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Joseph Stocks

Joseph was born in 1739 in Fartown and his baptism took place on May 6th, 1739 at St. Peter (Huddersfield).¹²

Birth Notes
- Elizabeth would have been born about 1738, making her about 19 or 20 when she first married, and 41 when she had her last child, and it’s assumed Joseph Stocks would have been younger than Elizabeth (who had been married. If age at death is corret, then he was born in 1743.
  
  There is only one Huddeersfield Baptism for a Joseph Stocks about this era, son of David from Fartown, Huddersfield Parish on 6 May 1739. Fartown is 1.5 miles North of Huddersfield. David had Samuel, Jane, Joseph, Benjamin and Richard. This is the best match!
  
  Name:    Joseph Stocks
  Event Date:    6 May 1739
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Parish:    Huddersfield, St Peter
  Father's name:    David Stocks
  Text:   "Joseph of David Stocks, Fartown"
  
  Name:    Joseph Stocks
  Gender:    Male
  Baptism Date:    6 May 1739
  Baptism Place:    St Peter,Huddersfield,York,England
  Father:    David Stocks
  FHL Film Number:    262537, 942 B2M V. 2
  
  There is one other baptism on 1 Jun 1740, at Coley, Halifax, son of Michael but this is also too far north. However, if you expect his son George to name a son after his grandfather (a common practice), then Michael is a fit (but not Benjamin or Job, Georges other sons). Michael had Joseph, Esther, Merct and John, so none of the siblings match family names.

Joseph's father was David Stocks and his mother was Sarah Brook. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Stocks and Eliza Wilkinson. He had four brothers and a sister, named Richard, Benjamin, Samuel, David and Jane. He was the oldest of the six children. He had a half-sister named Anne. He died at the age of 61 in January 1800 in Berry Brow. His burial was on January 2nd, 1800 in Almondbury.³³

Death Notes
- Name: Joseph Stockes
  Birth Date: 1743
  Age: 57
  Event Date: 2 Jan 1800
  Event Type: Burial
  Parish: Almondbury, All Hallows
  
  Text reads; "Joseph Stocks of Berrybrow, Mason at 57" but actually, he was older (if baptism is correct).

General Notes
- Joseph was a Mason from a large family of masons from Huddersfield. He moved to Berry Brow when he married.
  
  Joseph a Mason from Berry Brow married Elizabeth Shaw, widow from Deadmanslow in 1762. On 22-May-1763 an infant was buried, son of Joseph from Deadmanslow. Another infant was buried 15-Sep-1764, and now Joseph was back at Berry Brow.

Occupation Details
- Joseph's occupation was Mason.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Stocks
  - b.1692 in Halifax d.Dec 1732 in Longwood
  
  David Stocks
  - b.~ 1715 in Longwood
  
  Eliza Wilkinson
  - b.~ 1695 in Halifax
  
  Joseph Stocks
  - b.1739 in Fartown d.Jan 1800 in Berry Brow
  
  Sarah Brook
  - b.1717 in Huddersfield d. in Huddersfield

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Joseph's family with Elizabeth Perkin

¹ Certificate - Marriage
² West Yorkshire BMB 1512-1812
³ West Yorkshire Deaths & Burials (1813-1985)