Abigail Royce

Robert Royce. Born on 4 Sep 1674 in Wallingford, CT. Robert died in Wallingford, CT, on 15 Jun 1741; he was 66.

On 11 May 1709 when Robert was 34, he first married Abigail Benedict, daughter of Thomas Benedict (ca 1641-20 Nov 1688) & Mary Messenger (ca 1642-bef 1699), in Wallingford, CT. Born ca 1682 in Norwalk, CT.16 Abigail died ca 1713.

Children of Robert and Abigail (Benedict) Royce:

• i. Elizabeth Royce, b. ca. 1709, d. 14 May 1770 at Waterbury, m. there 10 Nov 1726 Joseph Judd of Waterbury;
• ii. Abigail Royce, m. Moses Baldwin of Saybrook; and
• iii. Martha Royce, b. ca. 1712, d. 22 Mar 1791 æ. 79 at Watertown, m. at Waterbury 26 Mar 1730 Edmund Scott of Waterbury.30

References

• Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 1552, 1563
• A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut by Royal Ralph Hinman, pg. 192
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Benedict-859
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_321.html#P8418