ID: I1989
Name: William ROBERTS
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1755 in Cornwall (possibly Bodmin?) region of England 1
Death: 14 FEB 1820 in Richmond NSW Australia 1
Burial: St.Matthew's Churchyard, Windsor 2
Immigration: 25 JAN 1788 1st Fleet as a convict on 'Scarborough' 2
DESI: son John married Lucy EZZY - no issue
DESI: gr-dau Catherine marr. William EZZY
DESI: None - Dedicated to the memory of Grace DOUGLASS 3
ANCI: Cassie-Anne 4
ANCI: 5
Note: Sentenced at Bodmin in 1786 to 7 years for stealing 5 pounds and one half poung weight of yarn, valued at 9 shillings, the property of William MOFFETT. William ROBERTS & Kezia BROWN had at least five children, the fifth was John ROBERTS.
Refer pages 64 & 65 of 'Along the Windsor Richmond Road Book 3' - The Early Days of the Ezzy Family at Taylor & Ashdown Family Genealogy - William Roberts (1755c - 1820)
Catherine ROBERTS, William and Kezia ROBERTS grand-daughter married William John EZZY, eldest son of Charles EZZY.
For further information join the 'My Connected Commmunity Group at mc2 of Family Connections which advises : 'In 1988 the William Roberts and Kezia Brown Family Association Inc published a two volume work - A Rich Inheritance: William Roberts and Kezia Brown - their background and their family.'
William and Kezia had ten children: - William 1791 - 1863 ; Mary 1793 - 1863 ; Sarah 1875 - 1815 ; James 1798 - 1877 ; John c1801 - 1880 ; Robert 1803 - 1873 ; Maria 1805 - 1868 ; Harriet c1807 - 1857 ; Ann 1809 - 1876 and Edward 1813 -1890
Marriage 1
Kezia BROWN b: 10 MAR 1771 in Severn Stock, Worcester, England
- Married:
11 AUG 1793
in St Phillip's Church, Sydney NSW 2
Children
William ROBERTS b: 4 SEP 1791 in NSW Australia Mary ROBERTS b: 15 JUN 1793 in Sydney NSW Australia Sarah ROBERTS b: 15 JUL 1795 in Sydney NSW Australia James ROBERTS b: 28 JUL 1798 in Sydney Cove NSW Australia John ROBERTS b: 1801 in Sydney Cove NSW Australia Robert ROBERTS b: 2 MAR 1803 in NSW Australia Maria ROBERTS b: OCT 1805 in NSW Australia Harriet ROBERTS b: Abt 1807 in NSW Australia Ann ROBERTS b: 22 DEC 1809 in NSW Australia Edward ROBERTS b: 3 APR 1813 in NSW Australia Sources:
- Author: mc2 Community Group
Note: For further information join the 'My Connected Refer Commmunity Group at mc2 of Family Connections.
- Author: Grace Douglass & Laurel Legge
Title: Along the Windsor Richmond Road Publication: 1985 (ISBN 0 9589831 0 0 and ISBN 0 9589831 3 5) Note: Extracts from this book can be read online via my pages at Taylor & Ashdown Family Genealogy
- Author: Grace Douglass (1930 - 2003)
Note: This page is dedicated to the memory of my late cousin Grace Douglass (1930 - 2003) in appreciation of all her assistance over the years and for the wonderful research that she and Laurel Legge published in their book 'Along the Windsor Richmond Road' 1985 (ISBN 0 9589831 0 0 and ISBN 0 9589831 3 5).
- Author: Cassie-Anne : William Roberts & Kezia Brown descendant
Note: Cassie-Anne's great(x5) grandparents were William Roberts & Kezia Brown. (Jul 2006)
- Author: Beverley Butcher of 'Ashgrove' 44 Grange Ave., Schofields NSW 2762
Note: Beverley is a descendant of William Silk WITNEY's daughter Verlie WITNEY.
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