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James Rockwell

Male 1704 - 1776  (72 years)


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  • Name James Rockwell 
    Born 3 Jun 1704  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J2V-WT 
    Died 15 Oct 1776  , Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I751  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Joseph Rockwell,   b. 22 May 1670, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1733, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Drake,   b. 2 Nov 1675, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 12 Jun 1733  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 23 Jan 1694  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Loomis,   b. 31 Oct 1706, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1759, , Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 7 Nov 1728  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Children 
     1. James Rockwell, (Twin),   b. 27 Sep 1728, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1751  (Age 22 years)
     2. Ebenezer Rockwell, (Twin),   b. 27 Sep 1728, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. William Rockwell,   b. 19 Sep 1731, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Abigail Rockwell,   b. 19 Dec 1733, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1734, Windsor (prob.), Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Lucy Rockwell,   b. 1735, , , Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1818, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     6. Abigail Rockwell,   b. Abt 1736, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1816  (Age ~ 80 years)
     7. Elizabeth Rockwell,   b. 9 Apr 1742, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1823, Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     8. Nathaniel Rockwell, (Twin),   b. 3 Nov 1746, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1822  (Age 75 years)
     9. Sybil Rockwell, (Twin),   b. 3 Nov 1746, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Jemima Rockwell,   b. Abt 1750, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Jun 1704 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Nov 1728 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: Windsor Vital Records, vol 2, pg. 32; "Loomis Family in America", 1981 ed., pg. 139; "Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John, 1630", by Burton W. Spear, vol 7, pg. 117 - D0004
      MARRIAGE: "Loomis", pg. 139; "Search", vol 7, pg. 117 (spouse only)
      DEATH: "Search", vol 7, pg. 117
      Will dated 27 Feb 1770 in Windsor (Hartford Probate 1776 #4608) lists all living children except Lucy. Question place of death as Litchfield, given probate in Hartford and all property in will being in and around Windsor.
      In "History of Litchfield County, CT", published 1881 by J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, the only Rockwell mentioned in Sharon was Dr. Samuel Rockwell, born 1759, who moved there from East Windsor with his parents (p. 581).
      PARENTS: "Loomis", pg. 139
      CHILDREN: "Loomis", pg. 139 Lists all children in order, except no Lucy
      "Search", vol 7, pg. 17 says 10 children from 1728-1746. Pg. 117 gives 10 children, including one who died 28 Aug 1751 and another daughter, unnamed, no dates (possibly Lucy?)
      The Rockwell Family in 1 line of descent, by F.W. Rockwell - 929.273, R593r

      The Rockwell family in America, 1630-1873, by H.E.Rockwell
      Descendants of John & Lucy Rockwell Mears, by H.Healy-GSF#223,920, 3rd item.
      Descendants of Joseph Loomis, 1590-1658 - 929.273 - L873le
      He served in the "King George's War " 1743-48 (Windsor Farmes, p. 107. History of Windsor, Vol 1, p. 247)
    • (Research):The Rockwell Family Foundation Newsletter #41, dated August 2002 has an article by Mark S. Rockwell of Fairfax Station, VA. In it he states (page 4) that "William Rockwell, son of James and Abigail, had a sister named Jemima Rockwell who dies as an infant in 1746".

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] The Descendants of John Drake, Compiled by the Direction of Frank B, Gay, (The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1933), p. 32 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 48 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), Chp. Vol VIII, p. 196 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 102 (Reliability: 3).
      The Mothers of the Family,chp.

    5. [S126] Loomis Genealogy, Vol 1 [1880] pp. 447-9 (Reliability: 3).