Individual Details

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Elijah Roberts, Patr1ot Of The Revolut1on, son of Simeon and Anna (Johnson) Roberts, was born in Middletown, Conn., August 19, 1761 ; died September 26, 1843. His name first appears among the soldiers of the Revolution who responded to the " Lexington Alarm," and later as a private in Capt. Elihu Hubbard's company, of Middletown, which formed a part of Col. Huntington's regiment, organized in 1775, and reorganized for service in Continental army for the year 1776. After the siege of Boston it marched under Washington to New York and assisted in fortifying the city, and was ordered, August 24, to the Brooklyn front; engaged in the battle of Long Island, August 27, in and near Greenwood Cemetery; was surrounded by the enemy and lost heavily in prisoners. Private Roberts'name appears among the "missing." The regiment afterward joined the main army and took part in the battle of White Plains, and was engaged in the battle of Bemis Heights and surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, October, 1777. He brought with him a musket and cartridge box captured from the enemy. These are now in possession of his descendants.

Marriage

He married, October 24, 1786, Phebe Hubbard, daughter of Nehemiah Hubbard. The Hubbard family was one of the oldest and most prominent in the town of Middletown.

Event

His name next appears among the list of pensioners residing in Middletown in 1832.