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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume IV George Stocking , the immigrant ancestor, and the only one of the name known to have emigrated to America , sailed from England in the ship "Griffin," with the party of Rev. Thomas Hooker , and landed in Boston in the year 1633 . He is believed to have been born in Suffolk, England , about 1582 . He settled first in Cambridge, Massachusetts , where, in the year 1635 he built a house at the corner of the present Holyoke and Winthrop streets. On May 6, 1635 , he was made a freeman. In 1636 he joined the second company of the Rev. Mr. Hooker , and with them traveled on foot through the wilderness to the Connecticut river , and became one of the original founders of Hartford , and a prominent proprietor. In the general distribution of land, he received twenty acres, and other grants later on. He married (first) in England , Anna - and (second) Agnes (Shotwell) Webster , widow of John Webster , governor of the colony. He always took an active part in local affairs; was selectman in 1647 , surveyor of highways in 1654 , and chimney viewer in 1659 . He was excused from military duty in 1660 because of "great age," and died May 25, 1683 , aged one hundred and one years. His name is inscribed on a large monument erected to the memory of Hooker 's party, which stands in the old Center Church burying ground at Hartford . His children were: Deacon Samuel , mentioned below; Sarah , married Samuel Olcott , of Hartford ; Lydia , married John Richards , of Hartford ; Hannah , married, in 1649 , Andrew Benton . ---Submitted by Tina Hursh |