The Roberts family of Schuylkill township

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Roberts family William Roberts I Edward Roberts John Roberts II John Roberts III William Roberts II Stephen Roberts Lewis W. Roberts

Other Roberts


Edward Roberts

Tax Returns

1828 Schuylkill township, Nailer

1835 Schuylkill, Nailer

1835 Easttown, Farmer

No linkage has been found between Edward and the 'Schulkill Township Roberts'.


Evan Roberts

Tax Returns

1881 Schuylkill township, 80 acres, 4 horses, 13 cattle

1882 Schuylkill township, 80 acres, 3 horses, 13 cattle

No linkage has been found between Edward and the 'Schulkill Township Roberts'.


George K. Roberts

Tax Returns

1881 Schuylkill township, 7 acres and buildings

1882 Schuylkill, 7 acres & buildings

No linkage has been found between Edward and the 'Schulkill Township Roberts'.


Lewis Roberts

Tax Returns

1824 Tax return: 3 acres, inmate

1828 Septennial census: wheelwright

1835 Septennial census: wheelwright

4/25/1836 : purchased tract of 8 acres, 23 perches on the Valley Forge - Phoenixville road1.

1838 Tax Return: 10 acres wheelwright

1856 Septennial census: wheelwright

9/23/1861 will: witnesses: Lewis Peart, Joseph Valentine (both lived further towards Valley Forge on the Phoenixville road). Wife; Harriet. Children: Clementina Lee, Anna F. Vanderslice, Sarah Emily Fussel, Charles B. Roberts, Mary Roberts, Lewis Ellwood Roberts, Joseph Roberts, David brooke Roberts, and William Penn Roberts.

1861 Lewis of Schuylkill township died, probate

10/19/1861: Harriet Roberts and Joseph Fussel, executors of the will of Lewis Roberts sold the tract of 8 acres, 23 perches to William Williams2.


Samuel Roberts

Tax Returns

1811 Schuylkill township, 4 acres (inmate)
1812 Schuylkill township, 4 acres (inmate)
1813 Schuylkill township, 4 and 33 acres with buildings (inmate)
1814 Schuylkill township, 7 and 34 acres with buildings (fuller)
1815 Schuylkill township, 7 and 34 acres with buildings (fuller)

Was Samuel leasing the William Roberts fulling mill? No linkage has been found between Edward and the 'Schulkill Township Roberts'.


Jesse Roberts

Licensee of the Bull Inn 1810 - 1815. No probate or administration in Chester County. In 1822 was living in Norristown when he purchased additional land in Charlestown. Purchased tracts of land in 1812 and 1822, part of the Joseph Barnes disposition in Valley Forge. The tracts were on the south side of Oakwood Lane near the Paul Lemen drive. He also purchased a tract of 16 acres in 1815, jointly with Jesse Jarrett. Linked to the 'Schulkill Township Roberts' through marriage (husband of Martha Green, whose grandfather was John Roberts I).

Tax Returns

1811 Jesse Roberts, 47 acres, Innkeeper

1812 Jesse Roberts, 47 acres, Innkeeper

1813 Jesse Roberts, 47 acres, Innkeeper (owner Samuel Lane)

1814 Jesse Roberts, 47 acres + 8 acres (unseated), Innkeeper

1815 Jesse Roberts, 56 acres + 8 acres, Innkeeper (owners: heirs of Samuel Lane)

1824 Jesse Roberts not in Chester County tax records.


There was also a Roberts family, Hugh / George / Elizabeth, who owned land in Charlestown in the 18th century but they were Philadelphia residents and the land passed out of the family in the early 19th century.