General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sr.
Accomack Co.
Long before the first white settlers arrived in what is no
w Virginia, the Native Americans called the Eastern Shore b
y the name Accawmacke ---meaning the "across the water plac
e". Accawmacke was settled very early by the English.
(Research):Note:
He married Jane Stockley in Accomac Co., VA, 1687. Jane wa
s born in of, Assawoman, Accomack, VA about 1663. Jane wa
s the daughter of John Stockley and Elizabeth Watkins???? S
tockley MRS. Jane was baptized a member of The Church of Je
sus Christ of Latter-day Saints October 17, 1973. Temple Co
de: SLAKE. She was endowed November 28, 1973. Temple Code
: SLAKE. She was sealed to her parents February 8, 1974. Te
mple Code: SLAKE. Jane and Joseph Staton were sealed May 5
, 1994. Temple Code: SLAKE.
Joseph was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Chris
t of Latter-day Saints October 24, 1986. Temple Code: OGDEN
. He was endowed January 9, 1987. Temple Code: OGDEN. He wa
s sealed to his parents January 20, 1988. Temple Code: OGDE
N. Joseph and Jane Stockley were sealed May 5, 1994. Templ
e Code: SLAKE.
Source 2) Willis Staton,About the Author
Willis Staton was an attorney in Pikesville, Ky., born 187
5 to Joseph and Matilda Staton. Joseph was son of Richard S
taton who is listed on the 1900 census in Pike County, so W
illis would have been at least 25 when his grandfather die
d and should have "known" some of the family history. The f
ollowing is an excerpt from a letter to Clyde Runyon to Ste
rling H. West in 1971; "In the 20s my grandmother answere
d a query in a magazine by a Willis Staton of Pikesville, K
y., who was trying to locate the descendents of Perry Solom
on Staton. He told her his grandfather and Perry Solomon St
aton were brothers. His father being Joseph Staton, son o
f Richard Staton and Melinda Bevins. Charles and Nancy wer
e married in 1820, so it appears that Charles must have bee
n married to some one else according to the age of childre
n in his family in 1830."