Individual Details

Robert Titus

(Abt 1600 - Bef 15 Jul 1669)

Children are from "The Titus Family in America" by Rev. Anson Titus, Jr., Weymouth, MA which is an appendix in "The Titus Family in America" by Dorothy M. Titus dated 1943. Per that study, Robert was often entrusted by the freemen with offices of Confidence. Was Commissioner for the Court of Plymouth 1648-9 and 1650 and 1654. Had some trouble because he harbored a Quaker.

See "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register" by James Savage Vol IV page 308-309 on CD by Archive CD Books: " ROBERT of Weymouth, came in the Hopewell, Capt. Bundock, in the spr. of 1635, from London, aged 35, with w. Hannah, 3 1 ; ch. John, 8; and Edmund, 5 ; freem. 13 May 1640; at W. had s. Abiel, b. 17 Mar. 1641; and d. Content, 28 Mar. 1643; rem. to Rehoboth next yr."
Robert Titus bandman age 35 1 Apr 1635, of St Katherines, Hannah Titus, 21 1 Apr 1635, of St Katherines, Jo. Titus, 8 1 Apr 1635, of St Katherines, Edmund Titus, 5 1 Apr 1635, of St Katherines

1654 moved to Huntington, Nassau Co., NY (near Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island) per the William R. Arthurs study. Per the Dorothy M. Titus study he sold property in 1654 and went to Long Island, NY. See "The Titus family in America: three generations" by Anson Titus dated 1937, page 2, found at Heritage Quest Online.

1644 moved to Rehoboth, called the North Purchase, now Attleboro, MA, per the Dorothy M. Titus study.

1635 embarked from London on the ship Hopewell on 3 April 1635 with his wife and two sons, John age 8, and Edmond age 5, and was granted land in Brookline near the Muddy River. They lived there a few years then moved to Weymouth per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies and the Winthrop Society web page at www.winthropsociety.org/home.php. The Winthrop Society web page shows the family was from St. Katherines.

1624 marriage is per the William R. Arthurs study. That study included the following: "the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 132, 1978 states: "The marriage on 24 June 1624 of Robert Titus and Anne Carter, recorded in the parish register of Watford may refer to the Robert and Hannah Carter of 'St. Katherines' who immigrated in the Hopewell..... Carter was very common in the sixteenth and seventeenth century Watford district and were the English kin of President Carter."

1600 birth year is ca 1600 and the location is per the William R. Arthurs study. Lived in St. Catherine's Parish near Stanstead Abbots Hertfordshire per that study.

Events

BirthAbt 1600of St Katherines, Huntingdonshire, Kingdom of England
Marriage24 Jun 1624St. Marys, Watford, Hertfordshire, England - Hannah "Anne?" Carter
Emigration3 Apr 1635age 35, on the ship Hopewell with his wife and two sons, arrived Boston MA, London, Kingdom of England
Residence (family)Abt Apr 1644Reboboth, Bristol Co., MA - Hannah "Anne?" Carter
Residence (family)Mar 1654Long Island, Virginia (New York), British America - Hannah "Anne?" Carter
DeathBef 15 Jul 1669
DeathBef 14 May 1672Huntington, Cornwall (Nassau), New York, British America
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Families

SpouseHannah "Anne?" Carter (1604 - 1679)
ChildJohn Titus Sr. (1627 - 1689)
ChildEdmond Titus (1630 - 1715)
ChildSamuel Titus (1630 - )
ChildSusanna Titus (1631 - )
ChildAbiel Titus (1641 - 1736)
ChildContent Titus (1643 - 1730)
FatherSilius Titus (1570 - 1637)
MotherJane Newdyke ( - 1621)
SiblingJoan Titus (1611 - )
SiblingJane Titus (1614 - )

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