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John Rockwell

Male 1706 - 1773  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name John Rockwell  [1
    Birth Apr 1706  Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farmer  [2
    Death 4 Jul 1773  Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • The record is that Sept. 23, 1743, Joseph Keeler deeded land to said John Rockwell for and in consideration of "Yt Love and Goodwill and fatherly affection which I have and do bear to my son-in-law, John Rockwell, of Ridgefield." Said John Rockwell was one of the eighteen constituent members of the Congregational Church of Ridgebury Society, which was the second church of Ridgefield, organized Jan. 18, 1769, and he and Jabish Smith were the first deacons chosen March 8, 1770, at which election he was called Ensign John Rockwell. After his death, his second wife disposed of her dower to his sons John and Elijah of Lanesborogh, Mass., and David and Abraham Rockwell, both of Ridgebury, June 31, 1774 [2]
    Person ID I23488  Mindrum
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2011 

    Father Jonathan Rockwell,   b. Abt 1666, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1731, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Abigail Canfield   d. 8 Jul 1734, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Apr 1700  [4, 5
    Family ID F13076  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Keeler,   b. 18 Nov 1708, Norwalk or Wilton, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 21 Nov 1769 (Age < 61 years) 
    Marriage 3 Sep 1731  [2
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Rockwell,   b. 25 Jul 1732, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Rockwell, Jr.,   b. 12 May 1734, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1825, Cornwall, Addison, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     3. Daniel Rockwell,   b. 27 Feb 1735, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1795, Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. Mehitabel Rockwell,   b. 11 Apr 1738, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1808 (Age 70 years)
     5. Rachel Rockwell,   b. 9 Apr 1740, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1825, Miry Brook, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     6. Silas Rockwell,   b. 25 Sep 1742, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1760, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     7. Elijah Rockwell,   b. 30 Mar 1745, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1820 (Age > 76 years)
     8. Sarah Rockwell,   b. 24 Jul 1747, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1832, Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     9. Abraham Rockwell,   b. 5 Oct 1749, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1818, Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     10. Eleanor Rockwell,   b. 13 Jul 1752, Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1811, Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F13117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2009 

    Family 2 Esther Hollebert   d. Dec 
    Marriage 22 Nov 1769  Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F13118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2009 

  • Sources 
    1. [S292] James Boughton, A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn., 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn, 1639, (1903), p. 11.

    2. [S292] James Boughton, A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn., 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn, 1639, (1903).

    3. [S5293] Kenneth W. Rockwell, The Rockwell Family in Fairfield County, Connecticut and beyond: Some of the descendants of John Rockwell, an early settler of Stamford, Connecticut,, (Third Edition, 2009).

    4. [S5293] Kenneth W. Rockwell, The Rockwell Family in Fairfield County, Connecticut and beyond: Some of the descendants of John Rockwell, an early settler of Stamford, Connecticut,, (Third Edition, 2009), p. 25.

    5. [S292] James Boughton, A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn., 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn, 1639, (1903), p. 8, abt 1703, Norwalk.