Individual Details

Christopher Stokes III

(1590 - 1646)

Burial Details Unknown.
Christopher Stokes, Burgess, in 1600 Tytherton, Wiltshire ENG to 1648 New Poquoson Parish, York Co VA @ WikiTree.com: + ?; children: William Stokes; parents: ? + ?;

Christopher Stokes in "The Original Stokes of VA" @ Ancestry.com: "... 07/31/1622 Christopher Stokes + wife Mary sail for VA via ship 'James' at expense [headright] of London ENG merchant/Puritain Edward Bennett ... son William age 3 probably accompanies ... VA Company of London sends Christopher Stokes bedding, a saw, and several containers of goods on behalf of the Society of Southampton Hundred, which suggests he is to go to their plantation ... 02/16/1624 census Stokes family not included but appear to have been residents of Jamestown Island VA where family’s presence is well documented ... 12/1624 serves on jury conducting inquest into Jamestown Island VA child’s drowning death ... 5 year old William Stokes a witness ... 1630 Christopher Stokes has moved to present Warwick Co VA and represents Denbigh, Warwick Co VA area as a Burgess ... 1635 patents land in Elizabeth City Shire/Co VA ...";

Christopher Stokes in "Encyclopedia of VA Biography" (Volume 1, Section IV—Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons, p. 322) @ VA Gen Web.Org: "Stokes, Christopher, ancestor of Stokes family in VA and the south ... 1629 Burgess for Warwick River VA ... 1629-1630 Burgess for Denbigh VA ... afterwards lives in New Poquoson Parish, York Co VA ... 1648 dies there leaving four sons ... 1648 four sons mentioned in order of court: Christopher Stokes ... William Stokes ... Francis Stokes ... Thomas Stokes ...";

Christopher Stokes in "The Colonial VA Register" @ New River Notes.com: "... 1629 represents Warwick River Shire VA in House of Burgesses, Assembled 10/16/1629 ... 1629-1630 Christopher Stokes represents Denby/Denbigh VA in House of Burgesses, Assembled 03/24/1630 ...";

Christopher Stokes in 1600 Gloucestershire ENG to 1646 New Poquoson Parish, York Co VA @ Pedigree Resource File: b 1600 Gloucestershire ENG; d 1646 York Co VA; + (1633 Chippenham, Wiltshire ENG) Elizabeth Young, + ?Elizabeth Stoakes; children: Frances Stokes, Elizabeth Stoakes/Stokes, Christopher Stokes, William Stokes, Henry Stokes, Thomas Stokes, Lancelot Stokes; parents: Christopher Stokes + Prudence Ivy, + Jane Davis

Events

Birth1590Gloucestershire, England
MarriageAbt 1617England - Elizabeth Young
Death1646York County, Virginia
ChristenVirginia

Families

SpouseElizabeth Young (1593 - 1660)
ChildWilliam Stokes (1618 - 1699)