The Round Family of Rehoboth is one of the first families to settle the New World. Family tradition states that the Round family arrived in America before the Pilgrims. This tradition has yet to be successfully disproved. My Grandfather Emory Round told me that originally there were three brothers who settled from England. Although many branches of our family are scattered throughout the US, our branch of the family remained in Rehoboth on land owned in the Round family for over two and one half centuries. Infact, all the grandchildren of Emory Round were born within ten miles of land given by Gov. Bradford of the Plymouth Plantation to John Round in 1689. When I was a boy my Grandfather would take me on his Postal Route and talk about our Round family. This is my interpretation of our history through the eyes of Emory Arthur Round of Rehoboth and the legacy he wanted me to forever pass down through our generations.

The Round Family is linked to seven Mayflower passengers (the Hopkins, Billington & Samson families), President Garfield, three Governors (including Marion Rounds Gov. of South Dakota), a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a White House Executive Emory Rounds III, under Pres. Bush. George Bush is decended from Judith Round of Rehoboth. Francis Billington who was Renew Round's (Jabez Round wife) grandfather was married to Christian Penn. Christian Penn's first cousin was William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania. This is the farthest part of our tree that goes back 506 years to John Penne. Francis with brother John nearly blew up the Mayflower in the first winter.