This website features the descendants of William Francis Rabbett, the son of Patrick Rabbitt and Cecilia Greeley of Athenry in
County Galway, Ireland. Vital records in Athenry were not kept until 1858 so William's birth certificate has not been located.

Patrick Rabbitt @1815-3/11/1899 m. Cecilia Greeley @1830-5/17/1897
(married in the Parish of Oranmore, Co. Galway, November 9, 1846)
their children:
(1) Delia Rabbitt
(2) William Francis Rabbett 10/1/1856 - 5/27/1948
(3) Mary Ann Rabbitt 5/15/1859-? m. Patrick Kelly
(4) Margaret Rabbit 6/9/1861-?
(5) James Rabbit 11/26/1864-1865
(6) Patrick Rabbitt 2/15/1867-3/1/1943 m. Mary Potter

It is believed William emigrated to the United States in 1885. He settled first in Broad Brook, later in Newington, and finally in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. William declared his intentions to become a U.S. citizen on October 23, 1888; his Naturalization papers were signed October 27, 1890 in Hartford. William married three times, outliving all three of his wives and three of his children.

William sired fifteen children (numbered 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, etc.), all of whom are identified in bold print. His marriages and descendants are depicted in red, green, and blue according to family group. Each person is identified by a unique number; the number of digits indicates their generation (example: person #2-2-2-1-1-1 is a sixth generation descendant of William Rabbett, and a fifth generation descendant of person #2-2).

Regardless of the number of digits in a person's identification number, siblings can be identified because they bear identical numbers except for the final digit, which always indicates the number of child in a given family (example: person #2-2-2-9-3 is the third child of a ninth child in family #2-2-2).

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