Pioneer Families - ROBERTS
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families

Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]




IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation.

ELI ROBERTS b. June 28, 1769, in Connecticut; d. March 7, 1837; m. Abiah Sanford, b. March 3, 1773, in Connecticut; d. September 19, 1843. They were married at Hinesburg, Vt., April 6, 1797, and came from Vergennes to Hopkinton in February, 1807. He settled a mile south of the village and built a sawmill at once on Lyd Brook. His ancestors were French Huguenots and settled in Connecticut. The name was originally spelled "Roburds" and is so spelled in all early writings and papers. Some members of the family in Vergennes, Vt., still so spell it. Had seven children:
  • Fanny, b. July 5, 1798, at Hinesburg; d. May 6, 1853; m. Joel Gould, April 15, 1814; b. September 28, 1789; d. December 26, 1869, in Hopkinton, aged eighty. Had seven children, all born in Hopkinton:
    • Juliette, b. January 14, 1815; d. November 13, 1875, McHenry, Ill.; m. Dr. Orlando I. Howard, February 4, 1836; b. October 12, 1816; d. February 24, 1899, Elgin, Ill. Started for Indiana, September 9, 1844. Had six children.:
      • Lodema A., b. December 20, 1836; 1. Waukegan, Ill.; m. Samuel Thompson, November 26, 1857; d. April 7, 1865, in Civil War; m. 2d, Curtis W. Harvey, June 9, 1870. Had three children by first and two by second marriage:
        • Estelle J., b. May 14, 1859; m. Charles F. Tonies; 1. Round Lake, Ill. Had seven children:
          • Mary, Maud, Inez, Myrtle, Sara, Elsie and Mildred.
        • Hartly 0., b. September 20, 1860; m. Adell Tyrell, November 18, 1885; 1. 426 West Randolph Street, Chicago. Had one child:
          • Sarah Lodema.
        • Arland H., b. April 3, 1864; m. Mary A. Quinn, July 1, 1891; 1. 1533 Harvard Street, Chicago. Had two children:
          • Arland and May.
        • Inez M. Harvey, b. March 25, 1873; m. William R. White, June 19, 1901; 1. Boylston Centre, Mass.
        • Ortis A. Harvey, b. July 16, 1877; m. Bessie Cooper, January 24, 1900; 1. Waukegan, Ill.
        • Wyman 0., b. March 10, 1840; d. December 16, 1843.
        • Rachel Jane, b. March 5, 1843; 1. 1724 Banks Avenue, West Superior, Wis.; m. Simon Kennedy, October 13, 1864. Had seven children:
          • Julia A., b. February 6, 1865; 1. Chicago; m. John Wentworth, April 21, 1887. No issue.
          • Charlotte, b. September 23, 1866; 1. Chicago; m. Robert Crawford, August 13, 1886. No issue.
          • Harvey O., b. June 30, 1868; d. November 24, 1874.
          • Dwight H., b. June 12, 1871; m. Ida ----, d. October 10, 1901. No issue.
          • Effiie R., b. August 27, 1873; single.
          • Electa M., b. December 26, 1875; d. May 24, 1882.
          • Harry A., b. June 2, 1881; d. May 10, 1901.
        • Joel R., b. December 10, 1847; d. September 8, 1850.
        • Selora G., b. May 10, 1850; 1. 702 Raymond Street, Elgin, Ill.; m. Charles C. Fink, December 8, 1865; d. March 7, 1870; m. 2d, James S. Walsh, December 26, 1871. Had one child by first and three by second marriage:
          • Cora A., b. July 14, 1868; d. June 26, 1869.
          • Louis A., b. August 7, 1872.
          • Edith L., b. December 8, 1878; m. Fred W. Buck, Waukegan, Ill.
          • Edward R., b. April 23, 1888.
        • Rollin A., b. February 10, 1853; 1. 226 Morgan Street, Elgin, Ill.; m. Electa Waite, April 9, 1870. Had three children:
          • Robert R., b. June 3, 1871; m. Carrie M. Mathews. Had one child:
            • Lloyd, b. October 24, 1894.
          • Lawrence, b. January 24, 1875; m. Florence Mathews at Elgin, Ill.
          • Harold, b. April 14, 1886.
    • Mary A., b. August 17, 1818; d. October 20, 1826.
    • Harriet J., b. March 4, 1821; 1. Hopkinton; m. Harvey Brown, January 10, 1843; b. October 4, 1821; d. October 24, 1902. Had seven children:
      • Ira J., b, March 5, 1844; m. Rhoda Dewey, November 25, 1865; 1. Western, Minn. He enlisted in December, 1863, in the 7th New York Heavy Artillery and was taken prisoner before Petersburg, June 16, 1864, and confined in Andersonville and Millen prisons five months and eight days. Paroled November 24 at Savannah, Ga. Had five children:
        • Eli W., m. May S. Gadward. Had two children:
          • Donald L. and Ralph W.
        • Mattie M., m. Elmer M. Johnson. Had five children:
          • Ernest L., Eva, May, Ruth E. and Ethel L.
        • Hattie M., m. Winfield S. Toombs. Had three children:
          • Harold H., Grace R. and C. Richard.
        • Harvey J., m. Gertrude C. Toombs. Had one child:
          • King J.
        • Jeanette R., m. Heman J. Berry. Had one child:
          • S. Leonard.
      • Eli W., b. May 14, 1846; d. July 19, 1864, Andersonville. He enlisted in December, 1863, in the 7th New York Heavy Artillery with his brother, Ira J., Rollin O. Sanford and Ashford Roberts, was taken prisoner before Petersburg, June 16, 1864, and died in Andersonville Prison.
      • Christina, b. March 25, 1848, Nicholville; m. Elwood Ballard, November 23, 1881; d. No issue.
      • Elijah W., b. January 25, 1851, Bellows Falls, Vt.; m. Mrs. Georgie Ferguson, October 15, 1875. No issue.
      • Edmond J., b. May 26, 1853; 1. Roberts, Minn.; m. Ada Blanchard, May 26, 1877. Had six children:
        • Charlotte H., Ira M., Max M., Guy L., Elwood E. and Orpha I.
      • Lucien S., b. December 20, 1860; 1. Hopkinton; m. Clara Lindsay, September 4, 1889. Had one child:
        • Myrtle A.
      • Fanny C., b. May 18, 1864; 1. Potsdam; m. Bert Cheney, January 1, 1884. Had two children:
        • Harriet M. and Leon E.
    • Eli S., b. June 16, 1823; d. October 30, 1826.
    • Fanny C., b. February 8, 1826; d. March 11, 1826.
    • Adaline L., b. July 27, 1827; d. June 25, 1899, Fort Hill, Ill.; m. William Richardson, November 1, 1859; b. February 1, 1821; 1. Fort Hill, Ill. Had seven children:
      • Orlando, b. May 23, 1860; 1. Graye Lake, Ill.; m. Cora Germett, May 22, 1890. Had two chidren:
        • Villia Janet, b. August 22, 1891.
        • Lionel Edmund, b. August 1, 1894.
      • Fanny M., b. March 25, 1862; 1. Fort Hill, Ill.; m. Douglas Wait, December 13, 1883. Had five children:
        • Amanda Eveline, b. May 18, 1885.
        • Charles Ethan, b. May 4, 1887.
        • Adaline Lucinda, b. September 14, 1888.
        • Levi Leason, b. December 19, 1891.
        • Georgiana A., b. September 21, 1895.
      • Eveline L., b. September 27, 1863; m. Henry Horton, July 5, 1885. Had six children:
        • Almena Serena, b. May 13, 1886; d. December 13, 1889.
        • Irena, b. August 3, 1887.
        • Clarence, b. March 10, 1889.
        • Albert Orlando, b. September 30, 1892.
        • Fanny Eska, b. June 23, 1894.
        • Louretta M., b. March 9, 1902.
      • Robert R., b. October 26, 1865; d. March 2, 1892, at Fort Hill.
      • Eli W., b. June 27, 1867; single; 1. Chicago.
      • Jennie M., b. October 5, 1870; 1. Millburn, Ill.; m. Joseph Horton, March 25, 1890. Had four children:
        • Joseph E., b. November 30, 1891.
        • Floyd W., b. November 7, 1892.
        • Lottie Mae, b. July 16, 1894; d. September 16, 1894.
        • Lome Ansel, b. September 9, 1896.
      • Willis B., b. March 2, 1875; 1. Dixon, Ill.; m. Eva M. Ringler, July 20, 1898. No issue.
    • Daughter, b. and d. May 19, 1830.
    • Joel M., b. March 17, 1839; d. September 10, 1853.
  • Angeline, b. September 15, 1800, at Vergennes; d. June 10, 1828, in Hopkinton; m. Chester Tupper, March 4, 1822; d. February 3, 1861, in California. No issue.
  • Mariette, b. July 12, 1803, Vergennes; d. November 8, 1839, at Granby, N.Y.; m. John Gould, May 3, 1826; b. August 25, 1801; d. July 28, 1850, in Iowa. Had seven children:
    • Babe son, b. February 10, 1827; d. February 11, 1827.
    • Carlton D., b. August 3, 1828; d. August 19, 1839, at Granby, N.Y.
    • Hellena D., b. February 28, 1830. Hellena and her sister Henriette were in the west fifty years or more ago. Hellena at least married. It was feared that they were killed by the Indians.
    • Henriette S., b. November 14, 1831.
    • Eli, b. May 23, 1836; d. June 24, 1836, in Oswego.
    • Ellen, b. January 21, 1839; d. February 26, 1839.
    • Joel M., b. January 21, 1839; d. September 8, 1853, at Hopkinton.
  • John S., b. February 3, 1806, at Vergennes; d. December 19, 1865, in Hopkinton; m. Eveline D. Gibbs, March 9, 1831, at Norfolk, N.Y. Had six children:
    • Hannah A., b. May 26, 1832; d. March 14, 1886; m. James H. Macomber, February 1, 1853; b. August 18, 1825; 1. Hopkinton. Had five children:
      • Sanford E., b. December 10, 1853; d. February 27, 1856.
      • Leslie H., b. February 1, 1857; d. 1861.
      • Ethelbert J., b. July 6, 1860; d. April 25, 1862.
      • May H., b. May 1, 1863; 1. Hopkinton; m. Fred Sequare, April 6, 1890; b. March 20, 1862. Had four children:
        • Floyd J., b. February 18, 1891; d. January 4, 1896.
        • Ralph S., b. November 17, 1892.
        • Harold T., b. October 24, 1894; d. January 16, 1895.
        • Almena M., b. June 25, 1896.
      • Ernest J., b. March 25, 1865; 1. Hopkinton; m. Effa C. Serviss, August 1, 1887; b. March 9, 1870. Had four children:
        • Ella A., b. September 8, 1888.
        • Hazel Pearl, b. May 12, 1890.
        • Jenette Belle, b. September 3, 1892.
        • Myrtle May, b. February 21, 1895.
    • George Thurman, b. April 25, 1834; d. March 17, 1902; m. Eleanor Starks, December 6, 1860. He kept the old homestead to his death. It is now in charge of his son. Had four children:
      • George L., b. May 10, 1863; d. January 29, 1864.
      • Clara E., b. January 11, 1865; 1. Wollaston, Mass.; m. Edwin E. Smith, December 15, 1886. No issue.
      • Eli S., b. September 4, 1871; 1. Hopkinton; m. Viola M. Bruce, September 8, 1891; b. September 12, 1870. Had three children:
        • Cecil B., b. March 12, 1894.
        • Claude H., b. June 6, 1896; d. December 8, 1897.
        • Dorothy G., b. December 13, 1899.
      • Nettie M., b. April 23, I 875; 1. Sanford Corners; m. Ruthford Cooper. Had one child:
        • Viola.
    • Ashford N., b. December 10, 1836; 1. Hopkinton; m. Mary Clark, September 15, 1858; b. June 22, 1840, Hinesburg, Vt. He enlisted in the 7th New York Heavy Artillery and was severely wounded in the arm at the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Had four children:
      • Eveline D., b. March 3, 1861; 1. Hopkinton; m. Adelbert Smith, October 29, 1879. (See Josiah Smith.)
      • Edmond, b. April 11, 1862; single. Viola E., b. October 21, 1865; d. September 9, 1892; m. Charles Peck, October 27, 1886. Had four children:
        • Almena M., b. April 2, 1888.
        • Roland R., b. August 16, 1889.
        • Sherman C., b. August 25, 1890.
        • Harrison C., b. August 14, 1892.
      • Almena E., b. April 22, 1872; m. Sherman Nichols, September 18, 1890. Had one child:
        • Gerald A., b. March 2, 1893.
    • Ermina E., b. May 20, 1840; 1. Fort Jackson; m. Rollin O. Sanford, March 15, 1859; d. July 29, 1864, Andersonville Prison (see Sanford family); m. 2d, Russell Coolidge.
    • Janette A., b. May 6, 1842; d. May 3, 1862.
    • Ida E., b. December 29, 1854; I. West Stockholm; m. Myron Clark, February 22, 1875; b. February 11, 1854; d. December 15, 1892. Had three children:
      • Leslie, b. April 28, 1878; d. May 18, 1879, in Stockholm.
      • Minnie E., b. August 8, 1880; d. August 31, 1880.
      • Leo Myron, b. June 20, 1892.
  • Clarissa, b. September 16, 1808, in Hopkinton; d. February 4, 1866, Medway, Mass.; m. Elnathan S. Winslow, January 24, 1828; b. February 23, 1802; d. September 22, 1898, Woonsocket, R. I., aged ninety-six. Had seven children:
    • Angeline A., b. August I, 1830, in Pierrepont; d. August 1, 1853, Potsdam; m. Samuel R. Leonard, January 14, 1849; b. January 29, 1828; d. April 22, 1877. Had two children:
      • Adelbert W., b. November 16, 1849; d. December 9, 1885; m. Liwzie Burkett, d. March 8, 1902. Had three children:
        • Mabell, b. June 5, 1874; 1. Malden, Mass.; m. Fred Nichols. Had four children:
          • Charles, Dorothy, Mildred and Fred.
        • Harry A., b. February 7, 1876; 1. Augusta, Me.; m. Emma E. Hordmann, December, 1898; b. July 12, 1874. Had two children:
          • Adelbert W., b. December 9, 1899.
          • Franklin H., b. June 2, 1901.
        • Ella A., b. July 13, 1882; d. May, 1898, Everett, Mass.
      • Ella A., b. April z, 1852; 1. Cambridge, Mass.; m. Frank Delano Marsh, September 20, 1882. Had one child:
        • Mildred.
    • Alzina Ann, b. December 13, 1832; d. November 12, 1901, Medway, Mass.; m. Lucius Taylor, October 14, 1853, in Pierrepont. Had two children:
      • Leonard, b. 1860; 1. Woonsocket, R. I. Edgar, d. a babe.
    • Ellen M., b. September 3, 1835; 1. East Vassalboro, Me.; m. George Edmund Fuller, September 3, 1850; d. September 7, 1899. Had four children:
      • George Elgon, b. April 2, 1854; d. August 24, 1901; m. Florence O. Hurd, November 26, 1875; 1. Dorchester, Mass. Had five children:
        • Florence B., b. December 22, 1876; 1. Dorchester, Mass.
        • Oscar H., b. May 4, 1878; 1. Dorchester, Mass.
        • May Belle E., b. October 5, 1880; 1. Dorchester, Mass.
        • Elgon, b. January z, 1892; 1. Dorchester, Mass.
        • Elwyn, b. January 2, 1902.
      • Edmund W., b. November 28, 1857; 1. Brookline, Mass.; m. Lucretia West, December 8, 1886. Had three children:
        • Raymond, b. September 15, 1887.
        • Leroy, b. November 28, 1889.
        • Norman, b. March 7, 1892.
      • Nellie A., b. November 7, 1861; 1. East Vassalboro, Me.; m. Frank A. Marden, June 10, 1885. Had two children:
        • Tila Gertrude, b. May 9, 1886; d. September 15, 1897.
        • Harold Chesterfield, b. July 28, 1890.
      • Frank S., b. October 4, 1867; d. December 8, 1884.
    • Edgar, b. October 16, 1838; d. November 3, 1838.
    • Edwin, b. October 16, 1838; d. November 3, 1838.
    • Francis H., b. July 8, 1846; d. November 15, 1846.
    • Clara D., b. April 11, 1850, in Medway, Mass.; m. FerD.C. Haywood; 1. Milford, Conn. Had two children:
      • Carl B., b. April 6, 1874; single; 1. Milford, Conn.
      • Edna R., b. June 2, 1875; m. Charles L. Stow, December 15, 1898; 1. Milford, Conn.
  • Hannah J., b. September 22, 1811; d. March 4, 1863, in Grant, Ill.; m. William Curtis Howard, March 7, 1838, at Hopkinton; b. October 23, 1817; 1. McHenry, Ill. Started for Illinois, June 10, 1844. Had six children:
    • Eli Herbert C., b. March 1, 1839, in Pierrepont; d. May 23, 1842.
    • Joseph Elverton, b. November 30, 1840; single; 1. Elgin, Ill. Was a soldier in Civil War. Insane from sunstroke.
    • Auletus H., b. November 9, 1842, in Hopkinton; d. April 1, 1844.
    • Edson C., b. February 6, 1845; 1. Foxlake, Ill.; m. Emma Ribon, December 8, 1886; m. 2d. -------- Had one child by first marriage: Myrtle, b. December 8, 1885. Adopted by Edwin Drury.
  • Chester S., b. November 3, 1847; I. McHenry, 111.
  • Hannah A., b. December 25, 1849, Grant, Ill.; m. Edwin Drury, April 19, 1871; b. November 12, 1842, Gages Lake, Ill.; 1. Wilmette, Ill. Had three children:
    • Fred Howard, b. February 23, 1873; d. February 23, 1874.
    • Gertrude, b. March 20, 1875; d. December 13, 1898; m. John J. Spear, October 21, 1896; b. February 18, 1871. Had one child:
      • Mildred G., b. January 20, 1898.
    • Myrtle Drury, daughter of Edson C. Howard, adopted.
  • Eli B., b. August 21, 1816; d. December 13, 1891, in California, aged seventy-five; m. Martha R. Hunter, November 11, 1840; b. June 4, 1822; d. October 30, 1881, in San Francisco, Cal., aged fifty-nine. He went to Waukegan, Ill., many years ago. He started with an ox team and it is said took six months of time for the journey. Had three children:
    • Angeline E., b. November 7, 1841; d. December 3, 1841.
    • Rosalia Eugenia, b. July 31, 1843; d. San Francisco; m. Charles W. Kinsman. No issue:
    • Martha (adopted).
    • Almond C., b. October, 1848; d. November, 1849, Waukegan, Ill.

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