Jeremiah Rockwell (1756 - 1852)

Born 19 Jul 1756 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abilene (Stearns) Rockwell — married 17 Jul 1834 in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1852 at age 96 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Sergeant Jeremiah Rockwell served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Jeremiah Rockwell is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A097894.

He was a soldier in the Revolution.^[2] He enlisted at Lanesborough, Mass.; applied for a pension while living in Cornwall, Vermont; and died in Brandon, New York. ^[3][4]

He died Aug. 28, 1852 and is buried at West Bangor Cemetery, West Bangor, Franklin, NY^[5]

Note: The Rockwell Record says Jeremiah moved to Troy, Pa about 1814 and died 1817. Burial in Bangor, Maine. Where did he die?

Last payment was made on his pension in the 4th Qtr of 1852 to Burlington, Vermont. He died 27 Aug 1852.^[6] Definitely Brandon, from wife's pension application.

There are two find a grave memorials, in two separate places.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), Ridgefield, Page(s): 92. images accessed AmericanAncestors
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 12 Oct 2021), "Record of Jeremiah Rockwell", Ancestor # A097894.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
4. ↑ There are 91 pages of pension documents available at Fold3 to be read
5. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=77265200 Photo of Tombstone at Find a Grave]
6. ↑ Index to Selected Final Payment Vouchers, 1818-1864. NARA National Archives Catalog ID: 2733385, Record Group: 217, Roll: box03_00007, Vermont, Jeremiah Rockwell, 27 August 1852, Burlington

• Boughton, James. Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 (William Jones, New York, 1903) Page 58.