Family Histories

  • Unseen Threads: Joan Rockwell and Early Colonial Women

    Unseen Threads: Joan Rockwell and Early Colonial Women

    Joan Rockwell, the eldest child of William and Susan Capen Rockwell, appears only briefly in surviving records. The book treats her life as representative of many early colonial women whose experiences shaped families and communities but left limited documentary trace. Joan Rockwell crossed the Atlantic as a small child, turning five years old during the

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