Mehitable (Rockwell) Hoyt was born in 1661 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, daughter of John Rockwell (~1625 - ~1673) and Elizabeth (Weed) Rockwell (~1637 - ~1676).
Mehitable married Zerubbabel Hoyt (~1651 - ~1739) in May 1720 in Norwalk.
Mehitable died about 1738 in Norwalk aged ~77.
Research Notes
Mehitable Rockwell was usually called Hittabel. She was born c 1661, in Stamford, CT. She was a daughter of John Rockwell, who was called "formerly of Stamford" in Hittabel and John "Keeiler"'s marriage record at Norwalk[3] and possibly his first wife, Mehitebal? Unknown.[4]
On 14 September 1656, a "Hittabel Rock" or Rock (?) well died at Stamford. There may have been a mark of contraction following the name. If this were true, she was probably a first wife of John Rockwell. Naming patterns (that John named a daughter Mehittabel) and a gap in the births of John Rockwell's children also point to a possible first wife.[citation needed]
Sources
↑ Doherty, Frank J. 1990–2003 Beekman Patent, The Settlers of, [Dutchess Co., NY.] (Online database accessed 18 May 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) Vol 7, Page 386).
↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1930 Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut. 2 vols. (Online database accessed 18 May 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol 1, Pages 229, 356.
The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and biographical, privately printed for Mrs. F. J. Kingsbury, 1929.
Jim Brown, Early Stamford Settlers, US GenWeb Project, BAD LINK: ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford called unproved, from Underhill Genealogy - The Underhill Society, Oyster Bay, NY, Weed, viewed Aug 2009.
Evelyn Beran, family tree titled "Sanford-Shulsen Family", RootsWeb World Connect, www.rootsweb.com from database named Sanford-Shulsen, updated Nov 2006, viewed Nov 2007.
Lloyd, family tree titled "Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors", RootsWeb World Connect, www.rootsweb.com from database named horrocks, updated Aug 2007, viewed July 2008.
Wesley B. Keeler, Keeler Family, Ralph Keeler of Norwalk Connecticut and Some of His Descendants (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1985), pg. 5-6
RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Families (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.
Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald Lines Jacobus, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.)
The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and biographical, privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929.
History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. pages 299: "Zerubbabel, son of Walter. Born (1652), d. at Norwalk between 1727 and 1738; Deacon; m. (1) Hannah Knapp 1673; ( H. Knapp died December 11, 1674) m. (2) before May 1720-1725, Mehitabel, widow of John Keeler, and daughter of John Rockwell.
Rockwell Immigrants to 17th Century America, http://web.archive.org/web/19991113052135/…, viewed Aug 2007. BAD LINK: www.rockwell-family.org/2007/12/rockwell-immigrants-to-17th-century.html "Rockwell Immigrants to 17th Century America." By Ken Rockwell, Director Rockwell Family Foundation.
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Rockwell-1286 and Rockwell-33 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, birth date and place, same death place. The death date seems to be an error on Rockwell-1286. Very few people lived to be 115 years old in the 1600s. There is no source for this death date - probably a mistake
I tried to clean this up from merged profile but I'm trying to find out which source provided marriage date to John Keeler as 18 Jun 1679 b/c New England Marriages Prior to 1700 gives that as her marriage date to Zerubbabel Hoyt.
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