Maj. Robert Treat

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of SECOND LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor # A116364

Biography

From Page 236 of The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for Fifteen ... By John Harvey Treat

129 Major Robert5 Treat (Joseph,4 Samuel,3 Robert,9 Richard1), born July 14, 1752, in Boston; died May 27, 1824, in Bangor, Me.;

married,

• first, Nov. 28,1774, Mary Partridge, born May 5, 1757, in Haverhill, died June 10, 1800, in Bangor, aged fortyfour;
• second, Feb. 28,1804, in Haverhill, Mary Gale, born Dec. 23,1772, died Feb. 20, 1842, in Iloulton, Me., and (daughter of Moses Gale, a prominent merchant and leather dealer of Haverhill. Mr. Gale died June 20,1827 ; married Oct. 12, 1769, Mary Appleton, who died March 21), 1830. (See Gale Genealogy.)

In 1769, when seventeen years old, Robert Treat is said to have left Boston, and joined his brother Joshua Treat, who was armorer at Fort Pownall on the banks of the Penobscot. He worked at his trade of gunsmith for some five years, till his removal to Bangor, about the year 1774,—the precise time is not now known. It is very probable that a portion of the time was employed in other pursuits, such as exploring the country, hunting, and surveying, but of this little can now be said. According to the muster rolls, there was a Robert Treat at the Fort from Jan. 20, 1764 to June 2, 1766, but he was perhaps another Robert Treat, formerly a merchant at Boston, son of Samuel Treat of Truro, Mass., and a cousin of Major Robert Treat. ...

Major Treat owned no less than fifteen large tracts of land bordering on the Penobscot. At one time he resided on the '-Rose Place," which was overflowed in the great flood of 1846, and so greatly damaged that it was necessary to remove the buildings. This location has since become the site of the Bangor water works. He fixed his final abode on Mt. Hope, situated upon a considerable bend of the river, from which a delightful view of the Penobscot could be gained. Mr. Treat was an eminently social person, and by nature a perfect gentleman. He was also very plain spoken, and always said just what he meant. There was no chance to misunderstand him in that respect. His many acts of kindness and assistance, rendered to his relations, are remembered to this day. He was buried in Mount Hope cemetery.

Children born in Bangor, by his first marriage: 485. Joseph,6 b. Dec. 8, 1775; d. Feb. 27, 1853; unra.

• 466. John, b. Feb. 1,1777; d. Nov. 8, 1777.
• 467. Robert, b. Aug. 1, 1779; d. Oct. 19, 1798. He was-wrecked and lost on House Island,during n thick and cold storm while on his way to Boston. 468. John Partridge, b. July 21, 1783; d. Sept. 18, 1857; m., 1st, Feb. 21, 1813, Rosanna L. Duggans; 2d, Feb. 7, 1845, Mrs. Lucy (Bailey) Winslow.
• 469. Polly, b. Oct. 1, 1785; d. Sept. 18, 1792.
• 470. Joshua, b. Aug. 6, 1787; d. Sept. 1, 1821. He was paroled after the battle of Hampden,which occurred Sept. 3, 1814.
• 471. Betty, b. June 24. 1791; d. Nov. 25, 1791.
• 472. Samuel, b. June28, 1795; d. July 9, 1795.
• 473. Robert Henry, b. May 28, 1798; d. June 12, 1843, at Enfield, Me.; unm.

By his second marriage:

• 474. Nathaniel Gale, b. March 13, 1807; d. Nov. 25, 1880; m. May 22, 1842, Lucy Josephine McGrath.
• 475. Mary Hannah, b. April 23, 1809; d. March 20, 1844; m. (pub. Sept. 8, 1827) Zebediah Rogers.
• 476. Elizabeth Holyoke, b. Jan. 19, 1813; d. April 2, 1860; m. Oct. 7, 1847, Nathan Jewell. No issue.

Links

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100180764/robert-treat Find A Grave Memorial 100180764