Robertson FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH

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ROBERTSON FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH
Transcribed and contributed to Genealogy Trails by Janice Farnsworth - Farns10th@aol.com
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort 4 by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub 1876,
Claremont, NH

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John Robertson b. June 25, 1778 m. Dec 27, 1798 Polly Clendening b. Nov 6, 1776. Their children:
1. Roswell Robertson b. Nov 16, 1799 m. Mary Williams dau of W. H. and Abigail (Robinson) Williams of New fane, VT. Their children:

l. Sarah Elizabeth Robertson b. at Bellow Falls, Dec 11, 1831 m. at Charlestown, NH 1853
Hezekiah L. Robinson who d. at Waterloo, Provence of Quebec, Apr 2, 1868.

Roswell Robertson m. (2) Sarah Williams and had by her:

2. Roswell W. Robertson b. Sep 3, 1830 m. 1862 Helen Humphrey dau of Royal Humphrey and wife, Eliza (Morse) Humphrey She b. May 9, 1840. Roswell Robertson m. (3) Mar 8, 184l Abby W. Taylor dau of Arad and Hannah L. (Robinson) Taylor b. at Newfane Nov 28, 1821.

2. Betsy Robertson b. May 2, 180l m. William Blake of Bellows Falls Res: Greenfield, MA.
3. John Robertson b. May l, 1805 moved West. Supposedly killed by Indians.
4. Russell Robertson b. May 6, 1807 m. Feb 5,1837 Louisa M. Holton b. Sep 27, 18l5 Their children:

l. Richard Robertson b. 1836 m. 1868 Mary Ann Ward of Charlestown, NH. One child, Abbie Mellville Robertson b. 1869
2. Marie L. Robertson b. Oct l5, 1840 m. J. W. Hodgkins on Aug 27, 1867. Res: Atlantic, Iowa. Their children:

l. Russell Hodgkins b. 1868
2. John Edward Hodgkins b. 187l
3. William Blake Hodgkins b. 1842 d. 1870.
4. Abby F. Hodgkins b. 1843 m. 186l Thomas R. Melville.
5. Sarah Hodgkins b.1846 m. 1870 William H. Voorhies. One child: Mary L. Voorhies b. 187l
6. George Hodgkins b. 1849 m. 187l Martha A. Chatterton b. 1852 One child: George C. Hodgkins b. 1872.

5. Richardson Robertson b. 1809 m. 1835 Maria Silsby dau of Isaac Silsby and wife, Anna (Langley) Silsby. She b. 18l2. Their children:

l. Mary Robertson b. 1837
2. Emily Robertson b. 1839 m. 186l John Henry Bradbury son of John Bradbury and wife, Rebecca (Boardman) Bradbury of Newburyport, MA. He b. Dec 9, 1827. Their children:

l. Harriet R. Bradbury b. 1862
2. Mary R. Bradbury b. 1864
3. John H. Bradbury b. 1866
4. Richard R. Bradbury b. 1875

3. Louisa Robertson b. Jan 25, 184l m. Hezekiah Luke Robinson in 1874 Res: Montreal, Canada.

Obituary: Entered into rest, on Friday, Mar 3l, 1876 in her 35th year, Louisa Robinson wife of H. Luke Robinson of Montreal,Canada and daughter of Richardson and Maria (Silsby) Robertson of Charlestown, NH. Her last rites of the Holy Church took place on the 2nd of Apr. the 5th Sunday in Lent, from her own parish church in Charlestown, NH. "Endeared to many from her childhood, her memory and in-fluence will long remain fresh in our hearts and lives. Full of life and hope she had ever a cheerful word winning the love of all, parti-cularly of children. (etc).

4. Esther Robertson b. 1844
5. John Robertson b. Mar 22,1847 grad at the Theological Seminary of Nashotah,WI and entered the ministry of the Episcopal Church. In 1875 he was in Europe.

Richardson Robertson Esq., the record of whose family is given above was the landlord and proprietor of the Robertson House of Charlestown, NH later known as the Eagle Hotel. He was also the keeper of an extensive flour and grain store.