- Georgraphic distribution of the Stockton Surname in the 1810 US Census
- Geographic Distribution of the Stockton Surname in Great Britain
- Stockton YDNA Project
- Stockton in Chalkley's Chronicles
|Common variants, |
In the United States
common in original
|Similar in pronunciation|
|Habitational||In old English "Stocc" refers to a "tree trunk", while "Stoc" is a "dependent settlement". One or the other of these terms may have been combined with "tun" which referred to an enclosure or a settlement. ||Ancestry
|The 1841 Census of England included entries for over 900 persons by the name of "Stockton". Almost all were located in England proper, with most found in Cheshire (32%).|
Fewer than ten persons bearing this surname were recorded in Scotland, and fewer than ten persons were recorded in Wales.
|Image:Stocktons in the 1810 US Census.jpg
The following summarizes information concerning Stockton linegages that have been examined in the Tapestry Area. Lines not represented in the Tapestry area are not considered here.