Family/Spouse: William JACKSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas was the original immigrant to come to America in this line in 1667 from England. He gained passage from William Stanley who received 250 acres headrights for transporting him. Thomas Plummer received 100 acres of land "Bridge Hill" from his brother-in-law, Thomas Stockett on May 20, 1676. On July 28, 1686, his wife's uncle, Dr. Francis Stockett, purchased 64 acres, part of "Deden," adjacent to "Bridge Hill". By Dec. 15, 1686, he owned a tract called "Level Addition" surveyed by his step-father, George Yate. It was on the west side of the Susquehanna River. He purchased two other tracks that were part of Prince George's Co. when is was separated from Calvert in 1696: "Seaman's Delight" and "Scotts Lot". He wrote his will in 1694 in which he calls himself a religious man. His religious affiliations have not been found. His will lists wife Elizabeth, children: Thomas, Margaret, Mary, Susannah, and Elizabeth. Witnesses were Capt. Henry, Elizabeth and Jos. Hanslap and Edw. Brucebank. It is signed Eliz. Plummer, ex. of the last will & testament of Thomas Plummer, late of Anne Arundel Co., deceased. To quote a more exact translation from Vivian Markley, it was as follows: Plummer, Thomas,A. A. Co., 12th July, 1694; 26th Feb., 1694/5.To eld. son Thomas, 100 A., "Seaman's Delight," in Calvert Co.To eld. dau. Margaret, wife of Hugh Reily, 5 shillings, because of advances already made.To sec. dau. Mary, wife of William Jackson, and hrs., rights in certain tract of land, and 300 A., "Scott's Lott," in Calvert Co.To third dau. Susanna, wife of Francis Swanson, personalty.To wife Eliza:, extx., home plantation, being 164 A., part of "Bridge Hill" and "Doden," during life.To young. dau. Eliza: and hrs., sd. plantation at death of wife afsd. [p.87]In event of death of sd. Eliza: without issue, sd. plantation to pass to 2 daus. afsd., Mary Jackson and Susanna Swanson, equally.Test: Henry Hanslap, Edw. Brucebank, Jos. Hanslap. 7. 5 (C-575)

Thomas married Elizabeth STOCKETT about 1678. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt. Thomas STOCKETT and Mary WELLS) was born about 1666 in , Anne Arundel, MD, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth's birth date is truly unknown. From her marriage date, Anita Fiedler estimates her birth date as between 1652 and 1658. If this is true, her parents married at a much younger date than currently listed in most 2nd hand sources. (C-1653) Elizabeth is mentioned in her Mother's will as the wife of Thomas Plummer. Her father's will only included the word daughters, without naming them. Her stepfather, George Yate's will mentions her too.

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Thomas Stockett immigrated to Anne Arundel Co., Maryland in 1658 with his brothers, Francis and Henry. Their elder brother, Lewis Stockett joined them in 1664. They were from Kent(shire), England. They had apparently been from the strictest faithful followers of Charles I and II. When Charles II was exiled, they mortgaged their property and followed him. At their return, they had no money to redeem their mortgage. They immigrated to America to get a new start. There they received grants of land from the newly restored Calvert government located near the Susquehann River in Harford County, MD. Thomas obtained a patent for land called "Bourne." Brother Henry's was called "Rapalta" and Dr. Francis Stockett's was " Delph" and "Delph Island".

It is thought that these Stockett sons are the children of Thomas and Frances Aylesworth Stockett II of Canterbury, England. This Thomas and Frances were first cousins. They also were grandchildren of a Lewis Stockett who "was a member of the household of Queen Elizabeth I." (C-575)

Thomas Stocket held many highly respected positions in his Maryland home. He served in the Lower House at St. Marys on April 17, 1661 in Maryland and continued as a delegate through 1666. He was a Justice of Baltimore Co. from 1661-1668. In 1668 he was appointed High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Co, to which he and his brothers Henry and Francis then moved. They purchased land located on a stream adjacent to the Patuxent River they named "Stockett's Run.

Thomas, himself, owned 400 acres in Baltimore Co. and 664 acres called "Obligation" north of Arundel Manor which was on the south/east of "Stocket's Run". (Surveyed Jul. 19, 1669) He held the title of Deputy Surveyor General (1670-1671), Captain, and High Sheriff at the time of his death in 1671. (C-575) His other two brothers remained on Stockett's Run and died in residence there. The Coat of Arms they used in Maryland was "a lion rampant, sa. on a chief of the last, tower triple towred, ar. between two bezants."

One of his "indentured servants", George Aslop, published early historical and geographical accounts of Maryland life. In his writings, he mentioned the kind treatment he received from Capt. Thomas Stockett and the abundance in the Stockett Mansion. (C-650)

Capt. married Mary WELLS before 1665. Mary (daughter of Dr. Richard WELLS and Francis WHITE) was born after 1640 in , , VA, USA; died in Jan 1698 in , Anne Arundel, MD, USA; was buried on 21 Jan 1698 in Davidsonville, Anne Arundel, MD, US. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary was born in Virginia and was transported with them in 1653 when they moved to Maryland. One source estimates her birth date as 1637. Montgomery estimates it at 1644 and the seventh child of Richard. She is listed in her father's will as the wife of Thomas Stockett and appears to have been in her father's favor.

One source, Mrs. O. F. Weissgerber from Chula Vista Ca. lists a daughter, Elizabeth, by Mary's second husband, George Yates. (C-637) She had several more sons and daughters with her second husband. She was widowed a second time when he died in 1691. He was also of gentle birth with a Coat of Arms on his silver. (C-650)

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Thomas married his cousin Francis Stockett. (C-650)

Thomas married Frances AYLEWORTH before 1620. Frances (daughter of Walter AYLEWORTH and Jane (Joan) STOCKETT) was born about 1597 in , Kent, ENG; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frances is listed as the fourth child in Stockett's genealogy. (C-650)

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Richard Wells could be the son of John and Elizabeth Elyott Wells of Saltash, England. Harry Wright Newman supports this theory because Richard's son, George, used a seal on his documents that was highly similar to the arms of the Wells of Saltash, County Cornwall, England. That Wells family settled in County Cornwall about 1530 from Lincolnshire. Their arms included a shield with a chevron with three birds and horse's head for the crest. This evidence suggests that the Wells in Saltash need to be studied closely.

What we know for sure about Richard is that he was a staunch Puritan of wealth and influence at a period of history when the Puritans were in power. He and his wife were both the immigrant ancestors in this line. He immigrated from England to Virginia before Sep. 13, 1637. Richard was unmarried when he arrived and settled south of the James River in Virginia. (C-637) He received head rights in Charles City Co., Virginia and received fifty acres of land on the River between two creeks. He apparently had property back in England. He is sometimes confused with another Richard Wells also in Virginia.

Our Dr. Richard Wells is apparently the Richard who was a Surgeon. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1645. He and his family probably moved to Maryland to seek religious freedom offered by Lord Baltimore in 1653. The fact that he was a liberal puritan provoked the move. He took with him all of his children but Martha who had not been born, plus his servants, Thomas Boone, Henry Symonds, George Hall, Thomas Linstead, Edward Howard and Martha Windright.

The birth place of he and his wife's children was in Virginia. Only their daughter, Martha's, birth date and place is unknown.

In Maryland, he was granted 600 acres on Herring Bay that he named "Wells". He built the Manor House they lived in throughout their days on that property. He was appointed a member of the Parliamentary Commission on July 22, 1654, a year after arriving in Maryland. He along with Capt. Fuller, Richard Preston, William Durand Edward Lloyd, Capt. John Smith, Leonard Strong, John Lawson, John Hotch, and Richard Ewen controlled Maryland's government from 1654-1658. Any four of them could act as long as one of them was Fuller, Preston or Durand. (C-603)

He held multiple offices for the courts. He accumulated much wealth in the form of land and a sixteenth of a ship called "The Baltimore." In checking public record, one family researcher has found this Richard Wells and his sons to be ambitious, furious when thwarted, and unsympathetic to those who could not further their interests. (C-637)

After his death in 1667, his son Richard returned to England where his father's will was probated at the Prerogative Ct. of Canterbury, (1668). He still owned land in England at that time. His estate was appraised on Dec. 5, 1667 by Capt. John Howell and Godfrey Bayley. In it, a "chirugeon chest" contained interest in the ship "Majesty". His total worth was L1,735/6/4 plus 57,145 pounds of tobacco, several servants, silver plate, L7/8/9 currency. His Majesty owed him several sums on top of that. His will was witnessed by Francis Stockett, Bonham Turner and Wm. Linckhorne. He named five sons and three daughters. He wished all things to be divided including things in Maryland (the plantation where he lived), Virginia and England.

According to a book on the "Welsh Family" whom his grandson, Thomas Stockett through daughter Mary married into, Richard held the title of "Major" as well as Dr.

Dr. married Francis WHITE. Francis (daughter of Richard WHITE and Catherine WESTON) was born in in , Essex, England; died before 1667. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir Richard and Lady Catherine were Catholics. Due to this they fled Hutton Hall in County Essex, England and emigrated to Rome. It is not known why they sent their young daughter to America. (Wurts, Magna Carta, c1943) According to some 2nd hand Internet info Lady Catherine was a descendant of Charlemagne through the following progression. Dr.Richard Wellsm.Frances White 1622 co Essex, her father was Richard White who m.Katherine Weston; her father was Richard Weston 1577-1635 Earl of Portland who m. Frances Waldegrave, d. of Nicholas Waldegrave who married Catherine Brown. Catherine was the daughter of Sir Edward Waldegrave 1517-1561 who m.Francis Neville, d. of Sir Edward Neville Beheaded 1540, Sir Edward m.Eleanor Windsor, d. of Sir George Neville 1440-1492 who m.Margaret Fenne d.1485. Sir Edward Neville married Elizabeth Beauchamp, d. of Ralph De Neville. Richard De Beauchamp Earl of Winchester m.Joan of Beaufort 1379-1440, m.Isabel le despenser 1400-1439... John of Gaunt 1340-1399...Thomas le despenser 1373-1400 beheaded, m.Catherine Roelt who m.Constance Plantagenet. Both these lines go back to Charlemagne.