Thomas Rose (1653 - aft. 1743)

Born 10 Sep 1653 in Rose Hill, New London, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Allyn) Rose — married 16 Sep 1680 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 20 Nov 1743 after age 90 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas was born about 1653.^[1]

He married Hannah Allyn, daughter of Robert and Sarah Allyn, on 16 Sep. 1680 in Stonington, Connecticut.^[1]

He served in King Philip's War and shared in the division of Volunteer's land in Connecticut. He was Deputy from Preston to the General Assembly of Connecticut in Oct. 1695 and in 1720, 1722, 1723 and 1724. He is called Sergeant and Captain in Connecticut records. ^[1]

He made his will on 20 Nov. 1743.^[1]

It is said that there were twelve children, birth dates were not found, but marriages for ten were.^[1]

Children of Thomas and Hannah

1. Damaris married Joseph Gates.^[1]
2. Deborah d. 1770 married Samuel Partridge.^[1]
3. Sarah d. 1759 married John Killam^[1]
4. Dorcas married Nathan Bellows.^[1]
5. Elizabeth married Samuel Killam.^[1]
6. Hannah married Samuel Storry or Storry.^[1]
7. Joanna b. 1678. married Edward Avery.^[1]
8. Thomas married Mary Gates.^[1]
9. Mary married Henry Pelton.^[1]
10. Joseph married (1) Sarah Pelton^[1] (2)Sarah Ellis.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Rose Family Research, By Mrs. Christine and Seymour T. Rose, Rose Family Association, 1978. Collection of Phil Smith.

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M166-N9L : accessed 2014-04-05), entry for Thomas Rose, submitted by jpartridge2704887.
• "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MCHD-G9H : accessed 2014-04-05), entry for Thomas ROSE.
• More information: http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/rose_index.html
• History of New London, Connecticut, by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1895
• History of Norwich, Connecticut, by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1874
• The Barbour Collection of Vital Records of Connecticut
• Torrey's "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
• The Sterry Family, Walter Burges Smith, Call Number: CS71.S8393, Privately Printed. Israel. 1973.
• Cited in The Sterry Family
• Richard A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, New London, Conn. 1800, pp. 418-419, 236.
• Alfred L. Holman, Blackman and Allied Families, Chicago, 1928, pp. 205, 45.
• "Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870" (Barbour Collection). Accessed via Ancestry.com.

• For Hannah's origins, see MSS. on the Rose and Allyn families by H. Minot Pitman genealogist of Bronxville, N.Y. (written for Mrs. William A.M. Burden, Jr.). (The book doesn't say where this manuscript is located.)
• A transcription of his will is found: History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer compiled by Mrs. Susan Spicer Meech and Miss Susan Billings Meech, 1911. Pages 547-548.

Acknowledgements

• William Iak, Ron Norman