Daniel Stockton was born on Sunday 11 February 1849 in Alsagers Bank, Staffordshire.

Daniel married Caroline Ann Harris in 1873 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Caroline Ann Harris:

- Mary Elizabeth Stockton	born around 1875 in Whittington, Derbyshire.
- Henry Peter Stockton	born around 1877 in Whittington, Derbyshire.
- Frank Harris Stockton	born around 1880 in Carlton, Yorkshire.
- Ernest Stockton	born around 1884 in Carlton, Yorkshire.
- Louisa C Stockton	born around 1886 in Carlton, Yorkshire.

Details of Daniel's occupation are not known.

Daniel died in 1908 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.