Jabez Rockwell Jr. (1740 - 1837)

Born 1 Jul 1740 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Sperry) Rockwell — married 30 Jun 1759 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1837 at about age 96 in Otsego, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Jabez Rockwell Jr. served with 6th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Jabez Rockwell Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A097889.

Jabez Rockwell, Jr., born Ridgefield on July 1, 1740; Married, first, Elizabeth Sperry. (445) She died, but the date not found. He married on October 11, 1778, second, at Ridgebury, by Rev. Samuel Camp, Phebe Bedicut, and a record is found in south Salem Presbyterian church that Jabez Rockwell married Sarah Rundle in 1784; probably not the same Jabez. They settled in Butternuts, Otsego County, N.Y., where he died in 1837. The public records in Danbury furnish account of his service in the Revolutionary War, too lengthy for introduction here, further than to say he enlisted May 9, 1775, in 7th Company, 6th Regiment, Col. Sammuel H. Parsons, and was discharged Nov. 13, 1775.

The records of the probate court at Danbury appointed Keziah Rockwell administratrix of the estate of his father, Jabez Rockwell, Sr., deceased, under date Aug. 29 1757; and Feb. 6, 1758, the records say that Jabez Rockwell, the son of Jabez Rockwell, being of lawful age to choose a guardian, chose Jonah Foster, and his brother Josiah chose Recompense Thomas, of Ridgebury, as his guardian.^[1]

Soon after the burning of Danbury in 1777, Jabez Rockwell, Jr., removed to Butternuts, Otsego County, N.Y., where many of his relatives followed and settled in the vicinity and became numerous. He subsequently married, third, Elizabeth Andrus, and settled in Guilford, N.Y. the old family bible of Jabez Rockwell Jr., was still in the possession of his descendants in 1894.

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNMS : 19 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 237, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1745-1775, Pages 68.

• Boughton, James. Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 (William Jones, New York, 1903) Page 33
• DAR page: http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A097889
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV2-YW2D : 27 July 2019), Jabez Rockwell, 1837; Burial, , Otsego, New York, United States of America, Prentiss Cemetery; citing record ID 20795664, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20795664
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQD-Z4F2 : 21 September 2019), Jabez Rockwell in entry for Elizabeth Sperry, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143425.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-69D2 : 21 September 2019), Jabez Rockwell, ; citing Marriage Phebe Bedent, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3S-L1DQ : 21 September 2019), Jabez in entry for Doshe Belden Rockwell, mother Phebe; citing Birth, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQC-ZZ4D : 21 September 2019), Jabez in entry for Benjamin Sperry Rockwell, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQW-SGPC : 21 September 2019), Jabez in entry for Elisabeth Rockwell, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP39-CZBP : 21 September 2019), Jabez in entry for Levi Rockwell, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7Z-HBTJ : 21 September 2019), Jabez in entry for Eli Rockwell, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74R-ZRX : 7 January 2020), Jabez Rockwell in entry for Ezra Bedent Rockwell, 1782.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Danbury, Page 93 & Page 100.