Richard
Stockton
1730-1781
— Signer of the Declaration of Independence . . . During the revolution,
he was captured by the British . . . The effects of his harsh treatment as a prisoner
eventually brought about his death . . . He was a successful lawyer in New Jersey
. . . Served on the Continental Congress.
From
his last will and testament:
"I think it proper here not only to subscribe to . . . doctrines
of the Christian religion . . . but also, in the bowels of a father's affection,
to exhort and charge them [my children] that the fear of God is the beginning
of wisdom, that the way of life held up in the Christian system is calculated
for the most complete happiness."[9]