From Brief Account of the Family Homer or de Homere of Ettingshall, Co. Stafford, Eng. and Boston Mass. by Benjamin Dixon Homer, 1889.
Robert, born May 29, 1706. Merchant at Honduras, Central America. He sent his sons to Boston for their education and afterwards converted his property into Spanish doubloons and he and his wife, dividing the gold, embarked in two different ships, both of which were supposed to have been captured by buccaneers.