Person:Josiah Rockwell (7)
Josiah Rockwell
b.Bef 1633
d.Jan 1675/76 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
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m. Bef 1658
  1. Hannah Rockwell1658 - 1661
  2. Josiah Rockwell1662 - 1728/29
  3. Joseph Rockwell1665/66 -
  4. John Rockwell1667 -
  5. Mary Rockwell1669/70 -
  6. Hannah Rockwell1672 -
  7. Samuel Rockwell1676 -
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Name[1][2] Josiah Rockwell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1633 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1658 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Hannah).
to Unknown (27838)
Death[1][2][3] Jan 1675/76 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rockwell, in Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, and Connecticut Society of the Founders of Norwich. History of Norwich, Connecticut: from its possession by the Indians, to the year 1866. (Chester, Connecticut: Published for the Society of Founders of Norwich, Connecticut by the Pequot Press, 1976)
    249-50.

    "Rockwell. Josiah Eockwell settled at Norwich about 1670, and was slain by the Indians in January, 1676. His farm was on the eastern side of the Shetucket, near the road to Poquetannock.

    The parentage of Josiah Rockwell has not been determined by actual records, but presumptive evidence connects him with the family of William Rockwell who died at Windsor in 1640. Though only three sons of William are found on record at Windsor, viz., John, Samuel, and Joseph, it is not improbable that Josiah was an older son by a previous marriage. He was at New London in 1658, and remained there ten or twelve years. He then removed to Norwich, where one of William Rockwell's family,—Ruth, wife of Christopher Huntington—had settled. Among his children we find the names of the three brothers of Windsor, Joseph, John, and Samuel, perpetuated; and in the family of Samuel, at Windsor, we find a Josiah. These are hints suggestive of a relationship.

    Josiah Rockwell had seven children, the births ranging from 1658 to 1676, inclusive. The oldest died in infancy. His marriage is not recorded, and the name of his wife has not been traced."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Josiah Rockwell, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:558.

    "Josiah (Rockwell), Norwich, perhaps s. of William, had liv. at New London sev. yrs. and had there most of his ch. perhaps even the eldest, Hannah, 6 Sept. 1658, d. at 3 yrs.; Josiah, June 1662; Joseph, Mar. 1665; John, Dec. 1677; Mary, Feb. 1669; Hannah again, 23 Aug. 1672; and Samuel, posthum. 30 Sept. 1676. He was k. by the Ind. near the end of Jan. 1676, at the same time with young John Reynolds; and his s. Josiah was tak. by them, and soon restor."

  3. ↑ Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
    1:21.

    "Jofiah Rockwell Senr Deaseced January Anno 1675"

  4.   DNA Analysis Project for the Rockwell Families.

    Establishes that Josiah was closely related to the Windsor family but does not establish the exact relationship.

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