Chris, I plugged "Robert Rose" + Caribbean into the familysearch.org international geneaological index and came up with a Robert Rose christened in Barbados 16 Mar 1648. There's another christened at Christ Church, Barbados, 9 Jan. 1652. Then we come to a Robert Rose christened 16 Sept 1743 in St. Philip, Barbados. (These apparently are from parochial registers.) And one Robert Rose married Elizabeth Brereton 9 feb 1764 in St. Philip. Seems there are lots of Roses out there! Best regards, Laura in a windy NC On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:36 PM, Kristy Willoughby wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to the list and I'm researching Robert Reginald Richmond > Rose, who was in the Royal Navy from 1799-1806 serving as a Purser. > In December 1800 Robert RR was on HMS Pelican and in Jersey ,the > Channel Islands as evidenced by his marriage certificate to Ann > Waters. I've traced the Pelican via the London Gazette and found > that she spent all of 1799 to April 1800 in the Caribbean on active > service and taking many prizes. My question is this. Would anyone > know if Robert RR could have been recruited as Purser from the > Caribbean, a local man in other words? I've so far been unable to > find out for sure exactly what the RNs policy was re replacement > officers in that time period. Would they would have sent a > replacement officer out from England ? > Members of my family have been chasing the identity of Robert RR > Rose since the early 1900's without any success in the UK, or > Jersey where he eventually settled and raised his family. No one > knows where he was born or where he died. I have always thought he > was probably born outside the UK. An answer to the above question > would decide whether I should start looking in the Caribbean. > Thanks Anne > _________________________________________________________________ > What are you waiting for? Join Lavalife FREE > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn% > 2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context% > 3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a% > 3D30288&_t=764581033&_r=email_taglines_Join_free_OCT07&_m=EXT > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Rose is a common name.? I have Rose ancestors from St. Vincent and Bequia, by way of St. Eustatius.? My gggggrandfather William Rose was a merchant captain in the West Indies roughly 20 years before your Robert Rose, and ended up as a planter on Bequia.? In between he was a merchant on St. Eustatius.? He seems to have been a Scot.? His son James, who died in Dundee, owned a share of a merchant ship according to his will.? I have not seen a Robert in my Roses but I certainly don't have the whole family tree. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:05 pm Subject: Roses in Barbados Chris, I plugged "Robert Rose" + Caribbean into the familysearch.org international geneaological index and came up with a Robert Rose christened in Barbados 16 Mar 1648. There's another christened at Christ Church, Barbados, 9 Jan. 1652. Then we come to a Robert Rose christened 16 Sept 1743 in St. Philip, Barbados. (These apparently are from parochial registers.) And one Robert Rose married Elizabeth Brereton 9 feb 1764 in St. Philip. Seems there are lots of Roses out there! Best regards, Laura in a windy NC On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:36 PM, Kristy Willoughby wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to the list and I'm researching Robert Reginald Richmond > Rose, who was in the Royal Navy from 1799-1806 serving as a Purser. > In December 1800 Robert RR was on HMS Pelican and in Jersey ,the > Channel Islands as evidenced by his marriage certificate to Ann > Waters. I've traced the Pelican via the London Gazette and found > that she spent all of 1799 to April 1800 in the Caribbean on active > service and taking many prizes. My question is this. Would anyone > know if Robert RR could have been recruited as Purser from the > Caribbean, a local man in other words? I've so far been unable to > find out for sure exactly what the RNs policy was re replacement > officers in that time period. Would they would have sent a > replacement officer out from England ? > Members of my family have been chasing the identity of Robert RR > Rose since the early 1900's without any success in the UK, or > Jersey where he eventually settled and raised his family. No one > knows where he was born or where he died. I have always thought he > was probably born outside the UK. An answer to the above question > would decide whether I should start looking in the Caribbean. > Thanks Anne > _________________________________________________________________ > What are you waiting for? Join Lavalife FREE > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn% > 2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context% > 3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a% > 3D30288&_t=764581033&_r=email_taglines_Join_free_OCT07&_m=EXT > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, The only indication I have of when my Robert RR Rose was born is from "General Don's Muster" which was taken in 1815 of all the military aged males on Jersey. There is a Richmond Rose in St Helier aged 51. If this is my man (and I think it is) that makes his DOB c1764. That makes the marriage of Robert Rose and Elizabeth Brereton interesting. My Robert called his eldest daughter Elizabeth. All the advise I've been given says that Pursers in the RN came almost exclusively from the Merchant class. Businessmen in other words. Thank you all so much for your help. Anne, from hot and humid Sydney > _________________________________________________________________ Your Future Starts Here. Dream it? Then be it! Find it at www.seek.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Ahet%3Ask%3Anine%3A0%3Ahot%3Atext&_t=764565661&_r=OCT07_endtext_Future&_m=EXT