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Subject: [GM-L] Alexander ROUSE & Judith Cady, Watertown & Groton, MA
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:54:20 EDT

Subject: Alexander Rouse & Judith Cady
Source: Groton Historical Series, Vol 1, Chapter XIII 1887 by Dr. Samuel A.
Green

p.8
Alexander Rouse & Judah (Cady) his wife were married May 15, 1672.

p.9
Deceased - Elizabeth Rouss abt 5 yeare old, June 11, 1675 recorded by James
Ffiske, Clerk.

p.11
Sarah, daughter of Alexander & Judith Roues, born July 26th 1686.
Subject: Alexander Rouse
Source: An Historical Sketch of Groton, MA by Dr. Samuel A. Green, 1894

p.36-37
Indian Attack on Groton, July 1694

In the assault of July, 1694, the loss on the part of the inhabitants was
considerably
greater than when the town was destroyed in the attack of 1676. It is said
that the
scalps of the unfortunate victims were given to the Count de Frontenac,
Governor of
Canada. A large majority and perhaps all of the prisoners taken at this time
were
children. The Indians had learned that captives had a market value; and
children,
when carried off, could be more easily guarded than adults. It was more
profitable
for the savages to exchange prisoners for a ransom or sell them to the
French, than it was to kill them. It is now too late to give the names of
all the sufferers, but a few
facts in regard to them may be gathered from fragmentary sources. The
families that
suffered the severest, live for the most part in the same general
neighborhood, which
was near the site of the first meeting house. Lieut William Lakin's house,
where the
fight began was situated in the vicinity of Chicopee Row. The following list
of
casualties, necessarily incomplete and in part conjectural, is given as an
aproximation to the loss sustained by the town.

John Longley's family 7 killed 3 captured
Rev. Mr. Hobart's 1 killed 1 captured
John Shepley's 4? killed 1 captured
James Parker, Jr.'s 2 killed 3? captured
Alexander Rouse's 2 killed 1 captured.

Subject: Alexander Rouse & Judith
Source: Caleb Butler, History of Groton, MA 1848

Alexander ROUSE and Judith _____
(married May 15, 1672)
Children:
Judith Rouse, Twin, b. Feb 2, 1672; died April 1673
Elizabeth Rouse, Twin, b. Feb 2, 1672; died June 1673
Elizabeth Rouse b. 23 day 3 mo 1675; died 10 day 8 mo 1675
Sarah Rouse b. July 26, 1686 (she was taken prisoner Indian attack 1694 when
her
parents were killed.)

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

Subject: ROUSE
Source: Savage Dictionary

ROUS, ROUSE, or ROWSE, ALEXANDER, prob. of Cambridge, bef.
Groton, by w. Judith, m. 15 May 1672, had Judith and Elizabeth tw. b. 2
Feb. 1673, both d. soon; Elizabeth again, d. soon; and Sarah, 16 July 1686.
Butler.
ROUSE, EDWARD, Gloucester 1651. FAITHFUL, Charlestown 1641,
adm. of the ch. 1 July 1643, his w. Suretrust hav. join, the yr. bef. and
d. Mercy in Dec. aft. him; was freem. 1644, and d. 18 May 1664, aged
75; in his will of 9 Apr. pro. 21 June foll. names w. S. and d. M.
Sweat, prob. w. of John. JOHN, Duxbury, m. Annis, d. of John Peabody,
had Mary, b. 1640, wh. m. a Price; John, 1643; Simon, 1645;
George, 1648; Ann, wh. m. 1678, Isaac Holmes; and Elizabeth wh. m. 10
Apr. 1681, Thomas Bourne, and d. 9 Apr. 1701. His will Winsor says,
was of 1681. He liv. in Marshfield cheifly, and there d. 1684; but
Deane claims him, prob. by mistake, for some time, at Scituate, where
he should suffer whip. and banishm. as a quaker, but came back 1658.
JOHN, Marshfield, s. prob. of the preced. m. 13 Jan. 1675, Elizabeth Dotey;
and d. Oct. 1717. * SIMON, Little Compton 1691, a rep. unless this distinct.
belongs to S. Rowley. WILLIAM, Boston, goldsmith, by w. Sarah
had Mary, b. 20 Sept. 1676; William 25 May 1678; and d. 1705 in
65th yr. WILLIAM, Boston, prob. s. of the preced. mariner, charged,
with sev. others, in 1706, for a high misdemean. in trad. with the enemy,
and on imprison. was, by Ch. Just. Sewall, refus. His habeas corpus, suffer.
a yr. and a half in gaol. Prob. this was to spite Gov. Dudley, against
[[580]]
whom bitter railing and false report were raised out of the circumstances.
See the official papers in 2 Mass. Hist. Coll. VII. 240; Hutch. II.
1654-162; and the wonderful letters of Increase and Cotton Mather to
D. with his reply in 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. III. 126-137. Sewall relates
in his Diary, that his min. the famous Ebenezer Pemberton, wh. we may
suspect that the parishioner had favored with a perusal, said to him, that
"if he were Gov. he would humble Cotton Mather, tho. it cost him his
head." In our whole Provinc. hist. nothing is more curious than the
outery a. trad. with the enemy at this time, and the results, partly cruel,
partly ridiculous.

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Sources on the Internet, websites noted.

Family 1 : Judith CADY
MARRIAGE: 15 May 1672, Groton, Mass Alexander Rouse
Judith ROUSE
Elizabeth ROUSE
Elizabeth ROUSE
Sarah ROUSE
Judith CADY
[1084]
2 Sep 1653 - ____
BIRTH: 2 Sep 1653, Watertown,,Mass,U.S.A.
Father: Nicholas CADY
Mother: Judith KNAPP

Family 1 : Alexander ROUSE
MARRIAGE: 15 May 1672, Groton, Mass
Judith ROUSE
Elizabeth ROUSE
Elizabeth ROUSE
Sarah ROUSE

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_Nicholas CADY _+
_Nicholas CADY _|
| |_Grace BIREDE __
|
|--Judith CADY
|
| _William KNAPP _+
|_Judith KNAPP __|
|_Judith TUE ____+
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[1084] From Watertown Records by Historical Society. Judy Cady
daughter of Nickholas and Judy born the 2 nd of September 1653.
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>From DESCENDANTS OF NICHOLAS CADY by Allen On Jan. 9, 1679,
Nicholas Cady conveyed to his daughter Judith now the wife of
Alexander Rowe, for and in consideration of the natural
affection and parental love for her , 11 acres of land in
Groton, Mass.

http://otc.isu.edu/~cady/genealogy/d0000/g0000070.html

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