John Stockley1
M, b. 1621, d. before 18 August 1673
Father: John Stockley b. c 1590
Mother: (-----) Woodman b. c 1590
Last Edited: 25 Jan 2011
Birth*: 1621 John was born in 1621 at England. He was shown as Jno Stockley in Jan 1671/2, age 50, which puts his birth at 1621..2,3
Anecdote*: before 1639 John Stockly came to Virginia by 1639 as an indentured servant to his brother Francis Stockly, who had been in Virginia by 1635. John was to serve his brother for 3 years to pay for his passage. He had been trained as a tailor. Before 6 July 1640 John had been illegally hired by John Algood and Francis petitioned the court to have his servant returned to him. On 1 Feb 1641 the court ordered John Stockly to be returned to his master and for Algood to pay Francis Stockly for the time John had illegally been employed and to pay all court costs. At a court on 29 Aug 1642 the court ordered one William Stevens, Boatwright, to pay John Stockly, tailor for making a suit of clothes. On 14 November 1643 the court ordered the executor of William Burdett dec'd to pay John Stockly 260 lbs of tobacco. On 20 Dec 1643 John Stockly, Francis Stockly and others were fined 30 lbs of tobacco each for using profanity.4,5
Marriage*: circa 1648 He married Elizabeth (-----) circa 1648. According to the order in which his land was to be assigned to their sons and the ages of those who gave depositions, the date of the marriage was before 1650..4
Will - Brother's*: 12 December 1655 John was named in his brother's will on 12 December 1655 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a brother John Stockley in the will of Francis Stockley. Francis also named John's son Willyam Stockley..6
Land patented*: 1664 John patented land in 1664 at Assawoman Creek, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that John Stokeley was issued a patent for 2,600 (Whitelaw's tract A140). It extended along the west side of Assawoman Creek and it main fresh-water branch..7
Land certificate*: 19 July 1664 He was granted a certificate for land on 19 July 1664 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that a certificate was granted to John Stockley for 400 acres of land due for transporting the following into the colony: John Stockley, Eliza. Stockley, John Moore, Abraham Heath, Benjamin Hickman, Eliza Ashdon, John Bowin & James Owin.8
Will*: 3 February 1670/71 He made a will on 3 February 1670/71 at Accomack Co, VA. Plantation at Assawoman, being 2700 acres to be equally divided between such sons as shall survive me, they to receive their estates at 18, but should my wife remain a widow she to have use of said land until my sons are 21. To wife Elizabeth plantation where I now live during her widowhood, then to my son Thomas; should my sons all die land to be divided between my daughters Jane, Hanna, Ann & Elizabeth. Wife Elizabeth, William Custis & Edward Revell Ex'rs. Witt: William Custis, Thomas Bagwell. On 9 Apr 1673 John Stockly, wife Elizabeth, added a Memo to his will: Having already given my 3 sons William, Woodman & John their shares of cows & chattels, they to have no share of cows at my deceased, only mares & land, except one Neck of land to the Northward of Christopher Stanley's plantation which I give to my wife to be at her own disposing. Whitelaw shows that he left his home plantation to his wife for life and then it was to go to his son Thomas and the 2700 aces that was to be equally divided between his 7 sons, which included Thomas, John, Woodman, Francis, Charles, William and Joseph. Only the home part for Thomas was definitely identified, and while there is no record of a formal division among the sons, each received 364 acres, or a total of 2,548..9,7
Land sold*: 1671 John sold land in 1671 at Assawoman Creek, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that John Stockley sold 200 of A140 to Christopher Standley..7
Land bought*: 1672 John bought land in 1672 at Assawoman Creek, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that John Stokley bought 500 acres from Col. William Kendall, this land was a strip 16 chains wide along the east side of the adjacent tract A147..7
Death*: before 18 August 1673 John died before 18 August 1673 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..9
Family: Elizabeth (-----) b. 1633, d. b 4 Jun 1706
Marriage*: circa 1648 He married Elizabeth (-----) circa 1648. According to the order in which his land was to be assigned to their sons and the ages of thoe who gave depositions, the date of the marriage was before 1650..4
Children: 1. William Stockley b. bt 1648 - 1649, d. b 7 Oct 1686
2. Woodman (of John of Acc) Stockley I+ b. bt 1653 - 1655, d. b 12 Sep 1713
3. Ann Stockley+ b. c 1656
4. John Stockley+ b. bt 1657 - 1658, d. b 12 Jun 1716
5. Thomas Stockley Sr.+ b. c 1658, d. b Dec 1719
6. Joseph Stockley+ b. c 1660, d. b 3 May 1737
7. Jane Stockley+ b. c 1662
8. Francis Stockley (II)+ b. c 1664, d. b 2 Aug 1698
9. Charles (of John) Stockley (Yeoman)+ b. c 1666, d. b 5 May 1719
10. Hannah Stockley+ b. c 1667
11. Elizabeth Stockley+ b. c 1668, d. b 17 Jun 1697
Citations
[S471] Brother's Will.
[S496] Barbara Massey Horsman, Massey Family of Worcester County, Maryland.
[S623] William R.M. Houston M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties), p. 98.
[S818] Compiler E. Spencer Wise, E. Spencer Wise Genealogy Research Files at the Eastern Shore Public Library, (from a 2 page typed report on John Stockly (1621-1673) found in the Spencer Wise file which looks very similar to those prepared by Mrs. Nora Milller Turman).
[S2038] Susie M. Ames, Accomack-Northampton County, Virginia, Court Records, 1640-1645, p. 13, 65, 200 & 317.
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 40 (will of Francis Stockley, wife no name).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1225 (tract A140).
[S579] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Certificates and Rights, 1663-1709 and Tithables, 1663-1695, p. 6.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 5 (will of John Stockly, wife Elizabeth).