Benjamin Rockwell

Male 1700 - 1775  (74 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Rockwell 
    Born 26 Oct 1700  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christened 27 Oct 1700  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J30-0P 
    Died 4 Feb 1775 
    Person ID I768  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  [3, 5
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Parke,   b. Abt 1702,   d. 4 Feb 1773, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 3 Feb 1724  Stafford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Oct 1700 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 27 Oct 1700 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630" by Burton W. Spear, vol 7, pg. 117 - D0004
      MARRIAGE: "Search", vol 7, pg. 117 (spouse - Margaret Polk or Pork or Paulk - and children only). One 1992 IGI record lists spouse as Margaret Parke
      1992 AF: Wife given as Margaret Drake
      DEATH: 1992 AF. In "Search", vol 7, pg. 117 this is death date of spouse.

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] History of Ancient Windsor, Vol 1, p. 915 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 191. Note 7 (Reliability: 3).

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

    4. [S122] History of Ancient Windsor, Vol 1, p, 915 (Reliability: 3).
      also in Rockwell Family. p. 191, Note 7.
      His death is given as 1739 at Stafford in "The Descendants of John Drake," p. 32}

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

    6. [S119] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 16 October 2015), Benjamin Rockwell, Margaret Parke marriage; http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/connecticut-vital-records-to-1870-the-barbour-collection/image/?volumeId=13219&pageName=119&rId=234912823. (Reliability: 3).
      Stafford, p. 119
      Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut ?tab?
      Rockwell, Benjamin, m. Margaret Parke, Feb. 3, 1723/4