THE STOCKTON FAMILY TREE
Our LAREW side of the family is also descended from the Colonial family of STOCKTON from New Jersey. My grandmother, Helen Esther VANHOOSER LAREW, was the daughter of Orlena America STOCKTON (1865-1955). ( Do any of my older relatives remember Orlena’s passing in 1955? I’m sure it was hard on our grandmother Helen and her siblings.) The STOCKTON family has been in America since Richard STOCKTON, Sr. (1630-1707) arrived in about 1656, landing on Long Island, New York, along with his son Richard II (1654-1709), from whom my STOCKTON lineage can be traced. By 1692 they were residing in Burlington County, New Jersey. Since there is a 20-year gap between the birth of his son Richard II in England, and his first child born in New Jersey, it is reasonable to assume that Richard, Sr. was a widower. He and his wife Abigail had seven children born to them in New Jersey. Richard II marrie...