Family of Jacob ROBERTS and Mary HOYLAND
Husband: Jacob ROBERTS
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Jacob ROBERTS, Jacob Roberts bapt 1697 |
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Wife: Mary HOYLAND
| Name:
| Mary HOYLAND
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Father:
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| Mother:
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| Birth
| "around 1700"
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| Death
| 19 Mar 1770
| Sheffield
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Child 1: Jacob ROBERTS
| Name:
| Jacob ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Male
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| Spouse:
| Hannah SYKES (1743- )
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| Birth
| 1726
| Sheffield
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| Occupation
| | Cutler/Silversmith
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| Death
| 16 Jun 1781 (age 54-55)
| Sheffield
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| Burial
| | St Paul's Church, Sheffield
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Child 2: Elizabeth ROBERTS
| Name:
| Elizabeth ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Spouse:
| William TARGUS ( - )
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| Birth
| 1729
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| Death
| 2 Sep 1798 (age 68-69)
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| Burial
| | Old Churchyard Sheffield
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Child 3: Samuel ROBERTS
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Samuel ROBERTS, Samuel Roberts b 1732 |
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Child 4: Jonathon ROBERTS
| Name:
| Jonathon ROBERTS
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| Sex:
| Male
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Note on Husband: Jacob ROBERTS
Jacob was an apprentice cutler (apprenticed to William Warburton) in 1709. The Master was William Warberton of Neepsend. Jacob became a Freeman of the Cutler's Company in 1718.
The Memorials book describes that "After (his marriage to Mary Hoyland in Sheffield) the place of his residence is not known, but his conduct is said to have become irregular".
"The weaving trade did not prosper away from the gloomy centres of Huddersfield and Bradford. Bit by bit and house by house, Jacob sold off the Roberts property as it came into his hands; (the Memorials book has details) until about 1723 after his elder brother's death, Jacob seems to have given up the struggle and and moved into Sheffield, taking his mother with him". It was not long before he " decided to leave his home and family behind. It is said that he looked for a new life in London. Despite the fact that his wife (Mary) tried to follow him, he was never heard of again".
In "Mesters to Masters: A History of The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire" edited by Clive Binfield and David Hey, there is a reference on page 33 that "....... Jacob Roberts, who had become a master (cutler) in 1718".13,25,26
Note on Wife: Mary HOYLAND
Buried in the old churchyard, Sheffield, a short distance from the South west corner of the church, under a stone including the inscription "Mary, wife of Jacob Roberts, died March 19 1770 aged 70 years".
"doubtless one of the persons whose baptisms are recorded in the followong entries under that name and township in the Sheffield parish register:
1701, Maria, fil, Thomas Hoyland
1703, Maria, fil, John Hoyland"
Before marriage, a "spinster, of Lydgate, upper Hallam".
Possibly one of the Hoylands, silversmiths.27
Sources
| 1 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Page 16. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 2 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937".
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| 3 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Pages 16 and 17. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 4 | Joseph Hunter, "Hunter's Pedigrees" (Published 1894-1896).
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| Sheffield Archives.
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| 5 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Page 16 and 17. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: "His conduct was irregular, and he finally went to London,
leaving his family in Sheffield. But they followed him. He probably died there.
His widow and her two sons, Jacob and Samuel, returned to Sheffield.
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| 6 | Ibid. Page 16. Assessment: Primary evidence.
See Cutler's Apprentices
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| 7 | Joseph Hunter, "Hunter's Pedigrees" (Published 1894-1896). Assessment: Primary
evidence.
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| Sheffield Archives.
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| 8 | sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk, "Hallamshire Cutlers Apprentices Index". The
year he is apprenticed is 1709, which makes Jacob 12 years old. But his father
is named as Samuel of Stubbin House, which is correct. And his Master was
William Warburton, who was married to his sister Hannah in 1702.
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| 9 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Pages 16 and 17. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 10 | Mesters to Masters - A History of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire,
"Cutlers Compant Minute Books" (Google Books). Minute Book for 1728 gace money
to his wife Mary as Jacob unlikely to return.
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| 11 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Pages 16/17. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 12 | Ibid. Page 17.
1937 Family Tree says she died 29th March, not 19th.
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| 14 | Ibid. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 15 | Ibid. Page 23. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: From 1760 to 1770, Jacob and Samuel Roberts worked under the
benevolent eye of "Uncle" Beldon at the works in Pond Hill. After Samuel decides
to break away in 1773, Jacob remained, possibly in charge, working for Mr
Beldon.
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| 16 | Edward Law, "Sheffield Silversmiths and The Origins of The Silver Trade in
Sheffield" (Internet website). Part 1. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Jacob and Samuel Roberts had been together in partnership from
1777, as makers of table knives and forks...........they would not be permitted
to produce silver as long as they remained partners in Roberts, Eyre, Beldon
& Co.
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| 17 | sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk, "Hallamshire Cutlers Apprentices Index".
Assessment: Primary evidence.
Apprenticed in 1740
Master was Richard Kent
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| 18 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Pages 17 and 23. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: In 1871 Jacob Roberts died aged 55. This must have been a
tragedy for his wife and son, young Jacob, aged 17.
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| 19 | Ibid. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Page 17
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| 20 | Ibid. Page 17. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 21 | Ibid. Page 18 etc. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Samuel Roberts of Union Street
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| 22 | Charles Augustus Roberts, "Genealogy of the Family of Roberts of Sheffield
1937". Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 23 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Page 18 etc. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 24 | Ibid. Page 38. Assessment: Primary evidence.
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| 25 | Edward Law, "Sheffield Silversmiths and The Origins of The Silver Trade in
Sheffield" (Internet website).
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| 26 | R E Leader, "History of the Cutlers' Company".
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| 27 | Samuels (3) and Peter Roberts, "Some Memorials of the Family of Roberts"
(Published 1971). Page 17.
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