Deacon William Rockwell

Male Bef 1591 - Bef 1640  (~ 49 years)


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  • Name William Rockwell 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Born Bef 6 Feb 1590/91  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 6 Feb 1590/91  Keynsham, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 34125295 
    Died Bef 15 May 1640  East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 May 1640  Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14572  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 16 May 2019 

    Family Susannah Capen,   b. Bef 11 Apr 1602, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1666, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1624  Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ruth Rockwell,   b. 16 Aug 1633, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1683/84, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Last Modified 16 May 2019 
    Family ID F6869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Bef 6 Feb 1590/91 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 6 Feb 1590/91 - Keynsham, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Apr 1624 - Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Bef 15 May 1640 - East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 15 May 1640 - Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From FindaGrave:

      Baptized Fitzhead, Somersetshire, 6 February 1590/1, son of John and Honor (Newton) Rockwell. (Other sources give the year of baptism as 1591/2.)

      Came from Dorchester, Dorsetshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 on the "Mary & John."

      Deacon of the Church. First settled in Dorchester; moved to Windsor in 1638.

      Buried at Windsor 15 May 1640.

      Married at Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, 14 April 1624, Susan Capen, daughter of BERNARD CAPEN . She married (2) Windsor 29 May 1645 as his second wife MATTHEW GRANT. She died at Windsor 13 November 1666
      Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project