Isaac ROBERTS

Father: Joseph ROBERTS
Mother: Esther HAMLIN

Family 1: Abigail MERRILL

(1) The Roberts family; a genealogy of Joseph Roberts of Windham, Maine, Amorena Grant, Boston, MA 1902, pages 29-35 via Archive.org

  1. Justin ROBERTS
  2. Milton M. ROBERTS
  3. Clarkson B. ROBERTS
  4. Addison J. ROBERTS
  5. Isaac Pennington ROBERTS

Family 2: Sarah COBB

(1) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Google eBook), October 1915, "Friends Records at Harlem (China), Me.," page 333: "Isaac ROBERTS of Brooks son of Joseph ROBERTS of Brooks and Esther his wife deceased and Sarah COBB of Limington daughter of Nicholas COBB of Limington and Desire his wife both deceased 3 mo, 23, 1837 in Brooks."

  1. Sophronia ROBERTS
  2. Warren Norton ROBERTS 
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Notes

Updated March 23, 2014. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) The Roberts family; a genealogy of Joseph Roberts of Windham, Maine, Amorena Grant, Boston, MA 1902, pages 29-35 via Archive.org

- Isaac was the fourth of twelve children of Joseph ROBERTS and Esther HAMLIN; his twin brother was Jacob
- "Isaac, born May 10, 1784; married, first, Abigail MERRILL, 1810; married, second, Sarah COBB, 1836; died 1862; had nine children."
- "Isaac was for many years a successful teacher. His specialty was English grammar… With his farming he also held a responsible position as land agent in several towns in Waldo county (for a syndicate), with headquarters in Belfast, Me., from 1840 to 1850. He lived in Belfast three year, while in the business of turning machines, with his son Milton. After then he returned to Brooks, Me."
- "He was an active member of the Freewill Baptist Church for some time, eventually uniting with the Quakers, in which faith he died, October 4, 1862."
- "Isaac ROBERTS married first, in 1810, Abigail MERRILL of Hebron, Me., who bore him seven children and died in 1834." (five children of Isaac and Abigail were listed: Justin; Milton M.; Clarkson B.; Addison J.; and Isaac Pennington ROBERTS). - "Abigail MERRILL ROBERTS died in 1834 and Isaac married Sarah COBB of Limerick, York County, Me. She was born July 16, 1799, and died June 20, 1884. They had two children, a daughter named Sophronia, who died about 1843, and one son, Warren Norton ROBERTS, born May 2, 1839, who lived at home in Brooks, Me., until he was twenty years of age, then he taught school in Brooks and other adjacent towns. In 1872 he went to Lowell, Mass. to work for the Locks and Canal Company. In 1876 he was employed by the city of Lowell as janitor for the high school and remained for seventeen years in that position. Then he went into the grocery business, but failing health compelled him to give up all business a few years ago… we learn, as our forms are locked up for the press, of the death of Warren Norton ROBERTS, which occurred at his home in Lowell, Mass., January 1st, 1902."

(2) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Google eBook), October 1915, "Friends Records at Harlem (China), Me.," page 333.

- "Isaac ROBERTS of Brooks son of Joseph ROBERTS of Brooks and Esther his wife deceased and Sarah COBB of Limington daughter of Nicholas COBB of Limington and Desire his wife both deceased 3 mo, 23, 1837 in Brooks."

(3) 1850 United States Census Maine, Waldo Co., the Town of Brooks, Page 124; August 18, 1850.

Isaac ROBERTS is head of household, married to Sarah [COBB] ROBERTS. He is 66 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $600, and was born in Maine. There are several ROBERTS family included in the household, including their son Warren N. (age 11).

(4) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Waldo Co., the Town of Brooks, Monroe Centre Post Office; Page 63, July 16, 1860.

Isaac Roberts is head of household, married to Sarah [Cobb] Roberts. He is 76 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $250 and personal estate valued at $105, and born in Maine. Their son Warren N. (age 21) is also part of the household.

(5) Maine, Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Isaac ROBERTS
- Place of Death: Brooks, Maine
- Age: 77 years; 6 months
- Date of Death: Year 1862; Month 10; Day 4

(6) Find a Grave via Ancestry.com

- Name: Isaac ROBERTS
- Birth: May 10, 1784
- Death: Oct. 4, 1862
- Spouse: Sarah COBB ROBERTS
- Burial: Friends Cemetery; Brooks, Waldo County, Maine, USA

(7) Jackson Family Records, citing:

... (7a) Norwood, Seth W., "Sketches of Brooks History," (J. B. Page Printing Company, Dover, NH, 1935), [birth] p. 24; [death] p. 405.
- "Son of Joseph ROBERTS and Esther HAMLIN."

- Child listed as Warren Norton ROBERTS (b. May 2, 1839, Brooks, Waldo Co., ME; d. Jan. 1, 1902)