son of William Rockefeller (brother of John Davison Rockefeller) and Almira Geraldine Goodsell
William Goodsell Rockefeller was a descendant of the 1st Rockefeller to immigrate in 1650 from Holland.
William's grandfather married Lucy Avery, a descendent of Egbert, the 1st King of England 828-839.

William Avery Rockefeller
Born: 8 Aug 1896
Place: Tarrytown, NY
Died: 14 Oct 1973
Place: Saranac Lake, NY
Married:1) Florence Lincoln
Born: 17 Jan 1897
Place: New York, NY
Died:
Date Married: 9 Feb 1918 - divorced
Married:2) Mrs. Mary Ball Boyer
Born: 16 Oct 1894
Place: Grosse Point, MI
Died: 26 Jun 1976
Date Married: 16 Jun 1931 - divorced
Married:3) Betty Von Soosten
Born: 20 Feb 1918
Place:
Died:
Date Married: 16 Jun 1960
Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller
Born: 1 May 1899
Place: New York, NY
Died: 23 Feb 1983
Place: Greenwich, CT
Married: Helen Gratz
Born: 19 Mar 1900
Place: St Louis, MO
Died: 22 Jan 1985
Place:
Date Married: 26 Jun 1923
James Stillman Rockefeller
Born: 8 Jun 1902
Place: New York, NY
Died: 10 Aug 2004
Place: Greenwich, CT
Married: Nancy Campbell Sherlock Carnegie
Born: 15 Dec 1900
Place: New York, NY
Died:
Date Married: 15 Apr 1925
Aug 10, 6:20 PM EDT James Stillman Rockefeller Dies at 102
By DIANE SCARPONI
Associated Press Writer
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- James Stillman Rockefeller, the former head of the bank that became Citigroup Inc. and the oldest known U.S. Olympic medal winner, died Tuesday, his family said.
Rockefeller, who was 102, had lived in Greenwich. Born June 8, 1902, he was a grandson of William Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil with his brother, John D. Rockefeller.
He captained an eight-man crew with coxswain from the Yale University rowing team to win the gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics - beating the Canadian team by less than 16 seconds. Another member of the crew was Dr. Benjamin Spock, who became a renowned pediatrician with his best-selling book about child rearing.
U.S. Olympic Committee records show that Rockefeller was the oldest American medal winner, a spokeswoman from the committee said.
He graduated from Yale in 1924 and started at the bank, then called the National City Bank, in 1930. Rockefeller was named president in 1952. He was named chairman in 1959 and retired in 1967.
The company later changed its name to Citicorp, and became Citigroup in a 1998 merger with Travelers Group.
Rockefeller, who had served in the Airborne Command during World War II, also was a director of companies including Pan American Airways, Northern Pacific Railroad, NCR and Monsanto.
He and his wife, Nancy Carnegie Rockefeller, had four children.
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In The Nature Conservancy - North Carolina Issue for Winter 2005, there is a story "Long Valley Farm" which tells of the retreat where James Stillman Rockefeller strolled and swam and spent time with family and friends. When he passed away Aug. 2004 at the age of 102, he bequeathed this historic property to the Nature Conservancy.
He was the son of William G Rockefeller and the great - nephew of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. James S. Rockefeller was president and chairman of National City Bank in N.Y., and sat on the board of the American Museum of Natural History. An avid outdoorsman, Mr. Rockefeller was the captain of the Yale University rowing team in the early 1920's and helped the U.S. secure the gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Provided by Mary Louise Stillman Emerson
John Sterling Rockefeller
Born: 28 Oct 1904
Place: New York, NY
Died: 10 May 1988
Place: Greenwich, CT
Married: Paula Watjen
Born: 12 Aug 1905
Place: Bremen, Germany
Died:
Date Married: 7 May 1931
Almira Geraldine Rockefeller
Born: 28 Dec 1907
Place: New York, NY
Lived: 1988
Place: Edgemont, PA
Married:1) MacRoy Jackson
Born: 12 Feb 1876
Place: Dover, DE
Died: 22 Jan 1944
Date Married: 12 Jan 1929
Married:2) Samuel Weston Scott
Born: 29 Jun 1895
Place: Seaford, DE
Died: 3 Jun 1948
Date Married: 5 Oct 1945
Married:3) Hardie Scott
Born: 7 June 1907
Place: Cynwyd, PA
Died:
Date Married: 16 Sep 1952
Death date of James Stillman Rockefeller provided by direct descendent Molly McFadden