Robert Vose

Male 1599 - 1683  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name Robert Vose 
    Birth 1599  Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Oct 1683  Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Robert came to America with his three sons, Edward, Thomas and Henry and bought land in Milton, Mass., 7/13/1654 [Babcock Genealogy, p. 28].

      He was noted as a "gentleman of Dorchester" on 7/13/1654 when he purchased about 500 acres of property ( the estate of one John Glover, a leading citizen of the town) for the sum of " 300 and four score pounds sterling." This is the first mention of Robert's name in New England. The 500 acres was mostly in that part of Dorchester which was incorporated into the town of Milton in 1662; he was the largest landholder in Milton at that time.

      Robert was one of the three petitioners for the incorporation of Milton, MA and was a prominent citizen. In 1664, he gave the town 8 acres of land for church purposes near Vose's Lane and Center St.
      He was received to full communion with the Milton Church on 7/17/1681 and was the first person to be admitted so after the ordination of the Rev. Peter Thacher on 6/1/1681. Mr. Thacher was the first pastor of that church.

      He lived in what is now known as the old Glover House, near the junction of Canton Avenue and Brook Road.

      In 1655, he with his two sons assisted in "running the Lyne;" in 1656, he had his "40 akers" laid out towards the Blue Hills and in 1657 he was a "supervisor of the hieways;" in 1659, one of the four chosen to lay out the common lands, and in 1662, one of the three petitioners for the incorporation of the town of Milton.

      On 5/30/1666, he was admitted to the freedom of the Colony. In 1669 and in 1677, he was one of the selectmen of the town, and in other years served on various committees.
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    Last Modified 6 Mar 2022 

    Father Thomas Vose 
    Family ID F10313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Mossock,   b. 11 Nov 1602, Childwall, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1675, Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1629  Childwall, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Edward Vose,   b. 1636, Childwall, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1716, Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +2. Captain Thomas Vose,   b. 18 Feb 1641, Childwall, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1708, Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1599 - Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jul 1629 - Childwall, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Oct 1683 - Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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