Thomas Stockett was the eldest of four brothers who came to Maryland in the spring or summer of 1658 and settled in Baltimore County on what was then practically the border between the whites and the Indians. The brothers were: Lewis, Thomas, Francis, and Henry. For a few years Lewis was colonel and commander-in-chief of all the forces in the North and on the Isle of Kent. Francis was a burgess of his county within less than a year of his arrival in the province. As a member of the assembly during the Fendall rebellion he held out for the lord proprietor until overcome by fear, and when that rebellion had been put down he asked for a pardon. He was also appointed chirurgeon of a company sent to Susquehanna Fort to aid the Susquehanna Indians. Henry was a justice of the quorum in the court of his county.
"Delf" was surveyed for Francis Stockett August 6, 1658, on rights for transporting himself, Thomas and Henry his brothers and nine servants. This tract lies on the bay between Spesutia Island and the mouth of Bush River or, between the mouth of Romney Creek and a small creek which to this day is called Delf Creek. It seems probable that Stockett settled and lived on the tract during his residence in Baltimore county. It had an excellend harbor on Delf Creek and in 1658 he would have had for neighbors in the wilderness Major Samuel Gouldsmith at Gouldsmith's Hall on the bay across the mouth of Delf Creek and Captain George Utie, the brother of Colonel Nathaniel Utie, at the mouth of Romney Creek. Stockett sold the land to Thomas Thurston (Quaker) in 1669 after his emigration to Anne Arundel county.
"Delf Island" was laid out for Francis Stockett July 4, 1661 between "Delf" and the mouth of Romney (then called "Rumley") Creek. It is the land which in later years was known as Taylor's Island.
The land called "Rupalta" was surveyed for Henry Stockett June 27, 1661. It is described as "lying on the west side of the Susquehanna River, beginning at a small point respecting the lower end of Palmer's Island to the east," and is the land next to "Harmer's Town" above the mouth of the river. It was once known as "Upper Stockett's".
"Bourne" was surveyed for Thomas Stockett June 21, 1661. It lies about mid-way between the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the mouth of Swan Creek on the Bay on the little creek once called Bourn Creek. A tract called "The Stopp," laid out for George Yates March 24, 1679, is described as lying "at the head of the Bay between the lands of Captain Thomas Stockett, beginning at a bounded chestnut oak standing by a branch called Bournes branch, a bounded tree of the land called Bourn, and running up the Bay... to a bounded red oak a bounded tree of the land called Harmers Town."
1661-1664: Thomas Stockett was a burgess of Baltimore County and a justice of the quorum in the court of the same county from 1661 to 1664. In 1663 he served on a committee of the lower house of assembly to consider Indian affairs. The year following he was named by that house as a fit man to treat with the Susquehanna Indians. One of the terms of a treaty with those Indians required that none of them should come any further among the English plantations than where Captain Thomas Stockett or Jacob Clausen lived without first procurring a pass from one of those gentlemen.
There is no trace of the other three brothers in Maryland after the first year. According to tradition they moved into Anne Arundel County about that year and a little later returned to England. Thomas, after moving with his brothers into Anne Arundel County, served there as sheriff, and a part of the time as deputy surveyor-general of the province, until his death in April 1671. If we may judge from his will he was a very pious man. He left one son, Thomas, and from his marriage with Mary Sprigg, of a prominent Maryland family, and a subsequent marriage with Damaris Welch, the Stocketts of Maryland, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey are descended.
Jerome White, Esq., prior to a trip to England appointed Thomas Stockett, Acting Surveyor General of the province. Reference: Archives of
Maryland, vol. 57, pp. 500-501
On July 28, 1663, the Maryland Governor ordered Captain Thomas Stockett to deliver to "Civility" and the other Susquehanna Indians," two barrels of powder, two hundred-weight of lead, and a small cannon from the house of Colonel Nathaniel Utie. Utie's house stood on Spesutia Island, a short distance from what is now Havre de Grace.
Thomas Stockett by his will bequeathed a mare to his kinsman, Henry White. In 1670 Henry White claimed land rights for his emigration to the
province and received a warrant for 50 acres. Reference: Wills, Liber 1, folio 430; Liber 16, folio 73, Land Office, Maryland
The Stockett Family is discussed in the 1642 Visitation of Kent (Harleian Society Publications, 42:184), and in Frank H. Stockett, Genealogy of the Family of Stockett, 1558-1892 (Balto.: Wm. K. Boyle and Son, n. d.).Visitation of Kent, 1642).
STOCKETT, LOUIS (1), was born 1558, and d. 1603. was listed as progenitor in the Vis. of Kent; resided in St. Stephen's Parish, Kent England and had issue: THOMAS, of Gray's Inn; JOANNA, m. Walter Aylworth, son of John and Elizabeth (Ashton) Aylworth (Walter and Joanna had at least one daughter, Frances, who m. her cousin Thomas Stockett) (
STOCKETT, THOMAS (2), son of Louis (1), married Joanna, daughter of -- Biggs of Kent; he is listed as armiger in the 1642 Visitation, and he and his wife had issue: FRANCES, died unmarried; THOMAS, of St. Stephen's; and LUCIA, married Capt. Michael Wood (Visitation of Kent, 1642)., son of Thomas (2) and Joanna, married his first cousin, FRances Aylworth, daughter of Walter and Joanna (Stockett) Aylworth; he had one son listed in the Visitation of Kent, 1642 but FRank H. Stockett states he had other children: JOHN, listed in the Visitation of Kent, 1642 of "ob. Incunabilis;" FRANCIS, b. c.1634; HENRY; THOMAS; Col. LEWIS; and AYLWORTH (Visitation of Kent, 1642 and Stockett Gen.)
STOCKETT, THOMAS (3), son of Thomas (2) and Joanna, married his first cousin, Frances Aylworth, daughter of Walter and Joanna (Stockett) Aylworth; he had one son listed in the Visitation of Kent, 1642 but FRank H. Stockett states he had other children: JOHN, listed in the Visitation of Kent, 1642 of "ob. Incunabilis;" FRANCIS, b. c.1634; HENRY; THOMAS; Col. LEWIS; and AYLWORTH (Visitation of Kent, 1642 and Stockett Gen.)
STOCKETT, FRANCIS (4), son of Thomas (3), said to have been born c.1634, died 1687; immigrated to Maryland c.1658 with his brothers Henry and Thomas; resided in Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties; physician; represented Baltimore County in the Lower House in 1659/60; died by 14 August 1687 in Anne Arundel County. (371:779; 388).
STOCKETT, HENRY (5), son of Thomas (3) and Frances, came to Maryland c.1658 with brothers Francis nd Thomas; married Katherine (---) by October 1669 when they conveyed 115 acres Delph Island to Thomas Thurston; in December 1670 was in Anne Arundel County when he and wife Katherine conveyed 300 acres Repulta to Thomas Ford; on 22 February 1672 Matthew Harding of Anne Arundel County made a will naming Henry's wife Katherine and their daughter Katherine as his sole legatee; Henry died leaving a will, 21 June 1682 - 23 October 1682, naming wife Katherine and these children: LEWIS (not yet 21); (daughter) HENRICO; PENELOPE; and KATHERINE (later married Henry Rhodes) (95; 98:44; 120:72, 140).
STOCKETT, THOMAS (6), son of Thomas (3) and Frances, came to Maryland with brothers Francis and Henry c.1658; married by 1667 Mary, daughter of Richard Wells; represented Baltimore County in the Lower House, 1661, 1662, and 1663-1664; Justice of Baltimore County 1661-1664, Sheriff of Anne Arundel County 1669-1670; died leaving a will, 23 April 1671 - 4 May 1671, naming wife Mary, child Thomas and unnamed daughters, cousin Henry White, brothers Francis and Henry, and Richard Wells; widow Mary married 2nd George Yate; had issue: THOMAS, m. 1st c.1689 Mary, sister of Thomas Sprigg and 2nd, by March 1708, Damaris, daughter of John and Mary Welch; FRANCES, married Mareen Duvall; possibly other daughters. (67:5; 120:35; 388).
STOCKETT, LEWIS (7), possible son of Thomas (3), claimed land for transporting himself in 1666; was in Maryland by 20 April 1665 when he witnessed the will of Thomas Griffith (120:35; 388).
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