Richard Roberts (abt. 1740 - 1801)

Born about 1740 in Bolton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Sybil (Goodenow) Roberts — married 9 Feb 1765 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1801 at about age 61 in South Keene, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

Colonel Richard Roberts served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Colonel Richard Roberts performed Patriotic Service in New Hampshire in the American Revolution.

Richard Roberts is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 280078
Rank: Colonel

Richard Roberts is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A097030.

Col. RIchard Roberts was from Bolton, Massachusetts. ^{[citation needed]}

He married Sybil Goodenow on February 9, 1765. ^[1] She was born May 31, 1747. ^[2]

He came to Marlborough to reside in 1768 and located where Hamilton Parker later lived in Troy. Afterwards he lived in several places in town and at the time of his death he lived in the later residence of C. H. Caldwell.

Col. Roberts was a man of ordinary height but corpulent, with a stern appearance but a benevolent disposition. He had greater wealth than his neighbors and was able to assist the poor in many ways. He was a man of untiring energy.

He died in his chaise, September 10, 1801, while returning from Keen and was found by the side of the road near the village of South Keene. He is buried at Meeting House Cemetery in Marlborough. ^[3]

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Name

Name: Richard /Roberts/

Source: #S65

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Sybil Goodenow

Source: #S65

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for COL. RICHARD ROBERTS

Source: #S65

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Richard Roberts

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1740

Place: Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Source: #S65

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Sybil Goodenow

Source: #S65

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for COL. RICHARD ROBERTS

Source: #S65

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Richard Roberts

Title

Title: Colonel

Event

Event: #A046512

Type: DAR

Marriage

Husband: Richard Roberts

Wife: Sybil Goodenow

Child: Phebe Roberts

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Lucinda Roberts

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Zilpha Roberts

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 09 FEB 1765

Place: Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Source: #S65

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Sybil Goodenow

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQL-7WB : 24 January 2020), Richard Robberts, 1765.
2. ↑ History of the Town of Marlborough – Cheshire County, New Hampshire by Charles A. Bemis, Publisher Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, Ma., 1881. (p.675)
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed MAR 2020), memorial page for Col Richard Roberts, Find A Grave: Memorial #22340023

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH5-TV1J : 31 October 2019), Richard Robberts and Sibil Goodenough, 7 Feb 1765; citing Marriage, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009655.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-8TZM : 31 October 2019), Richard Robbert and Sibyl Goodenough, 9 Feb 1765; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009656.

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5V-33L : 8 April 2020), Richard Roberts in entry for Phebe Roberts, 25 Apr 1772; citing Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,033.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5V-SQ4 : 8 April 2020), Richard Roberts in entry for Lucinda Roberts, 04 Dec 1776; citing Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,033.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKY-YWT : accessed 22 December 2020), Richard Roberts, Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing p. 127, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5; FHL microfilm 568,145.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2020-12-22), "Record of Richard Roberts", Ancestor # A097030.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 December 2020), memorial page for Col Richard Roberts (1740–10 Sep 1801), Find A Grave: Memorial #22340023, citing Meeting House Cemetery, Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Wes T. (contributor 48190645) .

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