Born: Oct 01, 1730 AD Died: 1781 AD, at 50 years of age. 1730 -
Richard Stockton, son of a wealthy landowner and judge, was born
on the 1st of October at Morven, the family estate and his
lifelong home, at Princeton, New Jersey. 1748 - He graduated
from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University),
then in Newark but relocated 8 years hence at Princeton. 1754 -
He completed an apprenticeship with a Newark lawyer and joined
the bar. 1755 - He wed poetess Annis Boudinot, by whom he had
two sons and four daughters. 1764 - He advocated American
representation in Parliament, but during the Stamp Act crisis
the next year questioned its right to control the Colonies at
all. 1766 - He sailed on its behalf to Scotland to recruit Rev.
John Witherspoon for the presidency. Aiding in this endeavor,
complicated by the opposition of Witherspoon's wife, was
Benjamin Rush, a fellow alumnus then enrolled at the University
of Edinburgh. 1774 - 1776 - He began a 6-year term on the
executive council of New Jersey and th