Robert Roberts Sr.
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Robert Roberts Sr. (1673 - 1728)

Robert Roberts Sr.
Born in Llyndedwydd, Merionethshire, Penllyn, Walesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 5 May 1696 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniamap
Husband of — married 3 Dec 1703 in Anne Arundel, Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 55 in Calvert, Marylandmap
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Biography

ROBERT ROBERTS, b. in Wales, 7th November, 1673; d. 11th November, 1728. Married (firstly) in Merion, Pa., CATHERINE JONES, d. 13th May, 1697; M. (secondly) 3d December, 1703, PRISCILLA JOHNS, b. 21st. March, 1681-2, d. 1st. April, 1725, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth (KENSEY) JOHNS.[1]

ISSUE BY 1ST. m.

  1. Hugh, d. in infancy

ISSUE BY 2nd m.

  1. Elizabeth, b. 22nd. November, 1705; m. John Parrish
  2. Richard, b. 21st November, 1706-7; m. Elizabeth Allen
  3. Priscilla, b. 11th December, 1708-9
  4. Isaac, b. 12th October, 1712; d. young
  5. Robert, b. 12th October, 1712; d. young
  6. Kensey, b. 28th July, 1714
  7. Margaret, b. 23d May, 1716
  8. Jane, b. 9th May, 1718
  9. Robert, b. 21st. December, 1720; d. 20th May, 1722
  10. Patience, b. 1st. February, 1725; m. (firstly Smuel Gray; m. (secondly) Isaac Howell

EMIGRATION FROM WALES TO PENNSYLVANIA

THE PASSENGER SHIP "THE MORNING STAR" (One of Willam Penn’s fleet)

November 1683, from Liverpool, Thomas Hayes, master, from Liverpool

PASSENGERS: Henry Atherly; David Davies; Robert Davies and wife and children; George Edge and wife, Joan "of Barrow"; Humphrey Edwards, servant to John ap Edwards; John ap Edwards and minor children Elizabeth, Sarah, Edward and Evan; Mary Hughes, servant to John ap Edwards; William ap John (Jones), wife Ann Reynold and children John. Alice, Katherine and Gwen; Gabriel Jones, servant to John ap Edwards; John Loftus; William and Elizabeth Morgan; Thomas Oldham; Thomas Pritchard; Gainor Roberts, sister of Hugh Roberts, married fellow passenger John Roberts; Hugh Roberts, wife Jane and children Robert, Ellin, Owen, Edward and William; John Roberts (Married Gainor Roberts); Richard ap Thomas and son Richard, Jr.

Other Documentation

Friends’ Intelligencer and Journal Philadelphia 1896. "Priscilla, the oldest daughter, married Robert Roberts, in 1703, the son of Hugh Roberts, of Philadelphia, from whom many of this name are descendants. Robert Roberts was a minister in the Society, and traveled extensively in the cause of truth. He visited England with a minute from Cliffs Meeting, in 1719." [2]

Prerogative Court Wills Liber 14/532: "And whereas I formerly made an agreement with my son-in-law, Robert Roberts for the plantation & parcel of land whereon he now dwells being 200 acs. of land the south side of a tract of land called Greys Chance lying upon the Clifts aforesaid, but the same was never as yet made over to him I do therefore by this my last will give the said 200 acs. of land and plantation part of Greys Chance to him my son-in-law Robert Roberts & his heirs forever. I also freely acquit and discharge him from the balance of all or any accounts that may be due from him to me."[3]

Sources

  1. From Colonial Families of the United States, Vol. I, "Roberts", pgs. 435-436
  2. Brown, Kirk. "A Memorial Respecting Richard Johns." Friends’ Intelligencer and Journal Philadelphia 1896. [Google Books]
  3. Maryland Prerogative Court Wills Liber 14/532
  • American Marriages Before 1699
  • Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
  • Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220441196/robert-roberts
  • U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
  • Web: Maryland State Archives, Index to Deaths and Burials, 1697-1800
  • U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

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