WILLIAM ROCKEY

When William Rockey was born on 16 November 1759 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, his father, Henrich, was 37 and his mother, Anna, was 27. He had nine children with Margaret Ledder between 1782 and 1799. He died on 1 December 1816 in West Buffalo, Pennsylvania, USA, at the age of 57, and was buried in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

(Lifestory, ancestry.com)

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1790 US Census, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

William Rockey

3 free white males under 16 [George ?]

1 free white male over 16 [William ?]

5 free white females [Margaret ?]

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A List of all the Inhabitants of West Buffalo Township, with a

Description of their Dwellings and Occupations. (1796):

Rockey, Jacob, does what he thinks best;

Rockey, William, farmer, hewed log house, cabin barn, grist and saw-

mill;

Rockey, John, tavern-keeper, hewed log house and kitchen, round

log stable;

http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/union/history/lynn/l282322.txt

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1800 US Census, West Buffalo, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

William Rockey

1 free white male under 10

1 free white male aged 10-15

1 free white male aged 16-25

1 free white male aged 26-44 [William ?]

2 free white females under 10

1 free white female aged 10-15

1 free white female aged 26-44 [Margaret ?]

1810 US Census, West Buffalo, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

William Rockey, farmer

1 free white male aged 10-15

1 free white male over 45 [William ?]

1 free white female under 10

2 free white females aged 10-15

1 free white female over 45 [Margaret ?]

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Rockey, William,b. 1759, and m. 1782, to Margaret Leader; begat 9 children, d. 1816

Rockey, Margaret, wf., b. 1759, d. 1837

Rockey, William, b. 1793, d. 1849

Rockey, George, b. 1786, d. 1855

Rockey, Mary, b. 1790, d. 1848

(Notes and Queries Historical and Genealogical /

Chiefly Relating to Interior of Pennsylvania Annual Volume 1899,

ancestry.com)

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WILLIAM ROCKEY

1759 William Rockey born 16 Nov 1759 (findagrave)

1796 William Rockey, farmer, hewed log house, cabin barn, grist and saw-mill;

in West Buffalo

1800 William Rockey & Christopher Waggoner are executors of will of Jacob Rockey, deceased,

of West Buffalo, he leaves widow

1805 William Rockey & Christopher Waggoner are executors of estate of William Rockey,

(sold to Elias Youngman 3 Jan 1805)

1807 William & Margaret sponsors to Margaret Rausch, daughter of Henry & Margaret Rausch

1809 William & Margaret sponsors to William Rocky, son of John & Elizabeth (Dreisbach church)

1812 William Rockey & wife Margaret, of West Buffaloe (dealings with George Rockey, miller)

1816 William Rockey will, signed 26 Jan 1816, sons John & George & Henry Rausch are executors.

William Rockey of West Buffaloe, yeoman

my dear wife Margaret

son William Rockey

daughter Elizabeth

daughter Catharine

Mary (under 20 years old)

son in law Henry Raush

son John

son George

1816 William Rockey dies 1 Dec 1816, buried Mifflinburg (findagrave)

MARGARET LADDER (wife)

1759 Margaret Ladder born 29 Dec 1759 (findagrave)

1837 Margaret Rockey dies 1 Mar 1837, buried Mifflinburg (findagrave)

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3. William Rockey (d. 1816 in Union co.) and wife

Margaret (1759 - 1837 Union Co).

Early residents of Mifflinburg and later purchased Rockey's mill in West

Buffalo Twp. Dau: Mary Rockey.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/paunion/1998-10/0909713245

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Hier ruhet [here rests]

WILLIAM ROCKY

geboren den 16. November 1759 [born ...]

verheirathet den 15. Januar 1782 [married ...]

mit

MARGRETH LEDDER

lebten beinah 34 Jahre im Ehestand [lived almost 34 years in matrimony]

Zeugten 9 Kinder wovon noch 3 Soehne [produced 9 children of which 3 sons]

und [?] Toechter leben [and ? daughters still alive]

und starb den 1. Dezember 1816 [died ...]

[gravestone, Mifflinburgh cemetery]

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