Robert AUGUR5 was born in England5, and died date unknown. He married Mary GUILBERT on 20 November 1673 in New Haven, CN5, daughter of Matthew GUILBERT and Jane.
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Information from Philip S. Augur:
Robert, son of John and Ann Augur, our first ancestor in this country, was born in England. He m. at New Haven, 20 November 1673, Mary Guilbert, daughter of Deputy Governor Mathew and Jane Guilbert. The date of his death is unknown, nor do we know the exact date of his coming to New Haven. From the following intem in the carly Colonial Records we may infer that he came during the summer or fall of 1668. "At a Town Meeting in New Haven, Fev. 7 1668, Mr Davenport came into the meetings and spoke concering the establishment of a Grammar or Collegiate School as designed by the bequeth of Mr. Hopkins. He wished to know whether the people desired to send their songs to such a school, and asked those present to express themselves. Upon which Robert Atwater and other, Mr Augur(Nicholas) said he intended to send for a kinsman from England"(New Haven Colonial Records) This kinsman was probably Robert, and he may have attended Hopkins Grammar School, which was established soon after that meeting. Reverend Stephen Dodd, in his East Haven Register mentions Robert, and gives facts concerning his marriage, and the names and dates of birth of his children. Robert Augur was admitted a free inhabitant in 1674. He may have been a clerk in his Uncle Nicholas' merchantile business we(know) Nicholas carried on in addition to his medical practice. After his uncle's deathhe may have continued that business for his Aunt Ester or for himself: but of his occupation in life we have no certain knowledge. His name does not appear in a list of the original planters of East Haven in 1702; yet a New haven Colonial Records list of those who had allotments on the east side(East Haven) includes the of Robert Augur; number of persons in his family, five;amount on which he paid taxes, L8: number of acres to which he was entitled, twenty-one. He may have lived on this land, but that is quite doubtful. the number of persons in his family is given as five, but fron the records of births we can make only four. There may have been another child not mentioned in the records, possibly a first Mary who died young. Savage(Genealogical Dictionary of the First settlers of New England by James Savage) mentions "Mary again, 1683, died soon" implying that earlier Robert may have had a daughter Mary. We have found no records which give either Mary. The house and Land in New Haven where he probably lived in 1680, was then held in the name of Mathew guilbert which accounts for the small amount on which he paid taxes. Reverend Daniel W. Havens in his Manuscript History of East Haven, supplementary to Dodd's East Haven Register, assumes the he removed to East haven, and states that there is no record of the death of either Robert or his wife Mary. But later he gives the death of Mary, Widow of Robert, 19 Feb. 1731, abourt four years after the death of her son John.
More About Robert AUGUR and Mary GUILBERT: Marriage: 20 November 1673, New Haven, CN.5
Children of Robert AUGUR and Mary GUILBERT are:
Mary AUGUR, b. Abt. 1680, New Haven, CT5, d. date unknown.
Robert AUGUR (d. date unknown)
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