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Samuel Rockwell
1631 - 1711 (79 years)-
Name Samuel Rockwell Born 28 Mar 1631 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male AFN 9J35-1K Died 1711 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Person ID I783 James Henry Martineau Last Modified 10 Nov 2015
Father William Rockwell, Deacon, c. 6 Feb 1591, Fitzhead, Somerset, England , bur. 15 May 1640, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 49 years) Mother Susannah Capen, b. 5 Apr 1602, Dorchester, Dorset, England , d. 13 Nov 1666, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 64 years) Married 14 Apr 1624 Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset, England [2, 4, 5] Family ID F320 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Norton, b. Abt 1638, Deans, Bedfordshire, England , d. Aft 1678, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 41 years) Married 9 Apr 1658 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [4, 6, 7, 8] Children 1. Mary Rockwell, b. 18 Jan 1662, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 2 Apr 1738, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 76 years)2. Abigail Rockwell, b. 23 Aug 1664, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 3 May 1665, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 0 years)3. Samuel Rockwell, Jr., b. 19 Oct 1667, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 18 May 1725, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 57 years)+ 4. Joseph Rockwell, b. 22 May 1670, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 26 Jun 1733, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 63 years)5. John Rockwell, b. 31 May 1673, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 30 Sep 1741, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 68 years)6. Abigail Rockwell, b. 11 Apr 1676, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 12 Oct 1741, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 65 years)7. Josiah Rockwell, b. 10 Mar 1678, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 13 Nov 1742, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 64 years)Last Modified 10 Nov 2015 Family ID F315 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 28 Mar 1631 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 
Married - 9 Apr 1658 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Died - 1711 - 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. 115 - D0004
MARRIAGE: Windsor Vital Records, vol 1, pg. 61.
"Loomis Family in America", 1981 ed., pg. 138 gives wife as Mary Norton
1992 IGI 7 Apr 1660, Guilford, New Haven, CT
"Search", vol 7, pg. 115 has 7 Apr., lists children. One of the first
settlers of East Windsor.
DEATH: "Search", vol 7, pg. 115. 1992 AF: "age 80"
Early Records of Windsor, Connecticut list his wife Mary & all 7 of their children with their birthdays The mg. date for Samuel & Mary Norton is listed 7 Apr 1660 in Early Windsor Records which agrees with the "Rockwell Family of America". The "Grant "record lists 1658 as the mg. year. There is not as much info for this record.
- BIRTH: "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630" by Burton W. Spear vol 7, pg. 115 - D0004
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Sources - [S10] Grant, 63 (Reliability: 3).
- [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 44 (Reliability: 3).
- [S36] Wills, Surrogates court, Staten Island,New York.
- [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 - [S127] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, Dorset Marr 7: 9 (Reliability: 3).
- [S10] Grant, p. 63 (Reliability: 3).
- [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 192 & 45 (Reliability: 3).
p. 45,This record lists the mg, date as 7 Apr 1660 - [S133] Early Records of Windsor , Connecticut, vol 5, p. 361 (Reliability: 3).
- [S10] Grant, 63 (Reliability: 3).