Thomas Stockett, II
Thomas was the only heir and son of Captain Thomas Stockett. He was born April 17, 1667. In 1696, he was a member of the Grand Jury and signed an address to King William to defend him against the intrigue of the late King James. On March 12, 1689/90, he married Mary Sprigg. They had four children. After Mary's death, he remarried, Damaris Welsh, daughter of Major John and Mary Welsh. Thomas and Damaris had twelve children. Their daughter, Mary Stockett, married John Sollers, and after his death, she married Joseph Brewer.
On October 16, 1728, Thomas deeded his daughter Mary, the wife of John Sollers, a number of slaves and cattle. If she died without "issue", then it would revert to his daughter Catherine. Thomas was present when his daughter, Eleanor, gave birth. Upon finding out that the child was a son, he requested that the boy not be named Thomas, but Richard. Grandfather Thomas Stockett gave the baby boy a Negro girl to nurse him and to be his attendant forever.
picture: Charles & Leone Knapp Sherod family