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Biography
Drummer John Roberts Jr. served with Vermont Republic during the American Revolution.
John Roberts Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A122830.
John Jr. was born in 1759, the son of John Roberts and Susannah Mayhew. He served as a drummer in Captain Comstock's company, Colonel Allen's regiment, Vermont Line. He died in 1842.
Johnathon was born about 1759. He passed away in 1842.
According to information found in the Daughters of the American Revolution Database, John was a drummer during the Revolutionary War, Captain Comstock's company, Colonel Allen's regiment, Vermont Line.
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVC-P81 : 4 November 2017), John Roberts and Edna Hilliard, 11 Jul 1782, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,582.
Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 101 : 1913
WikiTree profile Roberts-2315 created through the import of Barcomb Allen.ged on Jun 21, 2011 by Steven Barcomb. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Steven and others.
Source: S0000 Title: Import from Barmast10b.GED Author: Steven Henry Barcomb Data Changed: Date: 1 APR 2008 Time: 20:19:15
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Oct 28, 2021), "Record of John Roberts", Ancestor # A122830.
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZB-3S7T : 1 March 2021), John Roberts, 1 Jun 1840; citing Military Service, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 005732444.
"United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-26X3 : accessed 29 October 2021), John Roberts, ; citing Albany, Albany, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 4; FHL microfilm 1,319,384.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: