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John Taylor

Parents

Biography

• John Taylor was born in December 1673 in Norwalk, Connecticut.¹

Other Information

• Relationship: 8th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S63] Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Connecticut Vital Records Norwalk Births - Marriages - Deaths 1651-1860 (Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Library, Nov 1925), p 129.

Joseph Taylor

Parents

Biography

• Joseph Taylor was born in December 1673 in Norwalk, Connecticut.¹
• He married Sarah née unknown) Taylor estimated 1704.^2,3
• He died about February 1764 at age ~90.²

Other Information

• Relationship: 8th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Barnum and Joan, Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S63] Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Connecticut Vital Records Norwalk Births - Marriages - Deaths 1651-1860 (Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Library, Nov 1925), p 129.
2. [S8752] Hall, Rich, FamousKin.com, A website of famous people - Actors, Presidents, Inventors, etc. with good sources, famouskin.com, Ancestry of PT Barnum viewed Mar 2023.
3. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

John Taylor

Biography

• John Taylor was born estimated 1614.¹
• He married Rhoda (née unknown) Taylor estimated 1639.¹
• John and Rhoda lived in Windsor, Connecticut.
• He died about 1646 at age ~32.

Will

Other Information

• Relationship: 10th great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury, Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

Rhoda (née unknown) Taylor

Biography

• Rhoda (née unknown) Taylor was born estimated 1619.¹
• She married John Taylor estimated 1639.¹
• John and Rhoda lived in Windsor, Connecticut.
• She died after 1659.

Other Information

• Relationship: 10th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury, Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

John Taylor

Parents

Biography

• John Taylor was born in 1640/41.¹
• He married Thankful Woodward, daughter of Henry Woodward and Elizabeth (née unknown) Woodward, on 18 December 1662 in Northampton, Massachusetts.²
• John Taylor died in 1704 at age ~63.

Other Information

• Relationship: 9th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S243] family web site titled "Taylor Genealogy", http://home.nycap.rr.com/sconard/Taylor.html, http://home.nycap.rr.com/sconard/Taylor.html , .
2. [S2262] Walter E Corbin, Robert J Dunkle, Northampton Massachusetts Vital Records (Boston MA: TYhe New England Historic Genealogical Society), Taylor-Woodward, p 1547.

Mary Carpenter¹

Biography

• Mary Carpenter was born in August 1650 in Farmington, Connecticut.¹
• Father: David Carpenter - Mother: Elizabeth (Carpenter.)¹
• She married Joseph Hickox, son of William Hickox and Elizabeth (née unknown) Hickox, estimated 1671.^1,2
• Joseph and Mary had 5 children.¹

Other Information

• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S508] Beran, Evelyn, compiler, family tree titled "Sanford-Shulsen Family", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID sanford-shulsen, updated Nov 2006, viewed Jan 2008 , .
2. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

John Hickox¹

Parents

Biography

• John Hickox was born on 18 November 1696 in Waterbury, Connecticut.¹
• He married Mary Gaylord, daughter of Joseph Gaylord and Mary Hickok, on 18 November 1719.¹
• John and Mary had 7 children.¹
• He died before 1765.¹

Other Information

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S508] Beran, Evelyn, compiler, family tree titled "Sanford-Shulsen Family", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID sanford-shulsen, updated Nov 2006, viewed Jan 2008 , .

Thomas Judd¹

Biography

• Thomas Judd was born estimated 1663.²
• He married Sarah Gaylord, daughter of Joseph Gaylord and Sarah Stanley, on 11 April 1688 in Waterbury, Connecticut.¹

Other Information

• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S621] Yoch, Jennifer, compiler, family tree titled "Jensen Family", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID j_yoch, updated Jun 2004, viewed Jan 2008 , .
2. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

Thankful Woodward

Parents

Biography

• Thankful Woodward was born in 1646 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.¹
• She married John Taylor, son of John Taylor and Rhoda (née unknown) Taylor, on 18 December 1662 in Northampton, Massachusetts.²

Other Information

• Relationship: 9th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S239] Garard, William & Alvey, Phyllis, family web site titled "Pomeroy Family", http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garard/index.htm, updated Oct 2004, viewed Apr 2008 , .
2. [S2262] Walter E Corbin, Robert J Dunkle, Northampton Massachusetts Vital Records (Boston MA: TYhe New England Historic Genealogical Society), Taylor-Woodward, p 1547.

John Whitney

Parents

Biography

• John Whitney was born about 1642 in Southold, Suffolk County, New York.¹
• He married Elizabeth Smith on 17 March 1674 in Norwalk, Connecticut.²

Other Information

• Relationship: 8th great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury, Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S625] Vise, Don, compiler, family tree titled "visefamilyold", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID:3295671, updated Jul 2007, viewed Feb 2008 , .
2. [S699] Eugene, compiler, family tree titled "Kipp Family", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, updated Dec 2006, viewed Feb 2008 , , Not Available as of Mar 2015.

Elizabeth Smith

Biography

• Elizabeth Smith was born about 1650 in Norwalk, Connecticut.¹
• She married John Whitney, son of Henry Whitney, on 17 March 1674 in Norwalk, Connecticut.²
• She died on 3 April 1741 in Norwalk, Connecticut, at age ~91.¹

Other Information

• Relationship: 8th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury, Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S625] Vise, Don, compiler, family tree titled "visefamilyold", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID:3295671, updated Jul 2007, viewed Feb 2008 , .
2. [S699] Eugene, compiler, family tree titled "Kipp Family", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, updated Dec 2006, viewed Feb 2008 , , Not Available as of Mar 2015.

Sally Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Sally Rockwell was born on 20 August 1780 in Ridgebury, Connecticut.
• She married Jehiel Seymour estimated 1800.¹
• She died on 20 June 1862 at age 81.

Other Information

• Relationship: 4th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

Zeri Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Zeri Rockwell was born in 1786 in Ridgebury, Connecticut.¹
• Zeri Rockwell was a shoemaker and farmer.²
• He married Lydia Weed estimated 1811.³
• Zeri was a deacon in the Congregational Church for 21 years. He was also a leader of the choir until his death.⁴
  

  Ridgefield Congregational Church
  Ridgefield CT
  2017 photo
• He died on 10 September 1843 at age ~57.¹

Other Information

• Relationship: 4th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S20] The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and Biographical, New York: privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929.
2. [S3719] Mindrum, Tom, compiler, family tree titled "Mindrum, Overland, Eggen, James, Anderson, Grouse, Harker, Kern Families", published by Ancestry, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID tmindrum, updated Apr 2011, viewed Aug 2012 , .
3. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.
4. [S3721] Caldwell NJ, compiler, family tree titled "Horse Neck, NJ", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID horsenecknj, updated Jul 2012, viewed Aug 2012 , .

Belinda Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Belinda Rockwell was born estimated 1788.¹
• She married Brewster Byington estimated 1808.^1,2

Other Information

• Relationship: 4th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.
2. [S20] The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and Biographical, New York: privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929, p 117. Quotes J Boughton: 'A Genealogy of the Families of Rockwell and Keeler'.

Jehiel Seymour

Biography

• Jehiel Seymour was born estimated 1775.¹
• He married Sally Rockwell, daughter of Abijah Rockwell and Lydia Burchard, estimated 1800.¹

Other Information

• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

Lydia Weed

Biography

• Lydia Weed was born estimated 1791.¹
• She married Zeri Rockwell, son of Abijah Rockwell and Lydia Burchard, estimated 1811.¹

Other Information

• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

Brewster Byington¹

Biography

• Brewster Byington was born estimated 1783.²
• He married Belinda Rockwell, daughter of Abijah Rockwell and Lydia Burchard, estimated 1808.^2,3

Other Information

• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S20] The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and Biographical, New York: privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929, p117.
2. [S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.
3. [S20] The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and Biographical, New York: privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929, p 117. Quotes J Boughton: 'A Genealogy of the Families of Rockwell and Keeler'.

Elizabeth Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Elizabeth Rockwell was born on 25 July 1732 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• She married Daniel Wildman on 28 October 1762 in Danbury, Connecticut.
• Daniel and Elizabeth lived at Miry Brook, Danbury, Connecticut.
• She died on 11 August 1800 at age 68.¹
• She was buried in Old South Cemetery, Bristol, Connecticut.¹
  

  Gravestone

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S5108] Find A Grave: Old South Cemetery, Bristol, Connecticut, Elizabeth Wildman, created by C Greer, added Sep 2009, memorial number 42560681.

John Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• John Rockwell was born on 12 May 1734 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• He married Hannah Scott, daughter of James Scott and Hannah Hyatt, on 16 April 1754 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• John Rockwell was a farmer and a shoemaker.
• He married Sally Rice in 1777.¹
• John married as his third wife a French lady in Lower Canada. When he died he was living with his son John.
• He died on 6 September 1825 in Cornwall, Vermont, at age 91.

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S2723] Shepard, Doneva, compiler, family tree titled "Doneva Shepard's family, friends and neighbors", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID donevanell, updated Oct 2007, viewed Oct 2007 , .

Mehitabel Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Mehitabel Rockwell was born on 11 April 1738 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• She married Thomas Northrup, son of James Northrup and Hannah Hines, on 1 January 1760 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• Thomas and Mehitabel had 4 children.¹
• Thomas and Mehitabel lived in Lenox, Massachusetts.
• She died on 30 July 1808 at age 70.¹

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S2794] Haxcall, Richard, compiler, family tree titled "Hascall Family", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID rkhascall, updated Nov 2007, viewed Nov 2007 , .

Rachel Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Rachel Rockwell was born on 9 April 1740 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• She married Comfort Wildman on 12 July 1764 in Danbury, Connecticut.
• Comfort and Rachel lived at Miry Brook, Danbury, Connecticut.
• Comfort and Rachel had 7 children.¹
• She married Benjamin Knapp on 4 January 1787.
• Benjamin and Rachel lived in Miry Brook, Connecticut.
• She died on 5 July 1825 in Miry Brook, Connecticut, at age 85.
• She was buried in Miry Brook Cemetery, Danbury, Connecticut.²

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S3719] Mindrum, Tom, compiler, family tree titled "Mindrum, Overland, Eggen, James, Anderson, Grouse, Harker, Kern Families", published by Ancestry, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID tmindrum, updated Jan 2015, viewed Mar 2015 , .
2. [S1535] Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, online image database, digitized by Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012, www.ancestry.com. (Original publication: The Charles R Hale Collection Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Library,).

Silas Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Silas Rockwell was born on 25 September 1742 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• He died on 20 November 1760 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, at age 18.

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Elijah Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Elijah Rockwell was born on 30 March 1744/45 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• He married Eunice Gray on 18 November 1767 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• Elijah lived in Lanesborough, Massachusetts.
• About 1820 Elijah moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut, returning to his roots.
• He died after 1820 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Sarah Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Sarah Rockwell was born on 24 July 1747 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• She married William Forrester on 8 December 1768 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• Sarah joined the Congregational Church at Ridgebury 11 Nov 1787.

• She became an invalid and "not of sound mind". She was insane some years before her death.

  (SOURCE: The Whitney Family of Connecticut (1878) by Stephen Whitney Phoenix, Vol 1, pages 71-72).¹

• She died on 8 January 1832 in Ridgebury, Connecticut, at age 84.
• She was buried in Ridgebury Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut.²
  

  Gravestone

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S715] Dale, compiler, family tree titled "I have MERGED My WIEBE-QUIRING Genealogy with my UPDIKE GENEALOGY database!", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, updated Oct 2007, viewed Oct 2007 , , Not Available as of Mar 2015.
2. [S3720] Find A Grave: Ridgebury Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Sarah Rockwell Forrester, created by Gary Boughton, added May 2009, memorial number 36650195.

Abraham Rockwell

Parents

Biography

• Abraham Rockwell was born on 5 October 1749 in Ridgebury, Connecticut.
• He married Esther Riggs, daughter of Miles Riggs and Elizabeth Whitney, on 29 November 1769 in Ridgebury, Connecticut.
• They were married by Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church.¹
• Abraham Rockwell was a weaver and also a farmer.
• He died on 7 August 1818 in Ridgebury, Connecticut, at age 68.

Other Information

• Relationship: 5th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
• Charts/Lists: Kingsbury Family, Norman Rockwell and Heidi
• Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

1. [S702] McCollister, Yvonne, compiler, family tree titled "McCollister-Rockwell-Thomas", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID ymccoll, updated Nov 2009, viewed Apr 2018 , .