FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From:	Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth

Surname:   ROBERTSON
Source:    History of Charlestown - Fort No. 4 by Rev.
           Henry H. Saunderson pub 1876

p.540
John Robertson b. June 25, l778 m. Dec 27, l798 Polly
Clendening b. Nov 6, l776.  Their children:
1. Roswell Robertson b. Nov l6, l799 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 ll, l83l m. at Charlestown, NH l853 
           Hezekiah L. Robinson who d. at Waterloo, Provence
           of Quebec, Apr 2, l868.
   Roswell Robertson m. (2) Sarah Williams and had by her:
        2. Roswell W. Robertson b. Sep 3, l830 m. l862 Helen
           Humphrey dau of Royal Humphrey and wife, Eliza
           (Morse) Humphrey  She b. May 9, l840.
   Roswell Robertson m. (3) Mar 8, l84l Abby W. Taylor dau of 
   Arad and Hannah L. (Robinson) Taylor b. at Newfane Nov 28.
   1821.
2. Betsy Robertson b. May 2, l80l m. William Blake of Bellows
   Falls Res: Greenfield, MA.
3. John Robertson b. May l, l805 moved West. Supposedly killed
   by Indians.
4. Russell Robertson b. May 6, l807 m. Feb 5,l837 Louisa M. 
   Holton b. Sep 27, l8l5  Their children:
     l. Richard Robertson b. l836 m. l868 Mary Ann Ward of
             Charlestown, NH. One child, Abbie Mellville Robert-
             son b. l869
       2. Marie L. Robertson b. Oct l5, l840 m. J. W. Hodgkins
           on Aug 27, l867. Res: Atlantic, Iowa.  Their children:
     l. Russell Hodgkins b. l868
     2. John Edward Hodgkins b. l87l
     3. William Blake Hodgkins b. l842 d. l870.
     4. Abby F. Hodgkins b. l843 m. l86l Thomas
                    R. Melville.
                 5. Sarah Hodgkins b.l846 m. l870 William H.
                    Voorhies. One child: Mary L. Voorhies b.
                    l87l
     6. George Hodgkins b. l849 m. l87l Martha A.
                    Chatterton b. l852 One child: George C.
                     Hodgkins b. l872.
5.  Richardson Robertson b. l809 m. l835 Maria Silsby dau of
    Isaac Silsby and wife, Anna (Langley) Silsby.  She b. l8l2.
    Their children:
l. Mary Robertson b. l837
2. Emily Robertson b. l839 m. l86l John Henry
                   Bradbury son of John Bradbury and wife,
                   Rebecca (Boardman) Bradbury of Newburyport,
                   MA.  He b. Dec 9, l827.  Their children:
l. Harriet R. Bradbury b. l862
2. Mary R. Bradbury b. l864
    3. John H. Bradbury b. l866
                        4. Richard R. Bradbury b. l875
3. Louisa Robertson b. Jan 25, l84l m. Hezekiah 
                   Luke Robinson in l874 Res: Montreal, Canada.
                   Obituary:  Entered into rest, on Friday, Mar
                   3l, l876 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. l844
5. John Robertson b. Mar 22,l847 grad at the Theo-
                   logical Seminary of Nashotah,WI and entered the
                   ministry of the Episcopal Church. In l875 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.

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