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Joseph Rock, of Boston

Also Known As: "Ruck", "Rocke"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: said to be of, Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Death: between January 18, 1683 and January 03, 1684 (65-75)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of unknown Rock and unknown Rock
Husband of unknown Rock; Elizabeth Rock and Mary Rock
Father of Hannah Bradeen; Mary Rock; Mary Rocke; Sarah Rocke; Rebeccah Rocke and 6 others

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Immediate Family

About Joseph Rock, of Boston

Joseph ROCK (parents unknown) was born 1613 in England. He died Jan 1684 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

family

Joseph married

  • 1. N.N. on 1638 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • 2. Elizabeth Cogan
  • 3. Mary Wilson, widow of Samuel Danforth

N.N. 1 was born 1617 in , , England. She died 1650 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. N.N. married Joseph ROCK on 1638 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

  • F i Hannah ROCK was born 1639 and died 1675.
  • F ii Mary ROCK was born 1642.

Elizabeth COGAN, daughter of John Cogan and Mary Jourdaine, was born 1630 in Exeter, Devon, England. She died 1668/1673 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Elizabeth married Joseph ROCK on 1651 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

  • F i Elizabeth ROCK 1, 2 was born 5 Feb 1652 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • F ii Sarah ROCK 1, 2 was born 17 Jan 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 27 Jun 1654 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • F iii Elizabeth ROCK 1, 2 was born 29 Jan 1654 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • F iv Rebecca ROCK 1, 2 was born 16 Mar 1655 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 19 Sep 1655 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • M v John ROCK 1, 2 was born 2 Nov 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He died 13 Aug 1657 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • M vi Joseph ROCK 1, 2 was born 1 Feb 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • M vii Benjamin ROCK 1, 2 was born 9 Sep 1659 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He died 20 Jun 1661 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • F viii Lydia ROCK 1, 2 was born 21 Apr 1661 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • M ix Samuel ROCK 1, 2 was born 17 May 1662 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • M x Benjamin ROCK 1, 2 was born 3 Sep 1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • M xi Elisha ROCK 1 was born 16 Feb 1667 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Mary WILSON, daughter of John Wilson and Margaret, was born 12 Sep 1633 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 13 Sep 1713 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was the widow of Rev. Samuel Danforth when she married Joseph Rock in 1682.


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Danforth
  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg212...
    • 1 Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before 1692 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62.), 2:8, 3:318, 3:556, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.274 S264.
    • 2 McCracken, George E., "Early Cogans, English and American," NEHGR 111:1 (Jan 1957) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 17, Los Angeles Public Library.
    • 3 Savage, J., Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1:408.
    • 4 Harris, William Thaddeus, "Notes on the Danforth Family," NEHGR 25:4 (Oct 1853) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 317, Los Angeles Public Library.
    • 5 Bartlett, Joseph Gardner, "Ancestry and Descendants of Rev. John Wilson," NEHGR 61:1 (Jan 1907) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 41, Los Angeles Public Library.
    • 6 Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-), 3:2015, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 A549.
    • 7 Anderson, Robert Charles, John C. Brandon and Paul C. Reed, "The Ancestry of the Royally-Descended Mansfields of the Massachusetts Bay," NEHGR 155:1 (Jan 2001) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 28, Los Angeles Public Library.
    • 8 Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004.), p. 298, Family History Library, 942 D5rd.
    • 9 Anderson, R. C., The Great Migration Begins, 1:404.
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 14 2017, 0:23:24 UTC

GEDCOM Note

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.


GEDCOM Note

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

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Joseph Rock, of Boston's Timeline

1613
1613
said to be of, Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
1639
1639
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1642
1642
1651
December 5, 1651
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1653
January 17, 1653
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1654
March 16, 1654
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1656
November 2, 1656
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1658
February 1, 1658
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA