UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                    Form 13F

                               Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2008

Check here if Amendment [  ]; Amendment Number: ____
This Amendment (Check only one.):   [  ] is a restatement.
                                    [  ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:             The Rockefeller Trust Company
Address:          30 Rockefeller Plaza
                  New York, New York 10112

Form 13F File Number: 28-02772

The institutional  investment  manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby  represents that the person signing the report is authorized
to  submit  it,  that all  information  contained  herein is true,  correct  and
complete,  and  that it is  understood  that  all  required  items,  statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:             James M. Mulvaney
Title:            Senior Vice President - Administration
Phone:            (212) 649-5903

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

\s\James M. Mulvaney            New York, New York         April 22, 2008
                                 [City, State]                  [Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.  (Check here if all holdings of this reporting  manager
are reported in this report.)

[X] 13F NOTICE.  (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[ ] 13F  COMBINATION  REPORT.  (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting  manager are  reported  in this  report and a portion are  reported by
other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

Form 13F File Number       Name
28-02813                   Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc.