Abijah
Rockwell
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of David Rockwell
and Elizabeth (Hyatt) Rockwell
Brother of
Elizabeth Rockwell, David Rockwell Jr., Hannah (Rockwell) Smith, Abigail (Rockwell) Hall, Rebecca (Rockwell) Purdy, Mary (Rockwell) Crittington, Thomas Rockwell, Abner Rockwell and Abiah (Rockwell) Northrup
Husband of
Lydia (Burchard) Rockwell
— married
30 Sep 1773 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Deborah Rockwell, Abel Rockwell, Sally (Rockwell) Seymour, Zerah Rockwell and Belinda (Rockwell) Byington
Died
at age 72
in Ridgebury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
Abijah was the son of David and Elizabeth (Hyatt) Rockwell
He married Lydia Birchard, daughter of Isaiah and Sarah (Betts) Birchard, on 30 Sep 1773 at Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut - parents of Deborah, Abel, Sarah and Zerah Rockwell
Sources
- "US Census, 1790", database online. Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. pg. 296, section 3, line 31. Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census ( database on-line ). Provo, UT., USA: Ancestry,com Operations Inc., 2010.
- Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut, W.F Jones, 1903. By James Boughton. Pages 22. Available on Google Books and archive.org
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abijah 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 Abijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abijah 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 Abijah:
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~1.56%
Shedrick Moore
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