Robert Titus

1600 - 1678  (78 years)

• Name	Robert Titus
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1600	St. Katherine's, London, England   [1]
  Christening	Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Death	24 Nov 1678	Huntington, Long Island, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I6436	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Silas Titus,   b. 1570 to 1580, St. Katherine's, London, England d. 24 Nov 1637, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Constance Colly,   b. 1580, St. Katherine's, London, England d. 22 Oct 1667, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1621	The Church of St Benet Paul's Wharf, London, England
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 51 years and 4 months - She : ~ 41 years and 4 months.
  Family ID	F4800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah,   b. 1604, St. Katherine's, London, England d. 14 May 1672, Huntingfield, Suffolkshire, England (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1624	Huntington, Long Island, New York   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 24 years and 6 months - She : ~ 20 years and 6 months.
  Children	1. John Titus,   b. 18 Dec 1627, St. Katherine's, London, England d. 16 Apr 1689, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F4797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Christening: Ancestry File lists the place as "Stanstead Abbey". "There is an immediate and obvious problem. It is clear that the people from "Stanstede Abbey" had a certificate from their "Minister and Justice of the Peace." There is no way that the Hertfordshire histories detailed above could have failed to record a church with a minister in place in 1635 so it is obvious that the place name as recorded on the list on the passenger list MUST be wrong. What could have happened? One can never be certain but the scribe may not have been familiar with Hertfordshire towns and villages (or a Hertfordshire accent). In Hertfordshire there was a parish called Stanstead Abbots which had a minister called Robert Ballard. If "Stanstead Abbots" is said with minimal emphasis on the last syllable it would sound rather like "Stanstead Abbey." There are very many places in England ending in "Abbey" and few in "Abbots" so if the scribe drafting the list misheard he would be far more likely to write "Abbey". There can be little doubt that the reference to "Stanstede Abbey" on the shipping list relates to the parish of Stanstead Abbots." [2]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1600 - St. Katherine's, London, England Christening - - Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England Marriage - 24 Jun 1624 - Huntington, Long Island, New York Child - John Titus - 18 Dec 1627 - St. Katherine's, London, England Death - 24 Nov 1678 - Huntington, Long Island, New York  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S1237] Reynolds, Chris. The Myth of Stanstead Abbey, Hertfordshire, (Web Page: http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/answers/answers-2009/ans9-029-stanstede-abbey.htm November 2009).