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Personal data John Roame 

• He was born about 1580 in England.
• He died before November 9, 1663 in Portsmouth, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Household of John Roame

He is married to Agnis Wauker.

They got married on May 25, 1622 at Bristol, England.

Notes about John Roame

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== Biography ==The estimate of John's birth is based on the date of his wife's birth.
Agnes Corye married second John Roame, merchant, 25 May 1622 at St. James."England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFR6-SM5 : 10 February 2018), John Roame and Agnes Corye, 1622; citing St. James, Bristol, Gloucester, England, reference 2:24XWZ15, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,596,530. She and Roome migrated to Rhode Island where she died after 22 Oct 1669 but before 1770. In Rhode Island she was variously Ann, Anna, Annis.Wilcox, Wayne Howard Miller. "Further Notes on the English Home of the Co(r)ey Family of Rhode Island." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 147:162 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11686/163/0 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)]
Agnis and Joan settled in Portsmouth, in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, where he was admitted an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck in 1638. He signed, by mark, the compact forming the civil body of Portsmouth. He pursued the occupation of house carpenter.Austin, John Osborne. ''Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation.'' (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) [https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldict00aust/page/n351 p. 167]
He was admitted as a freeman 16 Mar 1641. He held the positions of Commissioner and Assistant; is frequently mentioned in the town record; served on committees; was granted land; and sold land.
John Roome is one of the names listed on the Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - July 15, 1663 Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New Englandby Rhode Island; Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886. (Providence : A. C. Greene and Brothers, state printers [etc.], 1856) [https://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo02rhod/page/n9 p. 1]
His inventory was taken 9 Nov 1663Fiske, Jane Fletcher. "A Clue to the English Background of The Cor(e)y Family of Rhode Island. NEHGR 145:122+ (1991) Cites: Rhode Island Colony Records 1656 to 1669, 2 vols. [RI Archives MS 00209], 2:354 and administration of his estate was given to his widow, following testimony that immediately before his death he made her executrix.The early records of the town of Portsmouth; by Portsmouth (R.I.); Perry, Amos, ed; Brigham, Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), ed. (Providence, R.I., E. L. Freeman & Sons, state printers, 1901) [https://archive.org/details/earlyrecordsofto02port/page/396 pp 397, 398]
The widow sold to William Cory, house, orchard and 85 acres for £83, 10s.

There is no indication that Roome had any children of his own.

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