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Richard Roy 1678–1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1678

Birth Location: Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia Colony

Death Date: 16 Apr 1741

Death Location: St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia

Father: John Roy

Mother: Dorothy Buckner

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Richard Roy was born in 1678 in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia Colony, the child of John Richard Roy And Dorothy Lady Of Port Royal Buckner. Richard Roy passed away in 1741 in St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia.

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Biography

  • Richard Roy was born in 1678 in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia Colony, the child of John Richard Roy And Dorothy Lady Of Port Royal Buckner.
  • Richard Roy passed away in 1741 in St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia.

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Richard Roy's Ancestors

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Richard Roy
1678–1741
Birth Place: Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia Colony
Parents
John Richard Roy
1657–1734
Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
Dorothy ("Lady of Port Royal") Buckner
1655–1745
Port Royal, Rappahannock County, Virginia Colony
Grandparents
Hugh Roy
1637–1657
Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Mary) Debnam
1637–1686
England, England, United Kingdom
John (Buckner, John brought the first printing press to America; printed the Colonial Laws in) 1680.
1630–1694
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Richard Roy's Timeline

2 Records

1678
1678
Birth of Richard Roy in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia Colony
Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia Colony
1741
16 Apr 1741
Age 63
Death of Richard Roy in St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia
St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1678
    Event Place: Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1741
    Event Place: St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia

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