Henry ROBIE

HUSBAND:
[F7572]. Henry ROBIE.
Born 12 February 1618 at Castle Donington, Leicester, England; son of Thomas ROBIE [F15144] and Mary COXEN [F15145].

Henry came to Exeter, NH from Dorchester, MA in 1639. He was a signer of the "Combination,"

He married (1) Ruth MOORE [F7573] in 1645 at Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

He joined in building a sawmill in 1649, and was selectman in 1650. Soon after 1650, this family moved to Hampton, NH, where Henry was a selectman several times starting in 1656, was a constable in 1661, a Justice of the Peace for many years, and a Justice of the Court of Sessions. He and his wife were recorded as members of the town church on 18 September 1671.

He married (2) Elizabeth PHILBRICK on (10)(16-S4)(19) JAN 1674 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

In 1677, he was sent to flank the Indians, who were besieging the Hampton settlement.

Henry married (3) Sarah SHAW in 1678.

During his last years, he kept an ordinary (inn, tavern, or public house), which his widow continued after his death.

Henry died (4-S4)(22-S?) APR 1688 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, aged sixty-nine. He was buried in the Shaw Family Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

WIFE (1):
[F7573]. Ruth MOORE.
Born in 1620 in England; daughter of William MOORE [F15146]. She was of Castle Donington, Leicester County, England.

She married Henry ROBIE [F7572] in 1645 at Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Henry and his first wife, Ruth had eight children, the first three probably born in Exeter, NH, the last five probably born in Hampton, NH:

She died on 5 MAY 1673 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

CHILDREN of Henry ROBIE [F7572] and Ruth MOORE [F7573]:
  1. Mary ROBIE. Born in 1644. She married 22 Dec. 1663 Samuel FOLSOM.
  2. Thomas ROBIE. Born 1 March 1646 at Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He married 8 Dec. 1687, Martha EATON.
  3. [F3786] John ROBIE. Born 2 Feb. 1649 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He married Ann CORLISS, daughter of George CORLISS, on 1 November 1677. Fifteen days after his wife's death, he was killed by the Indians leaving seven children, none over twelve years of age.
  4. Judith ROBIE. Born about 1650; accused John Young of fathering her son, John, who was born 6 Dec. 1671; m. 15 Sept. 1693, Samuel Healey, son of William Healey.
  5. Ruth ROBIE. Born 3 March 1654 at Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She was living unmarried in 1686.
  6. Deliverance ROBIE. Born 22 March 1657; not listed in her father's will; m. 28 Dec. 1680, Nathaniel Haseltine, son of John Haseltine. She died 20 DEC 1686.
  7. Samuel ROBIE. Born 4 Aug. 1659. He married Mary PAGE [F3787]. He died 10 AUG 1717 at Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  8. Ichabod ROBIE. Born 26 Nov. 1664. He married (1) Lucy Page, daughter of Francis Page. He married (2) Lydia Spendlow (Spendlove?).


WIFE (2):
Elizabeth PHILBRICK.
Born in 1620 in England; daughter of Thomas PHILBRICK [F7608] and Elizabeth KNAPP [F7609]. She married (1) Thomas Chase. She married (2) John Garland. She married (3) Henry ROBIE [F7572] on (10)(16-S4)(19) JAN 1674 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She died on 11 Feb 1677 in New Hampshire.

WIFE (3):
Sarah SHAW.
Sarah was born in 1618. When she married Henry ROBIE in 1678, she was a widow with a son, John. Sarah died 23 January 1703, and was buried in the Shaw Family Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Did she really have children after age 60? Don't these belong to a previous marriage?]

CHILDREN of Henry ROBIE [F7572] and Sarah SHAW:
  1. Sarah ROBIE. Born 19 April 1679; not in her father's will; m. possibly Samuel Clough. [See Sarah, daughter of John Robie and Ann Corliss].
  2. Joann ROBIE.
  3. Mary ROBIE.


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