Record modified: 2022-06-24
This is my ancestor 10 generations back.
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Mary Elizabeth Royce
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Born: about 1674-00-00 Connecticut USA
Died: 1723-00-00 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut USA
Marriages:
1. Henry Dyer Children of Mary Royce and Henry Dyer:
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One tree has her last name as Sanford. I think the Henry Dyer who married Mary Sanford was born about 1640, though.
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Phelps website has last name as Royce; source cited is LDS Ancestral File.
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This page says she is a daughter of Nehemiah Royce (1636 Long Sutton, Somerset England d 1706-11-07 Wallingford CT) and Hannah Morgan (1642-07-18 Roxbury MA d 1706-12-12) (married 1660-11-20).
Nehemiah son of Robert Royce (Somerset England d New London CT) and Mary Elizabeth Sims 1609 (England).
Hannah daughter of James Morgan (1607 Llandaff, Glamorgan Wales) and Margery Hill (c1610 Roxbury, Suffolk, MA d 1690-04-28 Wallingford CT) (married 1640-08-06.
Margery daughter of George Hills (Essex England) and Mary Symmonds (c1578 Great Burstead, Essex England) (married 1596-10-13)
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Many other RootsWeb entries say that Nehemiah's daughter Mary married c1702 Samuel Lewis or Gideon Ives
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Nehemiah Royce and Robert Royce are both listed as Freemen in New London on a 1669-09-28 list.
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Many trees have her as Mary Rice b c1666.
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This page says she was born 1675-08-12 Wallingford New London CT and died bet 1723 and 1726 in Lebanon CT.
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This page says her parents were Matthew Rice 1630-02 Hertfordshire Eng d 1713 Sudbury MA and 1654-07-07 Martha Lamson 1633 Ridgewell, Essex Eng [married in MA].
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Will of Matthew Rice:
14 OCT 1716 Proved Dec. 30, 1717, gave to wife, Martha, 1/2 of estate; to son,
executor; to 4 children of dtr. Sarah Loker, dec'd; to dtrs Deborah Sawin, Dorothy Ware,
Patience Leland, the farm at Marblehead. Inventory 112.8.2 pounds
[Note Mary not listed.]
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Savage says about Matthew Rice:
MATTHEW, Sudbury, s. prob. fifth of Edmund the first, b. in Eng. freem. 1660, m. 2 Nov. 1654, Martha Lamson, perhaps d. of Barnaby of Cambridge, had Sarah b. 9 Sept. 1655, wh. m. a Loker; Martha, 17 Aug. 1656, m. John Bent as his sec. w.; Deborah, 14 Feb. 1660, m. 23 Jan. 1684, Thomas Sawin; Ruth, 2 Apr. 1662, m. 21 Nov. 1682, Joseph Hastings, and d. two mos. aft.; Eliz. 20 May 1663, d. soon; Dorothy, 14 Feb. 1665, m. a Ware; Isaac, 1668; and Patience, 5 Mar. 1671, m. a Leland. His will was pro. 30 Dec. 1717.
[Note: Mary not listed.]
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 1176
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