Elisha Roberts Genealogy

Record modified: 2015-11-18
This is my ancestor 7 generations back.

 / Samuel Roberts
 / Daniel Roberts|
|  \ Mercy Blake
Elisha Roberts |
|  / John Cornwall
 \ Eunice Cornwell |
 \ Mary Hilton

Born: 1741-01-21 Middletown, Hartford Co, Connecticut USA
Died: 1828-06-19 Floyd, Oneida Co, New York USA
Marriages:
1. 1763-09-11 Mindwell Eggleston

Children of Elisha Roberts and Mindwell Eggleston:
Elisha II Roberts b. 1764-07-00
Eunice Roberts b. 1769-03-06
Mindwell Roberts b. about 1772-00-00
Isaac Roberts b. 1775-09-18
Roxalana Eliza Roberts b. 1778-12-10
Ebenezer Roberts b. about 1782-00-00
*Daniel Roberts b. 1783-12-18


Notes:

Information on parents from Hazleton

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He served in the Revolutionary War.
I think his pension number is S 43939

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baptized 1741-01-25
see Middletown records v1 p69 and p124

married in Middletown, Middlesex Co CT
see Middletown Vital Records 2:300

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from Hazelton:

Middletown Land Records 25:148
I, Elisha Robbards of New Hartford County of Litchfield state of Connecticut for consideration of 27
pounds 10 shillings received of my brother John Robbards of Middletown county of Hartford... land in
Westfield Parish of Middletown 4 A. being same piece of land my Honored father Daniel Robbards
deceased gave me in his will with the 1/2 of the barn standing thereon as described in the will...
6 Feb 1777

New Hartford Land Records 3:117
I John Robards of Middletown... for consideration of 20 pouds received of my brother Elisha Robards of
New Hartford Co Litchfield sell unto Elisha one third part of a piece of land I purcahsed of Uriah Seymour
containing in whole 48 A butted E & W on Hwy N on land of Jonathan Loring S on land belonging to
Uriah Seymour lying W of Wonksunkmug Pond and 1/2 a piece of land I purchased of sd Seymour
being 30 A in the whole butted E & W on Hwy N on land of Benjamin Henshaw S on lott laid out to
Jonathan Loring on W side of sd Pond...
12 May 1777

New Hartford Land Records 5:237
We, Elisha and John Robards of New Hartford for 53 pounds 7s 6p received of Benjamin Henshaw of
New Hartford... a piece of land near the Great Pond... 35 A including a piece of land 3 A owned by
Uriah Seymour not sold with the other...
16 Sept 1790

Middletown Land Records 30:210
We, Elisha Robards and Mindwell his wife of New Hartford... for 8 pounds received of Abisha Doolittle
of Middletown... 73 rods in Newfield Street in Middletown bound on N on sd Doolittle's wife's land S on
sd Doolittle's own land E on Hwy W on land of Mary Alsop together with 1/6 of buildings... the same
was distributed and set to Mindwell in the distribution of the estate of her brother Ebenezer Eagleston
late deceased
19 Oct 1792

New Hartford Land Records 6:96
I, Elisha Robards of New Hartford for the consideration of ____ received of Peletian Marsh... one piece
of land in New Hartford butts E on Hwy runs the W side of the Pond called Shepards... S on Joseph
Merrill 78 rods to a certain hollow and heap of stones W on my own land N on land of John Robards...
7 A 3/4 and 8 rods +-
17 Dec 1792

New Hartford Land Records 6:121
I Elisha Robards of New Hartford do for the consideration ___ received of John Robards of New
Hartford... one piece of land butted E on land I have sold this day to Peletiah Marsh at a certain hollow
and heap of stones S on land belonging to ______ W on Hwy N on land belonging to John Robards
containing __ A +-
17 Dec 1792

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Oneida County Census 1814 Owners of Land
Town of Floyd

Roberts, Ebenezer
Roberts, Elisha

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1810 census Oneida Co NY p92, twp not given
E Roberts 1 M 16-26, 1 M 45+

1800 census Schoharie Co NY p1206, Bristol
Elijsha Robins Senr 2 M 16-26, 1 M 45+, 1 F 10-16, 1 F 45+
[Daniel 16, Ebenezer 18, Elisha 59, Mindwell 55]

1790 census Litchfield Co CT p361
Elisha Roberts 2 M 16+, 2 M 0-16, 4? F (I think that's a 4)
[Elisha 49, Isaac 12?, Ebenezer 8, Daniel 6, Mindwell 45, Eunice 21, Mindwell 18, Roxy 12]

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