Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Rockwood
1641 - 1725 (82 years)-
Name John Rockwood [1] Birth 1 Dec 1641 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4] Gender Male Alternate death 1724 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts [3] Death Between 8 Jun 1724 and 10 Sep 1725 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts [2] Person ID I30726 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of XYZ Last Modified 11 Nov 2020
Father Richard Rockwood d. 1660, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Mother Agnes, b. Abt 1598 d. 9 Jul 1643, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age ~ 45 years) Marriage Bef Mar 1637 [4] Family ID F7931 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joanna Ford d. Bef 1682 Marriage 15 Sep 1662 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts [2, 4, 5] Children + 1. Mercy Rockwood, b. 1672, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 18 Dec 1700, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 28 years) Family ID F7558 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Nov 2020
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Notes - Ancestor of James Garfield, 20th US president:
John Rockwood = Joanna Ford
Joanna Rockwood = Nicholas Cook
Daniel Cook = Susanna
Tamasin Cook = James Ballou
James Ballou = Mehitable Ingalls
Eliza Ballou = Abram Garfield
James Garfield
Ancestor of William Howard Taft, 27th US President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States:
John Rockwood = Joanna Ford
Joseph Rockwood = Mary Hayward
Mary Rockwood = Samuel Wheaton
Mary Wheaton = Benjamin Hayward
Levi Hayward alias Howard = Bethiah Chapin
Sylvia Howard = Peter Rawson Taft
Alphonso Taft = Louisa Maria Torrey
William Howard Taft
- Ancestor of James Garfield, 20th US president:
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Sources - [S594] The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part III: The Ancestry of Henry Clay Bartlett 1832-1892 by Dean Crawford Smith; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.
- [S4803] Find a Grave page for John Rockwood.
- [S2304] Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts. 2009 edition, 2012 reprint with 2015 corrigenda. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
- [S1849] History and Genealogy of the Bicknell Family and Some Collateral Lines by Thomas Williams Bucknell. Providence, Rhode Island, 1913.
- [S1646] Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793 by Samuel Bates. Randolph, Massachusetts: D. H. Hixford, 1886.
- [S594] The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part III: The Ancestry of Henry Clay Bartlett 1832-1892 by Dean Crawford Smith; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.