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Jonathan Rockwell (1711 - 1784)

Jonathan Rockwell
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
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Died at age 73 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

Parents are Jonah and Abigail ? The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records calls them Johan and Abigail. The History of Ridgefield calls them Jonathan and Abigail. Obviously the same person at any rate.

Jonathan, son of Jonathan (aka Jonah[1]) and Abigail was born March 31, 1711[2][3][4]

Jonathan, married Esther [ blank or illegible] in Oct. [ ], 1733, in Ridgefield[4].

Jonathan died in Ridgefield on Sept 3, 1784.[3][4] Mrs. Esther died May 20, 1796 ae 83 (b.c. 1713) [4].

Children listed in the settlement of his estate[5]. Dates supplied by the Barbour Collection of Vital Records. Last four are youngest sons and youngest daughters but the order may be mixed.

  1. Abigail b. Feb 3 1734/5; m. Joseph Doolittle Aug 10, 1757
  2. Mary b. March 9, 1736/7; m. Gray
  3. Jonathan b. Jan 10, 1738/9; m. Hannah Bennett Jan 1, 1760.
  4. Esther b. Dec 10, 1740; m. Brown
  5. Ebenezer b. Sept 3, 1742; m. Abigail Worden (alias Smith) Nov 5 1777;
  6. Elizabeth b. Oct 15, 1747, m. Jones
  7. Henry
  8. William
  9. Anna m. Thomas
  10. Dorcas m. Bostwick

Sources

  1. Probably a transcription error perhaps from an abbreviation used.
  2. perhaps 1710/11? accounting for double dating and 1710 sometimes being listed
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rockwell, George Lounsbury. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Ridgefield, Conn.: Priv. print. by the author, 1927
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Connecticut Vital Records to 1870. Barbour Collection Ridgefield. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
  5. Finch, Jesse Howell. Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, 1867-1949 of Elmira, New York, p90




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