Isaac Roberts (bef. 1784 - 1867)

Born before 15 Feb 1784 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Day) Roberts — married 7 Nov 1810 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1867 after age 83 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England

Biography

Isaac Roberts was born in Gloucestershire, England.

Isaac ROBERTS or ROBORDS.

Isaac was born in Northleach Gloucestershire in abt 1784 to parents John and Dorothy ROBERTS. He was christened at Northleach on the 15th February 1784. Isaac was the second son in a family of at least six children.

On the 7th November 1810, Isaac married Elizabeth DAY at Northleach, Gloucestershire.

By 1841 he is working as an agricultural labourer, still residing at Northleach where he lived his whole life. At this time, his son Isaac is residing with him and his wife Elizabeth. By 1851 the three are still living together but by this time Isaac snr is working as a shoemaker.

By 1861, his wife Elizabeth has died and at age 76 his occupation is listed as a former farmer.

Isaac died on 21 Mar 1867 due to a decay of nature at 83 years of age. His sister Margaret ROBERTS was present when he died and was the informant of the death.

Northleach, a small market-town, the head of a poor-law union, county court district, and petty sessional division, and a parish in Gloucestershire. The town stands among the Cotswolds, on the Fosse Way, 1 mile NE of the Salt Way, half a mile ESE of the Seven Springs, the source of the river Leach, 5 1/4 miles SW of Bourton-on-the Water station on the Banbury and Cheltenham branch of the G.W.R., and 10 NE of Cirenccster. It was given by King Etheldred to Gloucester Abbey, and by Henry VIII. to the Daltons; had once a corporation, but is now governed by a bailiff, elected annually at a court-leet; flourished long as a seat of cloth manufacture; went afterwards into decay; consists now chiefly of one long irregularly-built street; is a seat of petty sessions and county courts; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.), a bank, a police station, a house of detention, a church, a Congregational chapel, a grammar school, two suites of almshouses for respectively six men and six women, and several other charities. The church is a large handsome Perpendicular edifice, and was restored in 1884. It consists of clerestoried nave, aisles with N and S chapels, and chancel with beautiful arched porch and lofty embattled tower, and contains an ancient font and a number of rich brasses. The grammar school was founded in 1559 by Mr H. Westwood, was reorganised under a scheme of the Endowed Schools Commissioners in 1877 into a middle-class school, and has £800 a year from endowment, and an exhibition at Pembroke College, Oxford. The institute and reading-room was built in 1886 and enlarged in 1895. There is a cemetery. A weekly market is held on Wednesday, hiring fairs are held on the Wednesday before and the Wednesday after 11 Oct., and much business is done, especially once a year, in connection with flocks of Cotswold sheep and herds of short-horned Hereford cattle, which abound in the neighbourhood and are held in high repute. Population of the town, 787. The parish contains also the tithing and hamlet of Eastington, and comprises 3997 acres; population, 1106. The workhouse of the Northleach union is at the east end of the town. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £130 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. (http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Gloucestershire/towns/Northleach.html)

Isaac was born before 15 February 1784 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of John Roberts and Dorothy (Day) Roberts.^[1]

Isaac was baptised on 15 February 1784 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England.^[2][3]

When Isaac was 26 he married Elizabeth Day on 7 November 1810 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England. The couple had one child: John Roberts.^[4][5]

In 1841 Isaac (age about 56) was employed as a Agricultural Labourer.^[6]

In 1841 Isaac (age about 56) was living in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England.^[6]

In the 1851 census Isaac (age 67) was living in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England. He was employed as a Shoemaker.^[1]

In the 1861 census Isaac (age 77) was living in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England. He was employed as a Formerly Farmer. Widower^[7]

Before 1867 Isaac (age about 82) was employed as a Shepherd.^[8]

Informant: 21 March 1867. Margaret ROBERTS, sister, present at the death^[8]

Isaac died at the age of 83 on 21 March 1867 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England. Cause of death was Decay of nature. Aged 83 years^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1851 Census: 1851 Census Returns of England and Wales, original data from The National Archives, Page: Database online. Class: HO107; Piece: 1969; Folio: 99; Page: 6; GSU roll: 87369.
2. ↑ Baptism: Title: IGI Index NOTEIGI Index. Citing: Page: ROBERTS - GLOUCESTERSHIRE - Northleach Batch C030541 (accessed before 16 August 2013)
3. ↑ Baptism: Title: IGI Film NOTEIGI Film. Citing: Page: 425479 Northleach ROBERTS Christenings. LDS Film viewed at Darwin on 12 Oct 2011 (accessed before 16 August 2013)
4. ↑ Marriage: Title: IGI Index NOTEIGI Index. Citing: Page: ROBERTS - Batch 6930453. (accessed before 16 August 2013)
5. ↑ Marriage: Title: IGI Film NOTEIGI Film. Citing: Page: 538121 Northleach ROBERTS Marriage, not actual register. LDS Film viewed at Darwin on 12 Oct 2011 (accessed before 16 August 2013)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Residence: Missing source ID S00279. Citing: Page: Database online. Class: HO107; Piece 351; Book: 10; Civil Parish: Northleach; County: Gloucestershire; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 18; Page: 30; Line: 24; GSU roll: 288764. (accessed before 16 August 2013)
7. ↑ 1861 Census: 1861 Census Returns of England and Wales, original data from The National Archives, Page: Database online. Class: RG9; Piece: 1786; Folio: 128; Page: 35; GSU roll: 542868.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Death: Title: BDM - Certificates NOTEBDM - Certificates. Citing: Page: ROBERTS Isaac - Death - GRO Northleach 435/1867 (accessed before 16 August 2013)
9. ↑ Death Registration: Author: FreeBMD Title: England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; NOTEFreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006). Citing: Page: Northleach 6a, 268 (accessed before 16 August 2013)