William Roberts of Oyster River

William Roberts

• Birth said to be:  6 Aug 1614
• Death:  1675, Oyster River, Durham Twp., Strafford Co., NH
• Parents: unknown
• Marriage: Wife:  Ms. __?__ (names seen as Ann, and a surviving widow Dorothy, with no certainty)

Children:

1. (perhaps) ANN ROBERTS; m William Pitman [NO - see Ann Pitman]
2. Hannah ROBERTS; m. William HILL; m2. 22 May 1694, John COX
3.   Grace ROBERTS, b. 1662; m1. Philip DULY/DUDLEY; m2. Timothy MOSES
4. (Daughter) (perhaps) Mary ROBERTS b 1645 or 1663, Durham Twp., Strafford Co., NH m1 John Sias  m2. Salathiel DENBOW; m3. William GRAVES
5. Sarah ROBERTS; m. John HARMON
6. (probably) Elizabeth ROBERTS ; m1. Nicholas DUNN; m2. [Thomas?] ALLEN
7. William ROBERTS “a simple youth”, b. bef. 1669; d. bef. 1677

The first we know of William is when he appears in NH in 1643. He was killed in 1675.

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roberts-1299

He was in Strawberry Bank, Oyster River, New Hampshire by 1643. 1645 had from Darby Field [who married Agnes Williams] a deed of a farm in occupation of Thomas Roberts (prob a close relative), sold the farm in 1646 and bought another which he lost in 1664 as endorser of Edward Colcord's bond. Town grant of 100 acres each in 1662, 1663. Was a strong Quaker. [1]

At 6 June 1673 William Roberts purchased twenty acres together with a mansion house from William Follett, this was William Robert's home to his death. William was killed in 1675 during King Philip's War. Admin. of estate 29 March 1676 by Richard Otis of Dover. [2]

History - History of Durham, NH by E.S. Stackpole, p.319, part 2 -

William Roberts was fined for mending the stocks 5:5:1643, perhaps he did a poor job.

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From History of Durham, p. 56

William Roberts lived on the next lot west, the same who was killed by Indians in 1675. He sold a piece next to the road, on the back side of his lot to Thomas Doughty, who sold it to John Curtis of Protsmouth in 1667. In 1664 Roberts gave a deed of his remaining land to William Pitman, who had been living there since earlier than 1657, and perhaps had married Roberts' daughter, Ann. [SIC: unnamed distrust married (John) Sias; their son John married Ann, daughter of William Pitman]

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From History - History of Durham, NH by E.S. Stackpole, p.319, part 2

The children of William Robets, then, were as follows: Ann perhaps, m. William Pitman; Hannah m. (1) William Hill, (2) 22 May 1694 John Cox; Grace b. 1662, m. abt 1682, Philip Duley (2) Timothy Moses, daughter m. Salathiel Denbow, or Denmore; Sarah m. John Harmon of Scarborough, Me.; Elizabth prob.; m. Nicholas Dunn; William "a simple youth," mentioned in1669.

From Vol. III, pp. 229-233, section entitled, "Roberts, of Oyster River, New Hampshire (from Lydia Harmon, 1924)." of Walter Goodwin Davis.  1996.  Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1996):  a Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants) compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-194). 

William Roberts and one of his sons-in-law were killed by Indians in 1675, during King Philip's War... From the account [of his estate] ... it appears that Roberts was survived by his wife and that his son, William Roberts, died before 1677... The name of William Robert's wife is not known.  The number and names of William Robert's children are determined by the deeds disposing of the two hundred-acre town grants.  The property was conveyed in "one-fifth parts" by Elizabeth Allen, Sarah Harmon, Grace Moses and Hannah Cox, all stating that they were daughters of William Roberts.  This leaves only one fifth to be accounted for, and proves that at the date of the division no son of William Roberts was living to inherit a double portion.  The last fifth was held in shares, of which two were conveyed by John Sias and Ann, his wife, and one by Richard Denbow, on the same day, to Salathiel Denbow, who later conveyed all his rights in the property of his grandfather, William Roberts.  From these facts the theory is advanced that a daughter of William Roberts married, first, a Sias -- the son-in-law who was killed by the Indians with her father in 1675 -- by whom she had a son, John Sias, who inherited an eldest son's (p. 231) double portion of her estate and that she married, second, Salathiel Denbow, senior, and by him had several other children...

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From Dunn Genealogy

-Original Message-From: Thomas Dunn [mailto:tdunn@gofree.indigo.ie] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:46 AM To: DUNN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DUNN] RC: Dun, Nicholas>; > Dunn, Clara Elvira>Aroostook>ME; 1650 - 1968

"Generation 1) Nicholas Dun was taxed at Oyster River in 1682. How long he had been there and where he may have come from is not clear. Descendants from the 19th century have claimed both Ireland and Scotland to be his birthplace. There is also a possibility that he was born somewhere in America."
"Elizabeth Roberts was the daughter of William Roberts who was killed at the outbreak of King Philip's War. The name of her mother is not known with certainty, GDMNH shows William's widow as Dorothy. Stackpole, in his "History of Durham" suggests Anne. Davis, in "The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon" states her name is not known.

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From http://www.familyworkings.com/gedcoms/smythe/dat5.htm#8

Roberts, William

• Birth : 00 000 1625 Dover Point, N.H.
• Death : 00 000 1675 Durham, N.H.
• Gender: Male
• Parents:
• Father: Roberts, Thomas (d 1673)

At 6 June 1673 William Roberts purchased twenty acres together with a mansion house from William Follett, this was William Robert's home to his death. William was killed in 1675 during King Philip's War. Admin. of estate 29 March 1676 by Richard Otis of Dover.

References

• History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire : (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes. by Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, 1850-1927; Thompson, Lucien, b. 1859; Meserve, Winthrop Smith, 1838-. Page 318-319. < Archive.Org >
• http://dgmweb.net/FGS/S/Sias_-_Roberts.html
• http://dgmweb.net/FGS/R/RobertsWilliam-_.html
• http://dgmweb.net/FGS/S/SiasJohn-SarahAnnPitman.html
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roberts-1299 cites

1. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Portland, ME, USA: The Southward Press, 1928.
2. New Hampshire Court files and Deeds. Document by subscription on ancestry.com
3. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire ... 1635-[1771], Volume 31 p 170 < GoogleBooks >
4. New Hampshire, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
5. William Roberts State NH County Strafford County Township Dover Year 1648 - Page 248 Database NH Early Census Index
6. Clarance Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, April 2011) Vol 2 p 1374 (“SIAS, John & Anne (ROBERTS) [PITMAN]; 1698, by 1700, Jan 1698/9; Wells, ME {Harmon 6; Dover NH Mar. 188; Durham NH 2:307, 323; Davis: Anc. of Lydia Harmon 26; GDMNH 558, 633; Sias 3}“ link
7. Clarance Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, April 2011) p 1283 (Listing wife of William Roberts as Dorothy ___) < AmericanAncestors TEXT : ROBERTS, William (-1676?, 1675?) (Quaker) & Dorothy ____; ca 1647/50?, by 1655; Oyster River, NH {Harmon Gen. (1920) 11; Harmon Anc. 12, 26, 27; Dover NH Mar. 177; Durham NH 2:318, 319; GDMNH 589; Blake-Glidden 212}
8. Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon 1755- 1847, Wife of Captain Joseph Waterhouse of Standish, Maine (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1924) p 26 link
9. Azariah Boody Sais. The Sias Family in American 1677 - 1952 The first 275 Years (Orlando, FL, Florida Press, 1952) link
10. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 20, Part 1: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Henry Sampson ed Robert S Wakefield (Plymouth, MA: GSMD, 2000) p 75 – 76 (It shows that John Silas 1706 - 1750 married Hannah Sampson 1710 - 1794 (Henry Samson Vol I #90 & p 75 – 76) and that John Silas 1706 - 1750 was the son of John Silas, Sr and Ann Pitman. So we do know that Ann Pitman 1672 - 1698 married John Silas, Sr (say 1672 – 1716)).
11. Howard Parker Moore , The Descendants of Ensign John Moor of Canterbury, N. H. Born 1696-died 1786 (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle company, 1918) p 53 - 54link alt link
12. David Ozro Smith Lowell, A Munsey-Hopkins Genealogy: Being the Ancestry of Andrew Chauncey Munsey and Mary Jane Merritt Hopkins (Boston, MA: Self-published, 1920) p 143 – 145 link
13. Artemas Canfield, The Hamon Genealogy Comprising all branches in New England (Washington, DC: Gipson Bros, 1920) p 11 link
14. Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, History of the town of Durham NH (Durham, NH) Vol 2 p 307 – 308 p 129 link
15. John R Ham, Dover NH Marriages 1623 - 1823 (Dover NH 1880 - 1902) p 167
16. Clarance Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, April 2011 p 1201 (“PITMAN, William (-1682) & 2/ wf. Ann [ROBERTS]?; by 1665, by 1661?; Dover, NH/Durham, NH”) Citing: 1) John R Ham, Dover NH Marriages1623 - 1823 (Dover NH 1880 - 1902) p 167, 2) E.S. Stackpole History of the town of Durham NH (Durham NH) Vol 2 p 307, 3) Artemas C. The Hamon Genealogy Comprising all branches in New England (DC Gipson Bros 1920) p 11, 4) David Ozro Smith Lowell, A
17. Munsey-Hopkins Genealogy : Being the Ancestry of Andrew Chauncey Munsey and Mary Jane Merritt Hopkins (Boston 1920) p 145
18. Edith Bartlett Sumner, Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden, with ninety allied families (Los Angelese, CA: Self-published, 1948) p 211 - 212 < Archive.Org >
19. Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire: From the First ... By George Wadleigh. Page 78. < GoogleBooks; Page 90. < GoogleBooks > 1687. April 27.—It was voted that the selectmen have power to make a rate to the value of 15 Pds. for the relief of widow Dorothy Roberts and to be employed for her use; to be "paid in such species as followeth:" wheat 5s per bushel, Indian corn 3s, peas 4s, pork 3d per lb, beef 2d. " For the use of the poor," is added to the vote in parenthesis.