Revision as of 10:43, 1 January 2007

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6           Generation 7         Generation 8
 
                                         +-- William Stoughton
                                         |   (1742-????)
                    +-- John Stoughton --+
                    |   (1773-1833)      |
 Andrew Stoughton --+                    +-- [unknown] Vorhees
 (1802-1867)        |                        (????-????)
                    +-- Catherine Covert
                        (1778->1850)

Sources:

Children

(all children with Catherine Covert)

Places of Residence

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1803 Tax List Middlesex Twp., Butler Co. PA: John Stoughton, 100 Acres, 2 cows, 2 horses or oxen, Valuation 144, Tax 0.43 1895 History Butler Co., p. 58
2	Will of John Stoughton, Estate File # S-40,Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA. Signed 8 Apr. 1833. (Microfilm, Butler Public Library, Vol. A, p. 264, 1833) Lists wife Catherine; sons William, Luke, Andrew, John, Jacob StoughtonJacob, Bernard; daughters Eufame Logan, Hannah Stoughton, Jane Stoughton; executors: son Jacob Stoughton, & William Stoughton(Sr.?); witnesses: Samuel Stoughton & Robert Hemphill.	(Complete text, Will of John Stoughton)
3	Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger, correspondence, 2006
4	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.	N/A

Source notes

• The will of John Stoughton, 1833, implies that John Stoughton and Bernard Stoughton are two separate sons. Research of Jeanne Eichelberger indicates one son, John Bernard Stoughton.
• John Stoughton names as executors in his will of 1833 his son Jacob Stoughton and William Stoughton (Junior/Senior?). William's name is followed by what appears to be either "Junior", or "Senior" (written out, not abbreviated). John's father William was already dead in 1833. John's brother William seems the likely candidate, although Jeanne Eichelberger believes he may have either died or married and remained in NJ as no further evidence of him has been found. In that era, the terms senior and junior were used to indicate an older and younger set of relatives, not necessarily a father/son relationship. John's son William G. Stoughton, although he has no son named William, could be addressed as William Sr. because his brother, John Bernard Stoughton, has a son William. However, it seems logical that in writing the will, the wording in that case would have been "my sons Jacob Stoughton and William Stoughton. Or, William G. Stoughton may have been referred to as William Stoughton, Jr., being the grandson of John's father. If the son of John Bernard Stoughton were known as William Stoughton Jr., he would not be the person named as executor as he would be at most about 5 years old at that date. No other William Stoughton candidates are known at present, so one is led to believe that the executor is either William G. Stoughton, or that John Stoughton's brother William was indeed alive and residing in Butler County in 1822. It is possible that the word following William Stoughton in the will is neither junior or senior but something other.

Conjecture

Research Wishlist

• Will abstracts of Andrew, William, John Bernard, Jacob, and Luke
• Will of John Stoughton Sr.
• 1803 Tax Rolls Middlesex Twp. Butler Co. PA