Robert (Giveen) Given (1750 - 1810)

Born 27 Mar 1750 in Brunswick, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 26 Sep 1810 at age 60 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Robert (Giveen) Given served with 7th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Robert (Giveen) Given is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A045483.

Robert Giveen was born 27 March 1750^[1], in Brunswick, Maine. He was the son of John (Giveen) Given (abt.1718-1795) and Sarah (Spear) Given (1723-1809).^[2]

Robert married Mary (Scofield) Given (1747-1826) on 19 March 1776 in Brunswick, Maine.^[3]

Lieutenant Robert Givins served in the American Revolution. He was in Colonel Brooks' regiment, January 1777 to December 1779. He was at Cherry Valley after the massacre, in Captain Asa Coburn's 2nd company. He was also at Fort Herkimer, in Captain Asa Coburn's Light Infantry. ^{[4] [5]} Robert is a DAR Patriot, but it has been over 100 years, so he needs to be proven again.^[6]

Robert passed away 26 September 1810, in Brunswick, Maine.^[7] He is buried in the First Parish Cemetery in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-L94H : Wed Jan 17 05:12:32 UTC 2024), Entry for Robert Given and John Given, 27 March 1750.
2. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WF-332 : 22 July 2021), Robert Given, 1750.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-PDF2 : 22 July 2021), Robert Given and Mary Skolfield, 19 Mar 1776; citing Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm. – Image
4. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-77R8 : 1 March 2021), Robert Givins, 01 Jan 1777; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711085.
5. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-NTJK : 18 March 2018), Robert Givens, 1777.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 27 Sep 2021), "Record of Robert Given", Ancestor # A045483.
7. ↑ "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-38J : 13 March 2018), Robert Given, 26 Sep 1810; citing Death, Brunswick, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,838.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23923454/robert-giveen : accessed 27 September 2021), memorial page for Capt Robert Giveen (29 Mar 1750–26 Sep 1810), Find A Grave: Memorial #23923454, citing First Parish Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by JMO (contributor 46880677).