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_George DUNAWAY ___________+ | (1812 - 1860) m 1836 _Thomas Jefferson DUNAWAY _| | (1854 - 1924) m 1880 | | |_Permelia GATES ___________+ | (1815 - 1880) m 1836 _John Elvin DUNAWAY _| | (1881 - 1966) m 1905| | | _Elvin E. DUNAWAY _________+ | | | (1845 - 1923) m 1862 | |_Synthia Adaline DUNAWAY __| | (1862 - 1924) m 1880 | | |_Manerva (Minerva) MORGAN _+ | (1844 - 1880) m 1862 | |--Weldon Oliver DUNAWAY | (1906 - 1981) | ___________________________ | | | _Eli Franklin JOY _________| | | (1860 - ....) | | | |___________________________ | | |_Lorah Dell JOY _____| (1887 - 1919) m 1905| | ___________________________ | | |_Nellie Gray TOBY _________| (1870 - ....) | |___________________________
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Mother: Lucy Adeline HINES |
_Mr. GATEWOOD _______+ | (1770 - 1815) _Nicholas GATEWOOD __| | (1810 - 1860) | | |_Lucy________________ | (1770 - 1830) _James Woodson GATEWOOD _| | (1847 - 1921) m 1887 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Sallie______________| | (1815 - 1860) | | |_____________________ | | |--Nora GATEWOOD | (1894 - 1927) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Lucy Adeline HINES _____| (1861 - 1947) m 1887 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
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Mother: Mary FIELD |
served as Aide to the Secretary of the Navy. During War of the
Barbary Powers, he served first as Junior Lieutenant on the
Guerrier, Commodore DECATUR'S flagship and subsequently as First
Lieutenant on the schooner Spitfire, taking part in the capture
of the Algerian frigate Mishoun, 17th June, 1815, and of the
brig, Estecio a few days following. In 1816, he again cruised in
[p.433] the Mediterreanean as Seventh Lieutenant on the
Washington, Commodore CHAUNCEY'S Squadron; was promoted Second
Lieutenant and subsequently First Lieutenant of the Eric,
returning to the United States in 1812;
was transferred soon after to the command of the schooner
Alligston and under the auspices of the American Colonization
Society, visited the west coast of Africa where, in 1822, he
founded a Colony at Mcsurado, which became in 1847 the Republic
of Liberia.
He subsequently captured the Portuguese Letter of Marque
Marrianna Flora and the French slaver Jeune Eugenie. This latter
case was taken to Court and Captain STOCKTON, defended by Daniel
WEBSTER, won the case. Thus he was the first to establish the
right of a warship to capture slave vessels under a foreign
flag.
Was ordered to the West Indies to check the depredations of the
pirates and surveyed the Southern Coasts, 1823-1824; during
which time he married. Obtained leave of absence from 1826-1838
and made his home in Princeton, New Jersey, where he established
a newspaper to which he contributed editorials, stating that his
support of President ADAMS would be based upon the latter's
“good behavior in office,” an independent attitude which he
continued to maintain throughout his career.
Was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention, 1826; was the
Founder and first President of the New Jersey Colonization
Society and the chief promoter of the Delaware and Raritan
Canal, visiting Europe to obtain a loan for the completion;
he served as executive officer of the flagship Ohio,
Mediterranean Squadron, Commodore Isaac HULL, 8th December,
1838-1839, bearing official dispatches to Great Britain where he
investigated the improvements in naval architecture; was
promoted Port Captain, 1839. Supported Gen. William Henry
HARRISON for the Presidency, 1840, and declined the portfolio of
the Navy offered by President TYLER, 1841.
He was one of the first commanders to apply steam to naval
purposes; building in 1842-1844, the famous sloop of war
Princeton of which he was placed in command. On the trial down
the Potomac River, 28th February, 1844, through the accidental
explosion of one of the guns, opposite Mount Vernon, Able P.
UPSHUR, Secretary of State, Thomas W. GILMER, Secretary of the
Navy and David GARDINER, father-in-law of President TYLER were
killed as well as several of the crew, while Captain STOCKTON,
and others were severely injured. A court of inquiry showed that
this gun was fired at the order of the Secretary of the Navy,
contrary to Captain STOCKTON'S desires. Captain STOCKTON was
completely acquitted of all blame.
Later on in the same year, he was appointed to carry the
annexation resolutions to the Government of Texas, and sailed in
the Princeton. Was promoted Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific
Squadron, October, 1845, and sailed in the frigate Conyers with
Mr. TEN EYCK, commissioner, from Norfolk, Virginia, around Cape
Horn to the Sandwich Island and finally to Monterey, California,
of which place Commodore John D. SLOAT, U. S. N., had taken
possession of, 7th July, 1846.
Commodore STOCKTON took command by proclamation of the entire
American force on the Pacific Coast and in coöperation with Col.
John C. FREMONT, captured Los Angeles, 13th August, 1846;
assumed office as the first American Governor of California
(military), appointing Colonel FREMONT, [p.434] Commander of the
military forces; recaptured San Diego, San Gabriel and Le Mesa;
Maj.-Gen. S. W. KEARNEY was later second in command.
Commodore STOCKTON returned to San Diego 17th January, 1847,
after having successfully negotiated with Mexico for the ceding
of California to the United States, which act was formally
ratified by the treaty of 2d February, 1848. Upon his return to
New Jersey, he received the thanks of the State Legislature and
was tendered a reception. He resigned from the Navy, 28th May,
1850.
Was elected to the United States Senate from New Jersey to the
Thirty-second Congress for the full term, 1851-1857, but
resigned 20th January, 1853; was President of the Dclaware and
Raritan Canal, 1853-1866; was a Delegate to the Peace Congress
at Washington, D. C., 13th February, 1861;
received the honorary degree of A.M. from the College of New
Jersey, 1851;
the city of Stockton, California, the torpedo boat and the
destroyer Stockton, were named in the Commodore's honor; a
memorial window in memory of Commodore STOCKTON and of Admirals
SLOAT and FARRAGUT was placed in St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island
Navy Yard, California, in 1902;
m. 1823, Harriet Maria POTTER, who d. 1862, dau. of John POTTER
of Charleston, South Carolina."
Arms.—Gules, a chevron vaire, argent and azure between three
mullets, or.
Crest.—A lion rampant, supporting an Ionic pillar.
Motto.—Omnia Deo Pendent.
Children:
I. Richard, b. 22d January, 1824; d. 5th April, 1876; m.
(firstly) Caroline Bayard DODD; m. (secondly) Susan B. DODD.
II. JOHN POTTER, “The Senator;” b. 2d August, 1826, of whom
later.
III. Catherine Elizabeth, m. William Armstrong DODD.
IV. Mary, b. 1830; m. Rear Admiral John C. HOWELL.
V. Robert Field, b. 22d January, 1832; d. 5th May, 1898; m. Anna
Margaretta POTTER.
VI. Harriet Maria, b. 1834.
VII. Caroline, m. Capt. William Rawle BROWN of the United States
Navy.
VIII. Julia, b. 1837; m. Edward M. HOPKINS.
IX. Annis, m. 21st February, 1865, Franklin Davenport HOWELL.
_John STOCKTON Judge_+ | (1701 - 1787) _Richard STOCKTON ___| | (1730 - 1781) m 1752| | |_Abigail PHILLIPS ___+ | (1708 - 1757) _Richard "The Duke" STOCKTON _| | (1764 - 1828) | | | _Elias BOUDINOT _____+ | | | (1706 - 1770) m 1733 | |_Annis BOUDINOT _____| | (1736 - 1801) m 1752| | |_Catherine WILLIAMS _+ | (1714 - 1765) m 1733 | |--Robert Field "the Commodore" STOCKTON | (1795 - 1866) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary FIELD __________________| (1776 - 1837) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
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