ROCKETT GENEALOGY PAGE









These are photos of Rockett's Castle in Portlaw Co, Waterford, Ireland, taken by Jim Rockett of Colorado. For more about Rockett's Castle, click here.

To read about the Rockett pirate who occupied the castle, click here.





Early Rocketts to VA settled at a place called Rockett's Landing, now known as Fulton.









ROCKETT LINEAGE



The following lineage shows the Rockett lines tracing from around 1681. The line that is my own will have a highlighted cell. For additional Rockett lineage info, please visit:


Charlie Rockett's Homepage


The Rockett Family Forum


Martha and Richard Rockett

Martha Giffin MCClure and Richard Rockett




Generation 1

TRISTRAM ROCKETT


b. pre 1659 d. after 04/10/1681 in England
Had following children




Generation 2

John Rockett b. before 07/06/1673 Exeter, Devonshire Co. England d. before 1676 John Rockett b. before 02/27/1678 Exeter, Devonshire, England
Baldwin Rockett b. before 04/10/1681 Exeter, Devonshire, England d. before 03/1731 Henrico Co. VA USA
m. about 1713 VA USA
Anne Ware
COLOR="Black">5 children see below		 Prudence Rockett b. before 03/11/1682 Exeter, Devonshire, England



Baldwin Rockett's christening record with his name marked with an X in the far left margin. It reads: Baldwin ye sonne of Tristram Rockett.





Generation 3

 

Ware Rockett b. ca. 1714 VA USA d. ca. 1760
m. ca. 07/1754
Mary Poindexter		 Francis Rockett b. ca. 1716 VA USA
Baldwin Rockett Jr. b. ca. 1718 VA d. ca. 03/1782 Henrico Co., VA USA Capt. John Rockett b. ca. 1719 VA USA
Richard Rockett b. ca. 1721 Henrico Co., VA USA d. ca. 02/10/1785 Abbeville Co. 96 Dist. SC USA
m. after 06/27/1763 Granville Co. NC
Mary Abernathy, dau of Robert Abernathy
3 children see below


To view Richard and Mary's marriage license, click on the image of Robert Abernathy's consent for marriage below.




Generation 4

 

John Rockett b. 04/16/1762 VA USA d. 05/1848 Catawba Co. NC USA
m. Sarah Abernathy 01/11/1787 Lincoln Co. NC USA		 Sarah Rockett b. ca. 1763 in NC or VA d. after 07/08/1839
m. after 1777
James Abernathy
Richard Rockett Sr. b. ca. 1765 VA? d. 09/02/1843
m.1) Eleanor Abernathy after 09/15/1789
3 children see below
m.2) Martha Rose Sadler before 1804 NC USA



To view the entire marriage license of Richard and Eleanor, click on the partial page below.





Generation 5

 

Sarah Melvina Rockett b. ca. 1790 NC? d. 1847 Pontotoc Co. MS James William Rockett b. 06/04/1792 NC
Richard Rockett Jr. b. 06/11/1794 Raleigh NC USA d. 05/26/1882 Jefferson Co. AL USA
m.1) Mary Abernathy 01/11/1821 Jefferson CO.
m.2) Martha Giffin McClure 02/22/1825
10 children see below



To view the entire marriage license of Richard and Martha, click on the partial image below.






Generation 6

 

Rufus Carson Rockett b. 11/25/1825 Jefferson Co. AL USA d. 01/13/1898 Jefferson Co.
m. Eliza M. Downey 09/21/1847 Jefferson Co.
14 children see below		 Adaline Amanda Rockett b. 02/24/1827 d. 06/30/1896
m. Jeptha M.C. Ware 09/21/1843
Horace Benton Rockett b. 10/07/1828 d. 10/23/1896 Sophronia Jane Rockett b. 05/08/1830 d. 08/12/1894
m. Peter Jackson Downey 11/18/1847
Richard de Lafayette Rockett b. 11/24/1831 Jonesboro, Jefferson Co. AL USA d.09/07/1918 Elbert Monroe Rockett b. 11/29/1833
Milton Americus Rockett b. 06/13/1836 d. 10/07/1860 Alvin Benton Rockett b. 05/27/1838 d. 04/16/1862
Manlius Rollen Rockett b. 03/02/1840 d. 06/30/1923 Martha Dulcina Rockett b. 10/10/1843 d. 01/30/1933 in Ashley Co. Arkansas USA
m. Robert Withers Downey 11/06/1865



Rufus and Eliza's marriage license is below.







Generation 7



Baby Rockett b. 12/09/1848 Jefferson Co. AL USA d. before 1850 Melissa Rosleen Rockett b. 04/26/1850 d. before 06/06/1860
Richard James Rockett b. 01/12/1852 d. 02/21/1919 Bessemer, Jefferson Co. AL USA
m. Mary Missouri Morris 10/24/1872
9 children see below		 John Peter Rockett b. 11/08/1853 d. 03/24/1938
William Bradford Rockett b. 05/20/1856 d. 02/15/1926 Clem Monroe Rockett b. 09/08/1858 d. 1907
Robert Carson Rockett b. 05/28/1860 Lucy Jane Sarah Martha Mary Ann Amanda Rockett b. 11/06/1861 d. 11/21/1951
Baby girl Rockett b. 06/10/1863 Lida Rockett b. 09/11/1864
Charlie Jackson Rockett b. 06/19/1866 Kitty Sophia Rockett b. 05/09/1868
Meta Rockett b. 08/06/1870 George Horace Rockett b. 08/26/1871 d. 10/03/1945



Generation 8



Newbern Webster Rockett b. 07/04/1878 Shades Creek, Jefferson Co. AL USA d. 09/07/1954 Jackson Hinds Co. MS USA
m. Emma Louise Cooper 12/10/1902
4 children see below
Eugene J. Rockett b. ca 1880 Martha Rockett b. ca. 1882 d. ca. 05/1948
m. ??? Harris ca. 08/11/1911
Ada G. Rockett b. ca. 1884
m. Clarence C. Dickens ca. 08/1905		 Rush Rockett b. 1885 Bessemer, Jefferson Co. AL USA d. 05/20/1948 Laurel, Jones Co. MS USA
David Morris Rockett b. 06/27/1888 d. 05/13/1949 Belle Rockett d. ca. 1890
m. L.W. Dupuy ca. 08/1911
Joseph P. Rockett b. 08/30/1891 d. 08/21/1922 Solomon O. Rockett b. 11/03/1895 d. 02/1971 TX USA



Generation 9



Carl Newbern Rockett b. 1905 Brighton, Jefferson Co. AL USA d. 05/10/1908. Louise Rockett b. 08/08/1908 d. 12/1979 Jackson , Hinds Co. MS
m.1). Joseph Hansel Mapp 07/02/1935 Memphis TN USA
m.2) Max Spears ca., 1854
Louis Newbern Rockett b. 09/21/1912 Hattiesburg, Forrest Co. MS d. 12/25/1984
m. Rita (Xylda Marie) Hall 06/15/1940
1 child see below		 Hugh Cooper Rockett b. 10/19/1920 d. 08/1984
m. Maxine Carol McGee 07/16/1944 Walkertown, NC USA



Generation 10



Rita Kay Rockett
(living)
m. Robert Myers Laird
(living)
1 child see below




Generation 11



Barbara Kay Rockett
(living)
and
Michael James Smith
(living)
had 1 child
Holly Kay Rockett
(living)




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