Capt. William Rosewell

- 1696

• Name	William Rosewell
  Prefix	Capt.
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	19 Jul 1694  [1]
  Death	1696  [2]
  Person ID	I18754	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Richard Rosewell,   b. Abt 1652, of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut d. 24 Mar 1702, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F11386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  "William (Roswell), Branford, merch. rem. to Charlestown, there was inhab. 1658, and Frothingham, 145, says, m. 29 Nov. 1654 (tho. judge Smith of Guilford makes the date many yrs. later, and perhaps is should be, by ten yrs. nearly), Catharine, d. of Hon. Richard Russell of that place, but rem. soon aft. to Branford, where he, in Jan. 1668, partook in the new combinat. for ch. aft. withdrawal of Rev. Abraham Pierson to New Jersey, and very soon rem. to New Haven, and was active in business, sent in 1673 to the Dutch, after they had retaken New York, to inqu. a. their further purpose, named capt. of the horse in Philip's war, but declined to accept, was a judge of the Co. bef. during, and aft. the usurp. of Andros, but turned out in 1690; and in 1692, with Edward Palmes and Gershom Bulkley, oppos. the Charter gov. and d. 19 Jul 1694, aged 64, as the gr. st. tells, and his wid. d. 1698." [A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S468] A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage. Boston: Little, Brown, 1860-64. [S185] Families of Ancient New Haven, originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, vols. I-VIII, compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932.