Ancestry of
Benjamin Roberts

(1803–1886)

George Roberts

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• • Father of Benjamin Roberts — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Roberts 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth White   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Mar 1773 
  • Birth Location:
  • Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine 
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Jan 1815 
  • Death Location:
  • at sea 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Davis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Oct 1797 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Portland, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Child:

  Benjamin Roberts (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • George Roberts was lost at sea aboard the Dash, a privateer during the War of 1812. The ship is believed to have foundered on the Georges Banks during a storm.

• Sources for George Roberts

  • ¹ Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922, Marriage record for George Roberts and Hannah Davis.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1955, Vol. 109, p. 151, gives incorrect date for George's marriage.
  • ³ Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury, Descendants of Edward Small of New England and the Allied Families with Tracings of English Ancestry, Cambridge: Privately Printed at The Riverside Press (1910), 1164, 1171-1187.