>Lindsey DiCosola wrote: > >Caleb Chappel and Ruth ROYCE Chappel. Ruth was b. April 1669 in CT to >Jonathan ROYCE (b. 1631) and his second wife, Deborah CALKINS. Jonathan >and Deborah were married in Jun of 1660. Jonathan was a son of Robert >ROYCE b. ca 1610 - immigrant from Martock, SOMERSET in the early >1630's. In addition to the family "starting points" being near one >another, the Royce family (later changed to Rice) dwelt in the same >area as many of our Strong branches. Places like Wallingford, Lebanon >and Norwich CT in the 1700's as well as in upstate NY in the 1800's. I >always like to have as much information as I can get and I have also >seen plenty of references to the CALKINS family in connection with >STRONGS so, I thought I would pass it on. > > Lindsey > [email protected] Lindsey..Thank you for posting about the ROYCE's..I come thru Robert 1) ROYCE and his wife Mary (thought to be SIMS) actually we come thru two of Robert's children..Nathaniel and his bro Samuel; below is the descendancy. Robert 1) md Mary SIMS had son Nathaniel 2) md Esther MOSS had son Benjamin 3) md Rebecca WILCOXSON had dau Mindwell 4) who md 1c Benjamin 4) ROYCE the son of, Samuel 2) md Hannah CHURCHILL was son of, Robert 1) md Mary SIMS Benjamin 4) & Mindwell 4) ROYCE had son, Benjamin 5) md Phebe HALSEY had son, Isaac 6) md1) Rachel PAYNE/PAINE, md2) Mary ROBERTS we come thru Rachel. Rachel and Isaac had dau, Sarah 7) md Asa 7) HAINES/HAYNES [2nd gp] Hope you can follow that...worked on this line for years..finally with the help of the Wallingford librarian..internet..books.. etc..I was able to figure out that Isaac Rice was the same as Isaac ROYCE..and was able to give him his family! Wilma Fleming Haynes [email protected]