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John Roberts

(born 1711 died 1783)

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Maternal grandmother: not known

Maternal grandfather: Henry Gearing (born 1632 Leachlad died 4 Jan 1694)   View NotesHide notes  

Wife Hannah at time of death. According to Ancestry family tree mother of Ann Gearing was Mary. Life history was written in rather pious terms, and available in Google Books See below images for selected pages where there was reference to his physical life (family, etc).

 

Paternal grandmother: Esther ?? Roberts (born abt 1640 )  

married 28 Oct 1661 Bradford, Wiltshire

Paternal grandfather: Adam Roberts (born abt 1635 )   View NotesHide notes  

Butcher of Bradford, Wiltshire

 

Mother: Ann Gearing (born abt 1680 died 28 Oct 1729 St Margaret Lothbury, London)   View NotesHide notes  

Buried in the 'middle', ie inside the church, at St Margaret Lothbury, November 1st 1729.

See will attached, in which she leaves her Gold Watch to Sonn Henry and also mentions daughters Hannah, Ann Fuller, sons Gearing and John, sister Fisher and brother Edward Roberts (presume she means brother in law?).

The addendum to the will confirms Mary Fisher as a spinster - which I had thought meant Ann’s maiden name was Fisher, however other evidence suggests otherwise. The addendum also confirms Ann’s date of death.

married 16 Jan 1694

Father Adam Roberts (born abt 1665 Bradford-on-Avon)   View NotesHide notes  

Father was butcher, also named Adam, of Bradford, Wiltshire


Brother: Henry Roberts (born abt 1702 )   View NotesHide notes  

Mentioned in the will of Ann Roberts, 1729. Don't know anything else about him, d-o-b is a guess

Brother: Gearing Roberts (born 1705 died 1783 St Margaret Lothbury, London)   View NotesHide notes  

His will, attached, links up with the will of Hannah Vertue spinster in 1817 with many of the same people mentioned.

Sister: Ann Roberts (born abt 1708 ) 2 children  

Husband: Benjamin Fuller (born 1705 )   View NotesHide notes  

Mentioned in the will of Ann Roberts 1729 and Gearing Roberts 1783

Son: John Fuller (born 1730 )   View NotesHide notes  

The Reverend John Fuller of Hatfield, Hertfordshire was named in Gearing Roberts will of 1783

Daughter: Mary Fuller (born 1735 )   View NotesHide notes  

Mentioned in Gearing Roberts’ will, see attached.

Sister: Hannah Roberts (born abt 1710 )   View NotesHide notes 2 children  

Presumed to be the brother of Gearing Roberts, from names of cousins, nieces, etc named in his will. Also, Gearing was mentioned in Simon’s will of 1742. Parents assumed to be the same, due to burial in the 'middle', inside St Margaret Lothbury church in London. In his will he expressed his desire to be buried close to them.

Husband: Simon Vertue (born 1705 Debach died 1742 )   View NotesHide notes  

Simon was a Merchant Tailor living in London according to attached will believed to be his which also shows he married Hannah Roberts in 1733. At that time (1733) he subscribed to poems on several occasions according to records on Ancestry.

In the will he also mentions cousins Stephen Abbott and John King.

Gearing Roberts. The Mark of Bridget Couttier. Benja Cooke - the last line of the will, witnesses. Gearing Roberts died in 1783 at the age of 78 and was presumably a relation of his wife, see also attached burial record and FMP have probate records for him.

See also attached Indenture, in Ancestry’s Freedom of the City section. For the cost of £35, quite a large sum at the time, Simon signed 7 years of his life away to become an apprentice Merchant Taylor. 

”This indenture witnesseth, That Simon Vertue son of Simon Vertue late  of Doabauch in the County of Suffolk Yeoman deceased (the sum of thirty five pounds being paid or secured to the Master ...) ... to Philip Glass – Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London ... 7 years ... He shall not commit Fornication nor contract Matrimony within the said Term. ... He shall not haunt Taverns or Play-houses, nor absent himself from his said Master’s Service Day nor Night unlawfully: But in all Things, as a faithful Apprentice, he shall behave himself towards his said Master, and all his, during the said Term...” Extract - view image for full story.

Daughter: Hannah Vertue (born 1739 East Bergholt, Suffolk died 1817 Hackney, Middlesex)   View NotesHide notes  

Hannah Vertue left a sizeable will, see attached. Also was named in will of Gearing Roberts as his niece, see attached.

Gearing Roberts was buried in St Margaret Rothbury and asked to be buried near his mother and father and was located in the middle. John Roberts also named on his will but died shortly before him aged 72 was also buried in the middle. The only matching Roberts buried in the middle who could have been their parents were James, buried 3rd June 1723 and Ann, widow, buried November 1st 1729 - both in the middle - see attached images.

Daughter: Ann Vertue (born 1742 died 1813 )   View NotesHide notes  

On children’s birth records she is listed as Marie Anne L’Heureux. However, all the evidence is that her original name was Ann Vertue. The church was the French Church of Threadneadle Street and Peter Guillebaud’s name was also “Frenchified” to Pierre.

Hannah Roberts in her will of 1818 describes Peter Guillebaud as her brother-in-law, even though by then he had remarried. Gearing Roberts describes Ann as his niece in his will of 1782. Both these factors make me sure Ann is daughter of Simon Vertue and Hannah Roberts.

Ann’s burial at non-conformist Bunhill Fields, 10th May 1813, put her age as 71. This is how I arrive at her birth in 1742.


John Roberts Notes:

Buried “in the middle” of St Margaret Lothbury, City of London, 14th January 1783 aged 71. His brother Gearing and parents were also buried there. The middle is taken to mean in the church itself, although no gravestone can be found there with the Roberts names on. The church was designed by Christopher Wren and would have been fairly new when his parents were alive/died.



The will of
Hannah Vertue - page 1, who could be Hannah Vertue ...
Hannah
Vertue’s will of 1817, page 2. Possibly Hannah Vertue,...
Hannah
Vertue’s will of 1817, page 3
Hannah
Vertue’s will of 1817, page 4
Hannah
Vertue’s will of 1817, page 5
Hannah
Vertue’s will of 1817, page 6
Hannah
Vertue’s will of 1817, page 7
Hannah
Vertue’s will dated 1817, page 8
Hannah
Vertue’s will dated 1817, page 9
Adam Roberts
apprenticeship in 1683
Will of Adam
Roberts, Butcher of Bradford, Wilts dated 1686
Will of Henry
Gearing of 1693
Henry Gearing
will of 1693
Simon Vertue
paid £35, a large sum on 2nd May 1722, for his ap...
Simon Vertue in
the apprentices records 28 May 1730. Another re...
Gearing
Roberts, showing father as Adam Roberts
John Roberts,
father Adam Roberts Merchant Taylor, granted free...
Some Account of
the holy life and death
Some Account
of-HenryGearing-children
Some Account
Henry-children
Some Account
HenryGearing-early
Some Account
HenryGearingLife2
Marriage
licence for Thomas Anthony Jenkenson and Ann Vertue, c...
The 1847 will
of Ann Townsend of Walworth, page 1. Probably the...
The 1847 will
of Ann Townsend of Walworth, page 2. Probably the...
The 1729 will
of Ann Roberts, leaving her gold watch to Sonn He...
Ann Roberts
will of 1729, page 2
Ann Roberts,
widow, buried 1st Nov 1729 in middle
James Roberts,
buried 3rd June 1723 in the 'middle' St Margaret...
Benjamin Fuller
and Ann Roberts, married 4th October 1726 St Be...
John Roberts,
buried in the middle, 14th January 1783 aged 72, ...
Simon
Vertue’s will of 1742
Simon
Vertue’s will of 1742, page 2
Simon
Vertue’s will of 1742, page 3
Gearing
Roberts, mentioned in Simon Vertue’s 1742 will, buria...
Gearing Roberts
will dated 1782, he died in 1783 and the will w...
The will of
Gearing Roberts, 1782, page 2
The will of
Gearing Roberts - page 3, latin proving
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