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Whitney Family.
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71
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two after his death. He went, late in life, to live with his son, John Rockwell, at Cornwall, Vt., and there died, 6 Sept. 1825, in his 92d year, and was buried in the Congregational Cemetery.
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III. Daniel Rockwell, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 27 Feb. 1735-6; a farmer; married, 15 Dec. 1759, at Ridgefield, by Rev. Jonathan Ingersol, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Abigail Smith, of North Salem, N. Y. His father gave him, 26 Feb. 1772, part of his home-farm, at Mopoo's Bogs, in Ridgebury, Conn., adjoining land of Daniel Sherwood's heirs. They settled in Ridgebury, where he died, 13 June 1795, in his 60th year. She was married (2d), 21 May 1801, at Ridgebury, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Samuel Wildman, of Danbury, Conn. She died in Danbury.
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891
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IV. Mehitabel Rockwell, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 11 Ap. 1738; married, 1 Jan. 1760, at Ridgefield, Thomas Northrop, and settled at Lenox, Mass.
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V. Rachel Rockwell, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 9 Ap. 1740; married at Danbury, Conn., 12 July 1764, Comfort Wildman, a farmer, only son of Thomas Wildman, Junr., and Grace, his wife, of Danbury. They settled at Miry Brook, Danbury, where he died of small-pox, 2 Ap. 1782. She married (2d) Benjamin Knapp, of Miry Brook, and died 5 July 1825, "in her 86th year" She was buried near her first husband, in the Miry Brook graveyard, where their gravestones yet stand.
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900
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VI. Silas Rockwell, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 25 Sept. 1742; died at Ridgefield, 20 Nov. 1760.
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VII. Elijah Rockwell, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 30 March 1745; married at Ridgefield, 18 Nov. 1767, Eunice Gray, who died at Ridgebury, Conn., 2 June 1769. His father gave him a part of his homestead in Mopoo's Bogs, Ridgefield, 26 Feb. 1772, when he was of Ridgefield; but he was of Lanesborough, Mass., 8 Oct 1773 and 1 Feb. 1774. He visited Ridgebury after 1820, when an old man, but our informant could not tell where he then lived.
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VIII. Sarah Rockwell, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 24 July 1747; married at Ridgefield, 8 Dec. 1768, William Forrester, who was born at Coleraine, in the North of Ireland, son of Frederick and Jane (Gault) Forrester, grandson of William, and great-grandson of Rev. William Forrester, who went from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Londonderry, Ireland. He sailed from Coleraine, with his brother Arthur Forrester, 29 Aug. 1762; arrived at New Castle, on the Delaware River, 27 Oct 1762; went to New York City, 7 Nov. 1762; and thence to Ridgefield, Conn., in Nov.
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