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.