Martha Roberts

Martha and Daniel passed away within hours of each other in Hampstead in 1757.

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Martha (Heath) Roberts (1703 - 1757)

Martha Roberts formerly Heath was born on 21 Mar 1703 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay to Joseph Heath and Hannah (Bradley) Heath. She is theister of Samuel Heath, Mary (Heath) Gile, Phebe (Heath) Dow, Joseph Heath Jr., Mehitable (Heath) Worthen, Priscilla (Heath) Clement and Ruth Heath

Wife of Daniel Roberts — married 1720 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Daniel Roberts and Sarah (Roberts) Emerson

Died 3 Aug 1757 in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Profile last modified 29 Dec 2018 | Created 15 Sep 2017

Biography

Martha was born in Haverhill in 1703, to Joseph Heath and Hannah Bradley[1].

She married Daniel Roberts, also of Haverhill, in 1720[2].

Daniel and Martha had 10 children (spelled "Roberds" in the VR)[3]:

Daniel b. Mar. 6, 1722* Dorothie b. Feb. 28, 1725* Phebe bp. May 19, 1728* Joseph b. Mar. 7, 1730* Priscilla b. Aug. 24, 1732* Martha b. Mar 4, 1735* Mary b. 1 July 1736, bp. Nov. 5, 1737** Hannah b. 19 Apr 1740, bp. 21 Sept. 1740** Sarah b. 1 June 1745, bp. 23 Jan., 1746** Samuel b. 22 Sept. 1748**. note 1 - first 6 children born in Haverhill note 2 - last 4 children born in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire and bp. in Haverhill

As a result of the fixing in the 1730s of the border line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, their residence officially became Hampstead, New Hampshire instead of Haverhill, of which Hampstead was originally a part.

Martha and Daniel passed away within hours of each other in Hampstead in 1757. Martha was 54[4]. Daniel was 56.

Sources

↑ Pg. 170, Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume I, Births, Topsfield Historical Society, 1910 ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, Yates Publishing ↑ Pg. 258, Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume I, Births, Topsfield Historical Society, 1910 ↑ New Hampshire Death and Burial Records Index, FHL Film Nbr 1001102

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