Brief Life History of Godfrey Lewis
When Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller was born on 24 September 1783, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States, his father, William M Rockefeller, was 33 and his mother, Christina Rockefeller, was 28. He married Lucy Avery on 20 November 1806, in Livingston, Livingston, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. His occupation is listed as farmer in Granger, Allegany, New York, United States. He died on 28 September 1857, in Richford, Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Harford Mills Cemetery, Harford Mills, Harford, Cortland, New York, United States.
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- Godfrey Rockefeler, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller, "Find A Grave Index"
- Godfrey Rockfellow in entry for Olympha Boughton, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1797
Became State Capitol in 1797
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Rockenfeller: habitational name for someone from the village of Rockenfeld near Neuwied, Rhineland, named in Middle High German with rocke ‘rye’ (Old High German rocko) + feld ‘open country’. Compare Rockafellow .
History: The Rockefellers trace their origin to Johann Peter Rockenfeller, who emigrated to North America in 1723. His descendant, the millionaire industrialist John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), founder of Standard Oil, was born in Richford, NY; his father was a commodities dealer and farm owner.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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