The answer to yesterday's question as to whether Richard Stockton was the father of Robert F. Stockton, the commander of the USS Princeton when the cannon exploded killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, who was one of the students disciplined for the "Great Rebellion" of 1807 and received the sermon from Richard Stockton, Jr. after the petition was delivered. The answer is yes he was.
Richard Stockton, Jr. was a U.S. senator and representative from New Jersey. he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1779 and is buried at Princeton Cemetery.
He was the son of Richard Stockton, who signed the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey.
Small World. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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