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Robert Royce: Founding Father of the Royce Family in America
The descendants of Robert Royce spread throughout New England to the Midwest and are now in all 50 states.
Robert Royce (estimated birth date 1605 in England) arrived in North America with his wife, Mary, sometime before 1648, as part of the Great Migration of Puritans from England.
A shoemaker by trade, Robert Royce appeared in the records with an entry for lot number 74 at Stratford, Connecticut dated September 16, 1648.
Robert Royce is listed in the records of New London, Connecticut in 1657 as one of the first sixteen members of the New London Church.
In 1667 Robert Royce was appointed to keep an Ordinary.
Robert Royce died in 1676 in New London. Importantly, do not confuse Robert Royce of Boston, whose wife was Elizabeth, with Robert Royce of Connecticut.
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