Stockton family (Princeton, N. J.)

Richard Stockton (1764-1828), son of Annis Boudinot Stockton and Richard Stockton (1730-1781), was a lawyer, the head of the New Jersey Bar, and a U.S. Congressman. Lucius Horatio Stockton (d.1835), son of Annis Boudinot Stockton and Richard Stockton (1730-1781), was a lawyer and the District Attorney for New Jersey. Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), son of Mary Field Stockton and Richard Stockton (1764-1828), was a Navy officer and later a Senator. He was interested in and experimented with steam powered ships, and was active in the railway business.

John Potter Stockton (1826-1900), the son of Maria Potter Stockton and Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), was a lawyer, a U.S. Senator, and Attorney General of New Jersey. Robert Field Stockton, Jr.(1832-1898), the son of Maria Potter Stockton and Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), was a lawyer, President of the United Railway and Canal Companies of New Jersey, State Comptroller of New Jersey, and Adjuntant General during the Civil War.