Hobbs family tree » Edward Rockwell (1707-1791)
Personal data Edward Rockwell
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- He was born on July 23, 1707 in Midlothian, Middletown, CT.Sources 4, 6
- He was baptized on July 27, 1707 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA.Source 5
- Resident: Middletown.Source 7
- He died on November 7, 1791 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA, he was 84 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4, 6
- A child of Joseph Rockwell and Elizabeth Foster
Household of Edward Rockwell
He is married to Hannah Robbins.
They got married on January 5, 1737/8 at Middletown, Connecticut, USA, he was 29 years old.Source 7
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=85460054&pid=405
/ Ancestry.com - Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1707; Birth city: Midlothian; Birth state: CT / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday July 23, 1707
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1707: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
- April 25 » A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- May 1 » The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
- August 20 » The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
- October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
- October 28 » The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
Christening day July 27, 1707
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1707: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
- April 25 » A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- August 20 » The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
- October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
- October 28 » The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
- November 30 » The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
Day of death November 7, 1791
- The temperature on November 7, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
- May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
- August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
- August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
- September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
- September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
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