Robert Roberts

Robert Roberts (1780-1860) was the author of The House Servant's Directory: A Monitor for Private Families (republished by Hesperus as The Butler's Guide to Household Management and Proper Behaviour). In 1825 he became the butler for Christopher Gore, Governor and Senator from Massachusetts, and remained in the position until Gore's death in 1827. Roberts married Dorothy Hall in 1805. They had no children, and Dorothy died of tuberculosis in 1813. Later that year he married Sarah Easton. They had 12 children. He became known in Boston as an abolitionist and for his efforts to secure equal school rights.