Captain William Rosewell

  Noted events in his life were:

• History: From A personal narrative of some branches of the Lake family in America : with particular reference to the antecedents and descendants of Richard Lake, Georgia pioneer. William Rosewell ( - 1694)

In 1673 was sent as an agent from New Haven Colony to Dutch government at New Orange (New York). Offered captancy of a troop of horse but declined. Judge at New Haven several years.

American Lineage of Hoyt Post (1908), 7.
Savage, General Dictionary of New England, 3:578

Source Citation
Description
Section: Part III. Military and Civil service

Source Information
Ancestry.com. A personal narrative of some branches of the Lake family in America [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data:Lake, Devereux,. A personal narrative of some branches of the Lake family in America : with particular reference to the antecedents and descendants of Richard Lake, Georgia pioneer. Lorain, Ohio?: unknown, 1937.

Source Description

• Death: From Family Search org, 9 Jul 1694, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. Name: William Rosewell
Sex: Male
Age: 64
Death or Burial Place: Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Death or Burial Place (Original): Branford, Conn
Death Date: 9 Jul 1694
Birth Year (Estimated): 1630
Cemetery: 204-1 Old Branford Cen. Cem. Sec. A.

Source Details: #32
Digital Folder Number: 007592406
Microfilm Number: 3322
Image Number: 00184
Originating System: EASY
Indexing Batch: B03729-6

Citing this Record
"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NQ-MY7 : 16 January 2020), William Rosewell, .

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Jul 1694, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. CPT William Rosewell
Birth: 1630 Connecticut, USA
Death: 19 Jul 1694 (aged 63–64) New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Branford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial #: 11486363
age 63 years
Family Members
Spouse
Catherine Russell Rosewell 1637-1698
Children
Elizabeth Rosewell Saltonstall 1679-1710
Created by: Judith (46608035)
Added: 6 Aug 2005
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11486363/william-rosewell
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11486363/william-rosewell : accessed 13 March 2022), memorial page for CPT William Rosewell (1630–19 Jul 1694), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11486363, citing Branford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Judith (contributor 46608035) .

William married Catherine Russell, daughter of Richard Russell and Unknown.