User:Johnastocking

I am John A. Stocking of North Logan, Utah, (email - stocking1112@pcu.net), an 8th great grandson of George Stocking who came to America in 1633 on the ship Griffin in the Thomas Hooker party, and was one of the original founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Many sources give his date of death in 1683, at great age of 101 years. Consequently we have assumed his birth year to be 1582. There seems to be no conflict of opinion as to the year of his death.

Some researchers have found a George Stocking born to George Stocking and Alicia Jakes, born in 1579 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England, and have assumed this to be the one who immigrated to America. Somewhere I got the idea that there was a George Stocking born in 1579 and another one by the same name born in 1582. Unfortunately I stupidly did not record the reference. In those days in England often when a child was born and died young, the next child of the same gender was given the same name. I am considering this as a possibility in this instance.

If George Stocking that immigrated to America in 1633 had been born in 1579, he would have been 104 years of age at death in 1683. Thus the conflict of opinion.

Should anyone have input on this matter I would appreciate knowing of it.