Source: Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, Virginia 1632-1802.
Compiled by James Handley Marshall. Picton Press, Camden, MA 1994
Will of Francis Stockley dated December 12, 1655, proved January 1, 1656
To my beloved wife 3 cows and 4 steares. To my daughter Ann Stockley 2 cows and 3 steares.
To my son John Stockley 3 cows, 3 steares, and my gun. In case all three children die, then their
legacies to their mother. To my wife the best bed, curtains, and vallence. To my daus. Frances
and Ann Stockley a bed apiece. To my godson Francis Willyams one cow calf. That cow calf
which my brother John Stockley owes me, to his son Willyam Stockley. To my wife all my
moveables and things belonging to me, and for life the plantation, and after her death to my son
John. And after the debts of Richard Wooton deceased are paid, the remaining estate to be
equally divided by my son John and his sister Frances.
Witnesses: William Geldinge, William Ennis, John Stockley.