Joseph Roby was a tinman/trader at the time of the Boston Tea Party.
Roby was deeply invested in the revolutionary events at the time. Following his participation in the “destruction of the tea” on December 16, 1773, Roby served in the Massachusetts militia beginning in 1774. After the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, Roby’s company defended the coastline near Gloucester, Massachusetts, just north of Boston.
On July 15, 1775, the company moved to Cambridge. While there, Joseph Roby fell very ill and could not reenlist, and unfortunately suffered ill health for the remainder of his life.
Joseph Roby died in Brockport, New York, on April 13, 1836, and is buried in High Street Cemetery.
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