Benjamin Rockwell (1704 - 1787)

Born 6 Jul 1704 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Wilson) Rockwell — married 14 Apr 1732 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1787 at age 83 in South Salem, Westchester, New York, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Rockwell, son of Jonathan Rockwell and Abigail Canfield Rockwell, was born July 6, 1704, at Norwalk, Connecticut^[1].

He married at Norwalk, in 1732, Rebecca Wilson. Rebecca, united with the Presbyterian Church in South Salem, New York, May 24, 1752. She died Oct. 27, 1789 in New Salem^[1].

He settled at Ridgefield; was joint owner of a plot of ground on Main St. with Jonathan Rockwell in 1744^[1].

A record in the Presbyterian Church in South Salem, New York, says he was one of the eighteen who organized that church May 20, 1752^[1].

He died Nov. 16, 1787^[1]. He is buried at the Presbyterian Church, South Salem, Westchester, NY.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Boughton, James (compiler). Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut 1939 New York: W.F. Jones, 1903.

• Rockwell, George. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut (Ridgefield, Conn., 1927) Page 452 & Page 550.
• Hull, Robert W. & Jessup, Harlan R., Samuel² Canfield (d.1690) and His Son Ebenezer³ Canfield (d.1715) of Norwalk, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2006) Vol. 49, No. 2, Page 76.