Family
Stockton and his wife had six children, four daughters and two sons: Julia Stockton (married to Benjamin Rush, also a signer of the Declaration), Mary, Susan, Richard, Lucius and Abigail.
Stockton's oldest son Richard was an eminent lawyer and later a Senator from New Jersey. His son, Commodore Robert Field Stockton, was a hero of the War of 1812, and in 1846 became the first military governor of California and later a Senator from New Jersey.
Read more about this topic: Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman)
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“Chant lessons and your family will prosper; drunken ditties will lead you to ruin.”
—Chinese proverb.
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