John Stockley

1620 - Bef 1673  (< 53 years)

• Name	John Stockley  [1]
  Birth	1620	Claydon, Oxfordshire, England   [2, 3]
  	He was shown as Jno Stockley in Jan 1671/2, age 50, which puts his birth at 1621.
  Baptism	29 Jun 1620	Claydon, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  	He was shown as John Stockly, Baptism 29 Jun 1620 at Claydon, Oxfordshire, England, the son of John Stockly and Cicell Stockley.
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Bef 1639  [4, 5]
  	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.
  Deposition	5 Jun 1640	Accomack-Northampton Co, Virginia   [6]
  	The deposition of John Stockeley taken before Nathaniel Littleton, Esq., saith that he lately heard Jane Parramore, wife of John Parramore, in a rayling manner, amongst other abusive speeches say that John Deereman was a ruffian and in the like uncivil and unlawfull manner called him a robber killing and slaying in the highway and that she would prove the same.
  Will - Named as a Brother in a will	12 Dec 1655	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [7]
  	He was shown as a brother John Stockley in the will of Francis Stockley. Francis also named John's son Willyam Stockley.
  Land - they received a land patent	1664	Assawoman Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [8]
  	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.
  Land - they were nammed in a land certificate	19 Jul 1664	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [9]
  	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.
  Land - they sold land	1671	Assawoman Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [8]
  	It was in this year that John Stockley sold 200 of A140 to Christopher Standley.
  Will	3 Feb 1670/71	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [8, 10]
  	In his will John Stockley gave his 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.
  Land - they bought land	1672	Assawoman Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [8]
  	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.
  Reference Identifier	Acc Line
  Record ID	26639
  Death	Bef 18 Aug 1673	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [10]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Stockley,   b. Abt 1550, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England d. Before Jun 1593, Caydon, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 43 years)  (Grandfather)  Cicell Woodman, (Woodman?),   b. Abt 1580, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England d. 1666, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 86 years)  (Mother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Living + 2. Francis Stockley, (I),   b. Abt 1615, England d. Bef 1 Jan 1655/56, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 40 years) ╚═ Joan Hall,  m. Abt 1638 + 3. John Stockley,   b. 1620, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England d. Bef 18 Aug 1673, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 53 years) ╚═ Elizabeth (--?--),  m. Abt 1648   4. Mary Stockley,   b. Bef 30 May 1623, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Woodman Stockley,   b. Bef 4 Oct 1625, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. Living
  Person ID	I26639	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	John Stockley,   b. Abt 1580, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Cicell Woodman, (Woodman?),   b. Abt 1580, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England d. 1666, Claydon, Oxfordshire, England (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1612  [2]
  Family ID	F8862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (--?--),   b. 1633   d. Bef 4 Jun 1706, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 73 years)  Other Partners: ╚═John Stratton,   b. Abt 1620   d. Bef 2 Jun 1697, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 77 years)  m. Abt 1680
  Marriage	Abt 1648  [4]
  	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.
  Children	1. William (of Jno & Eliz) Stockley,   b. Between 1648 and 1649, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 7 Oct 1686, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 38 years) ╚═ Mary (--?--)  m. Abt 1680 + 2. Woodman (of John of Acc) Stockley, I,   b. Between 1653 and 1655, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 12 Sep 1713, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 60 years) ╚═ Jane (--?--)  m. Abt 1680 + 3. Ann Stockley,   b. Abt 1656, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ William Atkins  m. Abt 1685 + 4. John Stockley,   b. Between 1657 and 1658, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 12 Jun 1716, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 59 years) ╚═ Susannah (8) Richardson  m. Abt 1685;    ╚═ Mary (--?--)  m. Abt 1690 + 5. Thomas Stockley, Sr.,   b. Abt 1658, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef Dec 1719, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 61 years) ╚═ Hannah (--?--)  (Age < 85 years)  m. Abt 1676 + 6. Joseph Stockley,   b. Abt 1660, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 3 May 1737, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 77 years) ╚═ Rachell (of Wm Sr) Benston  (Age 23 years)  m. Abt 1685;    ╚═ Mary Massey  m. Abt 1694 + 7. Jane Stockley,   b. Abt 1662, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Joseph Staton, Sr.  (Age < 60 years)  m. Abt 1685 + 8. Francis Stockley, (II),   b. Abt 1664, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 2 Aug 1698, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 34 years) ╚═ Sarah Webb, (Webb?)  m. Abt 1688 + 9. Charles (of John) Stockley, (Yeoman),   b. Abt 1666, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 5 May 1719, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 53 years) ╚═ (--?--) (--?--)  (Age < 30 years)  m. Abt 1686;    ╚═ Mary Scarburgh, (Scarburgh?)  m. Bef 16 Jun 1696;    ╚═ Rebecca (8) Bagwell  m. Abt 1710 + 10. Hannah Stockley,   b. Abt 1667, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Edward Bayly  (Age 57 years)  m. Abt 1690 + 11. Elizabeth (of Jno) Stockley,   b. Abt 1669, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Henry Towles, Sr.  (Age < 70 years)  m. Bef 1685
  Family ID	F8863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Will - Named as a Brother in a will - 12 Dec 1655 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Land - they were nammed in a land certificate - 19 Jul 1664 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 3 Feb 1670/71 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - Bef 18 Aug 1673 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S802] Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/969149:61056?tid=&pid=&queryId=0ea7feae-c214-4bb5-9291-ed535fb70a15&_phsrc=zkw222&_phstart=successSource (baptism of John Stockly) (provided by David Gladding-Vanderipe), 802. [S496] Barbara Massey Horsman, Horsman, Massey Family, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 496. [S623] William R.M. Houston & Jean M. Mihalyka, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), p. 98, 623. [S818] Wise, E. Spencer - Research Files @ ESPL, (Accomac, VA: 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), 818. [S2038] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1640-1645, (Virginia Historical Socety, The University Press of Virginia, 1973), p. 13, 65, 200 & 317, 2038. [S2038] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1640-1645, (Virginia Historical Socety, The University Press of Virginia, 1973), p. 4, 2038. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 40 (will of Francis Stockley, wife no name), 497. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1225 (tract A140), 572. [S579] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Certificates and Rights, 1663-1709 and Tithables, 1663-1695, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993), p. 6, 579. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 5 (will of John Stockly, wife Elizabeth), 570.