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The following lots have descended from 18th century New Castle, Delaware through the Stockton, Johns, and Van Dyke families. Amstel House in New Castle served as the home of Delaware's first Governor, Nicholas Van Dyke, and was the sight of his daughter Anna's wedding to Kensey Johns, III. The family remained in the New Castle area after moving from the Amstel House in 1789. Thomas Stockton (1781-1846), Governor of Delaware, was the grand nephew of Richard Stockton, one of the signors of the Declaration of Independence. His marriage to Fidelia Rogerson Johns, daughter of Anna and Kensey Johns, III, in 1804 in New Castle united the Stockton family with two other prominent families, Johns and Van Dyke. The Johns Family had moved to Delaware from Anne Arundel County, Maryland. While some of these objects may have traversed slightly different routes through the history of these families, all apparently began in 18th century New Castle, Delaware, or even earlier in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
When Amstel House became the property of the New Castle Historical Society in 1929, Elizabeth Moore, granddaughter of Thomas and Fidelia Stockton, donated numerous objects to the society. Other heirlooms retained by Elizabeth Moore subsequently passed to the Du Pree branch of the Stockton family.
PROPERTY OF A STOCKTON FAMILY DESCENDENT
A PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
MARYLAND OR DELAWARE, 1760-1780
Details
A PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Maryland or Delaware, 1760-1780
Each with serpentine crest centering a carved shell above a pierced splat and molded stiles over a trapezoidal slip seat above a skirt with carved shell, on cabriole legs with shell-carved knees and ball-and-claw feet
40¼in. high (2)
Maryland or Delaware, 1760-1780
Each with serpentine crest centering a carved shell above a pierced splat and molded stiles over a trapezoidal slip seat above a skirt with carved shell, on cabriole legs with shell-carved knees and ball-and-claw feet
40¼in. high (2)
Provenance
Probable line of descent:
Kensey Johns, II (b. 1759 in West River, Maryland) and Susannah Galloway (m. 1749)
Kensey Johns III, son, and Anne Van Dyke (m. 1784)
Fidelia Johns (daughter) m. Thomas Stockton (b. 1781)
Anne Elizabeth Stockton, daughter (m. Richard Douglas Moore)
Frances Carey Moore (daughter, b.1848) m. Ira Ellis Du Pree
Elizabeth Moore Du Pree (daughter, of Newcastle)
Dan Hughes Du Pree (b. 1883)
Dan Hughes Du Pree II (son, d. 1988)
Richard Greer Du Pree (brother of above)
Kensey Johns, II (b. 1759 in West River, Maryland) and Susannah Galloway (m. 1749)
Kensey Johns III, son, and Anne Van Dyke (m. 1784)
Fidelia Johns (daughter) m. Thomas Stockton (b. 1781)
Anne Elizabeth Stockton, daughter (m. Richard Douglas Moore)
Frances Carey Moore (daughter, b.1848) m. Ira Ellis Du Pree
Elizabeth Moore Du Pree (daughter, of Newcastle)
Dan Hughes Du Pree (b. 1883)
Dan Hughes Du Pree II (son, d. 1988)
Richard Greer Du Pree (brother of above)