Thursday, May 15, 2014

In Memoriam May 15th

1640 William Rockwell age 49 in Windsor, CT.  Baptized 1591 in Fitzhead, England, he was the son of John & Honor (Newton) Rockwell.  He married Susanna Capen in 1624 in Dorchester, England.  The couple migrated to Dorchester, MA in 1630 on the Mary & John.  They had seven children: Joanna, John, Samuel, Ruth, Joseph, Mary and Sarah. 

1731 William Gallop son of Captain John & Hannah (Lake) Gallop age 73 in Stonington, CT.  He was born there in 1658 and married Sarah Cheesebrough in 1687.  They had four children: Sarah, Mary, Hannah and Temperance.  William served as a representative to the General Court of Connecticut between 1703 and 1717.  He is buried in Whitehall Burying Ground.



1814 Philip Hinkle in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania the son of Jacob & Anna (?) Hinkle he was 75 years old.  Philip was born in Germantown, PA in 1739, married Mary Johnson in 1759 and they had eleven children: Philip, Catherine, Mary, Margaret, Barbara, Ann, Joseph, Casper, Elizabeth, Anthony and Charles.  Philip worked as a blacksmith, farmer and ran a tavern.  He is buried in Deep Run Mennonite Cemetery in Bucks Co., PA.

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