I guess I'm more than a little surprised at how little documentation and family files exist on the internet for the Royer's of Rockingham County, Virginia.

My file on some of these Royer's is located at Rootsweb's World Connect site:

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?d...

I have a chart prepared by Dr. Minor Ellsworth Kyger, Jr. who died recently. Dr. Kyger spent all of his life researching the Kyger family in Rockingham County.

Hopefully, I can translate the chart into some semblance of order for researchers of this family:

No places were entered unless noted below, but at least some of the children of John Royer lived in Rockingham County, Virginia.

John Royer: born: ?; Died: 1831
married first Maria Elizabeth ?: Born: 1743. Died: 1801

Children (by Maria Elizabeth ?):

1) John - (unmarried)

2) Catherine - (unmarried)

3) Philip - Born: October 19, 1772. Died: June 25, 1830.

4) Christian - (See my file)

5) Elizabeth - Born: ?. Died: ?

6) Peter - Born: ?. Died: ?

John Royer married second ?

Children:

7) Henry - Born: ?. Died: ? Henry went to Logan County, Ohio

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3) Philip married Catherine Kaylor

Children:

3a) John - Born: December 8, 1794. Died: January 24, 1887 in Ohio

3b) Elizabeth R. - Born: July 2, 1797. Died in Ohio

3c) Philip R. - Died as an infant

3d) Christina R. married Peter Cline. (See my file)

3e) Catherine married George Stambaugh (no dates)

3f) Joseph R. - Born: January 27, 1809. Died: May 14 ? in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Two wives. Children: Martin, Wesley, Curtis, Margaret and Josie.

3g) Jonathan R - Died in Indiana

3h) Abraham - Died in Indiana

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6) Peter Royer married Elizabeth Kaylor.

Children:

6a) Anna Maria - Born: February 20, 1799

6b) Jacob - Born: December 11, 1800

6c) Samuel - (See my file)

7d) Delilah - Born: December 27, 1804 married Leonard Tutwiler

7e) Peter R. - Born: March 8, 1807

7d) Anna - Born: November 10, 1808

7e) Addison - (See my file)

7f) Elizabeth - Born: 1811

7g) Moa? - Born: 1813

7h) John Edes - Born: 1816

7i) Maria Anna - Born: 1820

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4a) John Royer - Born: December 8, 1794. Died: January 24, 1887 in Ohio married ?

Children:

4 aa) - Isreal - Born: 1818. Died: 1886

4ab) - John

4ac) - Jeremiah - Born: 1823. Died: 1855 (Unmarried)

4ad) - William - Born: July 13, 1825. Died: August 17, 1848

4ae) - Benjamin Franklin - (only notation: Monroe County, Ohio)

4af) - George

4ag) - Mary married Gideon Clingeman

4ah) - Lucy married Isaac Moore

4ai) - Sarah

4aj) Elizabeth

Maggie Kyger Miller
(loganholmes@aol.com)