The Roberts family of Schuylkill township |
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Other RobertsEdward 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) 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. |