Robert Royce Immigrant

• General Notes
  • Robert Royce is an ancestor of US President Millard Fillmore.
    
    Robert Royce was born in England and was an early settler in Stratford,CT, where his name is on record in 1644. In 1657 he moved to New London,CT where he was constable in 1660 and the following year was a member ofthe General Assembly. Robert Royce of New London died in 1676, leaving a widow, Mary, who died in 1697, and on July 14 of that year administrationof the remaining estate of the widow, who died intestate, was granted herson, Samuel Royce. The surname of Mary, wife of Robert Royce, is not on record, but a Mary Sims and Robert Royce were married at Martsock,Somersetshire, England, June 4, 1634, and the date is suitable for the marriage of the New London, CT man. (Article by Donald Lines Jacobus in New England Historic & Genealogical Register - Vol. 80, pages 107-09.)
    
    Four of the five sons of Robert Royce removed to Wallingford. The children sharing in the distribution of his estate were: Joshua,Nathaniel, Patience, Ruth, Sarah, Nehemiah, Samuel, Isaac and Jonathan
    
    !A marriage to Mary Sims is disproven in Gary Boyd Roberts, EnglishOrigins of New England Families, Second Series, volume 3, pp. 42-45.
    
    Immigrated from Martock, Somerset.
    
    !Al Dawson, 22 Apr 2000,
    Robert Royce. Born ca 1603. Robertwas baptized in Martock,
    Somersetshire, Eng. on 9 Jun 1603. Source: 7. JosephSavage,
    Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originallypublished 1860.
    
    !Dorothy C Burt, "Ancestors of David Walden Burt,"
    http://www.familytreemaker.com/user/b/u/r/Dorothy-C-Burt, Feb. 1998.
    
    !Robert died on 22 Sep 1676 in New London, CT. Occupation: shoemaker.
    
    Robert came from England in the Francis; settled at Stratford, CT, in1644/48; at New London, 1660; Member of City Council [selectman?].
    
    ![see quote from GMB below, following paragraph is for a differentperson] Robert was a freeman at Boston 1 Apr 1634,one of the disarmed1637 as a supporter of Mrs. Hutchinson in her revelations,or ofWheelwright in his opinions.
    
    He removed before 1657 to New London,perhaps in 1650 was of Stratford,but constable in 1660 and in 1661 representative for New London where helived in good repute.7
    
    ![Disproven - On 4 Jun 1634 Robert married Mary Elizabeth Sims, daughterof John Sims (ca 1579-) & SarahBaker (1587-), in Martock, Somerset,Eng.13 Born ca 1609.5 Mary Elizabeth was baptized in England ca 1615.5Mary Elizabeth died on 4 Jul 1697 in New London, CT. Sims, SIimms, orSymmes.]
    
    Great Migration Begins:
    Savage claimed that Robert Roice of Boston was identical with a man ofthe same name who appeared inConnecticut some years later, but since thelatter had wife Mary, and the onlyknownwife of the Boston man wasElizabeth, who outlived him, this cannot be true [NEHGR 122:274-77 andthe sources cited there; Goodwin Anc 1:295].

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