Robert Stetson, Jr

Deborah Brooks, daughter of William Brooks & his 1st wife, second married Robert Stetson (8307) , son of Cornet Robert Stetson (2910) (ca 1615-1 Feb 1702/3) & Honor Tooker (ca 1612-1684). Born on 29 Jan 1654 in Scituate, MA.59 Robert was baptized on 26 Feb 1654.24 Robert died aft 1737.

Robert lived in that part of Duxbury which became Pembroke.24

Links

• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_386.html#P451

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His home was burned in 1676 by a band of Narragansett Indians. When he lived in Duxbury he owned 100 acres (Source - The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson, edited by Oscar Frank Stetson, Volume 1).

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2021, 8:53:46 UTC

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Biography ==Robert Stetson was born Jan 29, 1653 prob at Scituate, 9th Child, 6th Son of Robert Stetson and Honor (Tucker) Stetson. He was Baptized Feb 26, 1653, Second Church of Scituate. ≤ref name="sk0">Stetson: Vol. 1, No 1, Pg 22.≤/ref> :Robert was the only child of the Cornet not given a "Bible name," Robert also was the only child to cause his parents anxiety.≤ref name="sk2">Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 1 pg 31≤/ref>.

:Robert's birth of 29 Jan 1653 is recorded in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Town Vital Records. AKA: Studson≤ref>https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Scituate/Images/Scituate_B3...≤/ref>

Early Life===In 1675 Elizabeth Woodworth (Walter) bore a child out of wedlock, fathered by Robert Stetson, Jr. of Scituate. He was ordered by the court to pay her 2 sh. a week for the first three months, and afterwards 1 sh. 6 d. until the child was seven years old. Elizabeth's brother Josephand Robert's father, Robert Stetson, agreed that the verdict was just. Documentation is in records of Plymouth Colony. Elizabeth evidently went elsewhere to live with her child, for no other trace of her has been found in Scituate or R.I. records. ≤ref>Referred toas "sowing wild oats" by Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 1 pg 31 ?≤/ref>

It is not known if she married later, but it is certain that she did not marry Robert Stetson, Jr., for he married Joanna or Deborah Brooks in 1676, dau. of William Brooks and removed shortly afterward (after the Narragansett Indian raid upon Scituate?) to Duxbury, Massachusetts (Prior to 1700). ≤ref name="sk2" />

Marriage===1676 Married of Joanna or Deborah Brooks to Robert Stetson of Scituate, (Present Plymouth County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts): (Note: The Stetson Family sources are divided as to the name of Robert's Wife. In the Pembroke records, it records the Death of 6th child Peleg as the "son of Robert and Deborah Stetson" ≤ref name="sk1">Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 1 pg 30≤/ref>

Deane in 1831 says "Robert married Deborah Brooks, b. 1654, daughter of William and Susanna," but 16 years later Mr. Barry, says he married her sister Joanna. The 1933 Genealogy says he may have married both. ≤ref name="sk1" />)
Marriage 1 Deborah Brooks b: BEF 18 MAR 1654/55 in Scituate, Plymouth,MA Married: 1676 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA
:Children ≤ref name="sk2" />

1. (i) Isaac Stetson
2. (ii) Timothy Stetson
3. (iii) Resolved Stetson# (iv) Sarah (Stetson) Bennet ≤sup>(Note 1)≤/sup> m. Ebenezer Bennet of Middleboro, Apr 23, 1719 ≤ref name="sk3" />
4. (v) Nathaniel Stetson# (vi) Peleg Stetson (listed as son of Robert and Deborah Stetson ≤ref name="sk3" />
5. (vii) Amie (Stetson) Bishop
6. (viii Bathsheba (Stetson) Holmes

Later History===On 16 May 1676, the Narragansett Indian raid on Scituate burned the Robert Stetson Jr. house. The next reference we have of Robert is in Duxbury, Massachusetts (Prior to 1700). ≤ref name="sk3">Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 1 pg 32≤/ref>

In 19 July 1700 He was deeded (as Robert Stetson of Duxborough) a valuable "River Farm" lying with and being in the township of Scituate on the easterly side of North River...being a part of that tract calledthe "two mile" ≤ref name="sk3" />
In 1709-10 in the "division of the common lands of Duxborough" Robert Stetson's grand of one hundred acres served as one of the boundaries in laying out the new lots, and in 1711-12, when Pembroke was incorporated, Robert Stetson with at least seven children with their families were here, and with the one hundred acres (then in Duxbury) were included in the new township of Pembroke (Massachusetts)≤ref name="sk3" />
Because of the land descriptions and surveys, refering to Robert Stetson's holdings, is is certain that Robert Stetson still lived on his original grant when Pembroke was incorporated in 1712 ≤ref name="sk3" />.

Death===No record of his death is recorded.(Last noted in records 1712) ≤ref name="sk3" />

• Stetson Kindred Genealogy Index: 1-8

Notes==1. A Sarah (Stetson) Bennet is also listed as the child of Thomas Stetson ≤ref>Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 1 pg 25≤/ref> The link here is to her profile under Thomas' family.

Sources

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• Notable Kin, Volume II, Gary Boyd Roberts, 1999 Page: 111* O.F. Stetson, Ed., et al; ≤span id='SKA'>≤/span>Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008)
• Stetson Genealogy (Winnetka Library)* Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of new England, James Savage