Robert Stockton (1730-1805)
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This white person has 3 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02718
- Given Name
- Robert
- Family Name
- Stockton
- Birth Date
- 1730
- Death Date
- 1805
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Military and Militia
- Biographical Description
- Robert Stockton was an enslaver from Princeton, New Jersey, who lived in the area known as Constitution Hill. He served as a quartermaster during the Revolutionary War and is called Major Robert Stockton in many historical records.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Spouse of
- Helena McComb Stockton (1732-1818)
- References
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John Frelinghuysen Hageman, History of Princeton and Its Institutions, vol. 1 (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1879), see pages 77-78, https://archive.org/details/historyofprincet01hage/page/77.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stockton-2378
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8342505/robert-stockton - Record Contributor
- Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1780-01-01 Freedom Seeking: Peter Stogdon (Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVER)
- 1783-07-08 Ship Embarkation: Peter Stogdon (Role: Enslaver, Former Enslaver Mentioned)
- 1801-03-21 Will (of Robert Stockton): Phebe (Role: Enslaver, Testator)
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- Agent