Lt.
John
Roberts
Sr.
Born in Glassenbury, Kent, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Thomas Roberts Sr.
and Rebecca (Hilton) Roberts
Brother of
Esther (Roberts) Martin, Jane (Roberts) Philbrick, Rebecca Roberts [half], Anna (Roberts) Marston, Benjamin Roberts, Thomas Roberts Jr, Edward Roberts, Elizabeth (Roberts) Heard, William Roberts, Sarah (Roberts) Rich and Joseph Roberts
Husband of
Abigail (Nutter) Roberts
— married
about 1650 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Descendants 
Father of
John Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Sarah (Roberts) Field, Abigail (Roberts) Downs, Hatevil Roberts, Mary (Roberts) Robinson and Joseph Roberts
Died
at age 67
in Dover, Strafford, Province of New Hampshire
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Biography
John Roberts was born about 1629 in Dover, New Hampshire, the son of Thomas Roberts and Rebecca Hilton Roberts.[1]
" John Roberts, planter, Dover, taxed October 19, 1648; Selectman in 1665. With wife Abigail, sold land 29 June 1665. She received a bequest from her father, Hatevil Nutter in 1675. Signed petition to Gen. Court, October 10,1665. He conveyed to his son John, 20 April, 1680, a tract of land which he had received from his father-in-law. Ref. Maine Pioneers, 1623-1660 John of Dover, about. 43 in 1671, about. 53 in 1683 married Abigail Nutter. Sergt.; Lt. 1689-90; Marshal of the Prov. by 1670 (discharged because of age, 1681/2); delegate to the New Hampshire convention of 1689 to confer on methods of gov.; gr. j. 1683,1692; Selectman 1664,'65,'68,'73,74,'77.In 1691 he deeded to the sons of his deceased son John and to his son-in-law Field, in 1691/1692 to his son-in-law John Hall and in 1694 to his sons Thomas, Hatvil and Joseph. He died 21 January 1694/1695 of dropsy. "Gen. Dict. of Maine & New Hampshire,' page 589; "Piscat. Pioneers," pages 320, 363.[2] He married Abigail Nutter about 1653 in Dover.[3]
His father was one of the founders of New Hampshire and an early Governor according to McClintock:
"The tradition has always been that Thomas Roberts was one of the original emigrants with them."[2]
Torrey gives his death date as 1695.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Genealogy.com page for John Roberts
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McClintock, John, "History of New Hampshire", Boston, B.B. Russell, 1888 Google Books
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.NEHGS
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Roberts-47050 and Roberts-2411 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicates, please merge
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Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Roberts-19870 and Roberts-2411 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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Roberts-13722 and Roberts-2411 appear to represent the same person because: I created a duplicate - please consider merging.
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This profile is a work-in-progress. Under the developing rules on historically-significant ancestors over 300-years-old supervisors are doing expedited merges. We need one manager to take primary responsibility for each profile. Management rights and/or trusted status may be terminated per policy. Please see http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Historically-significant_ancestors for more details. Please feel free to contact me with any questions as well. Thanks!
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Rejected matches › John Roberts (1811-1888) › John Roberts II (abt.1657-aft.1724) › John Roberts (abt.1765-) › John Roberts (1718-abt.1784) › John R Roberts Sr. (abt.1678-1760) › John Roberts (abt.1702-)
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