William Roberts, IV

Male 1732 - 1816  (83 years)


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  • Name William Roberts 
    Suffix IV 
    Birth 15 Feb 1732  (Connecticut) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Feb 1816  Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Washington Pike Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I36011  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2015 

    Father William Roberts, III,   b. ~ 1693, (Milford, New Haven County) Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Vaughn 
    Marriage Y  [3
    Family ID F13273  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella Graham,   b. 2 Aug 1744, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1833, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1767  Somerset County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • Somerset County GenWeb website reports that marriage records for that time do not exist. So we have to assume that this alleged date and place of their marriage has come from a Family Bible or other family records
    Children 
     1. Mary Roberts,   b. 16 Sep 1768, Rowan County, North Carolina, a British Colony of America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Henry Graham Roberts,   b. 14 May 1773, (Sullivan County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Rachel Roberts,   b. 16 Jul 1775, Sullivan County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F13270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Feb 1732 - (Connecticut) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Feb 1767 - Somerset County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Feb 1816 - Knox County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Washington Pike Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • This William Roberts was actually the 4th generation of William Roberts in his family line. His father was also named William Roberts, born abt. 1693 in Connecticut and married to Mary Vaughn. His grandfather was also named William Roberts and he was born before Sep. 4, 1664 in Milford, New Haven, CT. (husband of Elizabeth Lobdell). William's great grandfather was also named William Roberts and he was born abt. 1617 in Hertfordshire, England (wife Johanna).

      We are told that this William Roberts (William the 4th) was married to Isabel Graham, daughter of Nathaniel Graham and Margaret Codry, on Feb.14,1767, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. However there do not appear to be any marriage records that survived for that time and place (according to the Somerset County, PA. GenWeb website). So if that is correct the date and place must have come from family records (family Bibles).

      Adding to the doubt on this date for their marriage is the fact that their first born child, Mary Roberts, was born in September 1768, in Rowan County, North Carolina.

      Their second known child, Henry Graham Roberts, was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee in May of 1773. And their next six known children were all born there in Sullivan County, Tennessee as well (Rachel b. July 1775, Margaret b. Dec. 1777, David b. Jan. 1780, William the 5th b. July 1782, John b. Oct. 1784, and Graham b. March 1787). Their youngest known child, Isabella, was born in Feb. 1790, in Hawkins County, TN.

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