Genealogy Report: Descendants of Robert Stooksbury
Descendants of Robert Stooksbury
1.ROBERT1 STOOKSBURY died Abt. 1752 in Fairfax County, Virginia.He married ELIZABETH HEWITT.
Notes for ROBERT STOOKSBURY:
Arrived in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania in 1695.
Probably migrated from Burlington, New Jersey (Unproven)
In 1745 Robert and Elizabeth sold the property and moved to Fairfax Co., Virginia.That part of the county later became Loudoun County.Robert died intestate about 1752.
The name Stooksbury, variously spelled Stukesberry, Stukesbury, Stokesberry, Stretchbury, Stuchbury, Stretchbury, appears in therecords of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. These records indicate that a Robert Stukesbury was in that county as early as 1695. In 1719 William Penn, divided all the land of Wrightstown, Bucks County, amoung 15 men, one of whom was Robert Stuckbury. Since that was the last time his name appeared in the Bucks County records, it is assumed that he was Robert Stretchbury, of Bucks County who Married Elizabeth Heuitt, Widow of the same county on October 16,1792, and later apeared in the Fairfax County, Virginia records. Robert died intestate in 1751
On October 28, 1757 Robert Stukesberry, lawful son and heir of Robert Stukesberry,deceased, and Jean his wife, sell land formerly owned by his father to Thomas Gore of Loudon County, Virginia. The RobertStukesberry family lived near Waterford, in that part of Fairfax Countywhich in 1757 became Loudon County.
In Loudon County Court Order Book A, page 229, there is record of a transaction in 1759 between Robert Stukesberry and hisstepmother, Elizabeth Powderell. ( she may have remarried after the first robert's death)
A Richard Stretchberry died intestate in Loudon County in 1763
W. L. Stooksbury of Knoxville compiled a history of Stooksbury's
Sir William Stooksbury of England Came to America about 1720 and had sons.
1. Jacob, born in New York about 1750 who moved to Virginia and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His wife was Elizabeth Moorhead and they had sons Jacob, William, Robert, Enoch, and Joseph.
2. William, who moved to Pennsylvania or Ohio and had sons named Jacob,William, David, and John.
Mrs Harold A. Cook, 434 Seminole Drive, Erie Pennsylvania, a descendant of William Stokesbury, has had considerable research done on the family and has found that William Stokesbury was in Buckingham and Wrightstown Militia, Bucks County Pennsylvania on August 21, 1775, and Jacob Stooksbury, SolesburyTownship, Bucks County, Pennsylvania was in the same militia company. They could have been brothers.
Notes for ELIZABETH HEWITT:
Also spelled Huiett
Children of ROBERT STOOKSBURY and ELIZABETH HEWITT are:
| 2. | i. | ROBERT2 STOOKSBURY, d. Bef. April 1763. | |
| ii. | JACOB STOOKSBURY. |