Agesilaus was born in New Jersey in 1805, son of Godfrey Rockafeller and Ann Gordon. He passed away in 1892.
Sources
"New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5J-59K : 27 September 2017), Agesilaus Rockafeller and Parmelia Young, 14 Jan 1832; citing Hunterdon, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 806,996.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJF-9PM : 12 April 2016), Ageselaus Rockafellow, Washington, Greene, Indiana, United States; citing family 376, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Kansas State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-8J6Y : 12 November 2017), A Rockafeller in household of F Cartright, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States; citing Census, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States, 1, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka; FHL microfilm 570,200.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPL-2WV : 7 September 2017), A Jesse Rockafeller, Ross, Cherokee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 48, sheet 579A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,376.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 February 2020), memorial page for MAJ Agesilaus Jesse Rockafeller (15 Feb 1805–7 Sep 1892), Find A Grave Memorial no. 19937201, citing Borland Cemetery, Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Artie Gruver (contributor 47357991) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Agesilaus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Agesilaus: