ROUSE Family Tree

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ROUSE Branch of the BIRD Family Tree

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William ROUSE (1480–1551) Sir knight & Alice SULYARD (1473–1539) Lady

ROUSE Branch of the BIRD Family Tree

Sir knight William ROUSE (1480–1551) & Lady Alice SULYARD (1473–1539) were the 11^th great-grandparents of Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954) and the 12^th great-grandparents of Evelyn Virginia BIRD (1922-2012).

William ROUSE (1480–1551) was born in 1480 and died in 1551 in Dennington, Suffolk, England. William married Alice SULYARD (1473–1539) in 1495 in Baylham, Suffolk, England. Alice was born in 1473 in 1495 in Baylham, Suffolk, England and died on April 2, 1539, in Badley, Suffolk, England.

William & Alice had two known children:

Anthony ROUSE (1500–1559) Sir knight and Ann ROUSE (1513–1573)

Direct ancestral linkage:

William ROUSE (1480–1551) Sir knight & Alice SULYARD (1473–1539) Lady

Anthony ROUSE (1500–1559) Sir knight & Elizabeth LOWTHE (1505–1577)

Thomas ROUSE (1525–1576) & Parneil GOODWINE (1526-1619) Lady of Dennington

Thomas ROUSE (1558-1601) Lord of Dennington & Anice Ann PEABODY (1556–1599)

Agnes ROUSE (1575-1620) & Charles SMYTH (1580–1620)

William John SMYTH (1614-1681) & Dorothy CAVE (1618–1661)

William SMYTH (1653-1727) emigrant & Elizabeth CHATFIELD (1660–1702)

Elizabeth Ann SMITH (1690-1735) & William BARTRAM (1674–1711) emigrant

William BARTRAM Jr., (1711-1770) & Elizabeth H. LOCKE (1715–1772)

Mary BARTRAM (1747-1799) & Thomas ROBESON (1740–1785)

Martha "Patsy" ROBESON (1771-1836) George BIRD Sr. (1774–1847)

George BIRD Jr. (1821-1888) & Melinda Elizabeth CARROLL (1827–1906)

Thomas Jefferson BIRD (1861-1931) & Drusilla GAY (1868–1948)

Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954) & Clara Myrtle GRAY-SADLER (1900–1988)

Evelyn Virginia BIRD (1922-2012) & Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987)

13^th great-grandparents of Kenneth Edward LINTON & Terry Louis LINTON

ROUSE Branch of the BIRD Family Tree

Etymology of Surname Rouse

The Rouse surname, of Norman ancestry, was a name given to a person with red hair which was in turn derived from the Old French nickname le rous, meaning redhead. Another equally valid derivation suggests that the name is a shortened form of the Norman given name Rufus.

Rouse Family History

Rouse Surname Meaning

Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

English: nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion from Middle English Anglo-Norman French rous(e) ‘red(-haired)’ (from Latin russ(e)us).

Americanized form of German Raus. Walloon and northern French (Rousé): variant of Rosé (see Rose).

Rouse Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Rouse, who settled in Virginia in 1638

Faithful Rouse, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1644

Walter Rouse, who landed in Virginia in 1652

William Rouse, who arrived in Virginia in 1653

James Rouse, who arrived in Virginia in 1653

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