Hi. I cannot give you any help. Let me say though that I and others believe that Roberts of Twillingate did come from Brigus. Seeing that you are a Roberts and a male, (I am not, as my mother was a Roberts from Brigus and our line goes back through the 1700's) I wonder if a DNA of yours with a Roberts of Brigus (there are many still there) would help answer. Also there is folk lore that 4 Roberts came from Wales to work as "accountants" in the fish trade and one settled in Brigus (early 1800's) one in Twillingate, one in Hermitage and one in the Rocky Hr area on the West Coast. Here is how I put it for Brigus and we hope to have these 6 family trees in the Rooms soon. There are several reasons for making it extremely difficult, probably impossible, to develop the various family lines of Roberts back through the 18th century. Three main ones are: 1. Volume 13, Conception Bay Plantations Book - held at the Registry of Deeds and Companies, Confederation Building, PO Box 8700 Stn A, St. John's, NF A1B 4J6. Entry 569, p. 82 states that Wm. Roberts Sr died intestate and this property was inherited by his 5 sons (un-named). The date of entry for this record was 1801; Another entry in 1805 has Phelan buying land from Isaac and Thomas Roberts; Dinah Roberts had land inherited from her unnamed father and entered in1771; Wm Roberts. Sr purchased land and entry date of 1768; Dinah Roberts son John had an entry in 1800. Another entry in 1805 for Samuel Roberts; An entry in 1745 says that Wm Percey (likely married the sister of James and Thomas), Jas and Thos Roberts had property inherited from their unnamed father; there is property owned by Ann Roberts a gift from her father and entered in 1772. There are other Roberts properties entered around 1805 and mentioning Thomas & Abram, James & Thomas, Samuel, Isaac. Conclusion: Based on the dates of entry, Wm Roberts Sr (1768) may have had 2 brothers Jas and Thos and a sister who married Wm Percey (1745). This Wm Sr. had 5 sons. Possible names are Thomas, John, Abram, James, Samuel, Isaac or the husbands of Dinah and maybe Ann. All the property mentioned are in the present day Rattley Row and Middle Ridge areas of brigus. 2. The Methodist Records (Roberts were predominately Methodist) had no entries by Rev. Thomas Hickson from 1817 -1822) 3. There is lore from various families that 4 Roberts brothers came in the early 1800's from Wales and settled in 4 areas of Nfld (Brigus, Twillingage, Hermitage and Rocky Harbour).. They were reported to be book keepers for some fish firm(s). David the father of James (born 1825) is likely to be the one who moved to Brigus. With that said, we enter 6 Roberts family lines from the late 1700's to early 1800 that have not been linked. There is likelihood that all except David might be related to each other. The 6 that we enter in Sept. 2006 are 1. James born June 1776. 2. Thomas ("of the Arc") married Elizabeth Percy and she was born in 1772. 3. Charles Roberts born 1792. 4. John Roberts married Mary Antle June 19, 1839. 5. James Roberts & Mary Antle's daughter Susanna born Oct. 1 1806. 6. David Roberts whose son James was born 1825. Take care. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 1:58 AM Subject: [NFLD-LAB] Margaret "Maggie" Stuckless m. Isaac "John" Roberts > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Stuckless, Roberts > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newfoundland.notredamebay/439/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for information on my great-great-grandmother. > Her name was Margaret "Maggie" Stuckless. She was born in November 1873 in > Twillingate and died about 1934 in Twillingate. She married Isaac "John" > Roberts, son of John Roberts and Flora Mitchell on December 31, 1890 in > Twillingate. He was born in 1861 in Bluff Head Cove and died about 1941. > > I am looking for information on the ancestors and siblings of Margaret > Stuckless. > > Ian Roberts > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message