Joseph Roberts IV
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Joseph Roberts IV (1756 - 1843)

Joseph Roberts IV
Born in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 28 Nov 1777 (to 21 Feb 1801) in Gorham, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
Husband of — married after 21 Feb 1801 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , and
Died at age 86 in Brooks, Waldo, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Joseph Roberts IV served with 2nd Regiment, Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joseph Roberts IV is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A096953.
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Joseph Roberts IV is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-280137
Rank: Private

Roberts, Joseph, Jr. Cont MA r Cape Elizabeth b Brentwood, NH 1756 Col. Parson's Regt d Brooks 1843 m(1) Esther (2) Margaret 1 (S19058); 1S; 3S; 11Sa;12S; B-13 p 118; CL-2;127: 184 page 667 Soldiers Sailors & Patriots of the Revolutionary War Maine by Carlton and Sue Fisher

Revolutionary War Service: Joseph was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, having enlisted at Cape Elizabeth as appears by the National Muster Rolls of that period. Spouses: 1) Esther Hamlin 2) Margaret Hall.[1]

Joseph Roberts (the fourth with that name) was born 1756[2] on 6 Feb at Brentwood, New Hampshire.[3]

He participated in the struggle for national independence, enlisting prior to his majority, having run away from home.[4]

He married first to Ester Hamlin[2] 28 Nov 1777.[5]

After residing in Standish for a time Joseph Roberts removed to Buckfield.[6]

According to the census of 1790, Joseph Roberts, Jr., Jonathan Roberts, Jr., John Roberts, William Doble and James Jordan were residents of Buckfield. The census of 1790 gives seven in William Doble’s family, four males and three females; James Jordan’s family five males and two females; Joseph Roberts, Jr., seven in the family, three males and four females; Jonathan Roberts, three in the family, one male and two females; and John Roberts three in the family.[6]

About the year 1799, he became the first settler in Brooks, Waldo County, Maine, residing there for the remainder of his life. He first selected a spot about a mile north of the village and cleared the land for the first home. Here, Joseph and his boys cleared up the farm and in a few years built a saw mill and a grist mill.[6]

Joseph married for a second time to Margaret (Hall) Forbes[2] in 1801.[7][8]

Revolutionary War Pension application- Roberts, Joseph (Brooks) https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1155&context=revolutionary_war_hancock_county

" ... Joseph Roberts, born at Brentwood, N. H., Feb. 6, 1756, enlisted from Windham, for eight months in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt. Enlisted again for one year in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co. (afterwards commanded by Capt. Jonathan Sawyer), Col. Edmund Phinney's 18th Continental Regt. Discharged at Fort George. He enlisted as a private in Capt. Nathan Merrill's Co., in June, 1779, for four months in the Penobscot Expedition. ... " page 520 Windham in the past

He passed away in January 10, 1843 in Brooks.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Joseph Roberts", Ancestor # A096953.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fisher CE Fisher SG. Soldiers Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Maine. Louisville Ky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; 1982. p.667
  3. ↑ Norwood SW. p.13
  4. ↑ Little GT Burrage HS Stubbs AR. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. New York: Lewis Historical Pub; 1909. p.1636
  5. ↑ Grant, Amorena Roberts. p.9
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Norwood SW. p.12
  7. ↑ Grant, Amorena Roberts. p.10
  8. ↑ Norwood SW. p.13
  • Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 13, Page 409.


Bibliography

  • Norwood SW. Sketches of Brooks History. Dover N.H: J.B. Page Print; 1935.
  • Grant, Amorena Roberts. Roberts Family : A Genealogy of Joseph Roberts of Windham Maine 18th Century. Chicago: West Chicago Press Association Publishers; 1902

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