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ROBERTS, Governor Thomas

ROBERTS, Governor Thomas

Male 1600 - 1673  (73 years)

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  1. 1.  ROBERTS, Governor ThomasROBERTS, Governor Thomas was born in 1600 in Woolaston, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Sep 1673 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Immigrant; The Great Migration; signed the Dover Combination; last Colonial Governor of the Dover Colony before it became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
    • Great Migration: Believed to have emigrated in 1623 with Edward Hilton
    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roberts-504
    • Name: Governor Thomas Roberts
    • Religion: Governor Roberts was a regular member of the orthodox Church (Puritan) for many years, but was inclined to be liberal in his views, so when Quaker missionaries came to Dover he favored giving them a fair hearing instead of whipping them as ordered by the Massachusetts General Court. Later in life, Governor Roberts embraced the Quaker teachings
    • Residence: USA
    • Birth: 1600, Woolaston, Gloucestershire, England
    • Arrival: 1623, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: Between 1623 and 1923, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: Between 1635 and 1717, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 1640, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
    • Probate: 27 Sep 1673, New Hampshire, USA
    • Death: 23 Sep 1674, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

    Notes:

    Thomas Roberts served as the last Colonial Governor of the Dover Colony before it became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

    At the March, 1640 elections, Thomas Roberts was chosen Governor or President of the Country in place of Gov. John Underhill. He held that office until Dover (then Northam) came under Massachusetts rule in 1642. I have seen this written everywhere. Thomas was not a Governor in any sense of the word as we know it today. In March or April of 1640 he was elected "President of the Court" of the Bristol Company, the owners of Dover. This position has been described as little more than head of a group of selectmen. When the Dover Combination was signed on 22 Oct. 1640, there were only about 40 men in Dover. So, as the colony grew in size other men stepped up into leadership roles. Thomas held various minor offices, but never again assumed a leadership position. This is not said to belittle him as he was quite successful, but to style him as Governor seems a bit much, not to mention Governor of New Hampshire, which he most certainly was not.

    He was said to have come with the Hiltons. Signed the Dover Combination: 1640

    Sewell's Hisory of the Quakers says he rebuked his sons for being cruel to the Quakers.

    The Great Migration Directory:

    Roberts, Thomas: London; 1640; Dover [NHPP 1:128, 10:701, 40:4; Lydia Harmon Anc 25; GDMNH 589; Wentworth 1:503]

    NHPP - NH Provincial Papers

    Lydia Harmon: The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 1755-1836 (Walter Goodwin Davis)

    The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American, 3 volumes

    GDMNH: Geneaologic Dictionary of Maine and NH

    Thomas married HILTON, Rebecca in 1627 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Living) was born in 1602 in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England; died on 27 Sep 1674 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. ROBERTS, Sergeant Thomas III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1633 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1703 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. 3. ROBERTS, Ester Hester  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1626 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 6 Dec 1687 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA.
    3. 4. ROBERTS, Anna  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1627 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1648 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. 5. ROBERTS, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1643 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Oct 1692 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 6. ROBERTS, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1637 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1701 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    6. 7. ROBERTS, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1629; died on 21 Jan 1695.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  ROBERTS, Sergeant Thomas IIIROBERTS, Sergeant Thomas III Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1633 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1703 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Said to have come with the Hiltons; probable as he was a fellow member of the Fishmonger's Co in London with the Hiltons
    • Name: Thomas Roberts
    • Residence: Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: Between 1635 and 1717, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 1648, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

    Notes:

    In 1640 Thomas Roberts succeeded Capt John Underhill as the fourth Governor of the Dover colony. Roberts served until the Massachusetts Bay colony achieved its ambition of annexing, in 1642, the Piscataqua River settlements, Dover, Strawberry Bank and Exeter, also Hampton, and making them a part of Norfolk County.

    He had a leading part in the formation and establishment, in 1640, of “The Dover Combination,” an improved scheme of local self-government. He was one of 21 of the 42 signers of the Combination agreement in 1641, a protest against annexation to Massachusetts.

    Gov Roberts was not of Puritanic mold. He possessed a liberality of thought which led him 20 years later to embrace the teachings of the Quaker missionaries, who had come here early in the ‘60s, and secured a following from among the orthodox Church people, only to be driven out of Dover in mid-Winter under harrowing conditions in accordance with Massachusetts laws against Quakers.

    While he sympathized with the missionaries and was fined by being deprived of his cow for attending their meetings and staying away from public worship, his two sons, John and Thomas, both constables, zealously executed their appointed part of Massachusetts’ order expelling the missionaries from its jurisdiction.

    Thomas married LEIGHTON, Mary about 1660 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Mary (daughter of LEIGHTON, Thomas and SILSBY, Joanna, daughter of Living and Living) was born about 1644 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1705 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. ROBERTS, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1671 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Jul 1756 in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. 9. ROBERTS, Nathaniel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1668 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1756 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. 10. ROBERTS, Lydia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1666 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1731 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. 11. ROBERTS, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1679 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1740 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. 12. ROBERTS, Joanna  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1673 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Oct 1729 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    6. 13. ROBERTS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1655 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1745 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    7. 14. ROBERTS, Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1656 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1735 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    8. 15. ROBERTS, Harriet Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Sep 1675 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1745 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

  2. 3.  ROBERTS, Ester Hester Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1626 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 6 Dec 1687 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  ROBERTS, Anna Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1627 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1648 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  ROBERTS, Sarah Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1643 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Oct 1692 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  ROBERTS, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1637 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1701 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Elizabeth married HEARD, Benjamin in 1673 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Benjamin (son of HEARD, John and HULL, Elizabeth) was born on 20 Feb 1643 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in Feb 1710 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. HEARD, James  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1687 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1748.
    2. 17. HEARD, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1691.
    3. 18. HEARD, Samuel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1693 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 19. HEARD, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1672 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Feb 1696 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 21. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 22. HEARD, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1672.
    8. 23. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 24. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 25. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 7.  ROBERTS, JohnROBERTS, John Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 25 Mar 1629; died on 21 Jan 1695.

    Notes:

    Died:
    died of dropsy

    John married NUTTER, Abigail in 1650 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Abigail (daughter of NUTTER, Hatevil and AYRES, Anne) was born in 1630 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Dec 1674 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. ROBERTS, Hatevil  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1661 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Mar 1724 in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. 27. ROBERTS, Lietenant Joseph  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1660 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1742 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. 28. ROBERTS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1665 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1771 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. 29. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 30. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 31. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  ROBERTS, JohnROBERTS, John Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1671 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Jul 1756 in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Weaver

    John married CHURCH, Deborah on 1 Oct 1704 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Deborah (daughter of CHURCH, John and SEVERANCE, Abigail, daughter of CHURCH, John and Living) was born on 15 Aug 1683 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 17 May 1720 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. ROBERTS, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Feb 1708 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Feb 1770 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. 33. ROBERTS, Joanna  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Oct 1705 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Jul 1780 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    3. 34. ROBERTS, Deborah  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1712 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1712.
    4. 35. ROBERTS, Phebe  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1716 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    5. 36. ROBERTS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1711 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    John married EMERY, Frances on 17 May 1720. Frances was born on 17 Dec 1694 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. ROBERTS, Ebenezer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1721 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Apr 1804 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

  2. 9.  ROBERTS, Nathaniel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1668 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1756 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 10.  ROBERTS, Lydia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1666 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1731 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: ROBERTS, Hatevil. Hatevil (son of ROBERTS, John and NUTTER, Abigail) was born in 1661 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Mar 1724 in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  ROBERTS, Sarah Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1679 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1740 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 12.  ROBERTS, Joanna Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1673 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Oct 1729 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Joanna married POTTS, Thomas on 24 Mar 1689 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Thomas (son of POTTS, Richard and Margaret) was born in 1667 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1738 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. POTTS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jul 1690 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1775 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. 39. POTTS, Joyce Roberts "Joy"  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1693 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1778 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

    Joanna married on 24 Mar 1690 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  ROBERTS, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1655 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1745 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 14.  ROBERTS, ThomasROBERTS, Thomas Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1656 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1735 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Thomas married TUCKER, Elizabeth in 1703 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1667 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1735 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Thomas married CANNEY, Sarah about 1687 in Massachusetts, USA. Sarah died in 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. ROBERTS, Timothy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1695 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 31 Dec 1774 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. ROBERTS, Timothy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1695 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 31 Dec 1774 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

  8. 15.  ROBERTS, Harriet Mary Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 19 Sep 1675 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1745 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

  9. 16.  HEARD, JamesHEARD, James Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1687 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1748.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. HEARD, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1715 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1804.
    2. 42. HEARD, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1717.
    3. 43. HEARD, Lydia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Feb 1720.
    4. 44. HEARD, Phoebe  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Dec 1722.
    5. 45. HEARD, James  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1725.
    6. 46. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 47. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. 17.  HEARD, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1691.

  11. 18.  HEARD, Samuel Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1693 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

  12. 19.  HEARD, Benjamin Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1672 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Feb 1696 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

  13. 20.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1)

  14. 21.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1)

  15. 22.  HEARD, Benjamin Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1672.

  16. 23.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1)

  17. 24.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1)

  18. 25.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1)

  19. 26.  ROBERTS, Hatevil Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1661 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Mar 1724 in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: ROBERTS, Lydia. Lydia (daughter of ROBERTS, Sergeant Thomas III and LEIGHTON, Mary) was born in 1666 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1731 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 27.  ROBERTS, Lietenant Joseph Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1660 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1742 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  21. 28.  ROBERTS, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1665 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1771 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  22. 29.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Thomas1)

  23. 30.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Thomas1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  24. 31.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Thomas1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 32.  ROBERTS, SarahROBERTS, Sarah Descendancy chart to this point (8.John3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 18 Feb 1708 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Feb 1770 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 8 GGM
    • _DNA: Match (maternal)

    Sarah married WENTWORTH, Ebenezer in 1728 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Ebenezer (son of WENTWORTH, Benjamin and ALLEN, Sarah) was born on 9 Sep 1705 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 24 Apr 1797 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. WENTWORTH, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Oct 1746 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 49. WENTWORTH, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1729 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 18 Aug 1820 in Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. 50. WENTWORTH, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1735 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Feb 1804 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.
    4. 51. WENTWORTH, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1731 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Nov 1813.
    5. 52. WENTWORTH, Ebenezer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1735 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 24 Apr 1797 in New Hampshire, USA.
    6. 53. WENTWORTH, Deborah  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Apr 1738 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Aug 1821 in Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, USA.
    7. 54. WENTWORTH, Stephen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1743 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Aug 1820 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    8. 55. WENTWORTH, Aaron  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1745 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Oct 1840 in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    9. 56. WENTWORTH, Elihu  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1751 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Jun 1829 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    10. 57. WENTWORTH, Nicholas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Sep 1748 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 30 Jan 1840 in Effingham, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA.
    11. 58. WENTWORTH, Lois  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 May 1750 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1780 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    12. 59. WENTWORTH, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1742 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 25 Jan 1778 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA.

  2. 33.  ROBERTS, Joanna Descendancy chart to this point (8.John3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 20 Oct 1705 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Jul 1780 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

  3. 34.  ROBERTS, Deborah Descendancy chart to this point (8.John3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1712 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1712.

  4. 35.  ROBERTS, Phebe Descendancy chart to this point (8.John3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 20 Sep 1716 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

  5. 36.  ROBERTS, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (8.John3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 20 Jul 1711 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

  6. 37.  ROBERTS, Ebenezer Descendancy chart to this point (8.John3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 5 May 1721 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Apr 1804 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

  7. 38.  POTTS, MaryPOTTS, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (12.Joanna3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 6 Jul 1690 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1775 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Notes:

    Mary was mentioned in will of grandfather Samuel Tibbetts as "Mary Corsen". On Ap. 17, 1742, "Mary Corson, daughter of Capt. Samuel Tibbets of Dover, deceased, conveyed to Capt. John Wallingford all right and title to an eighty-acre grant to said Samuel in the Salmon Falls Woods."

    Zebulon was in the army in 1746 when the family was living in Somersworth, near Dover. He and Mary moved upriver to nearby Lebanon, York Co. ME in their later years with most of their adult children. Zebulon was baptized as an adult by the Rev. Hasey in June 1773. In July and Aug. of that year Hasey was at Zebulon's house to pray with his sick daughter Lydia.

    On Jul 28, 1784 the Rev. Hasey wrote that 'Zebulon Corson said he heard a chorus of Angels' and after he became speechless that he "visited and prayed with him.

    Zebulon was described as a laborer and died from "decay of nature". Mary died at the home of son Moses.

    Mary married CORSON, Samuel after Apr 1708 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Samuel (son of CORSON, Cornelius and HOBBS, Hannah Mary) was born in 1685 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1764 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 60. CORSON, Zebulon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1712 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Apr 1786 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; was buried in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA.
    2. 61. CORSON, Ichabod  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1725 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in UNKNOWN in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. 62. CORSON, Samuel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Nov 1719 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1810 in Cherryfield, Washington, Maine, USA.
    4. 63. CORSON, Joannah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jul 1717 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in UNKNOWN in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. 64. CORSON, Hatevil  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1714 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died after 1791 in Castine, Hancock, Maine, USA.
    6. 65. CORSON, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Nov 1722 in Stratford, Coos, New Hampshire, USA; died in UNKNOWN in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    7. 66. CORSON, Hannah  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1727 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1801 in Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, USA.
    8. 67. COURSON, Charles William  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1711.

  8. 39.  POTTS, Joyce Roberts "Joy" Descendancy chart to this point (12.Joanna3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 21 Aug 1693 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1778 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

  9. 40.  ROBERTS, TimothyROBERTS, Timothy Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1695 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 31 Dec 1774 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

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

    Notes:

    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]

    Children:
    1. 68. ROBERTS, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1735 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1772 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. 69. ROBERTS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Apr 1745 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 1 Jun 1778 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. 70. ROBERTS, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1742 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in May 1827 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. 71. ROBERTS, Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1737 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1798 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. 72. ROBERTS, ABIGAIL  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1728 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Mar 1820 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    6. 73. ROBERTS, Capt Timothy II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1733 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1792 in Camillus, Onondaga, New York, USA.
    7. 74. ROBERTS, Moses  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1755 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1814.

  10. 41.  HEARD, Benjamin Descendancy chart to this point (16.James3, 6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 2 Aug 1715 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1804.

  11. 42.  HEARD, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (16.James3, 6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in Sep 1717.

  12. 43.  HEARD, Lydia Descendancy chart to this point (16.James3, 6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in Feb 1720.

  13. 44.  HEARD, Phoebe Descendancy chart to this point (16.James3, 6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 13 Dec 1722.

  14. 45.  HEARD, James Descendancy chart to this point (16.James3, 6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1) was born in May 1725.

  15. 46.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (16.James3, 6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1)

  16. 47.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (16.James3, 6.Elizabeth2, 1.Thomas1)


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