When Thomas Rockwood was born on 25 February 1711, in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Rockwood, was 46 and his mother, Joanna Ellis, was 34. He married Abigail Maccane on 15 March 1737, in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1711. He died on 1 June 1768, at the age of 57.
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English: from Middle English rok(e) ‘rook’ + wod(e) ‘wood’ (Old English hrōc, wudu). The name may be topographic, denoting someone who lived by a wood inhabited by rooks, or habitational, for someone from any of several minor places so named, such as Rookwood Hall in Abbess Roding (Essex), Rook Wood in Finchingfield (Essex), or Rockwood in East Grinstead (Sussex).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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