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Unity Roberts (Martin)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Henrico, Virginia, American Colonies
Death: circa 1775 (26-43)
Chesterfield, Virginia, American Colonies
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Martin, Jr. and Mary Martin
Wife of Morris Roberts, III
Mother of Susannah Collins; Martin Roberts, Sr.; Pvt. Joshua Roberts; Mary Roberts; Jane Jennie Quinn and 2 others
Sister of Phoebe Elizabeth Vairs

Managed by: Duncan Lloyd
Last Updated:

About Unity Roberts

Unity Martin was born about 1740 in Virginia and died about 1774. She was the daughter of John Martin and Mary Wooldridge. She married Morris Roberts about 1754.

Unity and Morris Roberts had the following 7 children:

  1. Susannah Roberts b. ca 1756.
  2. Martin Roberts b. 1758, d. 1834.
  3. Joshua Roberts b. 1760, d. 1844.
  4. Mary Roberts b. ca. 1762, d. ca. 1845.
  5. Jane Roberts b. 1764, d. 1857.
  6. John Morris Roberts b. 1767, d. 1847.
  7. Thomas Roberts b. 1769, d. 1840.

Morris Roberts, III married Unity (Martin) Roberts and had Joshua 1760, Mary 1762, Jane 1764, John 1766 and Susannah

Morris Roberts, III then married Elizabeth (Robertson) Roberts and had Oliver, William, Step, Josiah, Kezia and Tabitha

Sources

GEDCOM Note

Sources:

1- Chesterfield County, Virginia: Deed Book 14, pp. 228ff; deed dated 28 November 1796; land consisted of 202 1/2 acres on the NE side of Falling Creek in Chesterfield County, Virginia (FHL 30891). [Note: This deed provided the following information about Unity's relation to the Martin family: Brother: John Martin, deceased; Brother: Thomas Martin and wife, Anna; Sister: Rebecca (Martin) Roberts, wife of John Roberts; Unity (Martin) Roberts, deceased wife of Morris Roberts; Heirs of Unity (Martin) Roberts: Joshua Roberts, and Esther, his wife; Jane (Roberts) Quinn, and her husband Hugh Quinn; Martin Roberts; John Roberts; and Thomas Roberts).


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Unity Roberts's Timeline

1740
1740
Henrico, Virginia, American Colonies
1756
1756
Henrico, Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonies of North America
1758
May 25, 1758
Agusta, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA, Augusta County, VA, United States
1760
May 21, 1760
Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
1762
1762
Henrico, Henrico County, Virginia, United States
1764
1764
Henrico, Henrico County, Virginia, United States
1767
July 17, 1767
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, VA, United States
1769
1769
Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia
1775
1775
Age 35
Chesterfield, Virginia, American Colonies