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Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. In 1775 he served under Colonel Warner during the campaign in Canada in 1776. In Febrary of 1776 he was stationed at Abraham's Plains. He went with Asahel Powers downriver to the Island of Orleans. Served as orderly Sgt.under Capt. Thomas Lee's Independent Company of Rangers, annexed to Colonel Seth Warnars regiment from 1777/8. In 1777 he marched from Cavendish and was in the battles of Bennington and Bemis Heights, at the taking of Burgoyne. He was honorably discharged in 1780 having performed 2 years of service as an orderly sergeant. In 1780 served as a Private for 3 months in Capt. Blakeslee's Company and Col Malcolm's Regiment.

Several references to John McRoberts in "History of the Town of Springfield, Vermont" -
Both John and brother William listed as real estate owners in 1782 along with James Martin and Simeon Bradford.

He engaged in farming and lumbering in the vicinity of Whiting, Vermont. After his death in 1813, his wife Lucy (Bradford) moved to Pittsfield, Ohio, where all their children, except the oldest, David, who had moved, lived out their lives in this small, rural community south and west of Cleveland.

Noted by Peggy ???:
Tenants at Knockferrick Farm in Kirkinner Parish
John and Lucy moved to Orvell about 1812.

Notes by Kyle Davenport:
On March 13, 1781, John McRoberts was selected one of the Haywards.
In 1794, John was one of the Freemen of Springfield, Vermont.
In 1800 and 1810 Census, as "John McRobert" [no "s"]