Martha (Westropp) Roberts (abt. 1714)

Born about 1714 in Caherduggan, County Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Randal Roberts — married 2 Feb 1734 in County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Britfieldstown. County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

WARNING This profile may have been affected by the J Montgomery Seaver Fraud- see research notes below.

Martha Westropp was born about 1714. She was the daughter of Ralph Westropp of Caherduggan, County Cork, and Hannah Roberts.^[1]

On 2 February 1733/34 in County Cork, she married Randal Roberts of Britfieldstown, County Cork.^[1][2] A marriage settlement was made on 1-2 February 1733 (1733/34), with a deed of lease and release lodged on 12 November 1748.^[3][4][5]

Randall and Martha had issue:

1. Sir Thomas Roberts, eldest son, Bart, m Amy Johnson
2. Martha Roberts m Edward Galwey
3. Hannah Roberts m Nicholas Green Evans
4. Jane Roberts m James Norcott
5. Anne Roberts m William Anderson
6. Frances Roberts m Arthur Norcott

NOTE: Her son John Roberts is being researched as he is not supported by the current sources.

Research Notes

The Roberts Baronets of Glassenbury accepted this Britfieldstown line as their descendants but it is still debated. This is a separate issue to the J Montgomery Seaver fraud.

There are conflicting death dates and places. She did not die in 1810, that was Mary Kift, the wife of Randal Roberts of Bridgetown.

As this Roberts line has been the victim of genealogy fraud by J Montgomery Seaver all profiles are being researched to find credible sources to authenticate the pedigree. Please do not rely on the information until this is completed. Some of the information in the Seaver books is correct.

The books under suspicion are:

• Roberts Family Records
• The Roberts Genealogy

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pedigree of Westropp: Burke, Sir Bernard & Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1912) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland p757 Burke's 1912 Pedigree of Westropp of Attyflinn
2. ↑ Marriage: Marriage Licence Bonds, Diocese of Cloyne, Cork Randall Roberts and Martha Westropp 1733
3. ↑ Marriage Settlement: Registry of Deeds Ireland Vol131:Memorial 89688:p421-411 Memorial Extract Memorial Roberts and son to Roberts and others
4. ↑ Marriage: "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866"
   FamilySearch Record: WGWS-XFN2 (accessed 4 April 2023)
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   Martha Westropp marriage to Randall Roberts in 1733 in Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
5. ↑ Marriage: "Ireland, T. George H. Green, Index to the Marriage License Bonds of the Diocese of Cloyne, 1630-1800; 1899-1900"
   FamilySearch Record: Z93V-R86Z (accessed 4 April 2023)
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   Martha Westropp marriage to Randall Roberts in 1733 in County Cork, Ireland.

• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
• Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976.

See also:

• The Peerage #455100 Martha Westropp
• Estate: NUI Galway: Landed Estates Database Estate: Westropp (Attyflinn)
• Estate: NUI Galway: Landed Estates Database Estate: Roberts (Britfieldstown)
• Buildings of Ireland Britfieldstown House, Roberts Cove, County Cork

Acknowledgments

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