Bethiah Stocking

Children of John Kirby and Hannah Stowe:

29. Bethiah4 Kirby (John3, Joseph2, John1), born Dec., 1731. in Middletown "Upper Houses;" married, Sept. 21, 1757, Daniel Stocking of Middletown, Ct., born Jan. 18, 1728, son of Captain Joseph Stocking of Middletown, Ct. (born Feb. 27, 1703, son of Daniel Stocking and Jane Mould), and Abigail Ranney; married Dec. 20, 1726. Mr. Daniel Stocking was graduated at Yale College in 1748, and followed the occupation of teaching in Middletown, Ct., and "was so well and widely known in his calling that he received the title of 'Master Stocking.'" ("History of Cromwell, Ct.") He died Dec. 23, 1800. Bethiah Kirby Stocking died Jan. 14, 1823, aged ninety-one

[Mr. Daniel Stocking married (1) Sarah Gould, dau. of the Rev. Hezekiah Gould of Stratford, Ct., by whom he had: (1) Mary Ann, bapt. March 5, 1752; m. Daniel White; (2) Joseb, bapt. Jan. 16, 1755; d. June 29, 1841. His first wife died Aug. 9, 1756, and he married (2), Sept. 21, 1757, Bethiah Kirby.]

Children of Daniel Stocking and Bethiah Kirby:

1. Daniel Stocking, bapt. May 6, 1759; d. Nov. 23, 1776.
2. Sarah Stocking, bapt. Sept. 21, 1760; m., Oct. 14, 1787, Nicholas Fox.
3. Samuel Stocking, bapt. Jan. 6, 1762; m., Jan. 16, 1790, Susanna Morrison.
4. Seth Stocking, bapt. Feb. 12, 1764; m. Hannah Pratt.
5. Abigail Stocking, bapt. Oct. 20, 1765; d. Oct. 9, 1766.
6. Abigail Stocking, bapt. Oct. 27, 1767; m., Sept. 16, 1785, Thomas Clark.
7. Clarissa Stocking, bapt. Nov. 12, 1769.
8. Huldah Stocking, bapt. April 5, 1772; m., March 29, 1795, Siras Willcox.
9. John Stocking, bapt. Oct. 30, 1774.

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