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btion. He escaped and joined the English at Louisburg. Afterwards he served in the West Indies in 1762. He left the army in 1770, and died not long after.

Stockden (Stockton), Rev. Jonas, born 1584, was son of Rev. William Stockden, parson of IJarkeswell, county Warwick, England. He came to Virginia in 1620, set- tled at Elizabeth City, and in May, 1621, he wrote a letter, several times printed, regard- ing the treacherous character of the Indians, and the futility of any attempt to convert them "till their priests and ancients were put to death." The massacre took place the next year. In 1627 he leased fifty acres on Hampton ri\er.

Stoever, John Casper, was born at Frank- enberg, Hesse, about 1685, and in 1728 came with his son of the same name to Philadel- j)hia. He was jjastor of the German miners who came to Germanna, in \'irginia, in 1717 and 1 7 19, and afterwards removed to the present Madison county about 1727 and founded a Lutheran congregation. He was ordained minister in 1733 '^"^^^ ^^''^-t year took charge of the ciiurch in Madison county. In 1734 he went to Germany with two of his congregation to collect money for his con- gregation. He was quite successful and after staying abroad four years started to return with about £3,000 and a good supply of books, but died and was buried at sea. His will was proved at Philadelphia, March 20. 1739. With the money, the fruit of his labors, the congregation after his death built in 1742 a church and bought lands and slaves. His son. Rev. John Casper Stoever, Jr.. was born December 2, 1707, in the duchy 01" I)erg; was ordained in 1733 and organized

many Lutheran congregations in the eastern counties of Pennsylvania.

Stokes, Christopher, ancestor of the Stokes family in Virginia and the south ; was liurgess for Warwick river, 1629, and for Denbigh in 1629-30. He afterwards lived in New Poquoson parish, York county, and "he died there, leaving four sons, men- tioned in an order of court in 1648 — Christo- j>her, William, Francis and Thomas.

Stone, Captain William, of Hungar's

creek, on the eastern shore of Virginia, was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1603, and came to Virginia in or before 1633. He was nephew of Thomas Stone, a wealthy haberdasher of London ; justice of Accomac in 1633 ; vestryman and sheriff in 1635 ; re- moved wnth other non-conformists to Mary- land in 1648, and in the same year was made governor of Maryland by Lord Baltimore. He was removed from of^ce in 1653 by the parliamentary commissioners. Claiborne and Bennett, and in 1655 headed the royalist element, which on March 25 was defeated at the Severn by the adherents of parlia- ment, under the command of Captain Wil- liam Fuller. Stone was captured and sen- tenced to death, but was pardoned. He died about 1695. ^^ ^''is manor of Avon, in Charles county, Maryland. Among his descendants was Thomas Stone, signer of the Declara- tion of Independence. Governor Stone mar- ried Verlinda, sister of Rev. William Cot- ton, minister of Accomac.

Story, Joshua, a burgess for King and Queen county in 1695-96 and 1696-1697. The last year (1697) he was made sheriff of his countv.