New England Rouse Records  

Rhode Island Vital Record

A. Vol 4 - Newport Co
l. Little Compton Rhode Island Marriages
a. Mercy Rouse and John Stephens 1 Jan 1701
b. James Rouse and Joanna Fisher - 15 March 1703
c. James Rouse and Margaret Andros - 25 Oct 1709
d. Mary Rouse and William Jameson - 7 Nov l710
e. George Rouse and Hannah Horsswell - 19 Sept 1723
f. Mary Rouse and William Jameson - 28 Feb 1731
g. Rebecca Rouse and Robert Taylor - 21 May 1732
h. Mercy Rouse and Tetaman Scheech - 28 Dec 1742
2. Little Compton, Rhode Island Births

Marshfield Vital Records

1. p 2 Mary daughter of John Rowse boryne ye 10 Aug 1640
John Rowse the sonn of John Rowse borne the 28th Septe 1643
Symon the sonne of John Rowse borne ye 16 Jan 1645
2. p 3 George ye son of John Rouse was Borne ye 17 May 1648
3. p 8 John Rowse and Elizabeth Doety were maryed ye 13 of Jan 1674
4. p 9 George ye sonne of John Rouse Jr. was buried ye 9 of Dec 1676
Isaac Holmes (page worn) Rowse were m (worn) of April 167 (worn)
Faith the wife of John Phillips was buried 21 of Dec 1675
5. p 11 George the sonne of John Rowse Junior was Borne the 25 of December 1679
6. p 10 Mary ye daughter of Si(worn) Rowse was Buried ye 25 December (worn)
7. p 13 George son of John Rowse Junior was Buried ye 26 of Feb 1682
8. p 16 Thomas Bourne and Elizabeth Rowse were maryed the 18th April l681
9. p 17 John Rows deceased the 16 desemb 1684
10. p 35 William Carver and Elizabeth Rouse were married January the 28th
1718-1719
11. p 40 William Carver and widdow Elizabeth Rouse were married Jany 28 1718-19
12. p 43 John Rouse jun deceased May the 27, 1704
13 p 349 John Rouse of Little Compton and Anna Cashly of Marshfield were
married in Duxbury June 29, 1720
14. p 388 John Rouse died May 26 1704 aged 26 years John Rouse Sr. died 3 Oct
1717 aged 74 years
 
Note. I find no Little Compton in Mass, but there is one in Rhode Island where
there are Rouses
 
VITAL RECORDS OF DUXBURY
 
1. Marriage of John Rouse of Little Compton "alias of Marshfield" and Anna
Lathley (dup. Cathley) of Marshfield June 29, 1720
 
COPY OF OLD RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF DUXBURY
 
1. p 60 1687 - Sept 20 -Vol A p 252 - Ceta Town Meeting 20 Sept 1687 - The
town did quit their claim to Great Wood Island and gave their consent to the
recording of it to Simon Rouse
2. p 14 - 1665 - 29 July - town gave John Rouse of Marshfield 60 A - near
Namassakeesit adj Geo Partridge - on line between Duxbury and Marshfield - William
Peabody laid out
3. p 37 - 39 - Alexander Standish lived in Duxbury - conveyance
between Standish and Peabody - John Rouse a Wit
4. p 61 - land of John Rouse Sr appears to have been sold at some point to John
Russell by 11 July 1684
5. p 74 - good land description of above land - FO John Rouse
6. Lots of references of Rouse's Point in this Book
 
 
New England Historical and Geneal. Journal
 
1. Alexander Rouse - one reference which I could not find on page number given
-# p 119 - descendants of John and Elinor Whitney
2. Simon Rouse - #8 p 192 - daughter Mary d 21 Dec 1676 - Marshfield Records;
George, son of John - d 13 Dec 1676
3. John Rouse - #8 p 228 - George, son of John Rouse, Jr. - d 26 Feb 1682
4. #11 p 198 - Will of John Paybody (Peabody) - 16 July 1649 - Annie Rouse my
daughter - John Rouse son of John Rouse my lands in Carswell in Marshfield
5. #4 p 259 - list of people able to bear arms in Marshfield 1643 - John Rouse
6. #4 p 316 - Winslow Burial Ground, Marshfield, "Here lyes the Body of John
Rouse Sr. aged 74 years died Oct 1717 and lyes the body of John Rouse 26 years -
May 26, 1704"
7. #6 p 188 - John Paybody's will
#6 p 348 - marriage of John Rouse and Elizabeth Doty
8. # 9 p 220 - William Brookin of Portsmouth had daughter who married John
Rouse and one who married John Lang - bc 1630
9. #14 p82 - Elizabeth Rouse daughter of John and Annis Peabody Rouse md Thomas
Bourne
10. #20 p 323 - First American built vessels in the British Navy - Capt John
Rouse commanded Shirley - Galley Rouse formerly a Liet in British Navy 1744
11. #21 p 179 - Diary of John Rouse - p 250 Diary of John Rouse of Suffork,
England
12. # 25 p269 - List of Soldiers from Drakes History of French and Indian wars
- no date - rest of list given are c1745 - John Rouse of Boston
p 362 - Early shipbuilding in Mass - list of Public and Private vessel
from 1636-1776 - 2nd expedition against Frence in Acadia now Novie Scotia Capt
Rouse April 23 to June 17, 1745
l3. #26 - p 239 - French and Indian War - Capt Rouse in his Majesty's ship
Sutherland
14. # 29 - First Church in Charlestown (not sure which state) 24 May 1702 John
son of Wm and Mary Rouse Baptized
15. 32 - same as #29 - admitted to full communion 1727 - the wife of John
Rouse
16. #33 - p 385 - Diary of John Thomas - surgeon in expedition - 1755 against
Acadians - Capt Jno Rouse - Capt of a boat
17. #39 - p 332 - Genealogical Gleanings in England - Aug 1688 mentions Thomas
Lower, George Fox, and John Rouse
p 329 - footnote - George Fox married Margaret 1669 widow of Thomas Fell -
Margaret and Thomas had a daughter Margaret who is said to be wife of John
Rouse
18. #44 p 71 - Soldiers in King Phillip War c 1675 - from Scituate - slain was
John Rouse
19. #47 - p 116 - Will of Theophilus Gates - 1679 - to my kinswoman Sarah Rows
daughter John Rows - cousins John and Thomas sons of John Rows deceased
Middlesex, England
20 . #48 p 515 - Will of Anthony Rous of Suffork Eng 1555 - son Reynold,
Edward, Thomas, John - Mary wife, brother Arthur - daughter Prudence Rous
21. 69 - p 380 - genealogical records found in Newport RI - Wilson Rouse see
also collection of Rhode island Historical Society Vol 3 pp 293 and Austin
Genealogy Directory of RI p 230
James Willson md Jane Rouse - md l731 grandmother Rouse d 1777 aged 80 years
(Jane's mother) - Capt Denes Rouse married to Sarah Turner - they had 2 sons and
3 daughters - Thomas, John, Susannah Steat and Elizabeth Cook - John Rouse my
father married in Newport went to sea 20 Dec 1750
 
 
GENEALOGIES OF MAYFLOWER FAMILIES
 
1. Alexander Standish (son of Miles) - md Sarah Alden lst wife - bc 1625 d
1702 - Alexander md 2nd Desire daughter of Edward Dotey - Will - daughter Lorah
Standish md Abraham Sampson son of Abraham - Lorah and Abraham had daughter
Sarah md lst Joseph Sampson 2nd John Rouse
2. Michael Blackwell - descendant - John Blackwell bc 1751 - md Nancy Rouse of
Little Compton daughter of Mary Rouse
 
 
NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES
 
1. Vol 33 p 6 - Estate of Israel Holmes 2nd husband of Desire Doty Sherman
Holmes Standish - on June 19 1701 - Israel and John Holmes son of Israel Holmes
chose as their guardian "Uncle John Rouse" of Marshfield who married their
mother's sister
 
ENGLISH ORGINS OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES
 
Christopher Helme - b Sutton St. Mary, Lincoln, England c 1620 - md Margaret
_____d after 1650 - suggested she was a Rouse as she had a son Rouse Helme who
was an ancestor of the Rhode Island South County family. Rouse was an early name
in Maine. Rouse in Devon, York, Portsmouth, Falmouth, England
 
 
RECORDS *******
All early Plymouth Records prior to 1685 are at Plymouth County Commisioners
office
 
LITTLE COMPTON FAMILIES by Wilburn
 
John Rouse d 16 Dec 1684 - Marshfield - md Annis Peabody
1. Mary md John Price
2. John md Elizabeth Doty - Will - to sister Elizabeth and brother Simon
does not mention children
3. Simon - d Nov 1721 - md Christianna - lived in Dartmouth and Little
Compton - Will
a. William - md lst Mary 2nd Sarah daughter of Abraham and Laura
Standish - moved Pen
b. James - b 1678 - d 1742
c. Barbara
d. Simon - b 1685 - d 1707
e. Christianna
f. John - b 1690 - md Ann Lathy daughter of Phillip and Mary Bishop
Lathy - b 170l d 1738
4. George
5. Elizabeth - md Thomas Bourne ((May be wrong)
6. Ann - md Isaac Holmes
 
NOTE: CHECK QUAKER RECORDS FOR CONNECTION WITH GEORGE FOX AND THE ROUSE FAMILY IN NEW ENGLAND, VIRGINIA, AND NORTH CAROLINA

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