Family of Jacob ROBERTS and Mary Ann MORTON
Husband: Jacob ROBERTS
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Jacob ROBERTS, Jacob Roberts 1765-1820 |
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| Name:
| Jacob ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Male
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| Father:
| Jacob ROBERTS (1726-1781)
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| Mother:
| Hannah SYKES (1743- )
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| Birth
| 1764
| Sheffield
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| Occupation
| | Cutler/Silversmith/Merchant
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| Death
| 23 Jun 1820 (age 55-56)
| Sheffield
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| Burial
| 27 Jun 1820
| All Saints, Ecclesall, Sheffield
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Wife: Mary Ann MORTON
| Name:
| Mary Ann MORTON
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Father:
| Richard MORTON ( -1812)
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| Mother:
| Elizabeth NODDER ( - )
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| Birth
| 1768
| Sheffield
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| Baptism
| 13 Jun 1768 (age 0)
| Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield
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| Letter to Jacob 1814
| 7 Sep 1814 (age 45-46)
| Matlock Bath
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| Letter to Jacob 1816 (1)
| 21 Sep 1816 (age 47-48)
| Scarborough
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| Letter to Jacob 1816 (2)
| 11 Oct 1816 (age 47-48)
| Scarborough
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| Death
| 27 Apr 1849 (age 80-81)
| Sheffield
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Child 1: Mary Ann ROBERTS
| Name:
| Mary Ann ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Birth
| 1794
| Sheffield
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| Baptism
| 13 Jun 1794 (age 0)
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| Death
| 14 May 1866 (age 71-72)
| Sheffield
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Child 2: Morton ROBERTS
| Name:
| Morton ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Male
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| Birth
| 1797
| Sheffield
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| Baptism
| 18 May 1797 (age 0)
| Sheffield
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| Death
| 24 Dec 1814 (age 16-17)
| Sheffield
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Child 3: Matilda ROBERTS
| Name:
| Matilda ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Birth
| 1800
| Sheffield
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| Baptism
| 18 Sep 1800 (age 0)
| Sheffield
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| Death
| 1873 (age 72-73)
| Ecclesall
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| Burial
| 5 Dec 1873
| All Saints, Ecclesall
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Child 4: Louisa ROBERTS
| Name:
| Louisa ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Birth
| 1802
| Sheffield
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| Death
| 30 Mar 1802 (age 0)
| Sheffield
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| Baptism
| 10 Nov 1802 (age 0)
| Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield
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Child 5: Sidney ROBERTS
| Name:
| Sidney ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Male
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| Spouse:
| Sarah SHEARWOOD (1801-1880)
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| Birth
| 6 Mar 1804
| Sheffield
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| Christening
| 14 Jun 1804 (age 0)
| Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield
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| Occupation
| 1833 (age 29)
| Silversmith / Silver Plater
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| Residence
| 1845 (age 41)
| Dial House, Ben Lane, Wadsley, Sheffield
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| Death
| 12 Feb 1859 (age 54)
| Wadsley, Ecclesfield
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| Burial
| 17 Feb 1859
| All Saints, Ecclesall
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Additional Information
| Residence
| "Home of Sidney Roberts, gentleman, in 1845. he was succeeded in about 1856 by
John Shearwood Roberts, surgeon. Mrs Sarah Roberts (wife of Sidney) continued to
live there after the death of her husband, until 1868."
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| Death
| Cause: Hernia
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Child 6: Helen Maria Clare ROBERTS
| Name:
| Helen Maria Clare ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Birth
| 29 Jun 1806
| Sheffield
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| Baptism
| 13 Aug 1806 (age 0)
| Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield
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| Death
| 12 Jun 1891 (age 84)
| Sheffield
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| Burial
| 16 Jun 1891
| All Saints, Ecclesall
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Child 7: Caroline ROBERTS
| Name:
| Caroline ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Birth
| 20 Nov 1808
| Sheffield
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| Baptism
| 11 Jan 1809 (age 0)
| Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield
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| Death
| 9 Jan 1880 (age 71)
| Sheffield
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| Burial
| 14 Jan 1880
| All Saints, Ecclesall
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Child 8: Percy ROBERTS
| Name:
| Percy ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Male
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| Death
| 23 Jun 1820
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Note on Husband: Jacob ROBERTS
In 1781 Jacob's father died. The young Jacob was only 17 years old. In the January of that year Jacob's father had joined his brother Samuel in a new silver making firm called Roberts, Eyre, Beldon and Co. He made provision in his will for his wife and the young Jacob to take over his share of the partnership. Jacob must have joined the firm as in 1785, when he was twenty one, he travelled to Spain on their behalf. By this time his cousin Samuel had started on his own in Eyre Street, and the two exchanged correspondence. The letters are found in the Memorials book. In 1785 Jacob became a Freeman of the Cutler's Company.
When he came back from Spain, his Uncle Samuel, although noting that he was bound for six years with his then partners in Roberts, Eyre Beldon and Co, had split from them to carry on the Union Street business on his own, now with the help of Jacob. Edward Law in the Appendix to his "Sheffield Silversmiths" says "Some handles are recorded in March 1786 under the style of JACOB ROBERTS & CO, but there is no (silver) mark for such a firm.
However, in 1786, a silver mark was registered for Old Sheffield Plate under the name of "Roberts J&S".
In the Gales and Martin Directory of Sheffield - 1787, there is a reference to "Roberts, Jacob (cutlers) Residing in Union Street in 1787".
Frederick Bradbury, in his "History of Old Sheffiled Plate", records "Jacob and Samuel ... brought up, like most of the early platers, as Cutlers ..... built works at Union Street. Samuel lived in a house adjoining the shop. They made table knives, and later on expanded into merchants".
In 1793, Jacob married Mary Ann Morton. Her father was Richard Morton, a well established and successful silversmith. He is noted in business as a silversmith in 1768. He had been in partnership with Jacob's Uncle Samuel until 1780 with other partners in Richard Morton and Co who registered a mark "RM&Co".
Jacob appears on the 1794 Enrolment List of the Loyal Independent Sheffield Volunteers - "5 Jacob Roberts, Merchant, Union Street".
In 1799, Jacob's Uncle Samuel died, and Jacob continued the Union Street business until he died in 1820 at the age of 56.
Jacob had become Treasurer of the Sheffield Mercantile and Manufacturing Union - there is a note to confirm this in the first meeting of the General Committee on 28th March 1814 when Jacob was 50. There are also letters to him from his wife in 1814 and 1816.
He is buried in th family tomb in Ecclesall Churchyard "a flat top tomb at side of north path leading to side entrance". The inscription on the side of the tomb reads "Also in memory of Jacob Roberts who died June 23 1820 aged 56 years and of Mary Ann Roberts (his wife) who died 27th april 1849 aged 79 years".2,16,33,34,35,36
Note on Wife: Mary Ann MORTON
Mary's mother Elizabeth was the daughter of Isaac Nodder. There is a plaque in Sheffiled Cathedral where Isaac's other children are buried.
Mary is buried in the family tomb in the churchyard of All Saints, Ecclesall. The inscription on the side of the tomb reads " And of Mary Ann Roberts who died 27th April 1849 aged 79 years."16,37
Sources
| 1 | "Chris Rathbone". Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 2 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971).
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| 3 | Joseph Hunter, "Hunter's Pedigrees" (Published 1894-1896).
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| Sheffield Archives.
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| 4 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937".
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| 5 | R E Leader, "History of the Cutlers' Company".
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| 6 | SDFHS, "All Saints Church, Ecclesall" (Disk). Burial Index. Assessment:
Secondary evidence.
Burial Index states he was 56, which means he would have been born about 1764
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| 7 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Pages 22 to 38. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 8 | Joseph Hunter, "Hunter's Pedigrees" (Published 1894-1896). Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Merchant
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| Sheffield Archives.
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| 9 | "Gales and Martin Directory of Sheffield". Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Roberts, Jacob (cutlers) - Residing in Union Street in 1787
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| 10 | sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk, "Hallamshire Cutlers Apprentices Index".
Apprenticed in 1785 (F). Jacob about 20 years old.
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| 11 | Sheffield Mercantile and Manufacturing Union, "The Cutlery Trades: An Historic
Essay in the Economics of Small Scale Production". Appendix X11 Page 463. Cit.
Date: 28 March 1814. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: At the frist meeting of the general commitee of the Sheffield
Mercantile and Manufacturing Union, held this day at Cutlers Hall, the following
resolutions were passed unanimously:
The following gentlemen to be appointed as Officers to this Union in conformity
to the 2nd Resolution:
Peter Brownwell Esq Chairman
Jacob Roberts Esq Treasurer
etc.
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| 12 | SDFHS, "All Saints Church, Ecclesall" (Disk). Burial Index. Assessment:
Primary evidence.
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| 13 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 14 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Page 17.
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| 15 | Joseph Hunter, "Hunter's Pedigrees" (Published 1894-1896). Assessment:
Secondary evidence.
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| Sheffield Archives.
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| 16 | "Family Tomb at All Saints Church, Ecclesall".
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| 17 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 18 | Joseph Hunter, "Hunter's Pedigrees" (Published 1894-1896). Assessment: Primary
evidence.
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| Sheffield Archives.
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| 20 | "Census". Cit. Date: 1841. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 21 | "IGI". Records date 1802-1805 Source Ref 919327. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 22 | Ibid. Source ref 919327. Assessment: Questionable.
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| 23 | Ibid. Source Ref 919327. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 24 | "Death Certificate". Cit. Date: 16 February 1859. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
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| 25 | "Census". Cit. Date: 1851. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 26 | "www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk". Cit. Date: 20 August 2007. Assessment: Secondary
evidence.
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| 27 | "Death Certificate". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 28 | SDFHS, "All Saints Church, Ecclesall" (Disk). Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 29 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Page 17. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 30 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937". Assessment: Questionable.
Date of birth given as 1804, but Chris has the baptism date
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| 31 | Ibid. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 32 | "Ecclesall Churchyard Records Page 4".
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| 33 | Edward Law, "Sheffield Silversmiths and The Origins of The Silver Trade in
Sheffield" (Internet website).
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| 34 | sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk, "Hallamshire Cutlers Apprentices Index".
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| 35 | "Gales and Martin Directory of Sheffield".
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| 36 | Frederick Bradbury, "A History of Old Sheffield Plate".
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