Thomas Rockwell (abt. 1667 - 1712)

Born about 1667 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Ruscoe) Osborn — married 9 Dec 1703 in Norwalk, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Jun 1712 at about age 45 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas Rockwell, son of John Rockwell and Elizabeth Weed, was born probably in Stamford around 1667.^[1]

Thomas Rockwell married at Norwalk, Connecticut 9 Dec. 1703 Sarah Resco, daughter of John Resco of Norwalk.^[1]

He died June 1712 in Norwalk, Connecticut.^[1]

The estate distribution was made on 20 May 1724 and was recorded on 16 April 1755. It mentions Mrs. Sarah Osborn, Sarah, Thomas, John, and Jabez.^[2]

On 27 March 1754, a distribution agreement was signed by Thomas Rockwell, Jabez Rockwell Joseph Hobart, Samuel Betts, and Zebulon Crane.^[3]

He and his brother Jonathan (who married Abigail Canfield) settled at Ridgefield, Connecticut. Jonathan was one of the first proprietor and Thomas came in July 1711.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Arthaud, John Bradley. “Enigmas #13: Was John Rockwell of Stamford, Connecticut, and Rye, New York, Married Twice?” The American Genealogist 77:104-9.,
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBL2  : 5 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 168, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 304-305.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBKH : 6 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 202, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 371.
4. ↑ Rockwell, George Lounsbury,. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Ridgefield, Conn.: Privately printed by the author, 1927.

• Boughton, James. Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 (William Jones, New York, 1903) Page 8