Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Rose Otis
Abt 1677 - 1729 (~ 52 years)1. Rose Otis was born about 1677 in Cocheco near Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (daughter of Steven Otis and Mary Pitman); died on 6 Jul 1729; was buried on 7 Jul 1729 in Charlesbourg, Québec. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 7 Jul 1729
Notes:
Rose Otis was her birth name. Captured by the Abenaki in the same 1689 raid on Cochoco, New Hampshire in which her father Steven Otis and grandfather Richard Otis were killed, she was taken to Québec and baptized Françoise. Multiple French records call her François Rozotty. She became a naturalized citizen of New France in 1710.
Her precise identity was long in dispute -- was she a daughter of Richard Otis, and if so, by which of his three wives? Or was she a granddaughter? Two sons of Richard's son Steven, Stephen and Nathaniel, were known to have been taken captive and sent to Quebec, where they married and lived out their lives. (Nathaniel was rebaptized with the name Paul.) Could she have been their sister?
This was finally resolved in 1988 when Sister Annette Potvin, a nun in Alberta, Canada, obtained a copy of the marriage contract between Jean Poitevin and Françoise Rozotty. The document describes her as "françoise Rosotis, daughter of deceased STINODIS and the deceased MARY OTOS, her father and mother, of English birth in the environs of Boston." "Boston" was a common term among Quebecois for most of New England, and "Stinodis" is a very plausibly what a French scribe would write when hearing the name "Steven Otis."
This is all thoroughly documented in Roger W. Lawrence's 1989 "The Identity of Rose Otis" (citation details below), but somehow this information has never managed to make it across the border between Canadian and American genealogical scholarship. Richardson's 2013 Royal Ancestry still lists her as a child of Richard Otis and Rose Stoughton, who were really her grandparents. So does Gary Boyd Roberts's 2018 The Royal Descent of 900 Immigrants.Rose married Jean Poitevin dit Laviolette on 29 Oct 1696 in Beauport, Québec. Jean (son of Jean Poitevin dit Laviolette and Madeleine Guillaudeau) was born on 14 Sep 1672; was christened on 14 Sep 1672 in Québec City, Québec; died on 3 Feb 1752; was buried on 4 Feb 1752 in Charlesbourg, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Michel Poitevin was born on 2 May 1712; was christened on 6 May 1712 in Charlesbourg, Québec.
2. Steven Otis was born about 1652 (son of Richard Otis and Rose Stoughton); died on 27 Jun 1689. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 28 Jun 1689
Notes:
Called in some records Hotesse.
Steven married Mary Pitman on 16 Apr 1674 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Pitman (daughter of William Pitman and Barbara Evans). Children:
- 1. Rose Otis was born about 1677 in Cocheco near Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 6 Jul 1729; was buried on 7 Jul 1729 in Charlesbourg, Québec.
Generation: 3
4. Richard Otis was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England (son of Stephen Otis and Elizabeth); died on 28 Jun 1689 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Notes:
He came to Boston in about 1655. He was a Quaker, and a blacksmith. He was killed in his garrison by native Americans.
Richard married Rose Stoughton about 1651. Rose (daughter of Anthony Stoughton and Agnes Pierce) was born before 22 Nov 1629; was christened on 22 Nov 1629; died before 5 Nov 1677 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Rose Stoughton was born before 22 Nov 1629; was christened on 22 Nov 1629 (daughter of Anthony Stoughton and Agnes Pierce); died before 5 Nov 1677 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Children:
- 2. Steven Otis was born about 1652; died on 27 Jun 1689.
6. William Pitman was born about 1631; died before 1682. Notes:
He was a blacksmith.
William married Barbara Evans on 29 Nov 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Barbara Evans Children:
- 3. Mary Pitman
Generation: 4
8. Stephen Otis was born in of Glastonbury, Somerset, England (son of Richard Otis); died about 1637. Stephen married Elizabeth before 1626 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Elizabeth Children:
- 4. Richard Otis was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England; died on 28 Jun 1689 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire.
10. Anthony Stoughton was born on 4 Jul 1598 in of Staughton, Surrey, England (son of Lawrence Stoughton and Rose Ive); died on 14 Jan 1644. Notes:
Staughton, or Stoughton, is in Stoke, near Guildford.
Anthony married Agnes Pierce. Agnes (daughter of Robert Pierce) died on 15 Mar 1639. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Agnes Pierce (daughter of Robert Pierce); died on 15 Mar 1639. Children:
- 5. Rose Stoughton was born before 22 Nov 1629; was christened on 22 Nov 1629; died before 5 Nov 1677 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire.
Generation: 5
16. Richard Otis was born in of Glastonbury, Somerset, England; died after 17 Nov 1611. Children:
- 8. Stephen Otis was born in of Glastonbury, Somerset, England; died about 1637.
20. Lawrence Stoughton was born on 12 Nov 1554 in of Stoke in Stoughton, Surrey, England (son of Thomas Stoughton and Elizabeth Lewknor); died on 13 Dec 1615; was buried in Stoughton chapel, Stoke in Stoughton, Surrey, England. Notes:
Burgess (M.P.) for Guilford in 1572, 1584, 1586, and 1593.
Lawrence married Rose Ive on 23 Apr 1575. Rose (daughter of Richard Ive and Elizabeth Agmondesham) was born about 1555; died on 1 Nov 1632. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
21. Rose Ive was born about 1555 (daughter of Richard Ive and Elizabeth Agmondesham); died on 1 Nov 1632. Children:
- 10. Anthony Stoughton was born on 4 Jul 1598 in of Staughton, Surrey, England; died on 14 Jan 1644.
22. Robert Pierce Notes:
Or Pearse.
Children:
- 11. Agnes Pierce died on 15 Mar 1639.
Generation: 6
40. Thomas Stoughton was born on 25 Mar 1521 in of Stoke in Stoughton, Surrey, England (son of Lawrence Stoughton and Anne Combes); died on 26 Mar 1578 in London, England; was buried in St. Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Notes:
Bencher of the Inner Temple. Comptroller of the household of Henry, Earl of Arundel. Burgess for Guildford, 1547, 1559, 1572. Burgess for Chichester 1553-54, 1563.
He was called in 1564 "a misliker of godly orders" and "a stout scorner of godliness."Thomas married Elizabeth Lewknor on 27 Feb 1553. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund Lewknor and Joan Tyrell) was born on 2 Mar 1538 in Tangmere, Sussex, England; died before 1577. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
41. Elizabeth Lewknor was born on 2 Mar 1538 in Tangmere, Sussex, England (daughter of Edmund Lewknor and Joan Tyrell); died before 1577. Children:
- 20. Lawrence Stoughton was born on 12 Nov 1554 in of Stoke in Stoughton, Surrey, England; died on 13 Dec 1615; was buried in Stoughton chapel, Stoke in Stoughton, Surrey, England.
42. Richard Ive was born in of Kentish Town, Middlesex, England; died on 8 Feb 1558. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of St. Dunstan's in the East, London, England
- Alternate death: Between 6 Feb 1558 and 2 Dec 1558
Notes:
Citizen and tallow-chandler of St. Dunstan's in the East, London.
Richard married Elizabeth Agmondesham. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Agmondesham and Elizabeth) died after 8 Feb 1558. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
43. Elizabeth Agmondesham (daughter of Henry Agmondesham and Elizabeth); died after 8 Feb 1558. Children:
- 21. Rose Ive was born about 1555; died on 1 Nov 1632.