ROCKEFELLER Family

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An unusual family of entrepreneurs, capitalists, philanthropists and statesmen, descended from Johann Peter Rockefeller who came from the Rhineland about 1720, landed in Pennsylvania, and settled in Amwell, New Jersey. A monument to this ancestor stands at Larison's Corner in the family burial plot, the land for which was given by Johann Peter himself. He died in 1753. The earliest seat of the family was in France where the name was spelled Roquefeuille.  
 

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	ROCKEFELLER, David [*1915-?] – American banker ::> Bankers and financiers ::> joined what became the Chase Manhattan Bank in 1948 and headed it from 1969 until his retirement in 1981; RFLR29 26C1
	ROCKEFELLER, John Davison [1839-1937] – American industrialist and philanthropist RFLR131 24C3 Father: ¤ROCKEFELLER, William Avery "Doc" [1810-1904] American quack Brother: ¤ROCKEFELLER, William [1841-1922] -- American financier
	ROCKEFELLER, John Davison II [1874-1960] – -- American philanthropist ::> Philanthropists ::> Following in his father's philanthropic footsteps RFLR99 25C2
	ROCKEFELLER, John Davison III [1906-1978] – -- American philanthropist ::> Philanthropists ::> supported numerous civic and philanthropic ventures RFLR10 26C1
	ROCKEFELLER, Lawrence Spelman [*1910-?] – -- American conservationist ::> Philanthropists ::> principal philanthropic interests focus on the environment RFLR12 26C1
	ROCKEFELLER, Michael [1938-1961] – American anthropologist, disappeared on anthropological expedition in Papua, New Guinea RFLR60 27C0
	ROCKEFELLER, Nelson Aldrich [1908-1979] – American governor (NY) and US vice-president RFLR11 26C1 Grandfather: ¤ROCKEFELLER, John Davison [1839-1937] American industrialist and philanthropist Father: ¤ROCKEFELLER, John Davison II [1874-1960] -- American philanthropist Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, John Davison III [1906-1978] -- American philanthropist Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, Lawrence Spelman [*1910-?] -- American conservationist Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, Winthrop [1912-1973] Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, David [*1915-?] American banker Son: ¤ROCKEFELLER, Michael [1938-1961] American anthropologist, disappeared on anthropological expedition in Papua, New Guinea
	ROCKEFELLER, William [1841-1922] – -- American financier ::> Bankers and financiers ::> a successful stock market manipulator RFLR132 24C3
	ROCKEFELLER, William Avery "Doc" [1810-1904] – American quack RFLR103 23C4 He was a reckless, womanizing peddler of "miracle cures" who called himself "Dr. Rockefeller" Son: ¤ROCKEFELLER, John Davison [1839-1937] American industrialist and philanthropist Son: ¤ROCKEFELLER, William [1841-1922] -- American financier
	ROCKEFELLER, Winthrop [1912-1973] – ::> Governors: chief executives of colonies, states and territories ::> governor of Arkansas (1967-70) RFLR13 26C1

This is my working list of candidates to include -- I'm not yet sure if they are related to me! As candidates are eliminated (proven not related) they are marked appropriately (THUS) and an explanation included. They are kept in the list in case future research proves they can be included. (And to keep them from popping up on the list again!) Never discard good research!

Proven candidates' names are marked with an asterisk (*) until they can be added to the database.

*ROCKEFELLE; Martha Baird [1895-1971] American concert pianist & philanthropist ROCKEFELLER, Lewis Kirby [1875-1948] American politician ROCKEFELLER, W. C. [1910-] American business executive *ROCKEFELLER, Winthrop Paul [1948-] American politician *ROCKEFELLER-McCORMICK, Edith [1872-?] American musician

This article may name additional candidates: rockefeller (surname)