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Abby Frances <I>Knight</I> Robeson

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Abby Frances Knight Robeson

Birth
Death
21 Dec 1928 (aged 71)
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Indian Ridge path, Lot 4360
Memorial ID
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Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson (1857-1908)
Mrs. Andrew Robeson III
Daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Curtis (Johnson) Knight, of New Hampshire. Descendant of Daniel Brewer. Great-great-grandaughter of Joseph Brewer, DAR patriot ancestor, and his wife Rebecca Weld.
DAR Member:  Abby Frances Knight Robeson
Nat'l #: 25741 Ancestor #: A014125
1.
DAR member Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson was the daughter of Leonard Knight and Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
2.
The Said Elizabeth Curtis Johnson was the child of Moses Johnson and Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
3.
The Said Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer was the child of Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Curtis
4.
The Said Nathaniel Brewer was the child of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca Weld
[edited for clarity]
https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=1094694&MyLineageCount=1

Mother of Andrew Robeson, Jr. (1880-1939)
The 4th Andrew Robeson in a direct line, Andrew Jr. was the son of Andrew Robeson III and Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson. Andrew 4th married Laura (Patterson) Swan, daughter of Donnell Swan of Maryland and Sidney Smith (Turner) Swan Dyer. Laura's mother married twice, her second husband being Elisha Dyer of Newport, Rhode Island.

Andrew Robeson (1880-1939)
Auctioneer, of Brookline, Massachusetts & Newport, R.I.
Father
Andrew Robeson, Jr. (1843-1906)
Mother
Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson (b. 1857)*
Spouse
Laura (Swan) Robeson (1881-1973)
Children
Laurette (Robeson) Tidrick (b.1914)
He was educated at Groton School and Harvard University. He was an auctioneer at Boston and a member of various clubs and societies. In 1913, he married Laura Patterson Swan, great-great granddaughter of William Patterson. They had one daughter and lived between 469 Walnut Street in Brookline and 135 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport.
*HouseHistree website states Abby Frances Knight was "b.c.1855" - she was born in 1857.
https://househistree.com/people/andrew-robeson-2

Grandmother of Laurette Robeson, daughter of Andrew Robeson, IV (known in his lifetime as Andrew Robeson, Jr.) and Laura (Swan) Robeson. Laurette was married in 1936, when she was 22 years old, to Lawrence Tidrick, a Flagstaff barber. Possible alternative spelling, Laurence Tidrick.

LAURETTE ROBESON MARRIED IN ARIZONA; Mrs. Elisha Dyer's Grandchild, of Newport, Bride of Lawrence Tidrick of Flagstaff.
— The New York Times
September 15, 1936, Section SOCIAL NEWS, Page 34
https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/15/archives/laurette-robeson-married-in-arizona-mrs-eisha-dyers-grandchild-of.html

Laurette Robeson and Lawrence Tidrick
"...the state would not recognize the marriage of Laurette Patterson Robeson, 22-year-old Newport, heiress, and Lawrence Tidrick, 30, a Flagstaff barber..."
The Raleigh Register, September 20, 1936, Page 6. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-raleigh-register/7590304/ : accessed July 12, 2023), clip page by user artidrick

Lawrence Warnock Tidrick in The Rotches Family, 1947 - Rotch family, Bullard family, Rodman family: "... Paris, France, April 12, 1914. She married in Flagstaff, Ariz., Sept. 12, 1936, Lawrence Warnock Tidrick, born Jan. 23, 1906, son of Robert Abraham and Mary Caroline (Warnock) Tidrick of Winterset, Ohio.

Lawrence Warnock Tidrick was born in 1906, in Ohio, to Robert Abraham Tidrick and Mary Caroline Tidrick (born Warnock). Robert was born on May 20, 1870, in OH. Mary was born on November 28, 1876, in OH. Lawrence had 5 siblings: Leroy Elwood Tidrick, Minnie B. Gray (born Tidrick) and 3 other siblings. Lawrence married Laura Patterson Tidrick (born Robertson*). Laura was born on April 12, 1914. They had one child. Lawrence passed away on month day 1983, at age 77. (*ROBESON)

Lawrence Tidrick in 1940 United States Federal Census

Lawrence Tidrick was born circa 1906, in Ohio. Lawrence married Patterson Tidrick. Patterson was born circa 1914, in France. They had one son: Rodman Tidrick. Lawrence lived in 1935, in Arizona. He lived in 1940, in Arizona.

Abby Frances Knight, in Wikipedia entry for her husband's father Andrew Robeson, Jr.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Robeson_Jr.

Brewer
Descendants of Daniel Brewer, immigrant Brewer family of Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Direct line to Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson and her descendants:
Daniel Brewer
Joanna

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Rand

Nathaniel Brewer, Jr. (aka II)
Margaret Weld

Nathaniel Brewer III
Elizabeth Mayo

Joseph Brewer
Rebecca Weld

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Curtis

Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
Moses Johnson

"Moses Johnson - M - Charts: Daniel Brewer
Moses Johnson married Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer, daughter of Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Curtis, Roxbury, Massachusetts, on 8 August 1824 - Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer b. 14 Apr 1796. Citations[S612] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, online www.newenglandancestors.org, VR of Roxbury, Mass. To the End of the Year 1849."


Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
Leonard Knight

Abby Frances Knight
Andrew Robeson III

Andrew Robeson IV
Laura Patterson Swan

Laurette Patterson Robeson
Lawrence Warnock Tidrick

Weld
Weld family of Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
All of the Weld family were buried in Eliot Burying Ground until the late 1700s, and some family members were buried in Eliot after 1800. Unless proof of burial is in another cemetery, historians for the City of Boston state Eliot Burying Ground is the presumed burial location for Weld & Brewer families of Roxbury (& Jamaica Plain, etc.)

Two direct lines to Abby Frances Knight from Edmund and Amye Weld:

Weld Line One
Edmund Weld
Amye

Reverend Thomas Weld
Margaret

Thomas Weld
Dorothy Whiting

Margaret Weld
Nathaniel Brewer, Jr.
-also seen as "Nathaniel Brewer II"

Nathaniel Brewer III
Elizabeth Mayo

Joseph Brewer
Rebecca Weld
-distant cousins in the Weld family

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Curtis

Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
Moses Johnson
- married August 8, 1824 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
Leonard Knight

Abby Frances Knight (Mrs. Andrew Robeson, III)

Weld Line 2
Edmund Weld
Amye

Joseph Weld
Elizabeth Wise
-unknown father

John Weld
Margaret Bowen

Joseph Weld
Sarah Faxon
-Chamberlain by her 2nd marriage

Ebenezer Weld
Mary Craft
-members of the same Craft family use Crafts, Croft, Crofte

Rebecca Weld
Joseph Brewer
-distant cousins in the Weld line

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Curtis

Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
Moses Johnson
- married August 8, 1824 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
Leonard Knight

Abby Frances Knight
Mrs. Andrew Robeson, III
Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson (1857-1908)
Mrs. Andrew Robeson III
Daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Curtis (Johnson) Knight, of New Hampshire. Descendant of Daniel Brewer. Great-great-grandaughter of Joseph Brewer, DAR patriot ancestor, and his wife Rebecca Weld.
DAR Member:  Abby Frances Knight Robeson
Nat'l #: 25741 Ancestor #: A014125
1.
DAR member Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson was the daughter of Leonard Knight and Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
2.
The Said Elizabeth Curtis Johnson was the child of Moses Johnson and Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
3.
The Said Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer was the child of Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Curtis
4.
The Said Nathaniel Brewer was the child of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca Weld
[edited for clarity]
https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=1094694&MyLineageCount=1

Mother of Andrew Robeson, Jr. (1880-1939)
The 4th Andrew Robeson in a direct line, Andrew Jr. was the son of Andrew Robeson III and Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson. Andrew 4th married Laura (Patterson) Swan, daughter of Donnell Swan of Maryland and Sidney Smith (Turner) Swan Dyer. Laura's mother married twice, her second husband being Elisha Dyer of Newport, Rhode Island.

Andrew Robeson (1880-1939)
Auctioneer, of Brookline, Massachusetts & Newport, R.I.
Father
Andrew Robeson, Jr. (1843-1906)
Mother
Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson (b. 1857)*
Spouse
Laura (Swan) Robeson (1881-1973)
Children
Laurette (Robeson) Tidrick (b.1914)
He was educated at Groton School and Harvard University. He was an auctioneer at Boston and a member of various clubs and societies. In 1913, he married Laura Patterson Swan, great-great granddaughter of William Patterson. They had one daughter and lived between 469 Walnut Street in Brookline and 135 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport.
*HouseHistree website states Abby Frances Knight was "b.c.1855" - she was born in 1857.
https://househistree.com/people/andrew-robeson-2

Grandmother of Laurette Robeson, daughter of Andrew Robeson, IV (known in his lifetime as Andrew Robeson, Jr.) and Laura (Swan) Robeson. Laurette was married in 1936, when she was 22 years old, to Lawrence Tidrick, a Flagstaff barber. Possible alternative spelling, Laurence Tidrick.

LAURETTE ROBESON MARRIED IN ARIZONA; Mrs. Elisha Dyer's Grandchild, of Newport, Bride of Lawrence Tidrick of Flagstaff.
— The New York Times
September 15, 1936, Section SOCIAL NEWS, Page 34
https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/15/archives/laurette-robeson-married-in-arizona-mrs-eisha-dyers-grandchild-of.html

Laurette Robeson and Lawrence Tidrick
"...the state would not recognize the marriage of Laurette Patterson Robeson, 22-year-old Newport, heiress, and Lawrence Tidrick, 30, a Flagstaff barber..."
The Raleigh Register, September 20, 1936, Page 6. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-raleigh-register/7590304/ : accessed July 12, 2023), clip page by user artidrick

Lawrence Warnock Tidrick in The Rotches Family, 1947 - Rotch family, Bullard family, Rodman family: "... Paris, France, April 12, 1914. She married in Flagstaff, Ariz., Sept. 12, 1936, Lawrence Warnock Tidrick, born Jan. 23, 1906, son of Robert Abraham and Mary Caroline (Warnock) Tidrick of Winterset, Ohio.

Lawrence Warnock Tidrick was born in 1906, in Ohio, to Robert Abraham Tidrick and Mary Caroline Tidrick (born Warnock). Robert was born on May 20, 1870, in OH. Mary was born on November 28, 1876, in OH. Lawrence had 5 siblings: Leroy Elwood Tidrick, Minnie B. Gray (born Tidrick) and 3 other siblings. Lawrence married Laura Patterson Tidrick (born Robertson*). Laura was born on April 12, 1914. They had one child. Lawrence passed away on month day 1983, at age 77. (*ROBESON)

Lawrence Tidrick in 1940 United States Federal Census

Lawrence Tidrick was born circa 1906, in Ohio. Lawrence married Patterson Tidrick. Patterson was born circa 1914, in France. They had one son: Rodman Tidrick. Lawrence lived in 1935, in Arizona. He lived in 1940, in Arizona.

Abby Frances Knight, in Wikipedia entry for her husband's father Andrew Robeson, Jr.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Robeson_Jr.

Brewer
Descendants of Daniel Brewer, immigrant Brewer family of Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Direct line to Abby Frances (Knight) Robeson and her descendants:
Daniel Brewer
Joanna

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Rand

Nathaniel Brewer, Jr. (aka II)
Margaret Weld

Nathaniel Brewer III
Elizabeth Mayo

Joseph Brewer
Rebecca Weld

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Curtis

Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
Moses Johnson

"Moses Johnson - M - Charts: Daniel Brewer
Moses Johnson married Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer, daughter of Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Curtis, Roxbury, Massachusetts, on 8 August 1824 - Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer b. 14 Apr 1796. Citations[S612] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, online www.newenglandancestors.org, VR of Roxbury, Mass. To the End of the Year 1849."


Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
Leonard Knight

Abby Frances Knight
Andrew Robeson III

Andrew Robeson IV
Laura Patterson Swan

Laurette Patterson Robeson
Lawrence Warnock Tidrick

Weld
Weld family of Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
All of the Weld family were buried in Eliot Burying Ground until the late 1700s, and some family members were buried in Eliot after 1800. Unless proof of burial is in another cemetery, historians for the City of Boston state Eliot Burying Ground is the presumed burial location for Weld & Brewer families of Roxbury (& Jamaica Plain, etc.)

Two direct lines to Abby Frances Knight from Edmund and Amye Weld:

Weld Line One
Edmund Weld
Amye

Reverend Thomas Weld
Margaret

Thomas Weld
Dorothy Whiting

Margaret Weld
Nathaniel Brewer, Jr.
-also seen as "Nathaniel Brewer II"

Nathaniel Brewer III
Elizabeth Mayo

Joseph Brewer
Rebecca Weld
-distant cousins in the Weld family

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Curtis

Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
Moses Johnson
- married August 8, 1824 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
Leonard Knight

Abby Frances Knight (Mrs. Andrew Robeson, III)

Weld Line 2
Edmund Weld
Amye

Joseph Weld
Elizabeth Wise
-unknown father

John Weld
Margaret Bowen

Joseph Weld
Sarah Faxon
-Chamberlain by her 2nd marriage

Ebenezer Weld
Mary Craft
-members of the same Craft family use Crafts, Croft, Crofte

Rebecca Weld
Joseph Brewer
-distant cousins in the Weld line

Nathaniel Brewer
Elizabeth Curtis

Anna Curtis Blaney Brewer
Moses Johnson
- married August 8, 1824 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Curtis Johnson
Leonard Knight

Abby Frances Knight
Mrs. Andrew Robeson, III

Inscription

FRANCES ROBESON
MAR. 22, 1857
DEC. 21, 1928

Gravesite Details

Interred 12/23/1928



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