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→Early life: Annis Boudinot Stockton
'''Richard Stockton''' (1730–1781) was a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]].<ref name=Lives>[[Benson John Lossing]]. ''[[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]].'' New York: George F. Cooledge and Bro., 1848. Reprint: Aledo, [[Texas|TX]]: Wallbuilder Press, 1995, pp. 77-80</ref> Like many signatories, he died prematurely on account of harsh treatment by the [[United Kingdom|British]]. He was an [[attorney]] by trade, and was born and lived in the colony of [[New Jersey]].
'''Richard Stockton''' (1730–1781) was a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]].<ref name=Lives>[[Benson John Lossing]]. ''[[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]].'' New York: George F. Cooledge and Bro., 1848. Reprint: Aledo, [[Texas|TX]]: Wallbuilder Press, 1995, pp. 77-80</ref> Like many signatories, he died prematurely on account of harsh treatment by the [[United Kingdom|British]]. He was an [[attorney]] by trade, and was born and lived in the colony of [[New Jersey]].
== Ancestry ==
== Early life ==
His great grandfather was that [[Richard Stockton (emigrant)|Richard Stockton]] who first emigrated to the [[New York]] colony between 1660 and 1670 (or perhaps earlier to what was then known as [[New Netherland]]). The present subject was actually the third bearer of the name Richard Stockton (the second was his grandfather). He was born on October 1, 1730, to [[John Stockton]] on the family estate of [[Morven]], near [[Princeton]].<ref name=Lives/>
His great grandfather was that [[Richard Stockton (emigrant)|Richard Stockton]] who first emigrated to the [[New York]] colony between 1660 and 1670 (or perhaps earlier to what was then known as [[New Netherland]]). The present subject was actually the third bearer of the name Richard Stockton (the second was his grandfather).
He was born on October 1, 1730, to [[John Stockton]] on the family estate of [[Morven]], near [[Princeton]].<ref name=Lives/> He married Annis Boudinot, and together they had six children.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Revolutionary_Women_in_the_War_for_Ameri/LUoZUs4xg78C?hl=en&pg=PA100 Revolutionary Women in the War for American Independence]</ref> Annis was an accomplished poet, and her brother was the well known delegate to the Continental Congress [[Elias Boudinot]].
== Education and Professional Advancement ==
== Education and Professional Advancement ==