Biographical Sketch (1969):6, p. 20. "Roger Mowry was registered at Boston after arrival from England May 18, 1631. Lived at Plymouth several years, later in Salem, Mass. from about 1635 to 1649, then removed to Providence, R. I. until decease January 5, 1668. He married Mary, daughter of John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts. She died January 1679. (Note: Of sons, all of R. I. used spelling Mowry; only Jonathan and Thomas families retained Morey)."

Biographical Sketch (1969):6, p. 16. "This family name occurs very early in the colonial records of New England. The diversity in the spelling of the name causes some difficulty in identification, for it is found as Mory, Morey, Morie, Morry, Moorey, Morrie, Mowry, Mowrey, Maury, Moare, and Mawry. However, two distinct and permanent forms, Morey and Mowry, stemming from Roger Morey who was registered at Boston on May 18, 1631 after arrival from England, developed. 'Morey,' which is believed to be the spelling used most commonly in England, was retained by the Plymouth and Roxbury, Massachusetts branch; and 'Mowry' became the name used by collateral lines in Rhode Island."

Biographical Sketch (1969):6, p. 1. "The first of the Morey name in American was Roger, a young man from the village of Drimpton, Dorset, in the south of England. He landed at Naumkeage (Salem) the 6th of September, 1628 in the small sailing vessel 'Abigail,' Henry Gaudens, master, having embarked from Weymouth on the English Channel on June 20, one of its thirteen passengers."

Biographical Sketch (1969):6, p. 20. As her authority, Sherwood cites New England Genealogical and Biographic Register, v. 52, p. 207. "Roger Mowry was registered at Boston after arrival from England, May 18, 1631. Lived Plymouth several years, later in Salem, Mass. from about 1635 to 1649, then removed to Providence, R.I. until decease January 5, 1668. He married Mary, daughter of John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts. She died January 1679."

Biographical Sketch (1969):6, p. 3. "Roger was a neighbor and close friend to Roger Williams, who had come to Boston in 1631, minister and teacher at Plymouth and Salem. Because of his liberal views on religion, which alarmed the Puritan authorities, and his political theories - he denied the validity of the Massachusetts charter and declared the civil magistrates had no power over matters of conscience - he was banished by the General Court. He purchased land from the Narragansett Indians, and became the founder of Rhode Island.

Many who agreed with the principles of religious freedom taught by Roger Williams, removed to Rhode Island, and in 1649 Roger and Mary Morey took their family to Providence, where Roger Morey became an inn-keeper. He died there in 1666 and his widow in 1679."

1628 Immigration:124, p. 59.,6, p. 8. Roger Morey, from Drimpton, Dorset, a passenger on the Abigail. Henery Gaudens, Master, sailed from Weymouth, Dorset, June 20, and arrived at Salem September 6, with the new government for 'London Plantation,' under the governorship of John Endicott.

1636/7 Keeper of the Cattle Herd:6, p. 20. As her authority, Sherwood cites Sidney Perley’s History of Salem, Mass. Boston, 1926, vol. 1, p. 231. "March 2, 1636-7: it was agreed that the neat (cattle) herd should begin the charge of the great cattle April 5. On March 20, 1636-7 the town agreed with Roger Morie with the assistance of another man to continue the occupation of neat-herd for eight months from April 5. He was told to be ready at the gate of the pen which was at the western exit of the common in front of the Second Church edifice one hour after sunrise in the morning, and take all the town cattle to feed. The owners of the cattle who did not have them there on time had to bring them after the herd. The neat-herd agreed to look after them carefully and return them, and for this service received 7 shillings per head for the season." In a later paragraph the season is defined to be April 1 to November 1."

1649 Relocation to Providence, Rhode Island:6, p. 3. "Many who agreed with the principles of religious freedom taught by Roger Williams, moved to Rhode Island, and in 1649 Roger and Mary Morey took their family to Providence, where Roger became an inn-keeper."

1668 Death:6, p. 22. As her authority, Sherwood cites American Ancestry, v. 5, p. 119. "Roger Mowry died at Providence, R.I. 1668. Was at Boston with Roger Williams May 18, 1631. They both subsequently removed to Plymouth; then to Salem; then to Providence, R.I."