Rossiter History page 2

ROSSITER NOTES...

Here Chandler Wolcott quotes from Trumbull, *Hist. Conn.*, 1.23:
"In one of the first ships which arrived this year [1630] came over the
Rev. Mr. John Warham, Mr. John Maverick, Mr. Rossiter, Mr. Ludlow, Mr.
Henry Wolcott, and others of Mr. warham's church and congregation, who
first settled the town of Windsor, in Connecticut. Mr. Rossiter and Mr.
Ludlow, were magistrates. Mr. Wolcott had a fine estate, and was a man of
superior abilities. This was an honorable company. Mr. Warham had been a
famous minister in Exeter, the capital of the county of Devonshire. The
people who came with him were from the three counties of Devonshire,
Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire." Chandler Wolcott continues (p 18):
"They sailed from Plymouth, in England, on the 20th of March, 1630, in the
ship *Mary and John*, of four hundred tons burden, Captain Squeb, master.
B4efore their embarkation, after their passage had been engaged, they were
allowed the privilege of organizing themselves into an independent church.
This is now the First Church in Windsor, --- the oldest in the State of
Connecticut. The Barnstable and Plymouth churches, in Massachusetts, had
been organized in the same way; and these three, as far as we know, are

the only New England churches which had a trans-atlantic origin. (P) They
arrived at Nantasket on the Lord's Day, May 30th, 1630, after a voyage of
two months and ten days, and landed the next day."

"HENRY [WOLCOTT] Came on "Mary and John" 1630 following earlier visit ca
1628, Dorchester (Mass.) 1630, Windsor 1636. d. Windsor 30 May 1655.
Deputy. Assistant. *European and American family of Wolcott* (pamph.)
1912, *Wolcott genealogy* 1912; *Henry Wolcott of Windsor, Conn.* 1950."
--- Meredith B Colket, *Founders of Early American Families*, Cleveland
OH 1985, p 363

ROSSITER's aboard the "John and Mary" are as follows:
1.Edward ROSSITER born: 1575
......his wife born: 1577
......Jane (dau) born:1614
......Joanne (dau) born: 1616
2. Nicholas ROSSITER born: 1599
.....wife Ann born: 1601
3. Bryan ROSSITER born: 1610
.....wife Elzabeth ALSOP born: 1612
4. Hugh ROSSITER born: 1615

Additional info on the above families:

Dr. Bryan ROSSITER (1610-1672)  

Son of Edward ROSSITER (1575-1630) and _____ COMBE 

    b. c. 1610, Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, Eng.
    r. 1639, Windsor, CT
    r. 1651, Guilford, CT
    d. 30 Sep 1672, Guilford, CT

Married Elizabeth ALSOP (1614-1669) 

Children: 

   1.Joanna ROSSITER (1642-1702) m. Rev. John COTTON (1640-1699) 

References: [GDNE],[M+J]


Edward ROSSITER (1575-1630) 

Son of Nicholas ROSSITER (1539-1608) and Elizabeth (-1608) 

       REF NEHGR138:4. Sailed from Plymouth Eng. on 20 Mar 1630 on the
       "Mary and John". There were 13 people in his group which
       included his children and relatives.
    b. c. 1575
    r. c. 1575, Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, Eng.
    d. 23 Oct 1630, Dorchester, MA

Married _____ COMBE 

Children: 

   1.Dr. Bryan ROSSITER (1610-1672) m. Elizabeth ALSOP (1614-1669) 

References: [M+J],[GDNE]


Joanna ROSSITER (1642-1702) 

Daughter of Dr. Bryan ROSSITER (1610-1672) and Elizabeth ALSOP (1614-1669) 

    b. Jul 1642, Windsor, CT
    d. 12 Oct 1702

Married Rev. John COTTON (1640-1699) 

References: [GDNE]


Nicholas ROSSITER (1539-1608) 

Son of Philip ROSSITER (1499-1583) 

       REF NEHGR138:4. He was 70 in 1608-9 (5-7 James I).
    b. c. 1539
    r. Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, Eng.
    d. 1 Apr 1608

Married Elizabeth (-1608) 

Children: 

   1.Edward ROSSITER (1575-1630) m. _____ COMBE 


Philip ROSSITER (1499-1583) 

Son of Richard ROSSITER (1463-1529) and Elizabeth (-1558) 

       REF NEHGR138:4. He was 30 in 1529.
    b. c. 1499, Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, Eng.
    r. Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, Eng.
    d. c. 1583

Children: 

   1.Nicholas ROSSITER (1539-1608) m. Elizabeth (-1608) 

Married second Katherine LYTE 


Richard ROSSITER (1463-1529) 

Son of William? RONCESTRE? (-1513) and Joan (-1513) 

       REF NEHGR138:4. He was 50 in 1513.
    b. c. 1463
    r. Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, Eng.
    d. 3 Sep 1529

Married Elizabeth (-1558) 

Children: 

   1.Philip ROSSITER (1499-1583) m(2) Katherine LYTE

More notes....desendants of Nicholas

William? ROSSITER married by 1462 Joan (d. May 2, 1513). Son: Richard.

Richard ROSSITER (b. about 1463; d. Sep. 3, 1529) married about 1490 Elizabeth (d. by 1558).
Resided at Combe St. Nicholas, Somersetshire, holding 543 acres
of land in 1524. Children: Joan married William HARTGILL;
Philip; and George married Ann WILLIAMS.

Philip ROSSITER (b. about 1499 or before; d. about 1583) married
first about 1538, and second at North Curry, Somersetshire,
Apr. 30, 1554 Katherine LYTE, daughter of William and Dorothea. Children of first marriage:
Nicholas; William married; and Richard. Children of Philip and Katherine:
Philip, musician to King James I, married Elizabeth; John married; Elizabeth; and Hugh.

Nicholas ROSSITER (b. about 1539; bur. Apr. 1, 1608, Comb St. Nicholas, Somerset)
married about 1570 at Comb St. Nicholas, Somerset, Elizabeth
(bur. Apr. 26, 1608). Only known child: Edward ROSSITER.

Rossiter notes

*Sir David Sinnott's daughter of Co Wexford married John ROSSITER.

*Sir Richard DeLa Sinnott son of Sir William Sinnott possessed the lands and castle of Ballybrennan. He married Agnes Rossiter(daughter of Thomas Rossiter, of Ballmacknee Castle, Co of Wexford).

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