Hobbs family tree » John Rockwell (1560-1637)

Personal data John Rockwell 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of John Rockwell

He is married to Honor Newton.

They got married on July 19, 1585 at Fitzhead, Somerset, England, he was 25 years old.Sources 1, 4


Child(ren):

  1. William Rockwell  1591-1640 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Rockwell

John Rockwell
1560-1637

1585

Honor Newton
1564-1637

William Rockwell
1591-1640

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Sources

  1. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
  2. Wells, Somerset, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1594-1736, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 392.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JIF / Ancestry.com
  5. Devon, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of marriage July 19, 1585

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1585: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 9 » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
    • July 7 » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
    • August 8 » John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
    • August 10 » The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
    • August 17 » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
    • August 17 » Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.

Day of burial February 23, 1636

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1636: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 26 » Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
    • April 30 » Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
    • October 4 » Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
    • October 28 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
    • December 13 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.

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