Descendants of Robert ROSE
of Edgecomb Co., NC - 1731 

"Rose And Allied Families" is a book written by  George H. Rose who spent over twenty years researching his family’s history.  His research took him to Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia where he gathered information from interviews, family bibles, and legal documents from county clerk’s offices.  In his book he shares all the information he gathered on his ancestors, however, much of the book goes into great detail of the various legal transactions of tends to get a bit lengthy.   In reading it I thought it would be nice to have a condensed or paraphrased version which focuses on the more interesting facts he gathered. So, I’ve taken the liberty of doing that on the following pages.

George indicates that he was able to trace our roots back to William Rose who arrived in Virginia from Scotland with his wife Anne in 1650.  However, in October 1999, I found an organization on the World Wide Web called "The Rose Family Association Nationwide" and sent an e-mail to its founder, Christine Rose of San Jose, California.  She replied and informed me that she assisted George for almost 3 years in verifying Rose family data.  She believed there was a "weak link" in his information and that there is no real proof that Robert Rose⁴ was the son of Richard Rose³ as George indicated in his book.  According to Christine, George later told her that he regretted including the Roses prior to Robert ⁴ in his book, admitting that he lacked the records to absolutely prove the association.

Although there is no real proof that our ancestors came from Scotland as George indicated, the fact remains that William and Anne Rose did arrive in Virginia from Scotland around 1650.  Many settlers migrated down to North Carolina from Virginia.   So, it is quite possible that Robert was a relative of William or at least of Scottish decent.  Because of that  possibility I decided to include the Scottish Rose Family coat of arms, tartan and motto in this document.  However, in the following pages I will only include information on our proven ancestors starting with Robert ⁴ .   On this site I will refer to Robert ⁴ (as referenced in "Rose and Allied Families" as Robert ¹  (first generation on record), being the earliest proven member of our family on record.

I do not take credit for the following information, but present it in a simplified, condensed version for convenience sake. I took the liberty of paraphrasing some of George’s’ statements for clarity. References to the page numbers in the book are given for verification.  I hope you enjoy this condensed version of "Rose And Allied Families" By: George H. Rose, Paraphrased by: Douglas C. Rose.  

The following links to subsequent pages appear at the top of each page.  Simply click on the desired page link.  Home Page   Crests   Robert-1  Reuben-2  Robert-3 Kindred-4  George-5  Joseph-6  Donnie-7  Family Tree  Photos 

Douglas C. Rose, 10/21/99