Thomas Stoke or Stokes was christened on 10 Sep 1758 in Churchill, Oxfordshire. He was one of six children, two of which died young.
He married Elizabeth Nash in 1781 in Chipping Norton at which time they were living at the 'tithing of Over Norton'. Together they had nine children between 1782 and 1804. All but their first children William were christened in Churchill. They were: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Sarah, Phabe (Phoebe?), Ann, Jno. and Isaac.
