Thomas Roberts

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Name ===: Name: Thomas /Roberts/<ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jonathan Roberts</ref><ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Roberts</ref><ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Strickland</ref>

Birth

: Birth:
:: Date: 1636:: Place: New York, USA<ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jonathan Roberts</ref><ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Roberts</ref><ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Strickland</ref><ref>U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Thomas Roberts. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NewEnglandMarriages&h...</ref>

Death

: Death: :: Date: 16 OCT 1679:: Place: Suffolk, New York, USA<ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jonathan Roberts</ref><ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Roberts</ref><ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Strickland</ref>

Marriage

:To Sarah Strickland
:: Date: 1665:: Place: New York, USA<ref>Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Roberts U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Thomas Roberts</ref>

Notes

Wife's Obituary:The following obituary for Sarah Strickland Furman appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Pa January 27 1741.."Trenton, Jan 11. Last Friday died here Sarah Furman, a widow, about 97 years of age: She was born at Fairfield, in New England; her Maiden-name was Strickland; her first husband's name was Roberts, her second husband's name was Furman. Such was her Conduct, in every Station of Life, that she obtained, from all her Acquaintance, the Reputation of aGood Christian. Her helpless Old-age, attended with twelve years Blindness, was rendered easy to all about her, by her Patience and Resignation. She left a numerous Off-spring of her own Body, viz:. Children 4. Grandchildren 61. Great Grand Children 182. Great Great Grand children....12 living, In all 260..Sarah was one of the great matriarchs of the Long Island migration to old Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co., NJ. Among the 260 descendants living at the time of her death were her grandson John Hart (Signer of the Declaration of Independence and her great grandson Moore Furman. (Deputy Quartermaster General of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War.<ref>Ancestry Obituary</ref>

Sources

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• Source: S138 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006

GEDCOM Data ===Roberts-9528 was created by Wolverton-215 | Catherine Fisher through the import of Wolverton-Fisher Family Tree(1)_2014-04-03.ged on Apr3, 2014.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 10 2020, 12:48:04 UTC