Stephen Roberts

1760 - 1827  (67 years)

• Name	Stephen Roberts
  Born	22 Jan 1760	, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Sep 1827	, Union Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I2017	Main
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Samuel Roberts, Sr.,   b. 1730, , Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Apr 1792, , Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth [--?--],   b. 1739, , , (area later Middletown in Middlesex County), Connecticut, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Richards,   b. 1 Nov 1758, , , Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 15 Oct 1841, , Union Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1784	, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. Ephraim Roberts,   b. 8 Mar 1785, , , , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 30 Nov 1862, , Union Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 77 years)   2. Amy Roberts,   b. 15 Dec 1786, , New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 2 Jun 1866, , Union Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   3. Elisha Richards Roberts,   b. 5 Jul 1788, , , , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 24 Jan 1857  (Age 68 years)   4. Millicent Emelia Roberts,   b. 3 Jul 1790,   d. 16 Nov 1863  (Age 73 years)   5. Mary Roberts,   b. 14 Sep 1792,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Roberts,   b. 28 Oct 1794,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Sarah Roberts,   b. 16 May 1797, , Huntington (later Union), Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Apr 1879  (Age 81 years)   8. Mabel Roberts,   b. 20 Sep 1799, , Huntington (later Union), Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 1852  (Age 52 years)   9. Catherine Roberts,   b. 24 Sep 1802, , Huntington (later Union), Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1867  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011
  Family ID	F685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "About 1810, Stephen Roberts, accompanied by his wife and two children, removed from Connecticut to Plymouth, where he remained a few years, then removed to Union township, where he purchased seventy-five acres of unimproved land, most of which was under cultivation at this death. He was a man of marked influence in society, a leading spirit in politics and in religion, and held all the responsible offices in the town. He was seventy-five years old at the time of his death. He reared a family of eight children." (Research):United States Archives, Washington, DC =================================== Revoluntionary War Pension File #W2860 --------------------------------------------------- Enlisted 5 May 1778 in the Ninth Regiment of the Continental Army, age 18. Served 12 months, 17 days as a Private and 11 months, 13 days as a Corporal. Discharged at West Point, NY, June 9 1783. He had at least 72 grandchildren of whom the oldest was the great-grandfather of John Nathan Roberts. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen was assessed in Plymouth in 1792, in 1798 lived in Northmoreland when he sold lands to Samuel Marvin and later returned to Plymouth. December 1807, with Zerah Marvin, he bought 960 acres of land on the east side of Shickshinny Creek from Jacob and Maria Kachline, of Salsbury, Northampton Co., Pa., and October 15 1789, he bought from Lemuel Gaylord, administrator of the estate of Aaron Gaylord, ten acres of land in Plymouth and 300 acres in Huntington Township. These latter lands he deeded to Lemuel Gaylord the same day. April 23 1819, his name was placed on the Federal Pension Roll for services rendered in the War of the American Revolution, in the Connecticut Continental Line. He was married to Rebecca, daughter of Elisha and Sarah Richards =======Plymouth Roberts Information from Dave Finn=========== Stephen removed from Connecticut in the very early years of the country. He first located in the Valley, making his residence there a number of years, finally removing to Union Township, where he, with Mr. Marvin, bought a tract of land, most of which is still in the possession of their descendents. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, doing good service in the cause of independence. He lived to a good old age, after rearing a family of eight children, who became prominent citizens of the county. MILITARY: Revolutionary War Pension Records; Ser2:V15, p.708, 63; National Archives, Research Division; Pension File #W2860; NOTE: Retired 9 Jun, 1783 at West Point, Orange Co., NY. MILITARY: The Pension List of 1818; (Baltimore, MD: Sou. Book Co.); Pennsylvania State Library, Genealogical Section Winans, Donald L., Index of Part II, Biographical Sketches from the History of Luzerne County, PA edited by H. C. Bradsby (1893), Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1996, 1293, 1294. ROBERTS, Ephraim=I & T Stephen Roberts=A & E Isaac Austin & Richard Harned=S 26 Dec 1862=D of B