unsubscribe Lucy Russell wrote: >Hi Beverly: I am a direct descendant of the pioneer Roberts family of >Newak, NJ, as apparently, are you. I've studied this family a lot and I >detect some confusion in your information. According to what I have learned >from various sources (church records, local histories, other descendants) >Rebecca Roberts m. John Tompkins was born in 1701. Her parents were Hugh >Roberts ll 1667-1738 and his first wife Martha---------?-1723. I think that >the will that mentions Rebecca's children was that of Hugh Roberts II. > >It gets real confusing since several generations of this family had a person >named Hugh Roberts. I am descended from several of them. Here's some of my >line: > >1. Hugh Roberts @1600-1671 m. Mary Calkins 1628=1717 who were among the >founders of Newark, NJ. > >2. Hugh Roberts II 1667-1738 m. Martha-------?1723 mentioned above. > >3. Hugh Roberts III 1696-1776 m. Abigail Browne 1697-1776. > >4. Daniel Roberts 1719-1816 m. Mary Campbell 1717-1807 > >5. Aaron Roberts 1755-1815 m. Elizabeth Hedden 1757-1845 Aaron was an >American soldier in the Revolution. > >and so on............ You can see that the Hugh Roberts III who married >Abigail Browne (# 3 above) could not have been the father of Rebecca >Roberts m. John Tompkins. > >I hope this clears things up. Let me know. > >Lucy Russell > >joeandlucyrus@gmail.com > > > >On 5/14/07, Beverly Porter <bporter@comcast.net> wrote: > > >>I'm looking for any definitive information on Rebecca Roberts, the mother, >>I think, of Aaron Tompkins who was born in 1735. >> >>Rebecca was the wife of John Tompkins and the daughter of Hugh and Abigail >>Roberts. She died between 1736 and 1738. Hugh Roberts mentions the children >>of his deceased daughter in his 1738 will, but does not name them. >>Additional information on Hugh and Abigail would also be useful. >> >>I would appreciate any leads or suggestions. >> >>Beverly Fearn Porter, Columbia, Maryland >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NJESSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJESSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- "All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live is to love -- to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved." Isadore Duncan