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ROANE, Colonel William  (1740-1785)  VA

            William and Mary Quarterly.  Williamsburg, VA: January 1910, No.3.
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             McIlwaine, H. R.  Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1752-1755,
                    1756-1758.  Richmond, VA:  [Colonial Press, E. Waddey], 1909. p. 376.
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ROBERDEAU, Daniel  (1727-1795)  PA

Buchanan, Roberdeau. Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family, Including a Biography of General Daniel Roberdeau, of the Revolutionary Army, and the Continental Congress; and a Signer of the Articles of Confederation.  Washington: J. L. Pearson, Printer, 1876.

Buchanan, Roberdeau and Irene McPherson McNulty. Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family, Including a Biography of General Daniel Roberdeau, of the Revolutionary Army, and the Continental Congress; and a Signer of the Articles of Confederation.  Reprint of 1876 edition with a new section: Roberdeau Family Genealogy, 1876-1979 / compiled by Irene McPherson McNulty.  [Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Co., 1979]

Pennsylvania Archives. Second Series. Harrisburg, PA: B.F. Meyers, State Printer, 1876-1887. Vol. 9, p. 725-726.  Return to index.

Miller, Annie Elizabeth. Our Family Circle. Macon, GA: J.W. Burke Co., 1931; Linden, TN: Continental Book Co., 1975. 

Salley, Alexander S. Eligibility List of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina. Charleston, SC: 1962. 

Stafford, George Mason Graham. Three Pioneer Rapides Families: a Genealogy. New Orleans: Pelican Pub. Co., c1946. 

Wilding, Glenna Whiteaker. River of Years: Geneaology [sic] and Narrative History of the Brooks-Carter Family of South Carolina. Louisville: Tangent Enterprises, 1994.  Return to index.

            Bouton, Nathaniel, comp.  Provincial Papers.  Documents and Records
                    Relating to the Province of New Hampshire, From the Earliest Period
                    of its Settlement: 1623-[1776].  Concord, NH: G. E. Jencks, State
                    Printer, 1867-1873. Vol. 1 (1623-1686), p. 118-128.

             Noyes, Sybil (with Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis).
                    Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire.  Baltimore:
                    Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.

            Scales, John.  Colonial Era History of Dover, New Hampshire.  [A facsimile
                    (sic) of the 1923 edition with a completely new every-name index by
                    Marlene A. Towle.]  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1977.    Return to index.

ROBERTSON, Charles  (1740-1798)  NC

The American Historical Magazine. Nashville: Tennessee Historical Society. April 1898, p. 190-193.

Harllee, William Curley. Kinfolks: a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, Andrew and  Agnes (Cade) Fulmore, Benjamin and Mary Curry, Samuel and Amelia (Russell) Kemp, John and Hannah (Walker) Bethea, Sterling Clark and Frances (King) Robertson, Samuel and Sophia Ann (Parker) Dickey, Their Antecedents, Descendants, and Collateral Relatives, with Chapter Concerning State and County Records and the Derivation of Counties of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. New Orleans: Printed by Searcy & Pfaff, 1934-1937. Vol. 3, p. 2556.

McBride, Robert M.; Robison, Dan M. Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly. Nashville: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1975- .Vol. 1 (1796-1861), p. 627.

National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: J.T.White, 1892-1984.

O'Kelley, Patrick. Nothing But Blood and Slaughter:  the Revolutionary War in the Carolinas. Volume Three, 1781. United States: Booklocker.com, Inc., 2005.  P. 233.

Saunders, William L.  The Colonial Records of North Carolina, 1662-1776. Raleigh: P.M. Hale, 1886-1895; Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub., 1993. Vol. 10, p. 924-926.

Wheeler, John Hill. Historical Sketches of North Carolina: from 1584-1851. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1851; New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1925; Baltimore: Regional Pub. Co., 1964, 1970.  Vol. 2, p. 85.
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ROBESON, Jr., Andrew   (1654-1720)  NJ

            Osborne, Kate Hamilton.  An Historical and Genealogical Account of
                    Andrew Robeson of Scotland, New Jersey and Pennyslvania,
                    and of his descendants, from 1653 to 1916.  Philadelphia:
                    Lippincott, 1916. 15-16.  Return to index.

ROBINS, Obedience  (1600-1662)  VA

           Houston, William R. M. and Mihalyka, Jean Merritt. Colonial Residents of
                     Virginia's Eastern Shore: Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court
                     Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties. Baltimore:
                     Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985; Clearfield Co., 1993.

           Jester, Annie Lash and Hiden, Martha Woodroof. Adventurers of Purse and
                      Person. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1956. P. 256-7.

           Leonard, Cynthia Miller, comp. The General Assembly of Virginia, 1619-
                      1978: a Bicentennial Register of Names. Richmond: Published for the
                      General Assembly of Virginia by the Virginia State Library, 1978.
                      P. 64, 65, 67.

           Nottingham, Stratton. Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors from Northampton
                      County, Virginia. Onancock, VA: S. Nottingham, 1929; Eastville, VA:
                      Hickory House, 1995. Vol. 3 & 8.

Richmond Standard. Richmond, VA. Sept. 4, 1880.

Stanard, William Glover. The Colonial Virginia Register: a List of
Governors, Councillors and Other Higher Officials, and Also of
Members of the House of Burgesses and Revolutionary Conventions of the Colony of Virginia. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1902; Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965; Clearfield Co., 1989.

Members of the House of Burgesses and Revolutionary Conventions of the Colony of Virginia. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1902; Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965; Clearfield Co., 1989.

Whitelaw, Ralph T. Virginia's Eastern Shore: a History of Northampton and Accomack Counties. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1951; Gloucester, MA: P. Smith, 1968; Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1989. Vol. 1,  p. 176-178, 183.  Return to index.

ROBINSON,  Christopher  (1645-1693)  VA

            Kale, Wilford.  "Educating a Colony, The First Trustees of William and
                    Mary College." The Journal of Colonial Williamsburg: Autumn, 2000.

            Long, Elsie Viola Robinson.  This Robinson Line: 1468-1938.  Austin:
                    Austin Printing Co., 1971.

            Pollard, Henry R.  Memoirs and Sketches.  Richmond: Lewis Printing
                    Co., 1928.

            Stanard, William G. and Mary N.  The Colonial Virginia Register.  Baltimore:
                    Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. p.21.    Return to index.

ROBINSON,  Christopher  (1681-1727)  VA
ROBINSON,  Christopher  (1704-1768)  VA

            Long, Elsie Viola Robinson.  This Robinson Line: 1468-1938.  Austin:
                    Austin Printing Co., 1971.

            Pollard, Henry R.  Memoirs and Sketches.  Richmond: Lewis Printing
                    Co., 1928.   Return to index.

ROBINSON, Esq.,  John  (1683-1749)  VA

            Baber, Lucy Harrison Miller and Hazel Letts Williamson.  Marriages of
                    Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1810.  Lynchburg, VA:  Baber
                    and Williamson, 1971.

            Brock, R.A.  The Official Letter of Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant-
                    Governor of the Colony of Virginia 1710-1722.  Richmond:  Virginia
                    Historical Society, 1882-1885.  [New York: AMS Press, 1973.  2v.]

            Crozier, William Armstrong (ed).  Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800.
                    Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1971.

            Felder, Paula S.  Forgotten Companions: the first settlers of Spotsylvania
                    County and Fredericksburg town (with notes on early land use).
                    Fredericksburg: Historic Publications of Fredericksburg, VA, 1982.

            Hollowak, Thomas L. (indexed).  Genealogies of Virginia Families: from
                    the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 5.  Baltimore:
                    Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.  5v.

            Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and
                    Coryell Counties, Texas.  Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1893.

            Niemann, Rubinette Miller.  Our Heritage: Miller-Rose; Niemann-Hedges,
                    1520-1981.  Burlington, NC:  Cummings High School Graphics
                    Department, 1981.  LC 81-80694.  Return to index.

ROGERS,  John  (c.1617-c.1684)  VA

            Boddie, John Bennett.  Southside Virginia Families.   Redwood City,
                    CA:  Pacific Coast Publishers, 1955- .  Vol. 2, p. 357-8.
                     (http://catalog.hathitrust.org)

Grimes, J. Bryan. Abstract of North Carolina Wills [1690 -1760]. Raleigh: E.M. Uzzell, 1910; Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980. Other reprints. P. 318. (http://books.google.com)

            Harris, Virginia Speer.  History of Pulaski and Bleckley Counties, Georgia
                    1808-1956.  Macon, GA: Hawkinsville Chapter, DAR, 1957.  Vol. 2.

McDonald, Edgar, and Richard Slatten. Surry County Tithables, 1668-1703. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2007, 1984.  Tithables of Surry, 1674. P. 139.
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ROGERS, Lt. William  (1680-1736)  NJ

Nelson, William. New Jersey Civil List, 1664-1800; Compiled from Volumes of Commissions, Leaming & Spicer, New Jersey Archives and Journals of the Joint Meetings. [S.l.: s.n., 1800].  Liber AAA of Commissions, p. 62.
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            Barbour, Philip L.  Pocahontas and Her World.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin
                    Co., 1970.

            Billings, Warren M. (ed.)  The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century:
                    documentary history of Virginia, 1606-1689.  Chapel Hill: University
                    of North Carolina Press, 1976.

            Carrier, Lyman.  The Beginnings of Agriculture in America.  New York:
                    McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1923.

            Dabney, Virginius.  Virginia, The New Dominion.  Garden City, NY:
                    Doubleday, 1971.

            Dowdey,  Clifford.  The Great Plantation, a profile of Berkeley Hundred
                    and Plantation Virginia from Jamestown to Appomattox.  New York:
                    Rinehart, 1957.  Charles City, VA: Berkeley Plantation, 1976.

            Jameson, J. Franklin (ed.)  Original Narratives of early American history,
                    reproduced under the auspices of the American Historical Association.
                    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906-17. 

            Wilstach, Paul.  Tidewater Virginia. Darby, PA:  Norwood Editions, 1972.
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ROSSITER, Edward  (     -1630)  MA

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: New England
Historic Genealogical Society. Vol. 9 (1855), p. 336.

Savage, James, Dexter, O.P. and John Farmer. A Genealogical Dictionary of
the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those
Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of the Farmer's Register.
Boston: Little Brown, and Co., 1860; Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965.
Vol. 3, p. 577-8. (www.archive.org; http://name.umdl.umich.edu/ABE2564;
http://persi.heritagequestonline.com)

Smyth, Dr. R.D. "Dr. Bryan (or Bray) Rossiter of Guilford, Conn., and His
Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol. 55 (Apr. 1901),
p. 149, 153.

Whitmore, William Henry. The Massachusetts Civil List for the Colonial and
Provincial Periods, 1630-1774. Albany: J. Munsell, 1870; Baltimore:
Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969.  P. 21.  (www.archive.org; http://catalog.hathitrust.org) 
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             Faunt, Joan Reynolds.  History of the Class of 1910, USC.  Columbia, SC:
                    Vogue Press, 1961.

             Salley, Jr., A. S. The Govan Family.  Columbia, SC:  The State, 1909.

             Salley, Jr., A. S.  The Family of Christopher Rowe.  Columbia, SC:  The State,
                    1909.

             Salley, Jr., A. S.  The History of Orangeburg County.  Orangeburg, SC:  R.
                    Lewis Berry, 1898.

              Trent, William P.  William Gilmore Simms.  Boston. MA:  The Cambridge Press,
                     1892.   Return to index.      

            Newton, William G. and Mary Stanard.  The Colonial Virginia Register.
                    Joel Munsell's Sons, 1902, p. 146.   Return to index.       

RUSSELL, William  (1735-1793)  VA

Des Cognets, Anna Russell. William Russell and His Descendants. Lexington. KY:
Samuel F. Wilson, 1884; Princeton, NJ: [Louis des Cognets?], 1960. P.7-34. 
(http://catalog.hathitrust.org; http://persi.heritagequestonline.com)

Sparacio, Ruth, and Sam Sparacio. Culpepper County, Virginia Minute Book,
1763-1764. McLean, VA: Antient Press, 1998.

RUST,  Jeremiah  (c.1695-c.1731)  VA

             Dorman, John Frederick (abstracted and compiled by).  Westmoreland
                     County, Virginia Order Book 1721-1731. Washington, DC: J.F.
                     Dorman, 1990- .  P. 284a, 286, 287, 301a.

Rust, Ellsworth Marshall. Rust of Virginia; Genealogical and Biographical
Sketches of the Descendants of William Rust, 1654-1940.
Washington, DC: Rust, 1940. (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com) Return to index.

RUTLEDGE, Edward  (1749-1800)  SC

Edgar, Walter B., N. Louise Bailey, and Alexander Moore. Biographical
Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Columbia,
SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1974- . Vol. 2, p. 573-576.

Fehrenbach, T.R. They Put It On the Line: the Fate of the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence. [San Antonio, TX] :Reprinted by Mollie
Steves Zachry ... for the National Society of the Colonial Dames in America
in the State of Texas. San Antonio Town Committee, 1992, 1976.

Wheeler, Mary Bray, and Genon Hickerson Neblett. Chosen Exile: the Life
and Times of Septima Middleton Rutledge, American Cultural Pioneer.
Gadsen, AL: Rutledge Co.; Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1980. 
P.16-17, 32-33.

Whitney, David C. Founders of Freedom in America: Lives of the Men
Who Signed the Declaration of Independence and So Helped to Establish
the United States of America. Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Pub. Co., 1964.
P. 200-202. Return to index.

RYERSON, Ryer  (1669-1751)  NJ

First Dutch Reformed Church (Pompton Plains, N.J.). Reformed Dutch Church
Records of Pompton Plains. 1923. Mostly available in microform. P. 9.

Nelson, William. New Jersey Civil List, 1664-1800; Compiled from Volumes
of Commissions, Leaming & Spicer; New Jersey Archives and Journals
of the Joint Meetings. [S.l.: s..n., 1800]  P. 57; Book of Commissions, II:172.

New Jersey Historical Society. Proceedings of the New\Jersey Historical Society.
New Series.  Vol. 4 (1919), p. 61.

Ryerson, Albert Winslow. The Ryerson Genealogy: Genealogy and History of
the Knickerbocker Families of Ryeson, Ryerse, Ryerss, also Adriance and
Martense Families, All Descendants of Martin and Adriaen Reyersz
(Reyerszen) of Amsterdam, Holland. Chicago: Priv. Print. for Edward L.
Ryerson, 1916. P. 1, 6-7, 10. (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com)

Ryerson, Louis Johnes. The Genealogy of the Ryerson Family in America: 1646-1902.
New York: Press of Jenkins & McCowan, 1902. P. 50, 51.
(http://persi.heritagequestonline.com)  Return to index.