John Rockwell

Male 1627 - 1673  (~ 46 years)


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  • Name John Rockwell 
    Christened 18 Jul 1627  Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J3R-3D 
    Died 13 Sep 1673  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I820  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2015 

    Father William Rockwell, Deacon,   c. 6 Feb 1591, Fitzhead, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 May 1640, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Susannah Capen,   b. 5 Apr 1602, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1666, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1624  Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Family ID F320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Ensign,   b. Abt 1629, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1659, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 6 May 1651  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Deliverance Hayes,   b. 11 Jun 1640, Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1670  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 18 Aug 1662  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 7, 8
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 May 1651 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Aug 1662 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Sep 1673 - 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, pp. 113-115. - D0004
      MARRIAGES: "Search", vol 7, pp. 113-115. Lists children of both marriages.

      He was a cooper by trade.

  • Sources 
    1. [S132] M&JCH 17:133.

    2. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 44 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S5] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (http://www.newenglandancestors.org: 2002), REF F7/G74., William Rockwell, p. 1594-7. accessed 14 October 2015. (Reliability: 3).
      BIRTH: Baptized Fitzhead, Somersetshire, 6 February 1590/1, son of John and Honor (Newton) Rockwell (Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Pedigree Of Rockwell and Allied Families: Extracted from the Records Of the College of Arms (London, n.d.), p. 2). (Other sources give the year of baptism as 1591/2 [Rockwell Gen 188-92; M&JCH 17:131-33].)
      DEATH: Buried at Windsor 15 May 1640 [Loomis Rec 1:50; Grant 79 (gives only year of death)].
      MARRIAGE: Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, 14 April 1624 Susan Capen [Dorset Marr 7:9], daughter of BERNARD CAPEN. She married (2) Windsor 29 May 1645 as his second wife MATTHEW
      GRANT [Goodwin Anc 106]. She died at Windsor 13 November 1666 [CTVR 22].

      CHILDREN:
      i.?tab?JOAN, bp. Dorchester, 25 April 1625 [M&JCH 17:133]; m. (1) Windsor 15 November 1642 Jeffrey Baker [Grant 27]; m. (2) Northampton 10 December 1668 Richard Ingram [Pynchon VR 142].
      ii.?tab?JOHN, bp. Dorchester 18 July 1627 [M&JCH 17:133] (d. Windsor 3 September 1673, aged 46 years [CT VR 27)]; m. (1) Windsor 6 May 1651 Sarah Ensign [Grant 63]; m. (2) Windsor 18 August 1662 Deliverance Hayes [Grant 63].
      iii.?tab?JOHN, bp. Dorchester 18 July 1627 [M&JCH 17:133] (d. Windsor 3 September 1673, aged 46 years [CT VR 27)]; m. (1) Windsor 6 May 1651 Sarah Ensign (Grant 631; m. (2) Windsor 18 August 1662 Deliverance Hayes [Grant 63].
      iv.?tab?SAMUEL, b. 28 March 1631 [Grant 63]; m, Windsor 7 April 1660 Mary Norton [Grant 63].
      v.?tab?RUTH, b. say 1633; m. Windsor 7 October 1652 Christopher Huntington [NorVR 37], son of SIMON HUNTINGTON.
      vi.?tab?SARAH, b. say 1639; m. Windsor 22 March 16581/9?) as his second wife Walter Gaylord [Grant 42], son of WILLIAM GAYLORD.
      http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?volumeId=12107&pageName=1594&rId=235192927

    4. [S133] Early Records of Windsor , Connecticut, vol 5, p. 361 (Reliability: 3).
      this record states the death as 3 Sep 1673

    5. [S127] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, Dorset Marr 7: 9 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S10] Grant, 63 (Reliability: 3).

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

    8. [S133] Early Records of Windsor , Connecticut, vol 5, p. 361 (Reliability: 3).