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- [S8] Ancestry World Tree Project.
Thomas Stockton became Governor of the state of Delaware. He was educated at Princeton college. On January 4, 1810, he was appointed by Governor Fassett Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for Newcastle Co., Delaware. When the War of 1812 broke out, he resigned to enter the military service, although his office was a lucrative one and he had a young family springing up around him. September 10, 1812, he was commissioned Captain of the Third Artillery in the regular army, under Colonel Malcomb. He recruited his own company of 74 men, chiefly in Delaware and New Jersey, and in February, 1813, was ordered to unite his company with those of Captains Hyndman, Nicholas, and Biddle, at Philadelphia, all under marching orders for the seat of was on the Canadian frontier. Here he distinguished himself, particularly at the storming of Fort George, May 27, 1813. He landed his men form small boats under heavy rifle fire, and joined in the assault which resulted in the capture of the fort. In this action, with captain Hyndman, he performed the dangerous feat of removing the fuses which the retreating enemy had left to blow up the magazines, and one of which had already exploded and killed several British soldiers. For his gallantry he was transferred to the 42nd Infantry, September 28, 1813, and on April 15, 1814, made Major of the 42nd Infantry; May 17, 1815, he was retained in the service as Captain of the 6th Infantry, with rank of Major from April 15, 1814; transferred to corps artillery May 17, 1816; transferred to 3rd Artillery, June 1, 1821. He resigned form the army July, 6, 1825, and returned to his home at Newcastle. He held a number of offices, and in 1844, was elected Governor of the State of Delaware, on the Whig Ticket, after a warm campaign, and inaugurated January 21, 1845. He only lived to serve a year and two months, and died of heart disease, March 1, 1846. and was buried in Immanuel churchyard, as Newcastle. Governor Stockton was an Episcopalian and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati in right of descent from his father. Lieutenant John Stockton, of the Continental Army. His death was much lamented. A contemporary newspaper said: "He has not left behind him on the soil of Delaware a nobler model of a man."
- [S39] Findagrave.com, (www.findagrave.com), Immanuel Episcopal Churchyard, New Castle, DE.
Thomas Stockton
Birth: Apr. 4, 1781, USA
Death: Mar. 2, 1846, USA
Thomas Stockton was a veteran of the War of 1812. He belonged to the Whig party and was elected governor of Delaware in 1845. He died in office on March 2, 1846.
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Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
1781 - 1846 (64 years)