Agnes
Rockett
formerly [surname unknown] aka Bicknell, Bickwell, Rockwood, Rocket
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Zachary Bicknell
— married
1624 in Weymouth, Dorset, England
Wife of
Richard Rockwood
— married
before 9 Mar 1637 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died
at about age 35
in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Agnes (___), wife of Zachary Bicknell, was aged 27, when she and her husband, and son John, aged 11, enrolled for passage to New England with Reverend Hull's company on March 20, 1635, from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, settling at Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay. [1] [2]
Passengers
- Zachary Bickwell, aged 45 years. 1590
- Agnis Bickwell, his wife, aged 27 years. 1608
- John Bickwell, his son, aged 11 years. 1624
- jno Kichin, his servant aged 23 [1] [2]
Her husband Zachary died by March 9, 1636/7, when William Reade purchased the house and land, in Weymouth, previously of Zachary Bicknell, from RIchard Rocket and his wife. Zachary and Agnes' child to confirm the sale 'when he come of age'. [1]
Widow Agnes Bickenll married Richard Rocket/Rockwood before the March, 1636/7 date. [1] [3]
Agnes "Rockett", wife of Richard, died at Braintree, Massachusetts on July 9, 1643. [1] [4][5][6]
- Buried at North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.[7]
Her husband Richard died there in 1660. His estate inventory was valued at L38.03.04 and was payed out to his daughter. The inventory was deposed by Elder Stephen Kinsly and Ann Rocket. [8] [9]
Children
- John Bicknell, born about 1624 [2]; married first Mary (___) by 1654; married second, Mary Potter on December 2, 1658. [1]
- John Rocket born at Braintree on December 1, 1641. [1 (10) 1641] [4]
Research Notes
A previous version of this profile claimed her maiden name was Lovell, possibly citing Davol-Willits?.[10]
Various secondary sources make claims about this family which are not supported by the evidence. For example, the maiden surname of the wife of the immigrant, is sometimes given as Lovell, but no evidence for this is seen.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. "Zachary Bicknell" in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I, A-B, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 282-3 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) link for subscribers$
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874, p. 284
- ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, p ??
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Braintree: Vital Records from The NEHGS Register, Volume 3: p. 247. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
- ↑ "Records of Boston: Braintree." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3:247
- ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (NEHGS):
- 1642 Bicknell (see Bicknall) Agnes, w. Zachary, - 1643 a 45 in Braintree GR 54
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34220484
- ↑ Abstracts of Early Wills in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 10, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1856, p. 174
- ↑ Case 254:p. 1-4: Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
- ↑ P 32 Anc of Frank Herbert Davol wife Phebe Willite: showing Mayflower desc from John Alden James Chilton CH: Davol-Willits: 2 Zacharie Bicknell wife Agnes - NO EVIDENCE found for maiden name LOVELL. link for Ancestry.com subscribers
See also:
- Cutter, William Richard Cutter. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company: 1915
- Bicknell, Thomas Williams. The History and Genealogy of the Bicknell Familiy and Collateral Lines. Rhode Island: ??, 1913.
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RE: Nicholas, married about 1646 -1651 to Jane Adams, highly unlikely a child of Agnes who came to NE in 1635 with husband Bicknell. If Nicholas was Agnes son, he would have been born 1636 or later, making him aged 10-15 at the time of his first marriage.
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So that is probably where the confusion over the name began.
On this basis, I suggest that the surname be removed and replace with "unknown."
Additionally, I have found no source for the double name "Agnes Anna." Middle names were not used in that time period. I have found only the name "Agnes" used in he sources I've seen.
I recommend, please, changing her name to Agnes with unknown surname. Objections?