I HAVE BEEN DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE STOCKS FAMILY AND CHASED DOWN THE FIRST MEMBER TO ARRIVE IN AMERICA. THE SPELLING OF THE NAME IS INCORRECT BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE RECORDS WILL SHOW THAT JOHN AND ANN STOAKS ARRIVED FROM ENGLAND TO THE JAMESTOWN COLONY IN 1624 ABOARD THE SHIP "WARWICK" AND CAN BE SEEN ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE http://www.primenet.com/~langford/places/va160.htm I HOPE THIS COULD BE OF HELP TO YOU AS YOU SEEM TO BE WAY AHEAD OF MOST STOCKS FAMILY RESEARCHERS. MY MOTHER WAS A STOCKS AND HER FATHER WAS JOHN WALTER STOCKS OF LAMAR COUNTY GA.(1879-1963),HIS FATHER WAS GILFORD STOCKS(1846-1918), HIS FATHER WAS WRIGHT STOCKS(1815-1885)OF PIKE CO.,NOW LAMAR COUNTY,BARNESVILLE,GA. THERE I HIT A BRICK WALL AS FAR AS PROVING IT BUT WE THINK WRIGHT CAME FROM PITT CO. N.C. AND THAT HIS FATHER WAS HIL0RY STOCKS OF CRAVEN AND PITT CO.N.C. AND THAT HIS FATHER WAS WILLIAM STOCKS OF CRAVEN COUNTY IN 1800(PITTCO. IN 1790 ) IN TRACING FURTHER BACK THE ONLY STOCKS THAT I HAVE UNCOVERED IN N.C.PRIOR TO 1800 ARE AS FOLLOWS:JOHN STOCKS AND ISAAC STOCKS IN 1755 IN BEAUFORT CO.AND THEN IN PITT CO. 1762-1775 CENSUS, WILLIAM STOCKS IN 1786 IN ONSLOW CO. N.C. SHOULD BE SAME WILLIAM ABOVE.THERE WAS ALSO A STAREY AND STAREY JR STOCKS IN PITT CO. IN THE 1800 CENSUS, A SARA STOCKS IN 1790 IN PITT CO. CENSUS ,A HENRY STOCKS IN DUPLIN CO. N.C. IN 1790 A GEORGE STOCKS IN PA. ON 1790 A DOROTHY STOCKS IN S.C. BERKELY DIST IN 1724 A SAM STOCKS IN SAME DISTRICT IN 1729 CENSUS AND A THOMAS STOCKS ,SAME DIST.ST. ANDREWS PARISH ALSO IN 1731. THERE ARE SOME STOCKS FAMILIES LIVING IN VA. POSSIBLY MD. DURING 1700"S. WONDER IF JOHN STOAKS IS THE SEED FOR THIS ENTIRE LINE? I DOUBT IT, I KNOW THAT OTHER STOCKS CAME OVER AND SETTLED IN UTAH AND OTHER PLACES. CAN YOU FILL IN OR PROVE ANY OF THE ABOVE INFO? WOULD LOVE TO FURNISH YOU UPTODATE INFO FROM WRIGHT STOCKS TO PRESENT AND WILL DO SO IN THE NEXT MONTH AS TIME PERMITS. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. JOE