John Stock of Bristol

[osprey]

sorry, I don't understand your comment about being a Protestant. Parish records are those of the Protestant church which is the established church in England.

https://study.com/learn/lesson/church-of-england-history-beliefs.html

From the Forest of Dean site again
baptisms Newland
18 Dec 1694 Thomas son of Stephen & Mary Stock of Coleford
23 March 1691 Mary daughter of Stephen & Mary Stock of Coleford

possible birth (not baptism)
Aston Ingham 10 Oct 1660 Stephen son of Charles & Elizabeth Stock (the officiating minister Chris S. Stock)
marriage Westbury on Severn 16 April 1686 Stephen Stock & Mary Smith both otp
burial Mitcheldean 10 Feb 1733 Stephen Stock

Other baptisms recorded at Aston Ingham to Charles & Elizabeth
Thomas born 20 Nov 1656 bp 4 Dec 1656
Christopher born 20 Jan 1658/9 bp 4 Feb 1658/9

Burial 20 Aug 1694 Christopher Stock, rector

Baptisms to Thomas Stock, rector, & Bridget
Charles 6 Aug 1700
Mary 27 Aug 1702
same date burial Bridget Stock, wife of Thomas
burial 27 Feb 1704 Christopher son of Thomas Stock - he was baptised 9 Oct 1688 Harescombe
burial 20 Sept 1724 Thomas Stock, rector

Likely baptism for Charles, father of Stephen
Bromsberrow 5 Sept 1630 Charles son of Christopher Stock, rector, & Elizabeth
and same parish 21 Jan 1655 Charles, son of Charles Stock

[Geordie daughter]

Apologies for the late reply - I've had busier week than expected.
Osprey, you must think I'm a complete idiot! I shouldn't post when I'm cold, tired and not firing on all cylinders. What I was trying to explain (very, very badly!) was that Stephen appeared on the Oath Roll in a particular group of men identified as Protestant Dissenters of some form or another. Quite a few of the Stocks I've followed up became non-conformists of one kind or another, and so baptism records are either difficult to find, or not available for their children if they were of the Strict Baptist persuasion.

At any rate, thank you very much for all your hard work in unearthing all those records for me. I'm hoping that I'll get a chance to take things further with Stephen and co. over the next few days, as I'm currently juggling several research balls. I was only able to do a brief bit of exploring using your findings as a starting point but have discovered there is a wealth of information on the Stocks of Bromsberrow.

[osprey]

they look to be a well-connected family with some men of the church.

 

[Geordie daughter]

Yes, they do! They obviously took their religion seriously whichever route they chose to follow. I've just discovered that Rev. Christopher Stock's father, John, who was Rector before him in Bromsberrow, apparently stepped down from his post having changed religion in mid-stream, and became preacher for the non-conformist community there. Now that I didn't expect!