Stooksbury Family History
Stooksbury Name Meaning
English: habitational name probably from Stockbury (Kent). The placename may derive from Old English stoc ‘place secondary settlement’ + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English bǣr ‘pasture’ or burg ‘fortress’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022