When David Roe was born about 1695, in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States, his father, Nathaniel Roe, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Jones, was 25. He married Deborah Hicks Alsop about 1717, in Flushing, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 March 1767, in his hometown, at the age of 73.
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English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English rā). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, rā remained unrounded and survives as Ray 3.
English: post-medieval variant of Wroe (see Wray ). Wroe may also have been used as a spelling of Roe .
English: post-medieval variant of Row (or vice versa); see Rowe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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