Abigail
Greene
(Abby)
Rockefeller
formerly Aldrich
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich
and Abigail Pierce Truman (Chapman) Aldrich
Sister of
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich Jr., Lucy Truman Aldrich, Edward Burgess Aldrich, Stuart Morgan Aldrich, Robert Chapman Aldrich, William Truman Aldrich, Emma Louise Aldrich, Richard Steere Aldrich, Winthrop Williams Aldrich and Elsie Chapman (Aldrich) Campbell
Wife of
John Davison Rockefeller Jr.
— married
9 Oct 1901 in Warwick Neck, Kent County, RI
Descendants 
Mother of
Abigail (Rockefeller) Mauzé, John Davison Rockefeller III, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, Winthrop Aldrich Rockefeller and David Rockefeller
Died
at age 73
in New York City, New York, United States
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This person is the mother of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. 41st US Vice President
Biography
Abby was an American socialite and philanthropist, the daughter of Senator Nelson Aldrich and wife of John Rockefeller Jr.. She was a collector of modern art and played a significant role in the establishment of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. She and her husband also championed the restoration and re-creation of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, as a living-history village.
Sources
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Williamsburg
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZBJ-ZTY : 6 December 2014), Abby Greene Aldrich, 26 Oct 1874; citing Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, reference 418; FHL microfilm 1,822,626.
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