John ROCKHILL
Lived in Pittstown, where he had begun the practice of medicine in 1743, after having studied under Dr. Thomas Cadwalader of Philadelphia (a relative of his mother). Dr. Rockhill became a noted physician and surgeon, not only in the immediate meighborhood, but in a vast region around. He travelled through the forest on horseback. He also took an active interest in public affairs, Survryor to the West Jersey Board of Landed Proprietors, and Justice of the Peace.
Lived at Pittstown,N.J. He was a farmer,Surveyor, and Justice of the Peace. He married his step-sister.
He married Rachel Robeson 10 Jul 1753 . Rachel Robeson was born at Amity Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania 1729 daughter of Jonathan Robeson and Elizabeth Philippine Morris .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Edward Rockhill
born 30 Apr 1754.
Robeson Rockhill
born 20 May 1756.
Achsah Rockhill
born 20 Jul 1759.
Anne Rockhill
born 14 Mar 1763.
John Clayton Rockhill
born 10 Jul 1766.
Edward Augustus Rockhill
born 27 Aug 1768.
John Rockhill died 2 Apr 1798 at Pittstown, Hunterdon, New Jersey .
Rachel Robeson died 27 Jan 1773 at Pittstown, Hunterdon, New Jersey .