Here is an interesting find on the Stokes family genealogy page. http://home.comcast.net/~jameslstokes/stogen.htm 5William Stokes, son of 4Jarvis Stokes and Elizabeth Rogers, m. Hannah Hatcher, dau. of _____ _____. Children were- Link to Parents 6Rebecca, b. 3-23, 1799 m. Brazilla Ivins; d. 8-19, 1835 6Jarvis, b. 1-6, 1801 m. Mary Belsford; d. 7-15, 1849 6Joel A., b. 12-16, 1802 m. Mary Hathaway; d. 8- , 1852 6John E., b. 8-11, 1804 died 3-14, 1808 6Franklin, b. 3-10, 1806 died 4-21, 1857 6Unity, b. 6-11, 1808 m. David Wills; d. 7-7, 1833 6 Granville W., b. 9-26, 1810 m. 1839, Jane Robinson d. 5-19, 1882 6Benjamin A., b. 9-3, 1812 m. 1841, Maria L. Mulford d. 8-14, 1849 6Caroline, b. 10-1, 1814 m. 1833, James Graham; d. 6-30, 1894 6Elizabeth A., b. 2-23, 1816 m. John McCowen d. 8-2, 1897 S.P. 6William H., M. D., b. 7-22, 1820 m.1849, Susannah Throckmorton. 6 Hannah, b. 1-6, 1823 m. 1841 John Simonton William Stokes deceased 8-17, 1838 Hannah, his wife, deceased 5- , 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98a William Stokes, the fourth child of Jarvis Stokes and Elizabeth Rogers, was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 1-14, 1779. He married 4-8, 1798, Hannah Hatcher, of the same county, who was born 8-11, 1775, and settled and resided in Burlington county until 5 mo., 1817. He was a wheelwright by trade, and engaged in the manufacture of wagons. Up to this last date there had been born to his union ten children, nine of them living-John E. alone having departed this life-the eldest, Rebecca, being eighteen years old, and the youngest, Elizabeth Ann, one year old. With these nine children, and his wife William Stokes left New Jersey in a train composed of two ordinary road lumber wagons loaded with mover's outfit, and after a journey of near two months arrived in Lebanon, Waren county, Ohio, 7-4th following. The trip across the country, over the mountains and through the valleys, was without particlular incident or mishap, and the entire family reached their destination in unusual health and spirits. The region of country over which they traveled presented new scenes daily. Over the rolling surface was the varied arrangement of woodland and field, with log farm houses and barns attesting separate possessions. There were frequent brooks and wide rivers, narrow, winding country roads, not roads lined with fences, but along whicht the birches, the elderberries and the sumach grew, with wild grapevines and clamatis climbing to the top of the majestic and sturdy oaks that seemed to stand guard for the safety of the travelers. The journey was made at a time when nearly the entire trade and travel of the county was by team over dirt roads, and through a country where bridges spanned only a few of the rivers, with long and steep hills and high mountains to climb and descend, and often, for days through the solid forests, the sun only to be seen at high noon, with the wagons for sleeping aprartments, and the roadside for a kitchen; where men, and even women and children, walked for days that the wagons might be lightened over the rocks and in the mire. We can form some idea of the force and character of this courageous couple, as they contemplated and completed such an arduous journey, leaving behind them the sacred ties of home, fond parents, brothers and sisters; but it illustrates the character of William Stokes and his faithful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 b consort. Son after arriving in Warren county, William Stokes settled on a farm one and one half miles south of Lebanon, and soon after purchased a farm of 160 acres in Clear Creek township, near Utica, in Warren county, for which he gave seventeen dollars per acre, upon which was a double log house, a log stable, and thirty-five acres of land cleared for cultivation, to which he moved in the spring of 1818, and where he passed the remainder of his happy life. William Stokes was strong physically and mentally; full of life and energy, and whatever he undertook he accomplished, if it was possible of accomplishment. He was fond of Company, made himself agreeable to others, and was honored and respected by all. He took much interest in the education of his children, and had them apply themselves assiduously to their books, and provided them with works tending to broaden and strengthen their minds. He was of a jovial nature and happy turn of mind, and readily adapted himself to events and surroundings-a man of honest purpose and high character-a man among men; he transmitted to his children these characteristics, and after his death, his memory is resplendent with those jewels that "man doth leave after him." He died after a short illnes, 8 mo., 17th, 1838. The good woman who had been his constant companion and helpmate through life, was, like him, strong in mind and body. She possessed many rare qualities, and inspired her children with ambition. She ever kept a watchful eye over them, and maintained their united confidence to the last. She was a woman of unusual energy and determination, and these qualities were slackened only by the weakness of age. In religion she and her husband caste their lot with the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and to the end maintained their belief that "there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." After the death of her husband she continued to reside on the farm where the famiy had lived since coming to Ohio, and at the ripe age of four score and three, she died on the 18th day of 4 mo., 1858, having lived twenty years after her husbnad's death. They had born to them twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood ecxept John E. W. J. W. S.