ROBERTS, Elizabeth "Betsey"

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• Name: Elizabeth Betsy Roberts
• Birth: 1 Apr 1798, Milton, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1850, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1860, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Death: 20 Feb 1863, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1870, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1880, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother

Elizabeth married CORSON, Reverend Charles on 17 Oct 1816 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA. Charles (son of CORSON, Levi and HODGDON, Sarah Sally) was born on 30 Nov 1788 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 23 Apr 1860 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; was buried in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CORSON, Eliza H was born on 17 Apr 1822 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 15 Dec 1863 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.
2. CORSON, John R. was born on 3 Apr 1841 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.
3. CORSON, James Timothy was born on 20 Jul 1839 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.
4. CORSON, Harriet Newall was born on 6 Jun 1830 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.
5. CORSON, Levi W was born on 23 Jan 1820 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 13 Mar 1843 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.
6. CORSON, Sally Ayers was born on 25 Feb 1818 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 12 May 1893 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
7. CORSON, Mary Ann was born on 25 Aug 1824 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 28 Jun 1878.
8. CORSON, Charles Wentworth was born on 28 Apr 1827 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.

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• Differentiator: Service Description: 1) PVT,CAPTS HAYES & SINCLAIR,MAR 2) CAPTS GREGORY,SIMPSON,SLR,CAPT GRIMES
• Revolutionary War: A097061
• Name: Lieutenant Timothy Roberts
• Name: Lieutenant Timothy Roberts
• Residence: New Hampshire, USA
• _MILT: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; DAR Ancestor #: A097061 1) PVT,CAPTS HAYES & SINCLAIR,MAR 2) CAPTS GREGORY,SIMPSON,SLR,CAPT GRIMES
• Birth: 1750, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• _MILT: Feb 1778; Timothy Roberts was part of the crew of New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine McClary (under Commander John Gregory), when it was captured by the British.
• Residence: 1800, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1830, Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 4 Mar 1831, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1833, New Hampshire, USA

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Died:
Age: 76

Timothy married HAYES, Elizabeth on 28 Nov 1782 in Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of HAYES, Wentworth and MAIN, Mary) was born on 24 Jul 1757 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Betty Hayes
• Name: Elizabeth Roberts
• Birth: 1758

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Died:
Age: 91

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Married:
Date of marriage testified to in Pension files. Elizabeth is the daughter of Timothy's mother's second husband

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• Name: Jno Roberts

John married BURNHAM, Susanna before 1759. Susanna (daughter of BURNHAM, Nathaniel and COLBATH, Mehitable) was born on 17 Jan 1741 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Aug 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Differentiator: 1) SIGNED ASSOCIATION TEST, ROCHESTER, 1776
• Relation to Me: 7 GGF
• Revolutionary War: #: A052858
• _DNA: Match (maternal)
• Birth: 27 Jan 1727, New Hampshire, USA
• Birth: 27 Jan 1727, Tole End, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Birth: 27 Jan 1727/28, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1776, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1776, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1790, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1800, Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Will: 23 Apr 1801, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 11 Jan 1802, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

Wentworth married MAIN, Mary on 29 Nov 1753 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Mary (daughter of MAIN, Amos and WHITE, Elizabeth) was born on 20 Sep 1732 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jan 1774 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Relation to Me: 7 GGM
• _DNA: Match (maternal)

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• Differentiator: First settler of Rochester, NH
• Relation to Me: 8 GGF
• Name: //
• _DNA: match (maternal)

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FIRST SETTLEMENTS. Rochester was granted byMassachusetts to several proprietors in onehundred and twenty seven shares. At that timeits area was 60,000 acres but at the presenttime the town contains only 22,000. It wasincorporated May 10, 1722. The firstpermanent settlers was Captain TimothyRoberts, who moved here with his familyDecember 28, 1728. Eleazer Ham, BenjaminFrost, Benjamin Tebbetts, Joseph RIchards andothers came soon after.

Timothy married WALDRON, Anne in 1728 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Anne (daughter of WALDRON, John and HAM, Mary) was born on 27 Aug 1698 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1783 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _DNA: match (maternal)

Nathaniel + COLBATH, Mehitable. Mehitable (daughter of COLBATH "COLBREATH", George and PITMAN, Mary, daughter of COLBATH "COLBREATH", George and PITMAN, Mary) was born in 1723 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 17 Jun 1794 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Differentiator: Needs more research

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• Relation to Me: 8 GGF
• Name: John Hayes Deacon
• Occupation: Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Deacon at the First Church in Dover
• Residence: Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Lived at Tole-end in Dover
• _DNA: Match (Michelle - M)
• Birth: Between 1686 and 1687, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 3 Jul 1759, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

John married WENTWORTH, Tamsen in 1711 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Tamsen (daughter of WENTWORTH, Ezekiel and KNIGHT, Elizabeth) was born in 1687 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 30 Dec 1753 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Relation to Me: 8 GGM
• Name: Tamsen
• _DNA: Match (Michelle - M)

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NEHGR Vol 5 page 205James3 Chesley married Tamsen Wentworth, granddaughter of Elder William, by Ezekiel2. James was killed by the Indians, 15 Sept 1707, and his widow, Tamsen married John Hayes of Dover born 1686, son of John, who settled in Dover about 1680, Her second husband (Hayes) died 3 July 1759, having had a second wife. she must have married soon after his death, as her first child (John Hayes) was born 9 Oct 1711. James3 Chesley left but one child, James4, born 18 May 1706 and died 10 Oct 1777.

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• Differentiator: There is a statue of Amos Main in the center of Rochester where he was the first minister
• _DNA: Match (maternal)
• _DEG: 1729, New Hampshire, USA; degree from Dartmouth College
• Physical Description: Between 1737 and 1760; It is said that he traveled long distances from Rochester to provide his services as a minister, lawyer, teacher and physician. Although he carried his gun as well as his Bible, the Indians had so much regard for his character, he was never attacked.
• Occupation: 1737, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Amos Main became the first minister of the Congregational Church in Rochester, NH. Pastor Main was also the first moderator (advisor), physician and barrister (lawyer) in the town.

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Notes from the Rochester Historical Society
http://rochesterhistoricalnh.org/2014/07/30/rochesters-first-churches/#_edn4

By the 1720’s land for a new town north of Dover was divided up into lots of 60 acres owned by proprietors. Most of these men were investors and usually did not move here. The first attempt to get people to come here to settle failed because of conflicts with the native people and fears about moving into this wilderness.[i]
By 1730 a second attempt was made and several families came to settle the new town. One of the first acts of the proprietors was to vote to build a meetinghouse. Their vote was for a building, “forty feet long, thirty-five feet wide, and eighteen foot stud; to be well framed & Inclosed &c.” [ii]
This meeting house was built on the top of Rochester Hill. The spot was near the middle of the town as it was then laid out. Its position at the top of the highest point was good for safety. The roads all led to this spot. The building would be the center of the town government and also serve as the church. Most of the early Rochester settlers attended this meeting house which was called Congregational because the people of the congregation made the decisions.
The people gathered at the meetinghouse to make town government decisions as well as for religious activities. There was no separation of church and state. Everyone was taxed to support the Congregational meetinghouse ministry.
Many of Rochester’s first settlers were descendants of Puritan churches , and they followed the teachings of John Calvin. They subscribed to Calvin’s doctrines of predestination and the strict moral codes of their Puritan forefathers. They loved and feared their Lord, and they believed that their salvation was entirely in His hands.
At this time minsters were well -educated men, graduates of Harvard or Dartmouth and among the most educated people in the community. Rochester settlers wished to have such a person for their spiritual guidance. Ministers from Dover did visit the new town from time to time, but the people wanted someone of their own to rely on.
The land owning proprietors who mostly lived elsewhere were slow to hire a minister and the residents had to petition them for one. Their second petition in 1736/7 read in part, “Your petitioners have been settled here, some of them seven years or thereabout…we are now increased to the number of about 60 families and are as yet destitute of a settled minister.” [iii]
In May of 1737, Parson Amos Main was called to full time service. He was a Harvard graduate and his wife was also very well educated. She had attended the best schools available for women in Boston. The parson carried out his religious duties and helped with governmental responsibilities. [iv]
He acted as a lawyer and as a doctor for the people. The journals he kept show that he traveled to many area towns. He recorded charges for treating people in Berwick, Durham, Barrington, Lebanon, Somersworth, Dover and occasionally Greenland, Rye, Stratham, and Wells. While on these journeys he provided spiritual support, met with people on their deathbed, and baptized infants and adults. He dispensed medicines and set broken bones.
He also acted as a lawyer, writing wills and indentures. He was paid for his services with whatever the person could give him such as wool, flax, boards, beef, pork, or labor. Rarely, he received money. Money was scarce and people were more likely to trade goods and services than to use money. [v]
Parson Main and the early Rochester settlers lived in a time of great danger from the French and Indian Wars. During this time, some Rochester residents were captured and taken to Canada and others were killed. Parson Main is remembered as always carrying his gun wherever he went, but he never had to use it for defense. The native people had great respect for him. They frequently came to his house to visit and would tell him details that they knew about his travels like where he had been and even when they had seen him walk his horse or when he had trotted it. When asked why they had not killed him, they said it was because he was a good man, like their priests they knew in St Francis, Canada. [vi] Amos Main lived in his own private house until his death of consumption in 1760.

Amos married WHITE, Elizabeth on 20 Jan 1732 in New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of WHITE, John II and GILMAN, Lydia) was born on 16 Nov 1702 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Mar 1774 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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