Robert (Ransom) Ransone (abt. 1668 - bef. 1720)

Born about 1668 in Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia

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Descendants

Died before 19 Sep 1720 before about age 52 in St. Stephens Parish, King and Queen, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Robert (Ransom) Ransone was a Virginia colonist.

Robert Ransone was born about 1668. Robert is the child of Capt James Ransom and an unknown mother.^[1] Birth date is an estimate, based on the estimated dates of birth of other family members.

Robert Ranson or Ransone, apparently a ship captain, on the Planters Adventure in July-Aug 1677, July 1679, July-Aug 1680, & Oct 1681, bound from London to Virginia. Also on the ship Lyon Nov-Dec 1695, and the ship Golden Lyon May 1701. These references are from the Public Records office in London, as reported in The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1776, by Peter Wilson Coldham.

Last name could have also been Ransone. Was buried in Plymouth Massachusetts Bay Colony

Research Notes

He may have married Frances Williamson Bird, Ransone, Bryant (1688–1735)

Children:

1. Susannah Ransone / Raison Smith 1714–1766

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Robert was born in 1668. He passed away in 1720. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ (Apr 1902) "Ransone Family." The William and Mary Quarterly , Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, JSTOR.org (Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 264-267).
2. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Stephen Cabaniss.

See also:

• Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775.