Roberts Family

Roberts Family

History of Roberts Family

"The early Robert ancestors are supposed to have gone from France to Wales, then to have returned to france, later joining the persecuted Protestant refugees who settled in Switzerland. It appears from the Welsh motto on the coaat of arms that Daniel Robert's ancestor must have lived for a while in Wales and received knighthood during that period of allegiance to the Welsh ruler. The descendant of Christopher Robert (founder of Robert College in Constntinople) claim the same coat of arms used by Rev. Pierre Robert's descendants, which indicates that Christophr, also, was from the line of Daniel and Marie. In the main library of New York City is a book written by a Robert descendant, and in the book claim is made that Roberts were from Wales at a very early period, but the name was then spelled Rhobert."

This branch of the Roberts Family as far back as I found was in Greenville, South Carolina before 1850, migrated to Paulding county, Georgia 1850 and then to Jefferson county around Warrior Alabama about 1860  in the Cane Creek community. A few of these Family members turned up on the 1860 Montgomery county, Arkansas (Mountain Township) census before returning back to Jefferson county, Alabama.

I’m working on this Family history page and this is just the beginning. I started out as far back as I have been able to get and will add more to this page as time permits. I just wanted to add it to my website so that the information could be of use for anyone doing research on this branch of the Roberts family


Nicolas Robert -- born 1379 -- death 1420

Spouse: Nicole Grandpierre born 1366 -- death 1420

Children: Othenin Robert, Jean Robert


Jean Robert -- born 1400 Le Locle, Neuchatel, Switzerland -- death 1442 Leloche, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Children: Jehan Robert


Jehan Robert -- born 1444 Neufchatel, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France -- death 1484 Leloche, Switzerland

Children: Humbert Robert


Humbert Robert -- born 1464 Lelocle, Neuchatel Canton, Switzerland -- death 1506 Neufchatel, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Spouse: Jeannette Dumont

Children: Guillaume Robert


Guillaume Robert -- born 1540 Lelocle, Neufchatel, Switzerland -- death Apr 1623 St. Imier, Neuchatel Canton,, Switzerland

Children: Daniel Robert


Daniel Robert -- born 1570 Sonvillier, Bern, Switzerland -- death 19 Dec 1634 Droit, Artibonite, Haiti


Pierre Robert -- born 1598 Sonvillier, Bern, Switzerland -- death 27 Aug 1671 St. Imier, Switzerland

Spouse: Judith Sagne

Children: Daniel Robert


Daniel Robert -- born 1625 Sonvillier, Bern, Switzerland -- death 1699 Basle, Switzerland

Spouse: Marie Petremand De Sonviuer

Children: Pierre Robert


Pierre Robert 3 Feb 1656 --born St Imier, Neuchatel, Switerland -- Died 1715 Santee, Clarendon , SC  

Spouse: Jeanne Braye

Physician, Graduated at St. Etiene

Ordained a minister Pierre Robert de St. Imie

Immigration: 1686

"First minister of the French Huguenot Church in Parish of St. James, Santee, South Carolina.-"French Santee"- son of Daniel and Marie Robert, was born at St. Imier, Switzerland, 1656, married Jeanne Braye, came to South Carolina in 1686.

The registry of the old French Huguenot Church in Basle, Switzerland, still bears record of the ordination of "Pierre Robert de St. Imie", February 19, 1682; also of the baptism of his son, Pierre, May 9, 1675, with names of mother, Jeanne Braye and sponsors, "Remy Frey, Sv. de Beaulieu, et Damoiselle Elizabeth Tudors".

An old family record claims that Pierre Robert was "the first Huguenot pastor who came to South Carolina". He died in 1715; records name two sons, Pierre and Elias, and a daughter, Jeanne.

Among those French Refugees named in the "Ravenel List", were "Pierre Robert, M.D.; St. E" of St. Emier, Switzerland; his wife, Jeanne, and son Pierre. Pastuer Pierre Robert is also mentioned in several old histories and records; among others, the record of the Probate Court, Charleston, S.C., bears an old document written in French, dated January 25, 1701, settling property on his son, Pierre Robert, upon his marriage with Anne Marie Louise le Grand, a native of Normandie, France, daughter of Mr. Louis l Grand, "ecuyer, sieur, de la Fresnaye."

John Robert of Robertville, S.C., great grandson of Pastuer Pierre Robert, was a soldier and patriot of the Revolutionary War; the Tories twice visited his home intending to kill him but he escaped, once by his hospitable entertainment of these evil wishers, and again by the intercession of his wife, and her known kindness to her neighbors. He was a man of wealth and education, married Elizabeth Dixon of James Island, a grand-daughter of the 2nd Landgrave Thomas Smith of South Carolina.

This John Robert moved from French Santee to Black Swamp, S.C. (now in Hampton county, where the village of Robertville bears hisname.) He died 1826, and his tomb stands in the Robertville graveyard. He left many descendants.

Part of marriage settlement deed record in Charleston courthouse (translated):

We, the undersigned, Pierre Robert, minister of the Gospel, native of St. Imier, Switzerland, and now living in the county of Craven on the border of the Santee river in the Province of Carolina, and Pierre Robert, native of Basle, Switzerland, son of myself - the said Pierre Robert, minister of the Gospel, and Jeanne Braye, his wife.

In regard to the proposed marriage between my said son, Pierre Robert, Jr.; and Demoiselle Anne Marrie Louise le Grand, daughter of Louis le Grand, Esquire, "Sieur" de la Fresnaye, and of Demoiselle Anne de Magneville, his wife - the father and mother of "la Paroise" d'Agurny, Viconte of Caen, in Normandy, Province of France, etc.

Done in the home of Isaac le Grand, Esquire, Sieur d'Anerville.

(Signed) Pierre Robert, minister; and Pierre Robert, his son.

Witnesses: Isaac le Grand, Jacques le Grand.

Sworn and executed before Henry Auguste, Chastainer, Sept 10, 1701."

"Dr. Howe's History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina: There was still another French settlement on the Santee River, more considerable than the two which have been last mentioned. Towards the close of the century there were two distinct settlements south of that river known as the French and the English Santee. The first of these was in what is now the parish of St. James, and the other in the parish of St. Stephen. The two communities had but little intercourse with each other. Of the families in French Santee was that of Bouisseau, of Dubose, of Dutarte, Gaillard, Gendron, Gignilliat, Gourdin, Horry, Huger, St. Julien, Le Grand, Mayrant, Michaud, Porcher, Postell, Ravenel, Rembert, Richebourg, Robert and others. To what date we should assign the organization of a church on the Santee is difficult to determine. The refugees who emigrated to the British provinces in groups were usually accompanied by their ministers, and their earliest solicitude after a settlement had been effected, was the erection of a church and institution of worship. It was for this they abandoned their native country.

Rev. Pierre Robert was their first pastor. There is an ancient register of his family in which he is said to have been the first Calvinistic minister who preached in South Carolina. He is said also to have been the first person in the settlement who owned a horse; which was imported for his special use to enable him to attend religious services held ofter at remote distances from his house.

In September 1705, the lords proprietors ceded to the French inhabitants a tract of land on the Santee for a town, or a plantation in common as they should prefer. In January following a town Jamestown, was laid out with streets intersecting at right angles, in the middle of which a lot was appropriated for a church and cemetery.

Dr. Hirsch says: Jamestown never prospered, the river was given to freshets and the climate was not salubrious. During the early life of the colonies the largest settlement of Huguenots was on the Santee River, sixty miles north of Charles Town. In 1690 about eighty French families had settled there, but they began to migrate about 1712, and a large number had left by 1720.

Until the Revolutionary Was the principal occupation of the settlers was the culture of rice and indigo. The so-called "long cane" cotton was introduced in to the province about 1770.

The site where Jamestown once stood was eventually abandoned and sold as a plantation. Even its name today is but a memory, for the site for decades was known as Mount Moriah. It never became a large town. Today much of the old Santee section is almost a wilderness. Here and there an old ruin marks the spot where once a plantation house stood, but the river fows through miles of waste area, desolate and lonely."


Jean (John) Roberts -- born 1677 French Santee, SC -- death 25 Jan 1760 Colleton, SC

Spouse: Elizabeth Margaret Dixon

Children: John Roberts, Mariah Hannah Roberts, Abraham Roberts, Ann Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Owen Roberts, Abraham Roberts


William Hardin Roberts --born 1715 -- died 1795

Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Couth

Children: Betsy Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Hardy Roberts


Hardin (Hardy) Roberts -- born 1744 VA -- Died 1789 Greenville, SC

Spouse: Patience -- born 1744 -- Died 1790

children: James Sherod Roberts, Hardin Roberts, Winney Roberts


James Sherod Roberts -- born 1768 Virginia -- Died 1850 Greenville, SC  

Spouse: Unk

Children of James Sherod Roberts

Adeline Roberts  born  ???? -Died 1850

Jesse Roberts  born 1799 Died 1836

Hiram Roberts  born   1807 Died 1870

children: William Martin, Angeline, Milus L., Jesse H., Mary C.,James H.,Sarah H., & Martha Jane

Tyree Roberts born   1810 Died 1879


Hiram Roberts -- born 1807 Greenville, S.C.   physician--  found on  census 1850 Greenville, S.C.  1850 Paulding county, Ga. 1860 Jefferson county, Al. and 1870 Tuscaloosa, Alabama                                                                                                                 

Spouse: Mary (Polly)  Ayers or Ayres --born 1805 Greenville, S.C. Daughter of Martin Ayers or Ayres Greenville, S.C.


Children of Hiram Roberts and Mary Ayers or Ayres (Roberts)

                                                             

William Martin Roberts 1828 Greenville, S.C. physician/farmer March 23-1828-died 1899 (buried at Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al).           Married  Spouse 2 Oct 1856 : Jane Campbell  1839-1920  born Tennessee (buried Cane Creek cemetery Warrior, Al)--Daughter of William Campbell and  Margaret(Peggy) Blackburn                                      

Angeline Roberts  born   1833 Greenville, S.C.

Milus L. Roberts  born   1837 Greenville, S.C.

Jesse H. Roberts  born   1839 Paulding county, Ga.  spouse: Rebecca

children: Francis E., Mary Catherine, Josiah, William J., Samuel

Mary C. Roberts  born   1840 Paulding county, Ga.  spouse: Tipton Campbell (died while in Arkansas)

2   children:        Angelina Campbell  1858        Hiram Campbell      1860

James H. Roberts  born  1844 Paulding county, Ga. died 11-24-1920 buried Old Union Cemetary, Hackett, (Sebastian county),Arkansas listed as Hiram James Roberts or H.J. Roberts--served in CO. D, 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.  

spouse: Nancy Elizabeth Hamner (b) Jan 5 1849 Tuscaloosa county, Al.(d) Aug 30-1932 buried Old Union cemetery Hackett, Ark.

10 children:  May M., James Martin, Acenia A., Mathilda Lavena, William, Charles(Dr.), Jesse, Elizabeth C., Joseph Franklin, & Mary Jane Roberts

Sarah H. Roberts  born   1846 Paulding county, Ga.

Martha Jane Roberts born 1850 Paulding county, Ga.


Children of William Martin Roberts and Jane Campbell (Roberts)

Mary Ann Roberts Feb 9-1858   Nov 11-1909 spouse: Hiram Cruce

Zion Yancy Roberts  July 13- 1859  Dec. 9- 1927 buried New Bethel cemetery Warrior, Al spouse: Nancy Emaline Ragland (buried New Bethel cemetery Warrior, Al.) daughter of Manual S. Ragland and Sarah Kitchens

Martha Roberts    spouse: Richard Blalock

Julie Ann Roberts  1871 (d) 1944  spouse: John Hill (b)1864(d) 1944

children: Carrie, William B., Martin H., Arthur L., Larris Donnie, Denolan, Delolvier, & TressieB. Hill

Louise Roberts    spouse: Frank J. Creel

Margaret Roberts  spouse: (1)LaFayette Owens (2) Alonza Blackburn

John Martin Roberts  Jan. 1869   spouse: Carolina (Callie) Missouri Shaw (b)March 5-1875 (d) May 11-1945 daughter of Dewitt Shaw

Theresa (Thursie) Roberts  1873  spouse: James Will Barrow

children: Josie, Ernest W., Florence, Hubert C., Ana, William C., & Molle L. Barrow

William (Will) H. Roberts  1875-1935   (buried Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al) spouse: Elder Sawyer(buried Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al)

children: Lillian, Stella, Forest E. & Mildred Roberts

Charles (Cap) Roberts March 1879-1959  (buried Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al) spouse: Mary M. Brannon (buried Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al)

children: Ethel M., Gracie L., William E., Curtis B., & Charles T. Roberts

Harry Roberts

Jimmy Roberts  died as young child

Elvira (Ellie Vie) Roberts  1877   spouse: Clint Eubanks


Children of Zion Yancy Roberts and  Nancy Emaline Ragland (Roberts)  Sept. 25 1861 Bibb county, Al.

Sarah Jane Roberts 1882-1962   spouse: Benjamin Franklin Rouse

children: Mary, Daisy, Elah, Alice, Elberta, Nettie, Anna Dean, Horace, Grady (Bud), Pauline, & Electra Rouse

James Noel Roberts  7-29-1884--1965 (buried McCormack cemetery, Jefferson county, Al) spouse: (1)Janie Mae Lynn 7-2-1891 1-17-1917(buried Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al) (2)Hattie Grubbs died 3-7-1925 buried Mt. Zion cemetery, Warrior, Al (3)Lena Evans 2-9-1898- 9-8-1986 (buried McCormack cemetery, Jefferson county, Al)

Mary Ann Roberts  Jan 17-1886 Oct 29-1919  spouse: Ira Creel

children:  Opal, Alpha, Lorene, & Alvadus Creel

John W. Roberts Oct 8-1887 June 25-1919   spouse:

children: Willie, Gladys, & John Roberts (other names unknown)

Essie Pearl Roberts Dec 20-1889- June 27-1891(buried Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al)

William Martin Roberts  1891-1970   (buried McCormack cemetery Jefferson county, Al)    spouse: Dora Caudle

children: Audrey Lucille, Atha Will, Jeanette, Juanita, John, Dorthy Ann(Dot), Irma Ruth(Puz), Peggy, & Jack Roberts

Thomas P. Roberts 1894-1936 (buried New Bethel cemetery Warrior, Al.) spouse: Vella Hayes(buried New Bethel cemetery, Warrior, Al) 

children: Elsie Mae, Tom Fee, & Laurel Roberts

Alvie Edward (Ed) Roberts 1895-1975 (buried Elmwood cemetery Birmingham, Al) spouse: (1) Ethel Teer Robbins (2) Ola Mullinax

children: Charles Edward, Joel Thomas, Clarence Donald, & Walter Scott(Corky)Roberts

Martha E. Roberts 1898-1954  (buried Mt. Zion cemetery, Warrior, Al) spouse: Oda Bert Caddell

children: Bobbie Olene, Charles Fee, William Martin, Jesse Bert, Anna Laura, Mary Alice, Doris Rebecca, James Ira, Dewlyn Sue, Joseph Eugene & David Jerry

Charles Roberts  1900-1977  (buried McCormack cemetery Jefferson county, Al) spouse: Pearl Fowler  children: Charles Dewey(Sonny) Roberts &  Mildred Roberts

Robert Lee Roberts 1902-1969  (buried Empire, Ala) spouse: Arzilla Creel

children: Margie Marie, Louis Neil, John D., Robert Lee, Ramona & Harmon Roberts

Myrtle Roberts  1905-2001   (buried Keeton cemetery, Nauvoo, Al) spouse:            Elliot

children: Ronald Dean Mikell

Elsie Mildred Roberts  1907-1991 (buried Georgia)

children: Phillip Roberts


---and following my lineage branch---

Children of James Noel Roberts and Janie Mae Lynn (Roberts) born 2-7-1891 daughter of Arten Lynn from Duck River, Tennessee

Walter Lee Roberts (b) 1-6-1908 (d) 1-10-1961 buried McCormack Cemetery Jefferson county, Al spouse: Verna Goodwin

children: Erskine, Lawrence Joe, & Donald Roberts

Julia Mae Roberts (b) 9-14-1909 (d) 7-11-1910 (buried Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Al)

Harry Zion Roberts (b) 11-5-1912 (d) 3-3-1978 buried New Cannan cemetery, Walker county, Al spouse: Leopal Bowen

children: Jimmy, Evelyn, Lafayette, John Paul, Lawrence & Denise

James Auton Roberts /Sr/ (b) 12-27-1916 (d) 10-6-1953 buried Cane Creek cemetery, Jefferson county, Al  spouse: Ruby Burgess --daughter of Robert E. Lee Burgess & Sarah Campbell (both buried at Dillworth cemetery Walker county, Al.

Children of James Noel Roberts and Hattie Grubbs (Roberts)

Robert Lee Roberts (b) 8-13-1922 (d)8-17-1984 buried Moncrief cemetery Gardendale, Al  spouse: Willadean Doss

children: Robert Lee(Bobby) & David Roberts

Evelyn Roberts (b) 3-7-1925 to (d)6-1925

Children of James Noel Roberts and Lena Evans (Roberts)

Nancy Thelma Roberts 1932-         spouse Charles Wayne Carden

children: Nancy Gayle & Gregory Wayne


Children of James Auton Roberts Sr. and Ruby L. Burgess (Roberts) 2 (Elliott)

James Auton Roberts, Jr. 1940-   spouse: Carolyn Sue Robinson

Mickey Allan Roberts 1942- 1961  Died in car accident 1961 & buried in Cleveland, Ohio    spouse:

Carter Dale Roberts 1944-            spouse: (1)Kaye Bratton (2)        (3)Betsy Grover


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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/m/i/Deon-R-Smith/index.html?Welcome=1039297666


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