in 1849, Stokes County was divided into Stokes and Forsyth counties).

Daniel was the cousin to Richard Stockton (1730-1781), a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Richard was the first of the New Jersey delegation to sign it, and the only one punished as he was imprisoned by the British for the sole purpose of having signed the Declaration.

Daniel Stockton served with Patriot Service in New Jersey in the Revolutionary War.

DAR Patriot Index, Part 3 (page 2819)

Stockton: Daniel: b 2-17-1727 NJ d 4-18-1804 NC m Mary Clayton PS NJ

Daniel Stockton was a Revolutionary War veteran who served with Patriot Service in New Jersey. He was a Quaker who moved his family to Stokes Co., NC before 1790 (he is on the Stokes Co. 1790 census). A gravesite has not been located for Daniel, but he died in the area formerly known as Stokes Co. which is now Forsyth Co. (Stokes Co. was divided into Stokes and Forsyth counties in 1849).

Daniel was a cousin to Richard Stockton (a.k.a. "The Signer") who signed the Declaration of Independence.

children whose gravesites are not known:

1. MARY Stockton married Richard Lundy 2. ELIZABETH Stockton married Thomas Lundy, Jr. 3. JOSEPH Stockton 4. SARAH Stockton married a Mr. Pettet 5. JOHN Stockton 6. CONTENT Stockton married William Wortman

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• Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A110414
• Service: NEW JERSEY Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 2-17-1727 NEW JERSEY
• Death: 4-18-1804 STOKES CO NORTH CAROLINA
• Service Source: STATE OF NJ, ARCHIVES AND HISTORY BUREAU, CERTIFICATE IN DOCUMENTATION WITH DAR #590164
• Service Description: 1) RENDERED AID

GEDCOM Note

The Stockton family at this point were all Quakers of this particular line. However, some did become instrumental in the development of the Presbyterian Church in North America.