Linda, First, welcome to the list - suspect you are on the Lenoir List. A bunch of us have tried to redo the Rouse line - without a lot of success. A few things have come out - some with proof and some just circumstantial. The holes in this family are numerous. The children of John and Winifred are a little shakey. I suspect the last 5 sons you have listed are probably correct although there is nothing to prove it. When Winifred died, her obit in the Recorder stated she had 5 living sons and the daughter SMithy. Sure wish they had named them. Bennett is a proven son of Noah Rouse I so he is not a son of John and Winnifred. Jonathan - that is my line. There is minor circumstantial to indicate he was the son of Simon I but it is certainly not proven. Not sure I have ever seen that Alexander SMith's wife was a Sutton. Have you seen anything to document that information? If true, that would indicate she was the daughter of John Sutton. Many thanks for this information - some it I did not have. Martha Hi, I'm new to the page, but I do have a little, for what its worth, on the Rouse line that has come from the Lenoir Co. page and other sources through the past few years. The Rouse line comes in my Becton line. You will have to verify it through census etc., but most of it I believe is correct. It is a place to start. Linda Jordan, JORDAN, ISLER, KINSEY, BECTON, BLACKMAN, FAULKNER, BROADWAY, etc. Descendants of John Rouse Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 ROUSE was born 1765 in Falling Creek, Dobbs Co., N.C., and died October 22, 1844 in Strabane, Lenoir Co., N.C.. He married WINIFRED SMITH September 20, 1785 in Dobbs Co., N.C., daughter of ALEXANDER SMITH and MARY SUTTON. She was born June 27, 1765 in Dobbs Co., N.C., and died June 16, 1846 in Strabane, Lenoir Co., N.C.. Children of JOHN ROUSE and WINIFRED SMITH are: 2. i. JONATHAN2 ROUSE, b. 1786; d. September 1844, Lenoir Co., N.C.. ii. BENNETT ROUSE, b. 1787. 3. iii. RICHARD ROUSE, b. June 04, 1788. 4. iv. THOMAS A. ROUSE, b. 1789; d. October 30, 1849, Donnell Cemetery, Moss Hill Community, Lenoir Co., N.C.. 5. v. JOHN WILLIS ROUSE, b. 1795, Craven, N.C.; d. Bef. 1870. vi. WILLIAM ROUSE, b. 1801. 6. vii. BENJAMIN ROUSE, SR., b. 1802. viii. SMITHY ROUSE, b. December 11, 1804; d. September 01, 1886, Strabane, Lenoir Co., N.C.. Generation No. 2 2. JONATHAN2 ROUSE (JOHN1) was born 1786, and died September 1844 in Lenoir Co., N.C.. He married CATHERINE HARDEE, daughter of JOSEPH HARDEE and SARAH CROOM. She was born Bet. 1782 - 1790, and died 1830 in Lenoir Co., N.C.. Children of JONATHAN ROUSE and CATHERINE HARDEE are: i. RICHARD C.3 ROUSE, b. January 04, 1805; m. ELIZA ?; b. March 25, 1804. ii. THOMAS H. ROUSE, b. October 14, 1806. iii. SALLY A. ROUSE, b. April 11, 1808. iv. SUSANNA C. ROUSE, b. May 02, 1810. v. PHINNETY ROUSE, b. February 04, 1812. vi. NANCY H. ROUSE, b. October 05, 1813. 7. vii. ANDREW JACKSON ROUSE, b. May 28, 1815. viii. WILEY J. C. ROUSE, b. February 11, 1817. ix. JESSE H. C. ROUSE, b. November 02, 1818. x. ELIZA CAROLINE ROUSE, b. September 21, 1820. xi. CATHERINE J. ROUSE, b. February 09, 1822. xii. NARCISSA J. ROUSE, b. September 03, 1823. xiii. EMILY ROUSE, b. April 18, 1825. xiv. WILLIAM HENRY C. ROUSE, b. May 06, 1827. 3. RICHARD2 ROUSE (JOHN1) was born June 04, 1788. He married MARY SUTTON. She was born March 20, 1793. Children of RICHARD ROUSE and MARY SUTTON are: 8. i. ALEXANDER SMITH3 ROUSE, b. July 24, 1813; d. May 19, 1893, Buried on the family plantation in Woodington, N. C.. ii. ELIZABETH BETSY ROUSE, b. June 05, 1815; m. DR. BARTISON. iii. MARTHA ROUSE, b. September 22, 1816; m. ADMIRAL CROOM. iv. SARAH ROUSE, b. November 05, 1818. v. LANEY ROUSE, b. December 27, 1820; m. GEORGE WILLIAM BRILEY. vi. RICHARD ROUSE, JR., b. December 15, 1822, Never married. vii. JOHN ROUSE, b. April 19, 1825; m. CORDELIA ELLEN HOPKINS; b. Virginia. viii. MARY CATHERINE ROUSE, b. July 25, 1827; m. JOHN ROUSE. More About MARY CATHERINE ROUSE: Note: According to her parents family bible her husband John killed her and himself. ix. BENJAMIN ROUSE, b. July 15, 1830; m. (1) ANN CIVVIE SMITH; m. (2) WARD BLALOCK. x. GEORGE WILLARD ROUSE, b. January 22, 1833; m. PENNIE SUTTON. xi. AMY ANN ROUSE, b. July 06, 1835, Never married; d. November 29, 1854. More About AMY ANN ROUSE: Cause of death (Facts Pg): Typhoid. 4. THOMAS A.2 ROUSE (JOHN1) was born 1789, and died October 30, 1849 in Donnell Cemetery, Moss Hill Community, Lenoir Co., N.C.. He married WINIFRED WINNIE RED REVELL. She was born February 1800, and died July 11, 1846 in Donnell Cemetery, Moss Hill Community, Lenoir Co., N.C.. Children of THOMAS ROUSE and WINIFRED REVELL are: i. CALVIN3 ROUSE, b. 1816; d. September 15, 1880, Jones Co., N.C.; m. NANCY JANE COX; b. December 18, 1818; d. Aft. 1859. ii. SMYTHE ROUSE. iii. LOUIE ROUSE. iv. REBECCA ROUSE. 9. v. WILEY ROUSE, b. October 01, 1818; d. April 30, 1883, Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.. vi. WINIFRED ROUSE, b. 1833. 5. JOHN WILLIS2 ROUSE (JOHN1) was born 1795 in Craven, N.C., and died Bef. 1870. He married ELIZABETH BECTON Abt. 1819, daughter of JOHN BECTON and CLARISSA WADSWORTH. She was born 1807, and died Aft. 1880. Children of JOHN ROUSE and ELIZABETH BECTON are: i. WILLIAM3 ROUSE, b. 1820; d. Abt. 1860. ii. CLARISSA ROUSE, b. 1823; d. Bet. 1860 - 1866; m. GEORGE KORNEGAY; b. Abt. 1819. iii. JOHN ROUSE, b. 1825. iv. SARAH A. E. ROUSE, b. 1828; d. Abt. 1882. v. BENJAMIN F. ROUSE, b. 1834; d. May 03, 1863. vi. SUSAN ROUSE, b. 1836. vii. SMITHY A. ROUSE, b. November 21, 1837; d. Aft. 1905, Trenton, Jones Co., N.C.. viii. THOMAS BECTON ROUSE, b. March 18, 1842; d. Bet. 1903 - 1904, Dover, Craven Co., N.C.; m. MARY ALICE TAYLOR. ix. EDWARD ROUSE, b. 1844, Craven, N.C.; d. September 25, 1861. x. CICERO ROUSE, b. 1845; d. Bef. 1860. xi. MARY JANE ROUSE, b. 1846, Craven, N.C.; d. August 08, 1914. xii. JUNIUS ALBERT ROUSE, b. 1849; d. Aft. 1900. 6. BENJAMIN2 ROUSE, SR. (JOHN1) was born 1802. He married MARY POLLY DAWSON. Children of BENJAMIN ROUSE and MARY DAWSON are: i. ALEXANDER3 ROUSE. ii. BENJAMIN ROUSE, JR.. iii. ELIZABETH BETSY JANE ROUSE. iv. FANNIE ROUSE. v. HARVEY ROUSE. vi. JAMES ROUSE. vii. JOHN WILLIAM ROUSE. viii. RACHEL ROUSE. ix. SARAH SALLIE ANN ROUSE. x. SUSAN ROUSE. xi. THOMAS ROUSE, b. 1834. xii. ABNER ROUSE, SR., b. 1821. Generation No. 3 7. ANDREW JACKSON3 ROUSE (JONATHAN2, JOHN1) was born May 28, 1815. He married NANCY ANN LANGSTON, daughter of JACOB LANGSTON and MARY CONWAY. She was born August 04, 1826. Children of ANDREW ROUSE and NANCY LANGSTON are: 10. i. AMANDA FINNETTA4 ROUSE, b. 1849; d. Bef. 1898. ii. MARY CATHERINE ROUSE, b. September 18, 1844. iii. DEBORAH ROUSE, b. March 28, 1847. iv. JACOB QUINCY ROUSE, b. May 19, 1850. v. BETSY JANE ROUSE, b. June 24, 1852. 8. ALEXANDER SMITH3 ROUSE (RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born July 24, 1813, and died May 19, 1893 in Buried on the family plantation in Woodington, N. C.. He married SARAH SALLIE OUTLAW, daughter of EDWARD OUTLAW and ELIZABETH ?. She was born March 11, 1820, and died April 06, 1907 in Buried on the family plantation in Woodington, N. C.. Children of ALEXANDER ROUSE and SARAH OUTLAW are: 11. i. ELIZABETH4 ROUSE, b. 1839. 12. ii. MARY CATHERINE ROUSE, b. October 31, 1841. iii. MARTHA ROUSE, d. Texas; m. CALVIN HERRING; d. Texas. iv. SARAH ROUSE, d. Died in infancy. 13. v. JAMES EDWARD ROUSE, SR., b. June 15, 1847; d. August 30, 1918. vi. LANIE ROUSE, b. September 01, 1849; m. (1) ? RHEM; m. (2) E. P. HAUSER; m. (3) ? STEWART. 14. vii. RICHARD ROUSE, b. March 06, 1855; d. June 03, 1941. 9. WILEY3 ROUSE (THOMAS A.2, JOHN1) was born October 01, 1818, and died April 30, 1883 in Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.. He married FRANCES ARMANIE JONES June 15, 1843 in Lenoir Co., N.C.. She was born April 28, 1825, and died December 02, 1876 in Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.. Children of WILEY ROUSE and FRANCES JONES are: 15. i. THOMAS ARTHUR4 ROUSE. ii. BARBARA ROUSE. iii. WILEY WINSETTE ROUSE. iv. FRANCES ANN ROUSE. 16. v. EDGAR ROUSE, b. August 16, 1855; d. November 14, 1891, Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.. vi. LAURA ROUSE. vii. ALONZO ROUSE. viii. JOHNNIE ROUSE. ix. MYRTILLA ROUSE. x. MACK ROUSE. Generation No. 4 10. AMANDA FINNETTA4 ROUSE (ANDREW JACKSON3, JONATHAN2, JOHN1) was born 1849, and died Bef. 1898. She married EDWARD LUTHER SOWERS. He died 1919 in Currituck Co., N.C.. Children of AMANDA ROUSE and EDWARD SOWERS are: i. HENRY5 SOWERS, b. 1881. ii. SAMUELLA SOWERS, b. 1866; m. YANCY DAIL, November 21, 1880. iii. JOHN SOWERS, b. 1869. iv. WILLIE SOWERS, b. 1872. v. EDWARD SOWERS, b. 1874. vi. THOMAS E. SOWERS, b. 1876. vii. BETTY JEAN SOWERS, b. December 12, 1878; m. JOSEPHUS FOY HILL, November 04, 1898, Lenoir Co., N.C.; b. November 27, 1875, Greene Co., N.C.; d. 1927, Lagrange, N.C.. 11. ELIZABETH4 ROUSE (ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 1839. She married JOHN PARKER MILLER, son of NUNN MILLER and MARY PARKER. Notes for JOHN PARKER MILLER: After the Civil War, John Parker Miller was accosted in his field while plowing and murdered by several negros, one a former slave. They proceeded to his house and killed his wife Elizabeth and robbed the place while their two youngest children watched from behind a door where they were hiding. John and Elizabeth were buried in the Alexander Rouse Cemetery, Woodington, N. C. Source: Heritage of Lenoir County 1981. Children of ELIZABETH ROUSE and JOHN MILLER are: i. AMY5 MILLER. ii. NUNN MILLER. iii. JOHN MILLER. iv. WILLIAM MILLER. v. NETTIE MILLER. 17. vi. FRANKLIN MILLER, b. November 12, 1866; d. May 24, 1937. 12. MARY CATHERINE4 ROUSE (ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born October 31, 1841. She married (1) HENRY EDWARDS. She married (2) JOSEPH HENDERSON NUNN October 09, 1860. He was born in Pink Hill, N.C., and died in Died in the Civil War.. Children of MARY ROUSE and HENRY EDWARDS are: i. MARY ELIZABETH5 EDWARDS, m. JOHN KOONCE. ii. LOUISE EDWARDS, m. THOMAS BURT. iii. THOMAS EDWARDS. iv. EDGAR EDWARDS. v. JAMES EDWARDS, m. ROBERTA TAYLOR. Children of MARY ROUSE and JOSEPH NUNN are: vi. LENA5 NUNN, m. ROBERT MCGOWAN. vii. JOSEPH PARK NUNN, m. MATTIE HARTSFIELD. 13. JAMES EDWARD4 ROUSE, SR. (ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born June 15, 1847, and died August 30, 1918. He married CARRIE FORDHAM January 05, 1874, daughter of CHRISTOPHER FORDHAM and WINNIFRED CROOM. She died December 27, 1890 in Jones Co., N.C.. Children of JAMES ROUSE and CARRIE FORDHAM are: i. MARCUS5 ROUSE, d. Died in childhood. ii. ELBERT LAKE ROUSE, SR., b. February 13, 1877; m. ANNIE KATURAH MEWBORNE, January 01, 1896. iii. MARTHA ROUSE, d. Died in childhood. 18. iv. JAMES EDWARD ROUSE, JR.. v. ONIE ROUSE, m. JESSE HARPER. vi. ROSCOE ROUSE, m. LELLA SUTTON. vii. ALEXANDER ROUSE, m. HELEN GRAY. 14. RICHARD4 ROUSE (ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born March 06, 1855, and died June 03, 1941. He married REBECCA SMITH. Children of RICHARD ROUSE and REBECCA SMITH are: i. SALLIE5 ROUSE, m. DAVID WILLIAMS. ii. MATTIE ROUSE, m. (1) OSCAR HARPER; m. (2) HENRY JOHNSON. iii. ANNIE ROUSE, m. RAY KING. iv. MARION ROUSE, m. GERTRUDE MAXWELL. v. GEORGE ROUSE, m. ROSA FORDHAM. 15. THOMAS ARTHUR4 ROUSE (WILEY3, THOMAS A.2, JOHN1) He married MARY KINSEY November 22, 1865 in Jones Co., N.C., daughter of JOSEPH KINSEY and NANCY BROWN. She was born August 02, 1845, and died August 30, 1933. Children of THOMAS ROUSE and MARY KINSEY are: i. LEROY5 ROUSE. ii. FRANCES ROUSE. iii. ROBERTA ROUSE. iv. ARTHUR WINSETT ROUSE. v. ROSCOE ROUSE. vi. WOODWARD ROUSE. vii. JOSEPH CARL ROUSE. 19. viii. MATTIE ROSE ROUSE, b. April 03, 1884, Lenoir Co., N.C.; d. May 01, 1961, Valdosta, Loundes Co., Ga.. ix. JUNIUS ROUSE. 16. EDGAR4 ROUSE (WILEY3, THOMAS A.2, JOHN1) was born August 16, 1855, and died November 14, 1891 in Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.. He married SARAH ELIZABETH SALLIE STANLEY. She was born August 20, 1858, and died November 23, 1920 in Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.. Children of EDGAR ROUSE and SARAH STANLEY are: i. EVA5 ROUSE, b. April 30, 1877; d. April 25, 1930, Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.; m. ARTHUR KOONCE; b. November 07, 1875; d. October 07, 1927, Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C... ii. ANNIE ELIZA ROUSE, b. April 27, 1880; d. January 04, 1952, Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.; m. JOHN TULL JERMAN, May 03, 1896; b. March 10, 1873, Jones Co., N.C.; d. August 18, 1934, Wiley Rouse Cemetery, Strabane, N. C.. Generation No. 5 17. FRANKLIN5 MILLER (ELIZABETH4 ROUSE, ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born November 12, 1866, and died May 24, 1937. He married (1) LAVENIA PARKER. He married (2) UNKNOWN. Children of FRANKLIN MILLER and LAVENIA PARKER are: i. EDWARD6 MILLER. ii. MAUDE MILLER, m. FRANK KING. iii. JOHN MILLER. iv. CLEON MILLER. v. ROLAND MILLER. vi. ELIZABETH MILLER, m. LEON SPAIN. Child of FRANKLIN MILLER and UNKNOWN is: vii. ROBERT6 MILLER. 18. JAMES EDWARD5 ROUSE, JR. (JAMES EDWARD4, ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) He married SARAH JANE STROUD. Child of JAMES ROUSE and SARAH STROUD is: 20. i. GORDON6 ROUSE. 19. MATTIE ROSE5 ROUSE (THOMAS ARTHUR4, WILEY3, THOMAS A.2, JOHN1) was born April 03, 1884 in Lenoir Co., N.C., and died May 01, 1961 in Valdosta, Loundes Co., Ga.. She married JOSEPH EDWARD VALLOTTON August 16, 1905 in Valdosta, Ga.. Children of MATTIE ROUSE and JOSEPH VALLOTTON are: i. HUGH LEROY6 VALLOTTON. ii. JOSEPH RALPH VALLOTTON. iii. ROBERT ROUSE VALLOTTON. iv. WILLIAM WISE VALLOTTON. Generation No. 6 20. GORDON6 ROUSE (JAMES EDWARD5, JAMES EDWARD4, ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) He married LOUISE BECTON November 25, 1938, daughter of WILLIAM BECTON and LILLIE BRYAN. She was born April 12, 1916. Children of GORDON ROUSE and LOUISE BECTON are: 21. i. GWENDOLYN GWEN7 ROUSE. 22. ii. JERRY RANDOLPH ROUSE. 23. iii. JANET ROUSE. iv. GREGORY GORDON ROUSE, m. TAMMY HASLEY. Generation No. 7 21. GWENDOLYN GWEN7 ROUSE (GORDON6, JAMES EDWARD5, JAMES EDWARD4, ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) She married RALPH HUMPHREY, son of OSCAR HUMPHREY and BESSY WILEY. Children of GWENDOLYN ROUSE and RALPH HUMPHREY are: i. STEVEN RALPH8 HUMPHREY. ii. GARY REID HUMPHREY. 22. JERRY RANDOLPH7 ROUSE (GORDON6, JAMES EDWARD5, JAMES EDWARD4, ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) He married ELEANOR SPEIGHT, daughter of HORACE SPEIGHT and ESTELLE BEST. Children of JERRY ROUSE and ELEANOR SPEIGHT are: i. JEREMY BRITT8 ROUSE. ii. DAVID ALAN ROUSE. 23. JANET7 ROUSE (GORDON6, JAMES EDWARD5, JAMES EDWARD4, ALEXANDER SMITH3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) She married W. WALLACE JOHNSON, son of JAMES JOHNSON and CHARLOTTE ROUSE. Child of JANET ROUSE and W. JOHNSON is: i. BRYAN MAXWELL8 JOHNSON.