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Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey

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  Richard Stockton (1730-1781) — of New Jersey. Born near Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., October 1, 1730. Associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1774; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died February 28, 1781 (age 50 years, 150 days). Interment at Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Brother of Hannah Stockton (who married Elias Boudinot); father of Julia Stockton (who married Benjamin Rush and William Bradford) and Richard Stockton (1764-1828); grandfather of Robert Field Stockton and Richard Stockton Field; great-grandfather of John Potter Stockton; second great-grandfather of Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 2, 1740. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-78, 1781-84; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Died in Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., October 24, 1821 (age 81 years, 175 days). Interment at St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Elias Boudinot (1706-1770) and Mary Catherine (Williams) Boundinot; married to Hannah Stockton (sister of Richard Stockton); father of Susan Vergereau Boudinot (who married William Bradford); first cousin thrice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown.
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) — also known as "Father of American Psychiatry" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Byberry Township (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., January 4, 1746. Physician; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776-77; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 19, 1813 (age 67 years, 105 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married, January 2, 1776, to Julia Stockton (daughter of Richard Stockton); father of Richard Rush.
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Rush County, Ind. is named for him.
  Rush Street, in Chicago, Illinois, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Benjamin Rush: Alyn Brodsky, Benjamin Rush : Patriot and Physician — David Barton, Benjamin Rush — David Barton, Benjamin Rush: Signer of the Declaration of Independence
  William Bradford (1755-1795) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 14, 1755. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1780-91; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1791-94; U.S. Attorney General, 1794-95; died in office 1795. Presbyterian. Died August 23, 1795 (age 39 years, 343 days). Interment at St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of William Bradford and Rachel (Budd) Bradford; married to Susan Vergereau Boudinot (daughter of Elias Boudinot; niece of Richard Stockton).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Bradford County, Pa. is named for him.
  The city of Bradford, Pennsylvania, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Stockton (1764-1828) — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, April 17, 1764. U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1789-91; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1796-99; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1813-15; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1810; received 8 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1820. Slaveowner. Died March 7, 1828 (age 63 years, 325 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Stockton (1730-1781); father of Robert Field Stockton; uncle of Richard Stockton Field; grandfather of John Potter Stockton; great-grandfather of Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Richard Rush (1780-1859) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 29, 1780. Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1811; U.S. Attorney General, 1814-17; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1817-25; France, 1847-49; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1820; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1825-29; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1828. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 30, 1859 (age 78 years, 335 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Rush and Julia (Stockton) Rush; married to Catherine E. Murray.
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Richard Rush: Anthony Mark Brescia, Richard Rush and the French Revolution of 1848 — J. H. Powell, Richard Rush, Republican diplomat, 1780-1859 — Douglas Dykstra, The Richard Rush ministry to Great Britain, 1818-1825
  Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866) — also known as Robert F. Stockton — of New Jersey. Born in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., August 20, 1795. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; served in the U.S. Navy during the Mexican War; Military Governor of California, 1846-47; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1851-53. Slaveowner. Died in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., October 7, 1866 (age 71 years, 48 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Stockton (1764-1828); father of John Potter Stockton; grandson of Richard Stockton (1730-1781); grandfather of Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Stockton, California, is named for him.  — The city of Stockton, Missouri, is named for him.  — The borough of Stockton, New Jersey, is named for him.  — The city of Fort Stockton, Texas, is named for him.  — Stockton Creek, a tidal channel in Monrovia, Liberia, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Richard Stockton Field (1803-1870) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Burlington County, N.J., December 31, 1803. Republican. Lawyer; New Jersey state attorney general, 1838-41; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1862-63; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1863-70; resigned 1870. Died in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., May 25, 1870 (age 66 years, 145 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Nephew of Richard Stockton (1764-1828); grandson of Richard Stockton (1730-1781).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  Charles Pinckney Brown (1823-1864) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in South Carolina, May, 1823. School teacher; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from St. James, Goose Creek, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Killed in battle at Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield County, Va., May 14, 1864 (age about 41 years). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Sarah Elizabeth (Smith) Brown and Charles Tennent Brown; great-grandnephew of Rawlins Lowndes; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Lowndes and William Jones Lowndes; first cousin thrice removed of Elias Boudinot; second cousin thrice removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Burnet Rhett Maybank; third cousin thrice removed of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and Peter Gansevoort.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Potter Stockton (1826-1900) — also known as John P. Stockton — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., August 2, 1826. Democrat. U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864, 1876 (member, Credentials Committee), 1880; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1865-66, 1869-75; New Jersey state attorney general, 1877-92. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 22, 1900 (age 73 years, 173 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Field Stockton; father of Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929); grandson of Richard Stockton (1764-1828); great-grandson of Richard Stockton (1730-1781).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born about 1857. Democrat. Stockbroker; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; New Jersey Commissioner of Charities and Corrections. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1929 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Potter Stockton; married to Clemence Finch; grandson of Robert Field Stockton; great-grandson of Richard Stockton (1764-1828); second great-grandson of Richard Stockton (1730-1781).
  Political family: Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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