Rockefeller Family - Members of The Rockefeller Family - Ancestors

Ancestors

  • Goddard (Gotthard) Rockenfeller (1590, Neuwied–1684) (m.1622) Magdalena (1592, Neuwied–1656)
    • Johannes Rockenfeller (1634–1684) (m.1678) Elizabeth Margaretha Remagen (1634)
      • Johann Peter Rockefeller (1681, German Kingdom of Prussia–1763, Rocktown, NJ) (Arrived in America 1708)
        • Peter Rockefeller (1711–1787) (m.1740) Mary Bellis (1723–1772) (Had nine children in all)
          • Godfrey Rockefeller (1745–1818)
          • Margaret Rockefeller (1750–1797) (m.late 18th century) George Trumbo (1750–1830)
          • William Rockefeller (1750–1793) (m.18th century) Christina Rockefeller (1754–1800) (Distant relative) (Had seven children in all)
            • Simon William Rockefeller (1775–1839)
            • Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (1783/1784–1857) (m.1806) Lucy Avery (1786–1867) (Had ten children in all)
              • William A. Rockefeller, Sr. (1810–1906) (m.1837) Eliza Davison (1813–1889)
                • Lucy Rockefeller (1838–1878) (m.1856) Pierson D. Briggs
                • John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) (m.1864) Laura Celestia Spelman (1839–1915)
                • William A. Rockefeller, Jr. (1841–1922) (m.1864) Almira Geraldine Goodsell
                • Mary Ann Rockefeller (1843–1925) (m.1872) William Cullen Rudd
                • Franklin Rockefeller (1845–1917) (m.1870) Helen Elizabeth Scofield
                • Francis Rockefeller (1845–1847)
            • William W. Rockefeller (1788–1851) (m.early 19th century) Eleanor Kisselbrack (1784–1859)

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