Display Patriot - P-298383 - Robert STOCKTON

Robert STOCKTON

SAR Patriot #: P-298383

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A110434

Birth: 13 Oct 1737 Chambersburg / Cumb / PA
Death: 03 Jun 1821 Washington / Washington / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Captain James McConnell's, Colonel Armstrong, 5th Battalion Cumberland County PA Militia
  2. Captain Joseph Culbertson's 3rd Company, 4th Battalion, Cumberland County PA Militia
  3. PAID SUPPLY TAX, CUMBERLAND CO, 1779

Additional References:
  1. PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 6, pg 317, 318; 3RD SER, VOL 20, pg 189, 192
  2. Notes and Queries, 4th Series, Egles, Vol 1
  3. One Hundred Family Outlines, RM Bell
  4. Biographical History of Washington County PA, Beers, 1893
  5. NSDAR Patriot Index [no other information listed]

Spouse: Mary Makemie
Children: Joseph; Frances; Jane; Margaret;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1956-05-25 OH Unassigned Ralph Moore Besse (80934) Jane   
1999-04-30 OH 3261 George Edward Livingston (150642) Jane   
Burial:
Washington Cemetery (C-0373736)
Location:
Washington / Washington / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
46585
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
3074687
Marker Type:
Marble
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery Coordinates: 40.15690, -80.25440



Author: George Edward Livingston

ROBERT STOCKTON: Born 19 Oct. 1737, West Nottingham, Chester County PA. This is now near Chambersburg in Franklin County PA. Son of Thomas and Margaret Fleming Stockton. In 1761 he married Mary Makemie in Cumberland County, PA. She was born in 1738 the daughter of John Makemie and Margaret Breckenridge. Robert and Mary were the parents of 9 children; 4 sons and 5 daughters.
Robert Stockton served as a Private in the Cumberland County PA Militia, from 1776 to 1780 under Captains James McConnell and Joseph Culbertson, of the 5th Battalion, Commanded by
Col. Joseph Armstrong. In Dec. 1776, he was a member of a 20 man detachment of this Militia group commanded by Capt. McConnell. He served at the battles of Trenton and Monmouth. Research indicates it is quite possible he crossed the Delaware with Washington’s Army 25 Dec. 1776 to attack Trenton. Robert Stockton died 3 June 1821. His wife, Mary, died in 1818. Both were originally buried in a small family cemetery and in 1856 they were re-interred in Washington Cemetery, Washington PA.
(((Military information form the PA Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 6, pages, 279, 317 & 318.
And from the U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania.)))


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