Descendants of Ranulphus De Praers Lord of Vil of Stokes

 Submitted By: DeLane Davidson

Generation No. 23(1)

Generation No. 23 (2)Cont.

43.  DELIVERANCE²³ STOKES (THOMAS²², THOMAS SR.²¹, HENRY²⁰, HENRY¹⁹, JOHN¹⁸, THOMAS¹⁷, GEORGE¹⁶, THOMAS¹⁵, THOMAS¹⁴, ROBERT¹³, THOMAS¹², JOHN¹¹ DE STOKES, ROBERT¹⁰, EDMUND⁹, RICHARD⁸, ROBERT DE⁷ STOKES CUSTODIAN OF NEWCASTLE MNT, JOHN DE⁶, ROBERT DE⁵, ROGER DE⁴, SIR RICHARD DE³, WILLIAM DE STOKE OR FITZ² RANULF, RANULPHUS DE¹ PRAERS LORD OF VIL OF STOKES)^275,276,277 was born September 18, 1713 in , Burlington, New Jersey^278,279.  She married DARLING CONROW^280,281 March 16, 1732/33 in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA^282,283,284, son of ISAAC CONARROE and SARAH DARLING.  He was born 1710 in Moorestown, Burlington, New Jersey, and died November 30, 1778 in, Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

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NOTE: (D.A.D.- 4/7/97) "Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey," 1910, Vol 2, pg 582, states this about Deliverance Stokes:

    "Deliverance, born September 18, 1713, married Darling Conrow."

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/21/97) "The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, New Jersey Marriage Licens es, 1724 - 1724," pg. 43, states this about Deliverance Stokes:

     "March 16, 1733, Darnel Conrow, Evesham, Burlington County, husbandman, and Deliverance Stoakes, of same, spinstress."

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/21/97) "Moorestown and Her Neighbors, Historical Sketches," George DeCou, 19 29, pp. 100 - 102, states this about Deliverance Stokes:

     "In Westfield, formerly known as Lower Chester,....There is a very interesting old brick building standing on the farm on Garfield Road, now owned by Frank Jessup and used by him as a tenant house.  This building was erected by Darling Conrow, great-grandfather of Nathan Conrow, at the time of his marriage to Deliverance Stokes in 1733, and was enlarged by him in 1751.  The date stone on the western end reads, "D. and D. C. 1751."

     Continuing on page 124, "The Conrows living in or near Moorestown at the present time are descended from Darling Conrow, grandson of "Isaac Conoroe alias Allin", who built the old homestead still standing on the farm on Garwood Road, now owned by Frank Jessup and used by hi m as a tenant house.  This old brick house was erected in 1751.  The initials and date "D. and D. C. 1751" may be seen on the western end of the building.  These letters stand for Darling and Deliverance (Stokes) Conrow who were married in 1733.  The eastern end of the building is undoubtedly the oldest and was probably erected by Darling Conrow at the time of his marriage in 1733 and enlarged in 1751."

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Notes for DARLING CONROW: Submitted by Bessie R. Rogers, 226 N. West Temple, SLC, UT

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NOTE: "He was a man of more than ordinary usefulness as a citizen, a justice of the peace, and associate judge of the county"; Moorestown & Her neighbors" by George DeCoup 305;US/CAN 9 74.961/M3 H2d.

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/21/97)  "Moorestown and Her Neighbors, Historical Sketches," George DeCou, 1 929, pg 124, states this about the Conrow Family:

     "CONROW - Huguenot Ancestry.  Daniel, Isaac, and Jacob, arrived from England in 1680.  Daniel left no issue and probably died when a young man. Isaac and Jacob Conrow were suppose d to have been step-sons of Matthew Allen, who purchased 3200 acres of land on the Delaware River lying between Swedes Run which empties into the river a little above Riverton, and the Rancocas Creek from John Smith of Christeene Creek, Delaware, on 8th Month 14th, 1680. (meaning, October 14, 1680, because the Old System calendar began on March, until 1752).  Matthew Allen, by deed of gift, recorded on May 12th, 1683, conveyed 500 acres of this tract to "Isaac Conoroe alias Allin out of good will and kindness which he hath and beareth unto the said Isaac Conoroe."  On the same date, he also conveyed 500 acres to his brother, "Jacob Conoroe alias Allin."  A memorandum of deed dated October 23d, 1699, shows that "Jacob Conoroe" conveyed "500 acres to Abraham Hewlings of which 400 were conveyed to grantor as a gift from his father-in-law, Matthew Allen, on May 12th, 1683."

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 12/04/97) "History of Burlington County, N.J." pgs 304 - 305, states this about the Darling Conrow family; including a Sketched Pictured of Darling (4th) and his Autograph!

     "Darling Conrow was among the early settlers of Chester Township, afterwards Cinnaminson , now Delran, Burlington County, N.J.  He married about 1740, Deliverance Stokes, a member of another old family of that vicinity, who bore him children, of whom one son, Darling, succeeded to the homestead by inheritance, was born about 1742, and married Sarah Elkinton about 1 765. The children of Darling (2nd) and Sarah were: Lydia, wife of Joseph Engle; Beulah, wife of Joseph Lippincott; Elizabeth, wife of Ambrose Barber; and Darling Conrow.  The latter, being the third of the name, succeeded to the homestead estate.

     Darling (3rd) was born May 27, 1783, married Esther Hunt, April 25, 1805, who bore him children: Sarah E, born March 6, 1806, wife of Thomas Wright; and Nathan Hunt Conrow (born 180 7/1808).

     The mother (Esther) died in 1808, having been born January 30, 1783.  The father (Darling) married again, October 4, 1810, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Brown, who was born June 1, 1788, and died in 1825.  The children of this union were: Susanna R. (died at the age of seventeen); Phebe Ann; Esther, born April 26, 1816, wife of Biddle Hancock, died in 1862; Lydia E, born September 14, 1818, wife of Aaron Lippincott, died April 9, 1852; Darling; Joseph B., born April 24, 1823, a lumber merchant in Philadelphia, died in Wilmington, Delaware; Elizabeth B, died young; and Thornton, born October 17, 1827, a wholesale grocer in Philadelphia, died March, 15, 1882.

     The father (Darling 3rd), died February 3, 1845, and his son Darling (4th), born March 1, 1821, succeeded to the home property.  His first wife, Harriet Gillingham, of Bucks County, Pa., whom he married, February 8, 1844, bore him children: Franklin G.; Ridgeway; and Henr y L. Conrow.

     By a second marriage to Mary Engle, December 18, 1856, he has had the following children:  Abram E,; Elizabeth B.; Harriet G.; Sarah E.; and Thornton D. Conrow, of whom only two survive, viz; Abram E. and Sarah E.

     The Conrows (Formerly spelled Conarroe) have been agriculturists through the several generations, men of sterling integrity, and members of the Society of Friends.  As a family, the male members have been physically strong, robust, and of large stature.  The first Darling Conrow was a man of more than ordinary usefulness as a citizen, a Justice of the Peace, and Associate Judge of the county.

     Darling Conrow, subject of this sketch, and fourth in line of descent from the first settler, is a representative citizen, officially identified with his township as committeeman, and has been a candidate for the State Legislature, but owing to his party being in the minority, he was defeated.  His residence was built by the first Darling Conrow in 1751, and has been successively occupied by four generations, since a period of one hundred and thirty-one years.

     Nathan Hunt Conrow, eldest and only son of Darling and Esther (Hunt) Conrow, was born o n the homestead, February 6, 1808.  He had limited opportunities for any education from books, but in boyhood learned the important lessons of economy and self-reliance.  He learned th e brick mason's trade during his minority with Enoch Middleton, of Philadelphia, and for three years, was a contractor and builder in that city, in partnership with Barclay Haines.  In 1 832, he returned home and followed his trade until February 13, 1834, when he married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Ann (Rogers) Lippincott, of Cinnaminson.  She was born April 6, 1 812.  Their children are: Hannah Ann, died at the age of seventeen, in 1851; Clayton; William, died in 1881, February 22nd, aged forty-two years, was a lawyer, land agent, and at the time of his death, editor of the Norton News, Illinois; John, died at age fourteen, in 1852; and George Nathan, who graduated at Earlham College, Indiana, in 1866, read law with Earle & White, of Philadelphia, and with Judge Carpenter, of Camden, N.J., was admitted as attorney an d counselor, made a Master in Chancery, and practiced in Camden until his death, November 10 , 1877, at the age of thirty-one years, leaving a widow and two children. His wife was Amy, daughter of Samuel L. Roberts, of Mount Laurel.

     For one year after his marriage, Mr. Nathan Hunt Conrow was on a farm in Evesham.  In 18 35, he purchased a farm in Cinnaminson township, where he resided until 1860, gave possession of it to his son, Clayton Conrow, and settled in Moorestown, where he has since resided retired.  Mr. Conrow has been an industrious, thoroughgoing farmer.

     Clayton Conrow was born March 2, 1837, on the farm where he now resides, to which he succeeded upon his father's retirement from business.  He obtained his education in the Westfield Friends' School and at the private schools of William A. Garrigues and Samuel Smith, and for one term was a teacher.  He was one of the three trustees who built the New Albany public school building, and has been a member of the board of trustees of the Friends' School of West field for upwards of twenty years.  He is a director and treasurer of the Westfield and Camden Turnpike Company, a director of the Moorestown Agricultural and Industrial Society, of which he is the present acting president.  Mr. Clayton Conrow is also a director of the Cinnamins on Building and Loan Association, and officially identified with the local affairs of his township.  He married, March 22, 1860, Mary S., daughter of Isaac and Sarah Collins.

     Isaac Collins is a representative farmer, and one of the pioneers in the culture of strawberries.  Clayton and Mary S. (Collins) Conrow's children are: Hannah A.; Edgar; Nathan H; Sarah M; Rowland; Herman; and Wilton.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Conrow are members of the Society o f Friends.

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Children of DELIVERANCE STOKES and DARLING CONROW are:

83.              i.    JOSEPH B.²⁴ CONROW, b. Abt. 1737, , Burlington, New Jersey, USA; d. January 03, 1814, Downe, Cumberland, New Jersey.

84.             ii.    SAMUEL CONROW, b. Abt. 1739, , Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

85.            iii.    MARY CONROW, b. Abt. 1741, , Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

86.            iv.    ELIZABETH CONROW, b. Abt. 1743, , Burlington, New Jersey; d. Abt. 1800, York, (Toronto), (Ontario), Upper Canada.

                  v.    HANNAH CONROW²⁸⁵, b. Abt. 1745, , Burlington, New Jersey, USA; m. MR. INGEVINE²⁸⁶²⁸⁶; b. Abt. 1743, of, Burlington, New Jersey.

Notes for HANNAH CONROW: personal records

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NOTE: (D.A.D.- 05/05/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, Pg. 54, states this about Hannah Conrow:

     "Hannah Conrow, daughter of Deliverance Stokes and Darling Conrow, married, ___________ ___ Ingevine, and have descendants unknown."

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Notes for MR. INGEVINE: personal records

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87.            vi.    DARLING CONROW, b. October 20, 1746, Cinnaminson Twsp, Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

44.  JOSHUA²³ STOKES (THOMAS²², THOMAS SR.²¹, HENRY²⁰, HENRY¹⁹, JOHN¹⁸, THOMAS¹⁷, GEORGE¹⁶, THOMAS¹⁵, THOMAS¹⁴, ROBERT¹³, THOMAS¹², JOHN¹¹ DE STOKES, ROBERT¹⁰, EDMUND⁹, RICHARD⁸, ROBERT DE⁷ STOKES CUSTODIAN OF NEWCASTLE MNT, JOHN DE⁶, ROBERT DE⁵, ROGER DE⁴, SIR RICHARD DE³, WILLIAM DE STOKE OR FITZ² RANULF, RANULPHUS DE¹ PRAERS LORD OF VIL OF STOKES)^287,288 was born June 06, 1716 in Waterford Twsp, Gloucester(now Camden), New Jersey, USA^289,290, and died May 1779 in Waterford Twsp, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA^291,292.  He married AMY HINCHMAN^293,294 December 10, 1741 in Haddonfield, Camden, New Jersey, USA^295,296, daughter of JOHN HINCHMAN and SARAH.  She was born 1712 in Haddonfield, Camden, New Jersey, USA²⁹⁷.

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NOTE: (D.A.D.- 4/7/97) "Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey," 1910, Vol 2, pg 582, states this about Joshua Stokes:

     "Joshua Stokes, the eldest son of Thomas and Rachel (Wright) Stokes, was born in Waterford Township, Camden County, New Jersey, April 6, 1716, and died there in 1779.  After the death of his father, he occupied the homestead for the remainder of his own life.  December 10, 1741, he married Amy, daughter of John and Sarah Hinchman, and the great-granddaughter o f a Huguenot of Flushing, Long Island, whose children had removed into New Jersey.  The children of Joshua and Amy (Hinchman) Stokes were; (1) John, born in Waterford Township, Camden County, but removed into Burlington County where he died.  He married Beulah, daughter of John and Mary (Shreve) Haines.  (2) Rachel, married Nathaniel Barton.  (3) Elizabeth, married Jacob, son of Charles and Ann French. (4) Hannah, married (first) Haddon, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Lord) Hopkins, and (second) Abraham, son of Abraham and Sarah Inskeep.  (5) Thomas, born 1742, died 1831, married Sarah, daughter of Abraham and Sarah Inskeep.  (6) Samuel, married (first) in 1774, Atlantic, daughter of William and Mary (Turner) Matlack, and (second) Hope, daughter of Robert and Martha Hunt.  (7) Jacob, married Esther Wilkins.  (8)Joshua, married Syllania, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Prickitt) Bishop."

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/7/97) New Jersey Colonial Documents - Newspaper Extracts, PG 549" States t his about Joshua Stokes:

    "At a General Meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Gloucester, in New Jersey, held at the Court-house, on the 13th of December, 1774, the association formed and entered into by the General American Congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September last, in behalf of themselves and these Colonies in general, being read and approved, it was...  I. Resolved unanimously, that the said association be adopted and carried into execution throughout t he county.  II.... III. Resolved unanimously, that the Committee of Observation, consisting o f 77 members, be chose by a majority of electors "qualified to vote for representatives in the legislature;" and they were accordingly chose, viz.... ....Joshua Stokes.... to see that the said Association is properly carried into execution, and, in all respects, duly and punctually observed." (One note of observation, this Joshua Stokes could possibly be Joshua Stokes the son.)

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/7/97) "New Jersey Colonial Documents - Calendar of Wills - 1771 - 1780", p g 504. States this about Joshua Stokes:

     "1779, April 19, Stokes, Joshua, of Waterford Township, Gloucester Co., yeomen; will of.  Son, Thomas Stokes, the lower part of plantation I live on, and the meadow I bought of Henry Jones.  Son, Joshua, the upper part of plantation, and the meadow south of the creek, being part of a meadow I bought of heirs of Henry Jones.  Son, Samuel, the plantation I bought of heirs of Henry Jones, except the meadow given to my sons, Thomas and Joshua; also a tract I bought of Amos Haines.  Wife, Amy, use of west room and kitchen, and things to keep house, and 16 yearly, to be paid by Thomas and Samuel to their mother.  Son, Joshua,  100.  Daughters, Hannah Inskeep, and Elizabeth French, 50 to each.  Daughter Rachel Barton,  100.  Son , Jacob,  50.  Son, John, all my hard money.  Executors - Sons, Thomas and Samuel.  Witnesses - John Pine, Amos Haines, Richard Weekes.  Proved June 7, 1779.

     1779, May 21.  Inventory,  1,084.7.7, made by Enoch Roberts and John Pine. "         Lib. 20, pg. 395.

NOTE: (D.A.D. - 10/29/97) New Jersey Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. IV, "Laws of the Royal Colon y of New Jersey, 1760 - 1765, pg. 240 - 242.  "Colonial Laws - 1763"

     "An Act for laying out a more direct Road from Little Timber Creek, over Newton Creek, n ear the Mouth thereof, to Cooper's Ferries, and for erecting a Bridge over the said Creek, at the Place aforesaid."

     "Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same, that Henry Paxson, William Foster, Isaac Evans, Anthony Sykes, JOSHUA STOKES, William Mickle, Abel Middleton, John Fenimore, and Jonathan Hough, of the Majority of such of them as shall meet for that Purpose, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for laying out a Road from the said Little Timber Creek to Cooper's Ferries as afore said:..."

     "And be it further enacted, that the said Bridge, so to be erected as aforesaid, shall b e and hereafter remain a Toll Bridge....the following Rates:  For every Waggon or Ox-Cart with Two Creatures and a Driver, Three-pence; with Four Creatures, Four-pence; For every Coach , Four-pence; For every other Carriage with Two Horses; Three-pence, For every Carriage wit h one Horse, Two-pence; For every Passenger and Horse, Two-pence, For every Passenger on foot , One Penny; For all Cattle and Horses drove or led, One Penny per Head; For all Sheep or Swine, Four-pence per Dozen..."

     "And be it futher enacted, that each and every Person or Persons, contributing and paying the sum of Five Pounds, towards the Expense of said Bridge and Road, shall himself and Family, with their Goods, for the Space of Five Years, (and so in Proportion for a greater or les ser sum,) from the Time of said Bridge and Road being built and completed, be exempt and free from paying any Toll for his, her, or their Families, with their Goods, passing and repassing as aforesaid;..."

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 04/03/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 41 states this about the Hannah Stokes family:

     "Hannah Stokes, the wife of Enoch Roberts, was the daughter of Thomas Stokes and Sarah Inskeep.  Thomas was the son of Joshua Stokes and Amy Hinchman, whose family see, page 26, for further ancestry."

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NOTE: (D.A.D.- 4/7/97) "Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey," 1910, Vol 2, pg 582, states this about Amy Hinchman:

    "December 10, 1741, Joshua Stokes, married Amy, daughter of John and Sarah Hinchman, an d the great-grand daughter of a Huguenot of Flushing, Long Island, whose children had removed into New Jersey.  Her Grandparents were John Hinchman and Sarah, daughter of Samuel Harrison, of Flushing.  Her Great Grandparents were John and Sarah Hinchman of Flushing, who came from France. The surname is a very curious example of the racial group of names, it being really a corruption of the word, "Frenchman" and the first instance of it occurring in the Flushing census of 1698, where the emigrant is listed among the Frenchmen of the town."

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/29/97) Birth Date & Birth Place are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search.

NOTE: (D.A.D.-02/02/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 15, states this about the Hinchman Family:

     Amy Hinchmam, the wife of Joshua Stokes, was the daughter of John Hinchman Jr., and Sarah, his first wife.  John Jr., was the son of John Hinchman, the progenitor of the Hinchman family, who was a resident of Flushing, Long Island, in the year 1675, and Sarah Harrison, the daughter of Samuel Harrison, of Long Island, the progenitor of the Harrison Family."

Children of JOSHUA STOKES and AMY HINCHMAN are:

88.              i.    THOMAS²⁴ STOKES, b. 1742, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA; d. 1831.

89.             ii.    SAMUEL STOKES, b. 1744, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA; d. May 1802, Waterford Twsp, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA.

90.            iii.    JACOB STOKES, b. 1746, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA; d. November 25, 1819.

91.            iv.    JOSHUA STOKES, b. 1748, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

92.             v.    JOHN STOKES, b. July 03, 1758, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA; d. February 18, 1847, , Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

93.            vi.    RACHEL STOKES, b. 1760, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

94.           vii.    ELIZABETH STOKES, b. 1762, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

95.          viii.    HANNAH STOKES, b. 1764, Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

45.  RACHEL²³ STOKES (THOMAS²², THOMAS SR.²¹, HENRY²⁰, HENRY¹⁹, JOHN¹⁸, THOMAS¹⁷, GEORGE¹⁶, THOMAS¹⁵, THOMAS¹⁴, ROBERT¹³, THOMAS¹², JOHN¹¹ DE STOKES, ROBERT¹⁰, EDMUND⁹, RICHARD⁸, ROBERT DE⁷ STOKES CUSTODIAN OF NEWCASTLE MNT, JOHN DE⁶, ROBERT DE⁵, ROGER DE⁴, SIR RICHARD DE³, WILLIAM DE STOKE OR FITZ² RANULF, RANULPHUS DE¹ PRAERS LORD OF VIL OF STOKES)^298,299 was born October 15, 1717 in Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA^300,301, and died August 15, 1760.  She married JOHN COWPERTHWAIT(E)^302,303,304 November 07, 1734^304,305, son of JOHN COWPERTHWAIT(E) and SARAH ADAMS.  He was born Abt. 1706 in Chester Twsp, Burlington, New Jersey, USA, and died February 19, 1775 in Chester Twsp, Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

Notes for RACHEL STOKES:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 4/7/97) "Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey," 1910 , Vol 2, pg 582, states that "Rachel is a twin with Job Stokes"

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/30/97) Birth Date of 15 August 1717, & Birth Place of Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search.

Notes for JOHN COWPERTHWAIT(E):

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/30/97) Name & Birth Date & Birth Place are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search.

NOTE: (D.A.D.-02/02/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 15, states this about John Cowperthwait:

     "John Cowperthwait, who married Rachel Stokes, was the son of John Cowperthwait and Sarah Adams.  John was the son of Hugh Cowperthwait and Elizabeth, his first wife, who came to Long Island from the North of England. Hugh was a tailor by trade, and a schoolmaster, by which he saved some means. He was said to be a minister in the Society of Friends."

NOTE: (D.A.D. - 5/30/97) Name & Birth Date & Birth Place are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search.

Children of RACHEL STOKES and JOHN COWPERTHWAIT(E) are:

                   i.    JOSEPH²⁴ COWPERTHWAIT(E)³⁰⁶.

Notes for JOSEPH COWPERTHWAIT(E): Was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War 

                  ii.    SAMUEL COWPERTHWAIT(E)³⁰⁶. 

Notes for SAMUEL COWPERTHWAIT(E): Moved to Philadelphia, PA 

                 iii.    JACOB COWPERTHWAIT(E)³⁰⁶. 

Notes for JACOB COWPERTHWAIT(E):

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 06/11/2002) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 282 states this about the Jacob Cowperthwait: Jacob Cowperthwait moved to New Orleans, had three daughters. 

                 iv.    SARAH COWPERTHWAIT(E)³⁰⁶, m. (1) JOHN GILL^{307,308,309309}; m. (2) JOSIAH PRICKITT³⁰⁹³⁰⁹. 

Notes for JOHN GILL:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 02/10/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, Pg. 20, states this about the Thomas Gill Family:

    "Thomas Gill, who married Sarah Stokes, was the son of John Gill and Amy Davis, daughter of David Davis and Dorothy, of Salem County, New Jersey.  David was the son of John Davis, the progenitor of the family, who came from Wales, England.  John Gill was the son of John Gill and Mary Heritage, the daughter of Joseph Heritage and Hannah Allen.  Joseph was the son of Richard Heritage, the progenitor and of that family, who came from Brayles, Warwickshire, England." 

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 02/17/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 27 States this about the John Gill Family:

     "John Gill, who married Sarah, (the widow of Josiah Prickitt), daughter of Rachel Stokes and John Cowperthwait, was the son of John Gill and Mary Heritage, the daughter of Joseph Heritage and Hannah Allen.  Joseph was the son of Richard Heritage, the progenitor of that family, who came from Brayles, Warwickshire, England, and settled on the North side of the Pensaukin Creek, in Burlington County, New Jersey.  John Gill was the progenitor of the Gill family, and came to New Jersey from London under the guardianship of Elizabeth Estaugh." 

Notes for JOSIAH PRICKITT:

NOTE:(D.A.D.- 02/17/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, Pg. 26, states this about the Joshaih Prickitt Family:

     "Josiah Prickitt, who married Sarah Cowperthwait, was the son of Jacob Prickitt and Hannah.  Jacob was the son of Zackariah Prickitt and Elippha, the progenitors of the Prickitt Family, who settled in Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey.  He was possessed of considerable real estate and brought a large estate with him." 

46.  JACOB²³ STOKES (THOMAS²², THOMAS SR.²¹, HENRY²⁰, HENRY¹⁹, JOHN¹⁸, THOMAS¹⁷, GEORGE¹⁶, THOMAS¹⁵, THOMAS¹⁴, ROBERT¹³, THOMAS¹², JOHN¹¹ DE STOKES, ROBERT¹⁰, EDMUND⁹, RICHARD⁸, ROBERT DE⁷ STOKES CUSTODIAN OF NEWCASTLE MNT, JOHN DE⁶, ROBERT DE⁵, ROGER DE⁴, SIR RICHARD DE³, WILLIAM DE STOKE OR FITZ² RANULF, RANULPHUS DE¹ PRAERS LORD OF VIL OF STOKES)^310,311,312 was born March 21, 1720/21 in Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA^313,314.  He married PRISCILLA ELLIS^315,316 1749³¹⁷, daughter of JOSEPH ELLIS and MARY.  She was born in Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, USA.

Notes for JACOB STOKES:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/7/97)  "New Jersey Colonial Documents - 1774 - Newspaper Extracts, pg 316. " states this about Jacob Stokes:       Philadelphia, March 28, 1774

     To The Public: "On Saturday, the second of April next, will be sold, at No. 20, the largest and fattest Bullock that has been killed this season; was bred by Mr. Jacob Stokes, in the Jerseys, and will be sold reasonable by Ludwick Uber.

N. B.     The Bullock will be killed on Thursday, the 31st inst. at the said Uber's in Spring Garden" - Dunlaps Pennsyvania Packet, No. 127, March 28.1774. (This also could be Jacob Stokes #6610, whose Father was born in 1716) 

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/30/97) Birth Place of Oyster Bay, Queens, New York is shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search. 

NOTE: (D.A.D. - 10/29/97) New Jersey Archives, 3rd Series, Vol IV, "Laws of the Royal Colon y of New Jersey, 1760 - 1765" pg. 365.

     "Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all the Owners and Possessors of the Aforesaid Meadows, shall and may at all Times after this present Year, on the first Tuesday in April, yearly and every Year, meet and assemble at the Court House in the Town of Gloucester , or at such other Place as the Majority of them at any of their Meetings may adjourn to, an d then and there, by Plurality of Voices of them so met, elect and choose two Persons to be Managers the ensuing Year, until which Time Joseph Graisbury and JACOB STOKES, are hereby appointed Managers; which said Managers during said Year, shall have full Power to assess the said Owners and Possessors, pursuant to the Direction of the Act, in such Sum or Sums of Money a s shall be by them thought necessary, for the repairing and maintaining said Bank, Dam, and other Water Works, and for keeping said Water Courses open and clear as aforesaid....." 

NOTE: (D.A.D. - 10/29/97) New Jersey Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. V, "Laws of the Royal Colon y of New Jersey, 1770 - 1775,” Pgs. 102 - 103.

     "An ACT for the more effectual maintaining and keeping above the Flow of the Tide, that Part of the Road or Causeway between the Toll-Bridge, over Newton Creek, and the fast land of Keziah Tonkin."

     "Whereas ....Thomas Attmore, Isaac Burrough, Benjamin Thackray, JACOB STOKES, Hannah Cooper, Keziah Tonkin, Elizabeth Thackray, and Job Haines, Owners and Proprietors of the Meadows , lying on the easterly Side of Newton Creek, in the County of Gloucester, have, by their Petition, set forth, That they have suffered, and are daily exposed to, very considerable Damage by Reason of the Causeway and Road between the Toll-Bridge, called William Gerrard's, and t he fast Land of Keziah Tonkin, not being raised above the Flowing of the Tides;...."

    "And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That one Half of the Expense of amending and raising the said Road and Causeway shall be paid by the Owners and Possessors of the Meadows,...." 

Notes for PRISCILLA ELLIS:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/30/97) Birth Date & Birth Place are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search.       

Children of JACOB STOKES and PRISCILLA ELLIS are:

                   i.    JACOB JR.²⁴ STOKES³¹⁸, m. April 10, 1775³¹⁸. 

Notes for JACOB JR. STOKES:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 02/16/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 25, states: "An acknowledgment received for outgoing marriage."  

                  ii.    JOHN STOKES³¹⁸. 

Notes for JOHN STOKES:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 02/16/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 25, states: "John Stokes, Disowned for military Service and Enlisting. 14 October 1776." 

96.            iii.    ABIGAIL STOKES.

47.  ROSANNA²³ STOKES (THOMAS²², THOMAS SR.²¹, HENRY²⁰, HENRY¹⁹, JOHN¹⁸, THOMAS¹⁷, GEORGE¹⁶, THOMAS¹⁵, THOMAS¹⁴, ROBERT¹³, THOMAS¹², JOHN¹¹ DE STOKES, ROBERT¹⁰, EDMUND⁹, RICHARD⁸, ROBERT DE⁷ STOKES CUSTODIAN OF NEWCASTLE MNT, JOHN DE⁶, ROBERT DE⁵, ROGER DE⁴, SIR RICHARD DE³, WILLIAM DE STOKE OR FITZ² RANULF, RANULPHUS DE¹ PRAERS LORD OF VIL OF STOKES)^319,320 was born May 02, 1728 in Waterford Twsp, Camden, New Jersey, USA^321,322.  She married SAMUEL COLLINS^323,324 May 19, 1748³²⁴, son of SAMUEL COLLINS and ABIGAIL WARD.  He was born Abt. 1722 in Waterford Twsp, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA.

Notes for ROSANNA STOKES:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/30/97) Birth Date of, 2 March 1728, & Birth Place of, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File. I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search. 

Notes for SAMUEL COLLINS:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/30/97) Birth Date & Birth Place are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search. 

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 02/02/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, Pg. 15, states this about the Samuel Collins Family:

     "Samuel Collins, who married Rosanna Stokes, was the son of Samuel Collins and Abigail Ward.  Samuel was the Son of Francis Collins, the progenitor of the Collins family, and Mary (Budd) Goslin, his second wife, the daughter of Thomas Budd, and widow of Dr. John Goslin, o f Burlington, New Jersey." 

Children of ROSANNA STOKES and SAMUEL COLLINS are:

97.              i.    ABIGAIL²⁴ COLLINS, b. Waterford Twsp, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA; d. 1836, Evesham Twsp, Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

                  ii.    HANNAH COLLINS³²⁵, m. ENOCH ALLEN³²⁵³²⁵.

                 iii.    RACHEL COLLINS^326,327, b. 1749, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, USA; m. JOSEPH CHAMPION^327,327. 

Notes for RACHEL COLLINS:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/30/97) Name & Birth Date & Birth Place are shown in the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search.

 Notes for JOSEPH CHAMPION:

NOTE: (D.A.D. 02/27/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 27, states this about the Joseph Champion Family:

     "Joseph Champion, who married Rachel Collins, was the son of Peter Champion, and Ann Ellis, the daughter of William Ellis and Sarah Collins, the daughter of Joseph Collins and Catharine Huddleston.  Joseph was the son of Francis Collins, the progenitor of the Collins Family, and Sarah Mayham, his first wife.  William Ellis was the son of Simeon Ellis and Sarah Bates, the daughter of William Bates, the progenitor, who came from Wickloe, Ireland.  Peter Champion was the son of Robert Champion, who was the son of John Champion, who was at Hempstead, Long Island, in 1673, and moved to New Jersey.  He died in 1727, leaving a will.  HIs children were Robert, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Phebe." 

48.  SAMUEL²³ STOKES HONORABLE (JOSEPH²², THOMAS SR.²¹, HENRY²⁰, HENRY¹⁹, JOHN¹⁸, THOMAS¹⁷, GEORGE¹⁶, THOMAS¹⁵, THOMAS¹⁴, ROBERT¹³, THOMAS¹², JOHN¹¹ DE STOKES, ROBERT¹⁰, EDMUND⁹, RICHARD⁸, ROBERT DE⁷ STOKES CUSTODIAN OF NEWCASTLE MNT, JOHN DE⁶, ROBERT DE⁵, ROGER DE⁴, SIR RICHARD DE³, WILLIAM DE STOKE OR FITZ² RANULF, RANULPHUS DE¹ PRAERS LORD OF VIL OF STOKES)^328,329,330 was born September 16, 1711 in Of, Centerton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA^331,332, and died April 26, 1781 in Chester Twsp, Burlington, New Jersey, USA^333,334,335.  He married HANNAH HINCHMAN^336,337,338 February 02, 1740/41 in Haddonfield, Camden, New Jersey, USA^339,340, daughter of JOHN HINCHMAN and SARAH.  She was born Abt. 1715 in Of, Centerton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA³⁴¹, and died May 24, 1793 in , Burlington, New Jersey, USA^{341,342,343,344}.

Notes for SAMUEL STOKES HONORABLE:

NOTE: (D.A.D.-5/21/97) "Moorestown And Her Neighbors - Historical Sketches," George DeCou, 1 929, pg 142 - 143, states this about Samuel Stokes:

     "Samuel Stokes, son of Joseph and Judith, when a young man, purchased 300 acres in Chester Township upon which he built his first home.  He married Hannah Hinchman in 1741, and settled on this plantation.  In 1753, he purchased 130 acres on the road leading from Moorestown to Riverton, near the former village upon which he erected a fine house, which he named, "Harmony Hall."  The original building is now part of the fine old colonial residence of Mr. an d Mrs. Ralph L. Freeman, 607 Chester Avenue." 

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 5/22/97) "New Jersey Colonial Documents - Calendar of Wills - 1781 - 1785," p g. 376 states this about Samuel Stokes:

     "1780,____,____, Stokes, Samuel, of Chester Township, Burlington County will of, Daughters, Hannah, wife of Ephraim Haines, Elizabeth, wife of Barzillai Coate, and Sarah, wife of Thomas Gill,  5 each.  Daughter, Judith, wife of Nathan Middleton, 60.  Wife, Hannah, rest o f personal estate, and use of house and plantation, except such part as is devised to my daughter Mary, until my son, John, is 21.  After John is 21, she is to have the use of the two north rooms in the house, where my son, Joseph, now lives, below the stairs, and use of kitchen, and son, Joseph, is to keep her a cow, provide her with firewood, and pay her 100.  Daughter, Mary, wife of John Wilkins, a lot off the place where I live, to being between me and Ephraim Haines, next to the Strangers' Burial-ground, and run along the road 12 rods, then in a parallel line as far back as to include 2 acres.  Son, John Hinchman Stokes, rest of my plantation, with 10 acres to be taken off of my old place, the same part that Samuel Atkinson run some time since, when he was 21.  Son, John, the meadow at Rancocus Creek.  I gave by deed of gift to son, Samuel, his part of my estate. Son, Joseph, rest of lands.  Executors - Sons, Joseph and Samuel.  Witnesses - John Warrington, Rebekah Warrington, Abraham Warrington.  Proved Feb. 17, 1784.

     1781, Nov. 27.  Inventory, 324.16.5, made by Barzillai Coate and Jacob Hollinshead. "           Lib. 25, p. 468. 

NOTE: (D.A.D.-5/27/97) Birth date and Birth place taken from the LDS Family Search Ancestral File.  I will attempt to prove it through other means during my search.

NOTE: (D.A.D. - 10/27/97) "New Jersey Colonial Documents - 1754 - Journal of the Provincial Council" pg. 481, states that Samuel Stokes attended the 19th Assembly as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Burlington County.

NOTE: (D.A.D. - 10/29/97) New Jersey Archives, 3rd Series, Vol IV, "Laws of the Royal Colony of New Jersey," 1760 - 1765. pg. 15. "Colonial Laws - 1760"

     "Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same, That the aforementioned Act, entitled, An Act for the Relief of Poor Distressed Prisoners for Debt,....And in the case of Creditors, who shall me et on or before the said twentieth Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty, a t the Court House in Burlington, and the said, "Robert Smith," do not, on or before the said twentieth Day of December, agree and consent mutually to nominate and appoint five Persons , agreeable to the Directions of this Act, then it shall and may be lawful to and for Abel James, William Foster, Henry Paxson, Samuel Stokes, and Joseph Borden, or the major Part of them, to proceed on the Inquiry aforesaid, and to exercise the same Powers and Authority in the Premises;....."

NOTE: (D.A.D. - 11/20/97) "History of Burlington County, New Jersey" pg. 250 States this about Samuel Stokes:

     "Samuel Stokes was married February 2, 1741, to Hannah Hinchman, and settled on a plantation one and a quarter miles north of Moorestown.  He died 26th of fourth month, 1781, and hi s wife died 24th of fifth month, 1793."

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 02/12/98) "Genealogy of the Stokes Family," 1903, pg. 22, states this about t he John H. Stokes M.D. Family:

     "John H. Stokes, M.D., who married Ann Evans, was the son of Samuel Stokes and Hannah Hinchman, the daughter of John Hinchman Jr., and Sarah, his first wife.  John was the son of John Hinchman and Sarah Harrison, the daughter of Samuel Harrison, of Long Island, the progenitor of the Harrison Family.  John Hinchman was a resident of Long Island in 1675, and his children were:  John, James. Mercy, Mary, and Sarah.  Samuel Stokes was the son of Joseph Stokes and Judith Lippincott, his first wife."

More About SAMUEL STOKES HONORABLE: Burial: Burlington, New Jersey, USA

Notes for HANNAH HINCHMAN:

NOTE: (D.A.D.- 3/22/97) "New Jersey Post-Revolutionary Documents, Calendar of Wills - 179 1 - 1795," pg 344, states this about Hannah Hinchman Stokes:

     "1793, Feb 21.  Stokes, Hannah, of Chester Twsp., Burlington Co., widow of Samuel Stokes , dec'd, will of.  Eldest son, Joseph, 4 shillings (he being heretofore provided for).  2nd Son, Samuel, my desk and a 40 bond against him. Youngest son, John, clock and large looking g lass, he paying 3 to granddaughter Sarah Gill.  Eldest daughter, Hannah Busby, 5 shillings. 2nd daughter, Elizabeth De Bennuel, 5 shillings.  Daughter, Mary Wilkins, a bed with furnishings.  Granddaughters, Elizabeth and Hannah Wilkins, a case of drawers, looking glass, and dressing table.  Grandson, Barzilla Stokes, use of  11.10 loaned to him, he paying his brothers, Samuel and Ellis, each,