Esther ?? Roberts
(born abt 1640)
Mother: Unknown
Father Unknown
Husband: Adam Roberts (born abt 1635 ) View Notes married 28.10.1661 Bradford, Wiltshire
Son: Adam Roberts (born abt 1665 Bradford-on-Avon ) 5 children View Notes
Wife: Ann Gearing (born 1680 died 28.10.1729 St Margaret Lothbury, London) View 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.
Son: Henry Roberts (born 1702 ) View Notes
Mentioned in the will of Ann Roberts, 1729. Don't know anything else about him, d-o-b is a guess
Son: Gearing Roberts (born 1705 died 1783 St Margaret Lothbury, London) View Notes
His will, attached, links up with the will of Hannah Vertue spinster in 1817 with many of the same people mentioned.
Daughter: Ann Roberts (born 1708 )
Daughter: Hannah Roberts (born 1710 ) View Notes
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.
Son: John Roberts (born 1711 died 1783 ) View 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.
