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Descendants of William? Rossiter


Generation No. 6


6. NICHOLAS6 ROSSITER (EDWARD 5, NICHOLAS 4, PHILIP 3, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM? 1) was born Abt. 1599 in Comb St. Nicholas, England, and died June 08, 1650 in Comb St. Nicholas, England. He married ANN Abt. 1623.

Notes for NICHOLAS ROSSITER:
He arrived in Massachusetts with his father, but returned to Emgland by April 16, 1635 and inherited his father's land there.


       Children of NICHOLAS ROSSITER and ANN are:

  i.   EDWARD7 ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1624; m. SARAH POWELL.

  ii.   JOAN ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1626; m. ROCKET.

  iii.   ELIZABETH ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1628; m. LISSANT.

  iv.   ELIZEBETH ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1630; m. LEG.

  v.   ANNE ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1632.

  vi.   JA ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1634.
7. DR. BRAY6 ROSSITER (EDWARD 5, NICHOLAS 4, PHILIP 3, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM? 1) was born Abt. 1610 in Comb St. Nicholas, England, and died September 30, 1672 in Guilford, CT. He married ELIZABETH ALSOP Abt. 1635 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, daughter of REV. JOHN ALSOP.

Notes for DR. BRAY ROSSITER:
Bray arrived at Dorchester, MA with his father in the 'Mary & John' in 1630. Dr. Rossiter, also known as Bryan, became freeman in 1631, and performed the first post-mortem in CT. He settled at Windsor, where he was a Physician, landed proprietor and the first town clerk and registrar, and moved to Gilford, CT about 1652.


Notes for ELIZABETH ALSOP:
She is identified in the will of Rev. Josias Alsop (1610-1666) as "Mrs. Elizabeth Rossiter, my sister in New England." Perhaps arrived in America as a servant of her future father-in-law Edward Rossiter.

       Children of DR. ROSSITER and ELIZABETH ALSOP are:

  i.   SAMUEL7 ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1636.

10. ii.   JOHN ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1638; d. 1670.

  iii.   ELIZABETH ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1640.

  iv.   TIMOTHY ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1641.

11. v.   JOANNA ROSSITER, b. June 1642; d. October 12, 1702.

  vi.   PETER ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1644.

  vii.   ABIGAIL ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1645.

12. viii.   JOSIAH ROSSITER, b. 1646, Windsor, CT; d. January 30, 1715/16, Guilford, CT.

  ix.   SUSANNA ROSSITER, b. November 22, 1652, Guilford, CT; d. April 21, 1710; m. REV. ZACHARIAH WALKER.

  More About REV. ZACHARIAH WALKER:
Fact 1: 1663, to 1668 Minister at Jamaica, NY
Fact 2: 1669, Minister at Stratford, CT
Fact 3: 1670, Minister at Woodbury, CT


  x.   SARAH ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1654.
8. HUGH6 ROSSITER (EDWARD 5, NICHOLAS 4, PHILIP 3, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM? 1) was born Abt. 1615 in Comb St. Nicholas, England, and died in Comb St. Nicholas, England. He married DORTHY COMBE 1641, daughter of JOSEPH COMBE and WINIFRED.


       Children of HUGH ROSSITER and DORTHY COMBE are:

  i.   MATTHIAS7 ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1641; m. JANE HERRING.

  ii.   EDWARD ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1643.

  iii.   BENAJIAH ROSSITER, b. Abt. 1645; m. DORCAS SOPER.
9. JOANE6 ROSSITER (EDWARD 5, NICHOLAS 4, PHILIP 3, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM? 1) was born Abt. 1616 in Comb St. Nicholas, Somerset, England, and died June 09, 1691 in Plymouth Colony, MA. She married NICHOLAS HART 1642 in Taunton, MA, son of RICHARD HART.


Notes for NICHOLAS HART:
Of Taunton, MA and later of Portsmouth, RI (1651)

       Child of JOANE ROSSITER and NICHOLAS HART is:

13. i.   RICHARD7 HART, b. 1635, Portsmouth, RI; d. January 1693/94.


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