Means, Robert (1742-1823)

Name:

Means, Robert (1742-1823)

Title:

Member, Committee of Safety, Town of Amherst, 1776, 1780
Treasurer, County of Hillsborough 1784-1802
Moderator, Town of Amherst, 1800, 1808, 1809
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives 1783-1786, 1789
Member, New Hampshire State Senate
Member, Executive Council, State of New Hampshire
Proprietor, Hillsborough Bank Corporation, 1806

Born:

08/28/1742

Birthplace:

Stewartstown, Ireland

Died:

01/24/1823

Death Location:

Amherst, NH

Residence:

Boston, MA, 1766-1770
Merrimack, NH, 1770-1774
Amherst, NH, 1774-1823

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Weaver
Merchant
Politician

Father:

Means, Thomas

Spouse:

McGregor, Mary (1752-1838); m. 11/24/1774

Children:

Thomas, born 1775; died 1821
Mary, born 1777; died 1858
Elizabeth, born 1779; died 1844
David, McGregor, born 1781
Nancy, born 1783; died 1866
Robert, born 1786; died 1842
Isaac, born 1788; died 1788
Jane, born 1789; died 1805
Mary Ann, born 1792; died 1812

Notes:

Anne M. Means, Amherst and Our Family Tree. (Boston, Massachusetts: Fleming-Hughes-Rogers, Company, Inc., 1921), 59-63.

Daniel F. Secomb, History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. (Concord, New Hampshire: Evans, Sleeper and Woodbury, 1883), 202, 210, 212, 254, 689-690, 901-902.

"Notices," The Farmer's Cabinet, Amherst, New Hampshire, January 6, 1803, 1.

"Hillsborough Bank," The Farmer's Cabinet, Amherst, New Hampshire, July 15, 1806, 4.

"Death Notice," The Farmer's Cabinet, Amherst, New Hampshire, February 1, 1823, 3.

Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground, Amherst, NH