Robert Emerson, of Rowley, Massachusetts, is believed by good authorities to have been the eldest child of Thomas and Elizabeth (Brewster) Emerson, who was baptized May 24, 1612, at Bishop's-Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He was probably a resident of Bishop's-Stortford in 1642. He was in Rowley, Massachusetts, as early as 1655, and took the oath of fidelity there in 1671, and removed to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he was made freeman April 9, 1678. He subscribed to the oath of fidelity in 1671, and in 1672 received from the town compensation for the care of an orphan child. Before 1675 he had a house there. He died June 25, 1694.

1. He married, October 22, 1635, Elizabeth Grave, of Bishop's-Stortford, England, and she was buried there June 22, 1636.
2. His second wife was named Frances,
3. and he married (third) November 4, 1658, Ann Grant, of Rowley, who was drowned July 28.. 1718.

His children were: Elizabeth, born in England, 1637, Thomas, Joseph, Ephraim, Stephen, Benjamin and Lydia. The elder son was killed by the Indians, with his wife and children, March 15, 1697.

Sources

1. Emerson, Benjamin Kendall, and George Augustus Gordon. The Ipswich Emersons, A.D. 1636-1900: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Massachusetts, with Some Account of his English Ancestry. (Boston, Massachusetts: David Clapp & Son, 1900), 20.

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