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Mary (not Sims)

Mary was born about 1605. Mary is no longer alive.

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General Notes
- Ancestor of US President Millard Fillmore.
  
  !A marriage to Mary Sims is disproven in Gary Boyd Roberts, English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, volume 3, pp. 42-45.
  
  Immigrated from Martock, Somerset.
  
  !Al Dawson, 22 Apr 2000, <Microfish7@aol.com>
  Robert Royce. Born ca 1603. Robert was baptized in Martock,
  Somersetshire, Eng. on 9 Jun 1603. Source: 7. Joseph Savage,
  Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originally
  published 1860.
  8. Dorothy C Burt, "Ancestors of David Walden Burt,"
  http://www.familytreemaker.com/user/b/u/r/Dorothy-C-Burt, Feb.1998.
  
  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 1660and in 1661 representative for New London where helived in good repute.
  
  ![Disproven - On 4 Jun 1634 Robert married Mary Elizabeth Sims, daughterof JohnSims (ca 1579-) & Sarah Baker (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 samename who appeared in Connecticut some years later, but since thelatter had wife Mary, and the only known wife of the Boston man wasElizabeth, who outlived him, this cannot be true [NEHGR 122:274-77 andthe sources cited there; GoodwinAnc 1:295].

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Mary (not Sims)

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