Descendants of Rockwell
Generation No. 1
1. DEACON WILLIAM1 ROCKWELL1 was born in England1, and died Unknown.
Notes for DEACON WILLIAM ROCKWELL:
"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 170."
Deacon William1 Rockwell was a member of a church formed in the New Hospital of Plymouth, England, with the Rev. Mr. Wareham as pastor, and Mr. Maverick as teacher, who emigrated to this country in 1630. They landed at Nantucket, and settled in Dorchester, Mass., where they remained till 1636, when the greater portion of them removed to Windsor, Ct., with Rev. Mr. Wareham as their pastor. (Stiles, Hist. Anc. Winsor, pp. 129 and 762; Blake's Annals of Dorchester -- No. 2, Coll. Dor. Antiq. and Hist. Soc.-- pp. 7, 8, and 14; Bronson's Hist. Waterbury, 8vo, 1858; Sermon Preached at Funeral of Martin Rockwell of Colebrook, etc., etc., with Appendix and Gencalogy, 8vo, 1852; Hall's Hist. Norwalk, Ct., p. 189; also see Fairfield Probate Rec., 1702-50, for Joseph3 and Joseph.4)
Child of DEACON WILLIAM ROCKWELL is:
2. i. JOHN2 ROCKWELL, b. of Windsor, Broome County, New York; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 ROCKWELL (WILLIAM1)1 was born in of Windsor, Broome County, New York1, and died Unknown.
More About JOHN ROCKWELL:
Immigration: Stamford, Delaware County, New York1
Children of JOHN ROCKWELL are:
3. i. JOSEPH3 ROCKWELL, b. Stamford, Delaware County, New York; d. Bet. 1715 - 1716.
ii. HANNAH ROCKWELL1, b. Stamford, Delaware County, New York1; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 3
3. JOSEPH3 ROCKWELL (JOHN2, WILLIAM1)1 was born in Stamford, Delaware County, New York1, and died Bet. 1715 - 17161.
Notes for JOSEPH ROCKWELL:
"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 170."
His father, Joseph,3 is mentioned among voters of Norwalk (Hall, p. 87), in 1694.
Residence: 1694, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut1
Children of JOSEPH ROCKWELL are:
4. i. JOSEPH4 ROCKWELL, b. 1708, of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 1748.
ii. JONAH ROCKWELL1, b. 17091; d. Unknown.
iii. SIMEON ROCKWELL1, b. 17111; d. Unknown.
iv. NOAH ROCKWELL1, b. 17121; d. Unknown.
v. HANNAH ROCKWELL1, b. 17141; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 4
4. JOSEPH4 ROCKWELL (JOSEPH3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1)1 was born 1708 in of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut1, and died 17481.
Children of JOSEPH ROCKWELL are:
5. i. JOSEPH5 ROCKWELL, b. 14 Feb 1738/39, of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York; d. Unknown.
ii. LYDIA ROCKWELL1, d. Unknown.
iii. PHOEBE ROCKWELL1, d. Unknown.
Generation No. 5
5. JOSEPH5 ROCKWELL (JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1)1 was born 14 Feb 1738/39 in of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York1, and died Unknown. He married SARAH MEAD1. She was born 15 Dec 17411, and died Unknown.
More About JOSEPH ROCKWELL:
Probate: 14 Jun 1823, Saratoga County, New York1
Child of JOSEPH ROCKWELL and SARAH MEAD is:
6. i. RUTH6 ROCKWELL, b. 29 Nov 1763, Connecticut; d. 18 Feb 1801, Milton, Westchester County, New York.
Generation No. 6
6. RUTH6 ROCKWELL (JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1)1 was born 29 Nov 1763 in Connecticut1, and died 18 Feb 1801 in Milton, Westchester County, New York1. She married URIAH BENEDICT2 17833, son of URIAH BENEDICT and MARY HOWES. He was born 01 Oct 1765 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut4, and died 10 May 1813 in Albany, Albany County, New York5.
Notes for URIAH BENEDICT:
"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 170-171."
188. URIAH6 (Uriah,5 Thomas,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 1, 1765, Norwalk, Ct.; m. 1783, Ruth, dau. Joseph and Sarah (Mead) Rockwell(*) of Ballston, b. Nov. 29, 1763, in Connecticut, and d. Feb. 18, 1801, at Milton. He m. 2d, Feb., 1802, Phoebe, dau. of Benjamin and Phoebe (Rowland) Marvin,(+) b. May 18, 1779, at Lyme, Ct., and d. Sept. 27, 1825, at Albany. The father of Uriah, and his fellow settlers of Connecticut birth, had left their quiet homes and plunged into the wilderness north of Albany. While they were necessarily exposed to all the privations and perils incident to a frontier life in Revolutionary times, the peculiar situation of their settlement was fraught with additional dangers. It was on a natural route to Canada, which inevitably would become a thoroughfare for hostile expeditions from that quarter. This section was, previous to the war, the abiding place of many malignant and enterprising tories, and the fears of loyal men, that these renegades would become the guides of marauding Indians, were more than realized. In 1779, in consequence of an official warning, all loyalists abandoned their homes and repaired to Schenectady. Uriah Benedict's family was among the refugees. An attack was made by Major Monroe and his savages. The inhabitants rallied and pursued the marauders, until met by a captive who had been released, and was charged with a message from Col. Gordon, one of their prisoners, asking that they might not be pursued, because Major Monroe had ordered his men, if attacked, to kill all the prisoners. It is said, that on its becoming known in Montreal that Monroe had given so brutal an order, he was cashiered. Uriah Jr., then in his fourteenth year, probably, was engaged in this pursuit, for his name appears on the pay-roll of that period. He saw service again, in the fall of 1781. He went on foot through the woods to Waterford, a distance of some fourteen miles, and enlisted among the three months men, for the defense of the frontier, then menaced by St. Leger's expedition. Soon after, his father heard that he was seen pursued by an Indian, and was probably killed. After a troublesome journey of seventy miles which Uriah Sr. had made to bring home the body of his son, he found him celebrating some great success of the American arms, probably the surrender of Cornwallis. It seems the son had gained a tree, and consequently an advantage which enabled him to kill his pursuer. After the close of the war he settled down to quiet and domestic pursuits. His great natural capabilities for business brought ample rewards for his diligence and enterprise; the Four Corners in Milton, where he established himself, becoming a nucleus, around which population and industry soon gathered and continued to increase. The hospitalities of his house were liberal to a degree not easily imagined now; and, his charity to the poor was even more generous than his entertainment of the stranger. He was a gentle and amiable man, with tastes befitting rural life. A tender husband and father, he was not less useful and exemplary as a citizen. Leaving Milton in 1805, he, in partnership with Uriah Marvin, conducted a business, in Albany, in West India goods and the produce of the country. Mr. B. continued in business until his death of a prevailing epidemic, May 10, 1813.
Children of RUTH ROCKWELL and URIAH BENEDICT are:
i. LEWIS7 BENEDICT, b. 07 Nov 1785, Milton (now Malta), Saratoga County, New York; d. 15 Jul 1862.
ii. MARY BENEDICT, b. 05 Mar 1790; d. 19 Feb 1853.
iii. HARRY BENEDICT, b. 30 Sep 1793; d. 21 Jun 1796.
iv. RUTH BENEDICT, b. 09 Feb 1801; d. Unknown.
Endnotes
1. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 170.
2. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 96.
3. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 170.
4. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 96 and 170.
5. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 96 and 171.
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