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Descendants of Robert Royce:
Tracing the Second Generation in America

Robert and Mary raised seven children in New England (from Rhods, A.L., The Royce Family in America):

Sarah           b. ca. 1634           m. 1658 John Calkins                 d. 1 May 1711

Nehemiah   b. ca. 1635           m. 1660 Hannah Morgan            d. 1 Nov 1706

Nehemiah, a shoemaker, built a house in Wallingford in 1672.

Jonathan    b. ca. 1638           m. ca. 1656 Mary Spinning             d. 4  Jun 1660

                                                         1660 Deborah Calkins

Jonathan was one of the founders of the city of Norwich. His son Nehemiah moved to New Hampshire.

Nathaniel   b. ca 1640        m. 27 Oct 1673 Esther Moss          d. 8 Feb 1726

                                                 21 Apr 1681 Sarah Lathrop

                                                 24 Aug 1707 Hannah Wilcoxson

                                                 25 Aug 1708 Abigail Cooke

Nathaniel, a carpenter, joiner, and blacksmith, settled in Wallingford.

Ruth           bp. 7 Dec 1645        m. 15 Dec 1669 John Lathrop                  d. 19 Feb 1689    

                                                        12 Feb 1689 Abraham Doolittle

Samuel       b. ca 1648                m. 9 Jan 1666/7 Hannah Churchill          d. 1711

                                                             5 Jun 1690     Sarah Baldwin

Samuel, father of 11, moved to Wallingford.

Isaac           b. ca 1650                m. 15 Dec 1669 Elizabeth Lathrop d. 1681

Isaac was one of the first planters in Wallingford.

All of Robert Royce's children died in Wallingford, except Jonathan, who died in Norwich.

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