Robert DRIVER 
Robert was born in 1631 in Salem, Essex Co., Ma . Robert's father was Robert DRIVER and his mother was Phebe MAPLESDEN. His paternal grandfather was Robert DRIVER. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Richard, John , Phebe and Ruth . He was the oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 77 in 1708 in Lynn, Essex Co., Ma .General Notes
!HISTORY: The Driver Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver of Lynn, Mass., by Harriet Ruth (Waters) Cooke, New York: John Wilson and Son, 1889, page 57-68, SECOND GENERATION, Family II.
ROBERT DRIVER 2, JR. (No. 2), son of Robert 1 and wife Phebe, born perhaps in 1631 ; living in 1701-2, when, as has been shown, he received L01 : 00 : 00 from Samuel Burrill, constable of Lynn, Mass., for services as sexton of the Meeting-House; died before 1708, according to the deed of Abraham Wellman to John Brintall, to be found in this history under the account of his daughter Ruth. He married Sarah ____, revealed by a petition to the Quarterly Court of 1689, asking that his son Solomon (who had been drafted for the Indian war), might be released, as some others had been, "for the life of his wife Sarah is bound up in her son Salmon." ___ Town Record.
Nothing further concerning her is to be found on record.
Feb. 21, 1677, Robert Driver, Jr., received form his father by Deed of Gift, four acres of land.
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Children of ROBERT, JR., and SARAH DRIVER, as taken from the Essex co. records, excepting first child, William ( which records in 1885 were in the office of the city clerk of Salem, Mass.), were: -
7. WILLIAM 3 DRIVER, born probably in Lynn, Mass., perhaps in 1660; old enough in 1675 to enlist in Capt. Joseph Gardner's company, as a soldier in King Philip's war; died in Salem, Mass., in 1691-2; me. before 1681, Mary Glover. (See Family V.)
8. SARA 3 DRIVER, born probably in Lynn, Mass., in 1664-5; died Feb. 5, 1666 (Town Record).
9. RUTH 3 DRIVER, born (probably in Lynn, Mass.) Oct. 4, 1667 (Town Record); died after 1734-5, unmarried.
This daughter appears in probate matter as early as 1706, when she was 39 years of age. In 1734 she was the only surviving child and heir of her father, as she states in the deed to Samuel Walton and Jonathan Foster. . . .
10. SALMON 3 DRIVER (subsequently Solomon), born in Lynn, Mass., Aug. 11, 1670; died before 1722-3; md. some one unknown, and had issue Solomon, and perhaps others. (See Family VI.)
11. JOHN 3 DRIVER, born Dec. 2, 1673; died before 1722-3.
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MILITARY He apparently served in the military, but on 24 June 1651, "Robert Driver [was] discharged from training, paying a bushel of Indian corn yearly for the use of the company"
Details of Robert's family with Sarah UNKNOWN
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