Capt.
Runa
Rockwell
Born in Ridgebury, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Rockwell
and Esther (Riggs) Rockwell
Brother of
Lucy (Rockwell) Boughton
Husband of
Rachel (Darling) Rockwell
— married
11 Nov 1790 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Nov 2008
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Biography
A farmer. Ensign in the Connecticut militia, and then later Captain. Buried in the Wooster Cemetery in Danbury. His farm had been bought from Native Americans many years earlier.
Sources
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74R-626 : 11 February 2018), Runa Rockwell, 11 Feb 1773; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M681-RWK : 12 April 2016), Runa Rockwell, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing family 161, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Boughton, James. Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 (William Jones, New York, 1903) Page 64
- Find A Grave: Memorial #13630822
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