Joseph Pilot Roberts Sr. (1826 - 1877)

Born 29 Sep 1826 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Constance (Adams) Roberts — married 3 Aug 1847 in Key West. Monroe, Florida, USA

Husband of Emaline Frances (Watlington) Roberts — married 1 Sep 1867 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1877 at age 50 in Key West, Florida

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Joseph Roberts Sr. is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Joseph Pilot Roberts, Sr. was born 29 September 1826 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas to Benjamin Roberts Sr. and Charlotte Russell Roberts.

He married twice: first, in 1847, in Key West, Florida to Mary Constance Adams, daughter of Thomas Randal Adams and Mary Elizabeth Roberts Adams; and, second, in 1867, in Key West, to Mrs. Emeline Frances Watlington Ward, daughter of Captain Francis Benjamin Watlington and Emeline Johnson Watlington and widow of Lt. William Henry Ward.

JP and Mary Roberts had children Benjamin, Joseph Pilot Jr., Richard, Mary Elizabeth, Thomas Henry, Samuel, and Robert Isaac McCook Roberts. Emeline and Joseph Roberts had a daughter Lillie, and two sons, Francis and Charles Ernest Roberts.

In the 1830s, Joseph accompanied his family to Key Vacas, Florida and became a wrecker like his father.^[1] In later years, he established Joseph P. Roberts & Sons - a chandlery and hardware store - on Caroline Street, Key West, Florida. He was a founding member of Sparks (Methodist) Chapel, a freemason, and remembered as Key West's first weatherman.

Joseph Pilot Roberts died 30 April 1877 in Key West, Florida at 50 years of age and was buried in the City Cemetery. He left a will that was written in March 1877.

Sources

Bahamas DNA Project, Direct Paternal Line Descendant Charts https://genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com/bahamasdnaproject/bahydna.htm

DNA

Paternal Great Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 13630

1. ↑ Research by Donna Robinson, February 17, 2014.

• Dolly Mae's CD, Key West Section, "Indexes of Bahamians in Florida 1850 - 1860" for Joseph P. Roberts and Mary Adams and their children.

• John J. McAleer, Jr., compiler, "The Genealogy of Wyannie Malone - American Loyalist and Early Settlers of Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas", p 5, 11.

• Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Florida Marriages, 1822-1850. Name: Joseph Roberts. Spouse: Mary Adams. Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1847. County: Monroe. State: FL.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCJZ-F8?cc=1401638&wc=95R8-79K%3A1031318401%2C1031455001%2C1031455002 : 9 April 2016), Florida > Monroe > Monroe county > image 19 of 58; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBT-9B2?cc=1473181&wc=7QCB-V9C%3A1589423167%2C1589422620%2C1589423344 : 24 March 2017), Florida > Monroe > Kez West > image 32 of 61; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64V3-XPT?cc=1438024&wc=9223-443%3A518676601%2C518876101%2C519085301 : 22 May 2014), Florida > Monroe > Key West > image 6 of 126; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Last Will and Testament "Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q5-K9MD-Z?cc=2046765&wc=QCL8-2NP%3A350470101%2C350483501 : 20 May 2014), Monroe > Probate case files 1858-1923 P-S > image 372 of 1153; county courthouses, Florida.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 May 2020), memorial page for Joseph Pilot Roberts (29 Sep 1826–30 Apr 1877), Find a Grave Memorial no. 25155612, citing Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Donna Jean Robinson (contributor 46886069) .