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GILES ROBERTS
Parents:
Children of Giles Roberts:
ANN ROBERTS (d. 1716)
Parents: Giles Roberts
Ann Roberts died on 21 Mar 1716 in Woburn. [Ref] She married first Arthur Alger of Scarborough. [Ref] She married second Samuel Walker. [Ref]
Arthur Alger and his brother Andrew purchased land in Saco, ME in 1651. [Ref] He and Andrew were shot by Indians in Oct 1675. Andrew was killed and Arthur died of his wounds on 14 Oct in Marblehead. [Ref] Arthur was constable of Scarborough in 1658. [Ref] He was grand juryman in 1661. [Ref] He was representative to the general court in 1671 and 1672. [Ref] He and Ann had no children. [Ref]
Alger [Ref] says that it was Andrew's widow (Agnes) who married Samuel Walker.
Ann taught school in Woburn; she was appointed to be the school dame in 1686 and was paid 10 shillings. [Ref]
References
Alger, Arthur M., "The Alger Family of Maine," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 29, 1875, 270-272.
Loring, Arthur G. and William R. Cutter, Samuel Walker of Woburn, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1903.
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