Ezra Rockwell

1772 - 1859  (87 years)

• Name	Ezra Rockwell  [1]
  Born	10 Feb 1772	Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Apr 1859	Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Notes	Ezra Rockwell, born (supposed) at Lenox, Mass., Feb. 10, 1772, and is said to have moved to Solon, now Cortland County, NY, about 1793, and settled on a tract of land ceded by the commissioners of the State of New York to Daniel Orr, and probably purchased by Ezra Rockwell, containing six hundred acres, a copy of the original document being at this writing in the hands of the writer, together with a copy of an original commission to Ezra Rockwell as ensign of a company in the regiment of the militia of Onondaga County, NY, dated April 8, 1806, and signed by the governor, Morgan Lewis. Also a copy of the marriage certificate, which is dated at Berkshire, Mass., May 30, 1792, certifying that on that day Ezra Rockwell and Priscilla Bateman were lawfully married, signed John Baron, Justice of the Peace. Ezra Rockwell's biographer says of him that he was a man of untarnished character, a devout Christian, and a kind and benevolent man, a great reader, and he and his family were liberal contributors towards the founding of the Presbyterian church at Solon, which was built on a plot of ground donated by him for that purpose. Said edifice is still standing (at this writing, 1891) and in a fine state of preservation after a lapse of nearly one hundred years. A schoolhouse and parsonage were also built on land given by him. He says at that early date they were frequently annoyed by bears and deer, and occasionally a company of Indians would come to their house and cause some alarm, but never committed any very serious depredation. At that period he was obliged to take the grain on horseback a distance of forty miles to a mill, employing two to three days for the trip. About 1839 they (Ezra and his wife) were becoming advanced in life, and sold the farm at Solon to their son Chauncey Rockwell, who was to give them a home with him as long as they lived. She died at Solon, NY, Nov. 15, 1846, and he moved with his son to Ulster, PA, where he died April 17, 1859. [2]
  Person ID	I26942	Mindrum
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas Rockwell, III,   b. 16 Jan 1746, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 15 Aug 1812  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rhianea Hubb,   d. Dec
  Family ID	F18589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Bateman,   d. 15 Nov 1846, Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York
  Married	30 May 1792	Berkshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [2]
  Children	1. Arabella Rockwell,   b. 17 May 1793, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. Ohio   2. Sally Rockwell,   b. 13 Nov 1795, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. Rochester, Monroe, New York   3. Ezra Rockwell, Jr.,   b. 17 May 1798, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. 1874, Morris, Grundy, Illinois  (Age 75 years)   4. Sophia Rockwell,   b. Apr 1801, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York   5. Louisa Rockwell,   b. Oct 1803, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York   6. Chauncey Rockwell,   b. 1 May 1807, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. 19 Mar 1862, Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania  (Age 54 years)   7. George Rockwell,   b. 12 Sep 1810, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. 2 Dec 1841, Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York  (Age 31 years)   8. Thomas B. Rockwell,   b. 1 Nov 1812, Solon, Cortland, New York ,   d. 24 Nov 1841, Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York  (Age 29 years)   9. Elias S. Rockwell,   b. 2 Apr 1819, Solon, Cortland, New York
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2009
  Family ID	F18665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S292] James Boughton, A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn., 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn, 1639, (1903), p. 42. [S292] James Boughton, A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn., 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn, 1639, (1903).