John Stocker (died 1807) was an affluent American merchant, insurance agent and alderman in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century.Eberlein, Harold Donaldson and Horace Mather Lippincott. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood, pp. 33-35. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1912.Lippincott, Horace Mather. Early Philadelphia: Its People, Life and Progress, pp. 38-39, 245-247, and 264-265. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917.
Involved in the fire insurance industry, he resided at 404 Front Street (Philadelphia) in Philadelphia in a house that has been preserved since his death. Francis Trumble's woodshop was also once located on the property.Eberlein and Mather, The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood, pp. 33-35.
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