Royce family history

Hi Dolores,

Thank you very much for posting this and helping Alistair. I have added a message to the original message thread directing him to this message.

Thank you once again,

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Hi Dolores

Thanks for your message of 11 Apr. The Thomas Henry Royse 1800-1840 Ballingarrane, Limerick although connected would be a different Thomas Henry Royse (Rev) 11 May 1822 - 25 May 1896 of Nantinan, Limerick. The latter is a 2nd great grandfather to me. Further back there is a George Royse who is a 7th or 8th great grandfather to me who was born 1655 in Martock, Somerset and died 23 April 1708. I am having difficulty making the exact link for him in the tree. He was a chaplain to  King William 111  of Orange and preached to the King in St Georges Church, High Street Belfast. after he landed in Ireland in 1690

just prior to the Battle of the Boyne. George Royse is buried in a tomb at Oriel College, Oxford University. I was able to download a copy of George Royse's will from the National Archives, but would need an expert to decipher most of it. A lot of it is in Latin and middle English. There are family names mentioned in it. My guess is both branches of the Irish Royse families go back to George Royse. I would also mention that my Royse family tree is all spelt Royse as opposed to Royce, which I feel was adopted by those emigrating to North America/Canada.

Hope this bit of info is of help

Alistair Beatty