Person:Benjamin Rockwell (5)

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Name[1] Benjamin Rockwell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 26 Oct 1700 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 3 Feb 1723/24 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United Statesto Margaret Parke
Death[2] bef 5 Jun 1739 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Probate[3] 5 Jun 1739 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Fam. 6. Joseph3 Rockwell, Fam. 13. Benjamin4 Rockwell, in Stiles, Henry R. History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (1892): including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892)
    2:649, 50.

    "Benjamin (Rockwell), b. 26 Oct., 1700."
    "Fam. 13. Benjamin (Rockwell)4 (Joseph,3 Sam'l,2 Dea. Wm.1), m. Margaret Pork (acc. to Matt. R. Ped,) [prob. Polk, or Paulk]; prob. the B. who d. (E. W. C. R.) 4 Feb., 1773. [that was Benjamin, son of this man's brother Job Rockwell.]"

  2. 2.0 2.1 Windsor Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    246.

    "Rockwell, … Benjamin, s. Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1700 [1:33]"

  3. Rockwell, Benjamin, Stafford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:331-32.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XIII, 1737 to 1742. Page 179.

    Rockwell, Benjamin, Stafford. Invt. £982-18-06. Taken by Samuel Warner, Amos Walbridge and Josiah Converse.

    Court Record, Page 50—5 June, 1739: Adms. granted to Margaret Rockwell, widow, who recog. in £600, with Job Rockwell of Windsor.

    Page 5 (Vol. XIV) 11 October, 1743: An account of Adms. was exhibited in Court by Margaret Rockwell, Adms. Accepted.

    Page 22 (Vol. XV) 2 September, 1746: Margaret Rockwell, Adms., now moves this Court for a dist. of the moveable part of sd. estate to her the sd. widow and to Samuel Rockwell, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah Rockwell, children of the sd. deceased. And this Court appoint Lt. Samuel Warner, Amos Walbridge and Josiah Converse, of sd. Stafford, to divide sd. estate: to the widow, 1-3 part of the moveable estate, and to Samuel a double part; and to each of the other children their single shares. And make return thereof to this Court.

    Page 121—16 March, 1749-50: Margaret Rockwell now having fully finished her Adms. (estate for distribution, £901-16-01), moves that dist. be made: To the widow, 1-3 part of the moveable estate, and 1-3 part of the real estate during life; and to Samuel Rockwell his double share; to Margaret Rockwell (alias Bloggett) and Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah Rockwell, to each of them their single shares. And appoint Samuel Warner, William Orcut and ____ 01vin(?) distributors.

    Dist. File, 31 August, 1761: To Margaret Rockwell, late widow, alias Avery; to Samuel Rockwell, to Margaret Rockwell alias Bloggett alias Tyler, to Elizabeth Rockwell alias Orcutt, to Mary Rockwell alias Orcutt, and to Sarah Rockwell alias Loomis. By Isaac Pinney, Josiah Converse and Daniel Alden, Jun'r."