Robert Rose (1704 - 1751)

Born 12 Feb 1704 in Wester Alves, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Fitzhugh) Rose — married 6 Nov 1740 in St. Paul's Parish, Stafford Co., VA

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1751 at age 47 in Richmond, Virginia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ross Name Study.

The Rev. Robert Rose of Virginia is well documented. There is a large published book giving many of his descendants and a brief ancestry.^[1] His diary,^[2] with annotations, is extant, as is his Bible.^[3]

Robert Rose was born in Wester Alves, Scotland on Feb 12, 1704 to John Rose and Margaret Grant.^[4]

Robert first married Mary Tarrant and had three children. He later married Anne Fitzhugh and had 6 children. He died June 30, 1751 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. From notations in his Bible,^[3] quoted on pages 17 and 38 of ref ^[1] and p. 106 of ref ^[2] .

Further evidence for his connection to Scotland and the line of Rose of Bellivat,^[5] cadet to Rose of Kilravock, lies in the name, Bellevette, of the home on the Tye River in the current Nelson Co. VA, of his son Charles (b. Aug 17, 1747 per his Bible,^[3] and St. Paul's Parish Register, p. 116, both quoted in ^[1] p. 65, photo of home p. 67, and discussion in ^[3] p.183). Bellevette is still standing, seen from the air by the current writer. The Rose family of Virginia claimed descent from the Roses of Bellivat in Nairnshire. Bellivat is on the A939 highway just south of Redburn. The Roses of Bellivat appear in many land records ^[6] and even more (criminal) court proceedings,

Children by his first wife: Mary (d. age 14), John, and Robert (d. infancy).

Children by his second wife: Henry, Hugh, Patrick, Charles, Susannah, and Margaret. ^[1] p. 38.

The Rev. Rose is buried outside an east window of St. John's, the first church in Richmond, VA, the first person buried in that churchyard ^[2] (p. 106) Patrick Henry later made his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech^[7] from this church, overlooking his grave.

Though outside the date range of Wikitree's Magna Carta Project the Rev. Rose is in fact descendant of Magna Carta Barons Hugh Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, and Saher de Quincy as well as numerous royal ancestors such as Edward III of England and Robert Stewart III of Scotland.

DNA Evidence

Y-chromosome DNA tests ^[8] show that Col. Murray Rose of VA, descendant ^[1] (p. 235) of Rev. Robert Rose's son Charles (see above) who descends from the 8th Laird of Kilravock, plus another person who descends from the same son matches the DNA of a Canadian descendant (shown there, 10-14 at DYS385 but who wishes to remain anonymous)^[9] of the 11th Laird of Kilravock at exactly the expected difference. This is exceeding strong confirmation of the continuity of the line of Bellivat in Scotland.

Two male descendants are participants in the Ross Surname Project at Family Tree DNA.

They are on this MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) chart.

See also the following WikiTree pages about this family (the Relationship Finder shows this Rose to be a descendant of Hugh Rose, "1st of Kilravock" through Hugh Rose "8th of Kilravock" :

• Rose of Kilravock
• Clan Rose

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Christine Rose, Ancestors and Descendents of the Brothers Rev. Robert Rose and Rev. Charles Rose (San Jose, California 1985).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ralph Emmett Fall, ed, The Diary of Robert Rose (McClure Press, 1977). As of 2015 the original was in possession of Colonial Williamsburg. (Discussed by "T. H. W." in 1869, in an appendix to the Bolling Memoir)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} In 1985 his Bible was in the possession of Aurthur Lawson Rose of Clarkson, Michigan, as stated on p 17 of the Christine Rose book referenced above
4. ↑ An annotation, in his own hand, in his Bible, photographically reproduced in the Christine Rose book, p. 17, states "Robert Rose Son of John Rose & Margaret Grant born Wester Alves Febry 12 - 1703/4".
5. ↑ Hew Rose, Lachlan Shaw, C. Innes, "Rose Family of Kilravock" (Spalding Club, Edinburgh, 1848 Reprinted 1981 Original manuscript from1684), pp. 55-56 and 523-525.
6. ↑ Register of the Secret Seal (Scotland) Vol. 6 p 31, #128: "22 January 1567/8, Edinburgh, Precept for a charter of confirmation on a charter by Marion Dunbar, relict of John Ross of Bellevat to Hugh Ross of Kilrawak ... "
7. ↑ Records of St. John's Church, Richmond, VA
8. ↑ Rose Family Association DNA Project and data at Family Tree DNA Group G
9. ↑ Kit number obtained privately from Christine Rose

• Compendium source for one royal and Magna Carta ancestral line of Rev. Rose: Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants (Genealogical Publishing Co. , Baltimore, 2004), p 117
• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Life, Wife, Child page 215, 387
• Bishop Meade: Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia (1861), Vol 1, page 396. Includes M.I, page 398.

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