Ancestry of
John Davison Rockefeller
(1874–1960)
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- Great-grandfather of John Davison Rockefeller — 4th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 8
- Father:
- William Rockefeller
- Mother:
- Christina Rockefeller
- Birth Date:
- 24 Sep 1783
- Birth Location:
- Germantown, Columbia, New York
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 28 Sep 1857
- Death Location:
- Richford, Tioga, New York
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Harford Mills Cemetery, Harford Mills, Cortland, New York
- Spouse Name:
- Lucy Avery
- Marriage Date:
- 20 Nov 1806
- Marriage Location:
- Livingston County, New York
- Child:
William Avery Rockefeller (Ahnentafel No:4 )
- Notes:
- Wikipedia states that Godfrey Rockefeller married Lucy Avery on 20 September 1806 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey but does not give a source to support it. On the other hand, membership applications approved by the Sons of the American Revolution list 20 November 1806 in Livingston, New York for the marriage.
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Sources for Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/21/2017).
- 2 NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 71.
- 3 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Supplement to April Number, 1923 . . . with Memoirs of Deceased Members, 1922, page xc.
- 4 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 327.
- 5 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #92955, Membership application for Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.
- 6 Abel, Jules, The Rockefeller Billions: The Story of the World's Most Stupendous Fortune, New York: The Macmillan Company (1965).
- 7 Avery, Elroy McKendree and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, The Groton Avery Clan, Cleveland: n. p. (1912), Vol. 1, pp. 586-589.
- 8 Rockefeller, Henry Oscar, M.D., ed., The Transactions of the Rockefeller Family Association for the Five Years, 1905-1909 with Genealogy, New York: The Knickerbocker Press (1910), 244.
- 9 Sweet, Homer De Lois, The Averys of Groton, Syracuse, New York: Rice-Taylor Print. Co. (1894), 577, 604-605.
- 10 Wikipedia, "William Rockefeller, Sr.", _Sr., (accessed 11/23/2012).