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The birthname Keeler?
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Mehitable (Rockwell) Hoyt was born in 1661 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, daughter of John Rockwell (~1625 - ~1673) and Elizabeth (Weed) Rockwell (~1637 - ~1676).
Her siblings were:
Hannah Rockwell (~1655 - ~1656)
Sarah (Rockwell) Crampton (~1655 - )
Unknown Rockwell (~1658 - 1658)
Jonathan Rockwell (~1665 - 1731)
Thomas Rockwell (~1667 - 1712)
Joseph Rockwell (1670 - 1714)
Mehitable married John Keeler (1654 - 1718) on 18 Jun 1679 in Norwalk, Connecticut.[1] Their children were:
Elizabeth Keeler, b. 19 March 1679/80, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT (FOOF 1: 356)[2] d. Bef 1748 (Age ~ 70 years)
Mehitable (Keeler) Hoyt (~1680 - 1755)
Ruth Keeler (1680 - 1759)
John Keeler Jr. (1682 - )
Sarah Keeler (1683 - 1705)
Rebekah Keeler (~1685 - 1747)
Hannah (Keeler) Gregory (~1687 - 1767)
David Keeler (1692 - 1776)
Daniel Keeler (1695 - 1764)
Jemima (Keeler) Canfield (~1703 - ~1739).
Mehitable married Zerubbabel Hoyt (~1651 - ~1739) in May 1720 in Norwalk.
Mehitable died about 1738 in Norwalk aged ~77.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rockwell-33
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Mehitable (Rockwell) Hoyt (1661 - abt. 1738)
Born 1661 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Daughter of John Rockwell and Elizabeth (Weed) Rockwell
Sister of Hannah Rockwell, Sarah (Rockwell) Crampton, Unknown Rockwell, Jonathan Rockwell, Thomas Rockwell and Joseph Rockwell
Wife of John Keeler Sr. — married 18 Jun 1679 (to 19 May 1717) in Norwalk, Connecticut
Wife of Zerubbabel Hoyt — married May 1720 (to 1738) in Norwalk, Connecticut
Mother of Mehitable (Keeler) Hoyt, Ruth Keeler, John Keeler Jr., Sarah Keeler, Rebekah Keeler, Hannah (Keeler) Gregory, David Keeler, Daniel Keeler and Jemima (Keeler) Canfield
Died about 1738 at about age 77 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Research Notes
Mehitable Rockwell was usually called Hittabel. She was born c 1661, in Stamford, CT. She was a daughter of John Rockwell, who was called "formerly of Stamford" in Hittabel and John "Keeiler"'s marriage record at Norwalk[3] and possibly his first wife, Mehitebal? Unknown.[4]
On 14 September 1656, a "Hittabel Rock" or Rock (?) well died at Stamford. There may have been a mark of contraction following the name. If this were true, she was probably a first wife of John Rockwell. Naming patterns (that John named a daughter Mehittabel) and a gap in the births of John Rockwell's children also point to a possible first wife.[citation needed]
Sources
↑ Doherty, Frank J. 1990–2003 Beekman Patent, The Settlers of, [Dutchess Co., NY.] (Online database accessed 18 May 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) Vol 7, Page 386).
↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1930 Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut. 2 vols. (Online database accessed 18 May 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol 1, Pages 229, 356.
↑ Hall, Edwin, 1847 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut ... Baker & Scribner, Archive.org accessed 18 May 2016, Pages 189-90.
↑ Arthaud, John Bradley, 2002 "Enigmas #13: Was John Rockwell of Stamford, Connecticut, and Rye, New York, Married Twice?” The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database accessed 18 May 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol 77: Pages 104-109.
The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and biographical, privately printed for Mrs. F. J. Kingsbury, 1929.
Jim Brown, Early Stamford Settlers, US GenWeb Project, BAD LINK: ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford called unproved, from Underhill Genealogy - The Underhill Society, Oyster Bay, NY, Weed, viewed Aug 2009.
Evelyn Beran, family tree titled "Sanford-Shulsen Family", RootsWeb World Connect, www.rootsweb.com from database named Sanford-Shulsen, updated Nov 2006, viewed Nov 2007.
Lloyd, family tree titled "Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors", RootsWeb World Connect, www.rootsweb.com from database named horrocks, updated Aug 2007, viewed July 2008.
Wesley B. Keeler, Keeler Family, Ralph Keeler of Norwalk Connecticut and Some of His Descendants (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1985), pg. 5-6
RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Families (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.
Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald Lines Jacobus, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.)
The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and biographical, privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929.
History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. pages 299: "Zerubbabel, son of Walter. Born (1652), d. at Norwalk between 1727 and 1738; Deacon; m. (1) Hannah Knapp 1673; ( H. Knapp died December 11, 1674) m. (2) before May 1720-1725, Mehitabel, widow of John Keeler, and daughter of John Rockwell.
Rockwell Immigrants to 17th Century America, http://web.archive.org/web/19991113052135/…, viewed Aug 2007. BAD LINK: www.rockwell-family.org/2007/12/rockwell-immigrants-to-17th-century.html "Rockwell Immigrants to 17th Century America." By Ken Rockwell, Director Rockwell Family Foundation.
Selleck, Charles. Norwalk (The Author, Norwalk, Conn., 1896) Volume 1. Norwlk, Conn.
Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.
Boughton, James. Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 (William Jones, New York, 1903) Page 5
From A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn. and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn., 1639, by James Boughton; Pages 105-107:
http://archive.org/stream/genealogyfamili00bouggoog#page/n107/mode/1up
Second Generation:
Children of Ralph and Widow Sarah Whelpley Keeler of Norwalk, Connecticut:
Third Generation:
Children of John (son of Ralph Keeler, Sr.) and Hittabel (daughter of John Rockwell, of Stamford) Rockwell Keeler of Norwalk, Connecticut:
!widow of John Keeler
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March 31, 1656
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Stamford, Connecticut
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March 19, 1678
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Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
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Fairfield, Fairfield, Conn.
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December 26, 1682
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Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Of Norwalk,Fairfield,CT
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1685
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Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
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Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
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1690
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Of Norwalk,Fairfield,CT
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1692
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